Brightonfan1983
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I thought it was something to do with General 'Stonewall' Jackson, but after googling it, I'm none the wiser. I quite like the term though, the way it seems to mean nothing but we all know what is meant by it.
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Your most hated Mispronounced/Misused word?
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I thought it was something to do with General 'Stonewall' Jackson, but after googling it, I'm none the wiser. I quite like the term though, the way it seems to mean nothing but we all know what is meant by it.
SeagullSongs
And it's all gone quiet..
Probably been mentioned before, but...
'Alot' instead of 'a lot'
'Defiantly' instead of 'definitely'
'should of' insead of 'should have'
Football related - when Pompey sing "And it's Portsmouth City, Portsmouth City FC, we're by far the greatest team the world has ever seen" *cringe*
'Alot' instead of 'a lot'
'Defiantly' instead of 'definitely'
'should of' insead of 'should have'
Football related - when Pompey sing "And it's Portsmouth City, Portsmouth City FC, we're by far the greatest team the world has ever seen" *cringe*
Goldstone Rapper
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i think it came from 'stone cold,' a phrase meaning solid/certain, as it used to be said that something was a 'stone cold penalty'. It sounds like a Ron Atkinson misuse of the English language. The misuse was repeated enough times that it gained currency.
Lord Bracknell
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A spunking good post.
Lord Bracknell
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Hoist, shirley?
"For 'tis the sport to have the enginer Hoist with his owne petar" - Hamlet, Act III, Scene iv (1602 version).
JamesAndTheGiantHead
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As a devotee to the XFM radio programs, I found the overuse of the word 'arbitrary' by Stephen Merchant massively annoying.
Goldstone Rapper
Rediffusion PlayerofYear
Is there a country or state where the word 'analyst' is commonly pronounced 'anal-list'?
beardy gull
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Yep, ridiculous. Must be a Hampshitre thing. "and it's Ohhhhh Southampton, Ohhhhh Southampton FC"
No. No it isn't.
Pot noodles for everyone
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In the present tense, I would agree but I use hoisted as the past tense of hoist.
Super Steve Earle
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In the quote and common useage, 'hoist' is in the past tense already.
Pot noodles for everyone
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Both seem to be acceptable.
Tony Towner's Fridge
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When people mean to say 'Palace' but for some reason it comes out of their mouth as 'sh!te'. Not that it annoys me of course.
'You know' was always my pet hate, used excessively by semi literate footballers trying to explain their inadequate match performance.
TNBA
TTF
'You know' was always my pet hate, used excessively by semi literate footballers trying to explain their inadequate match performance.
TNBA
TTF
Lord Bracknell
On fire
No, it's not.
"Hoist" is the past participle of the verb "to hoise", which means the same as "to hoist": to lift.
You'll find the verb used in the past tense - "they ... hoised up the mainsail" - in the King James version of the Bible - Acts 27:40.
Papa Lazarou
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I quite enjoy the mis-use and confusion between appraise and apprise. I like to feign confusion when people ask me to "Keep them appraised on progress"...
Phat Baz 68
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A lot of black people tend to say "arks" instead of ask.
Certain elements in the youth of today have started copying this, it really annoys me !!!
Certain elements in the youth of today have started copying this, it really annoys me !!!
Manx Shearwater
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Ha ha, I pedantically nudged the girlfriend at that point and said 'I think you'll find that was the Brazil team of 1970, NOT Portsmouth.'
Oh, how we chuckled at that one, let me tell you!
Manx Shearwater
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Effect, Affect.
"That might end up effecting us!"
"That certainly had the right affect!"
"That might end up effecting us!"
"That certainly had the right affect!"
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