There’s only one I in the word ambidextrous. Adding a second one makes you look stupid.

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October 25, 2018, 11:27 PM

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There’s only one I in the word ambidextrous. Adding a second one makes you look stupid.

quote:
Originally posted by Sir Guy:
I’ll play.

How about “fitment”?

“The fitment of the barrel and slide...”

No, it’s fit.

Whew.

Don't get me started on this one. It's got to be the worst case of complete misuse of a word. Not only is it used by members of various boards, but I see it often on business websites.

October 26, 2018, 03:35 AM

OldMick

Nuc-u-lar is high on my list. I heard it yesterday on a news program.

For some reason I remember this from my younger years:

Pictures are "hung", people are "hanged"

October 26, 2018, 02:45 PM

sigcrazy7

quote:
Originally posted by OldMick:
Nuc-u-lar is high on my list. I heard it yesterday on a news program.

For some reason I remember this from my younger years:

Pictures are "hung", people are "hanged"

Some people are hung. Some people are even well hung.

_{Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well. -Epictetus}

October 26, 2018, 03:10 PM

Tomkat

I also hate it when people use bring and take, brought and took, come and go, came and went synonymously. They mean completely different things and speaking/writing them gives an indication to the listener/reader where the one providing the expression is located.

Back to my first post in this thread. If one is going to type "should of" or "could of" instead of should've and could've, why doesn't that same person type would unt instead of wouldn't or could unt instead of couldn't? I'm assuming the slept through only half of the class on the day they taught contractions.

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Best regards,

Tom

I have no comment at this time.

הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים

Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.

When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson

"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown

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October 29, 2018, 09:36 AM

PorterN

Written word is one thing - I can understand the need to spell shit correctly to avoid looking ignorant; but the incorrectly spoken word is different. While it can be annoying, if you know what he's trying to say and then the communication worked, and that's the base purpose of language.

If you're still upset, you can always leave a comment on all the ambidextrious gun part youtube videos.

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November 02, 2018, 01:36 PM

Blaque Jacque Shellaque

OK, here is one that frosts my buttons because I know so many people the say it incorrectly: realtor. NOT relator

November 04, 2018, 08:07 AM

.38supersig

You gots to be kiddin.

Ambi has a real meaning. It means right handed with both hands. The other one is sinister.

Aluminium is how they spelled it when it was first made. Guess they are the ones who got it wrong? Just ask King Tut.

Now fire up your nucular bulldozier and exscape to the lieberry in Illinois!

November 04, 2018, 09:50 AM

RogueJSK

quote:
Originally posted by mindustrial:
No t in Alzheimer’s.....

The disease was named after a German doctor, Alois Alzheimer. In German, the letter "Z" is pronounced as "ts". (The closest analog in English would be something like the end of the word "cats".)

While most Americans will pronounce it like "Alls-hi-murr", the true pronunciation is more in line with "Alts-hi-mare".

So while you're correct that "Alltimers" is quite wrong, there is in fact a T (sound) in Alzheimer's.

(Here endeth today's episode of Learnin' German with Rogue.

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November 04, 2018, 10:03 AM

P220 Smudge

quote:
Originally posted by .38supersig:
Now fire up your nucular bulldozier and exscape to the lieberry in Illinois!

Ok, that laugh was a good way to start the day. Thanks.

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November 04, 2018, 11:07 AM

BurtonRW

Carmel is a mountain in Israel or city in CA.
Caramel is a sugary treat.

Mrs.BurtonRW is bothered by ‘perscription’ and ‘comfterble’.

-Rob

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A=A

November 04, 2018, 11:31 AM

P220 Smudge

quote:
Originally posted by BurtonRW:
Carmel is a mountain in Israel or city in CA.
Caramel is a sugary treat.

Mrs.BurtonRW is bothered by ‘perscription’ and ‘comfterble’.

-Rob

And at that, Calvary and cavalry are very different things as well.