OP
Black Hole
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Sky at Night mis-spelt "perturbation" on their caption (last night's programme) - they put up "PERTUBATION".
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Assume v. Presume
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EEPhil
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Local radio station asked for people to ring in with examples of the wrong words used in common expressions - here's some of the examples I heard:
- As easy as falling off a piece of cake (falling off a log/piece of cake)
- Learning kerb (curve)
- Splitting image (spitting)
- Going at it like a bull at a goat (gate).
EEPhil
Number 28
Is that something they do in hospitals every time they insert a breathing tube - per [in]tubation?
MikeSh
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Do what?
Edit.
OK, I think I've got it. But isn't that a spoonerism rather than malapropism?
OP
Black Hole
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Quest (How It's Made): "each piece is nine tenths of a centimetre thick"
That'll be 9mm then.
A few minutes later: "wire one and a half millimetres thick" - so they do know about mm then!
That'll be 9mm then.
A few minutes later: "wire one and a half millimetres thick" - so they do know about mm then!
OP
Black Hole
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According to a question on The Chase, there is a word which means "writing materials" and also "standing still". Hmm...
OP
Black Hole
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Actually, I've goofed. I have wound back and the question said "sounds the same as" - they're off the hook. 
prpr
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RobH1
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EEPhil
Number 28
Get some better trousers and/or underwear!Cracks appearing
OP
Black Hole
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What do you take me for - a builder?
MikeSh
Well-Known Member
Nothing so common. Larsen C perhaps.
EEPhil
Number 28
Now that you mention it, Bob...
OP
Black Hole
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Commonly mispronounced (and therefore mis-spelt) words:
Seems a short list, anyone got any more? I'm sure there was another one bugging me which got me thinking about this post, but I can't now call it to mind.
have ("of")
fulfill ("forfill")
fulfill ("forfill")
Seems a short list, anyone got any more? I'm sure there was another one bugging me which got me thinking about this post, but I can't now call it to mind.
OP
Black Hole
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The way I see it is that "should have" (etc) contracted to "should've" became mispronounced as "should of". Only then does "of" replace "have" - so although it is ignorance it is also mispronunciation. Unfortunately this is endemic in the evolution of language, and no doubt some time soon the dictionary will show "auxiliary verb of perfect aspect" as an alternative definition for "of".