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Spotted this interesting new phrase being used on a gumtree ad this morning then spotted our local using rag using the term, to all intensive purposes, in an article.
It makes no sense at all but at least I know what an eggcorn is now. 👿
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/northumbria-police-worker-faces-sack-12496521
to all intensive purposes
The phrase intended is "to all intents and purposes" surely. Overambitious autocorrect or just poor English and editing?
Heard a woman in shops yesterday discussing getting holidays at her work being like getting water out of a stone.
It particularly bothers me in journalism, long gone are the days of the sub-editor reading an article and not letting it get into the paper until it was written proper.
With the Times I took to writing a comment highlighting the error and asking "If you can't be bothered to read your own article, why should I ?"
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Saw this yesterday. Sub-Editors are long gone in local press...
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Maybe it was carrying loads of jam jars, and it's the jam itself what is covering the entire road.
Heard a woman in shops yesterday discussing getting holidays at her work being like getting water out of a stone.
Nowt wrong with that statement. You can't get water out of a stone & she can't get leave. She obviously works for the prison service.
"It's not clear what the heavy goods vehicle was carrying, and the South Wales Police Roads account tweeted"
Beet surrender?
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Spotted this interesting new phrase being used on a gumtree ad this morning then spotted our local using rag using the term, to all intensive purposes, in an article.
I was going to moan about it can't be as bad as something the chronicle publishes, until I clicked on your link.
Nowt wrong with that statement. You can't get water out of a stone & she can't get leave. She obviously works for the prison service.
She could be working at Hotel California.
Blaming the sub-editors, you're just looking for an escape goat.
Dave Gorman did quite a funny routine on commonly misused sayings. I couple I remember of the top of my head, were;
"He's like a bowl in a china shop."
"He's just been made an escape goat."
It particularly bothers me in journalism
In the article in the link though its someone being quoted - so is it the prosecutor in the case making the mistake and the journalist quoted them correctly? Or did the journalist mishear and misquote them?
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The phrase intended is "to all intents and purposes" surely.
I believe that was the point.
But, pacifically, what's wrong with all those phrases?
A whole ocean of ineptitude?
One of the senior members of staff where I work uses the phrase 'as supposed to' instead of 'as opposed to'
I've even responded using the correct phrase, but he still does it.
Could of been worse.
Why can't people get these things right?
It's not like it's rocket surgery.
rocket surgery
😆
That's getting dropped into a conversation with management today. See if it raises any eyebrows.
It's not something that pacifically worries me.
AHHHH PLIS STAHP!
endolfin - endorfin is my favourite. I pacifically say it on porpoise.
I'm going to add that one to me list (and rocket surgery).
Saw this yesterday. Sub-Editors are long gone in local press...
Was it carrying a load of Russian dolls?
Either way, most editing these days is lacksadaisical
that point is mute.
It's not like it's rocket surgery
Brilliant. I'm going to start saying that!!
[i]'as supposed to' instead of 'as opposed to'[/i]
Argh! its bugging me now, theres a phrase this bloke at work used to use a lot.. he'd say the negative version of it, which made no sense. Can't think what it was!
I keep hearing "in this pacific case" I normally ask if it applies to the Atlantic as well and am met with a blank look
I sea what you did there.
Wales Online are a joke, recent stories:
"Here's a review of the new Aston Martin that's going to be made in Wales!" or... here's a bought-in review of an Aston Martin that's going to be made in Warwick, the DBX isn't due for 2 years.
"Ronnie O'Sullivan hates Cardiff" or... Ronnie O'Sullivan says being away from his family is the hardest part of his job, when he's finished playing, he'd rather be at home than walking around Cardiff on his own.
Anyway... for all Intensive purposes, I use this
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It does show a lack of thought about what you are saying. not as bad as this one though.
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Well, I'm waiting with baited breath to see more examples!
Used to work with a guy who always needed to know the heigth of things
Go in any cafe in Wolverhampton (if you really must) and listen to the stream of people asking for two breakfasses and a cup of tay
Please stop it. I'm starting to loose the plot. Complete brake down
You lot sleigh me. Pleas stop.
I could care less about all these ridicleous malapropisms.
Just wait until folk get "then", "than" and "that" mixed up. Oh, they already do 🙄
I love the English language.
And unintentional 'misuse' of it is grate - it makes you stop and think about what's being said, what's meant.
I used to always wonder why my Mum thought my room looked like a bomzitit.
I was about 15 when I realised she was actually saying it looked like a "bomb has hit it".....
Lass at work said to me a few weeks ago; "I'm going to the cinemas tonight"
Arrrgh!
[i]I could care less[/i]
Oh yeah! That was one of his 😆
The difference between helping your uncle Jack, off a horse.
And helping your uncle jack off a horse.
This could take a while. Can I get a cup of tea for yourself?
When in Rome talk like Romans.
I used to always wonder why my Mum thought my room looked like a bomzitit.
My daughter used to call the TV remote the "buddyapper". She'd heard her parents shouting "where's the bloody zapper?".
I totally agree people should stop using eggcorns.
It's not rocket salad!
It's idiocracy coming about. People will use the wrong phrase more and more and eventually the correct saying will be forgotten. Before you know it you're watching Ow my balls and your president is a macho brain dead moron spouting meaningless cliches, err oh no wait.
My children wind me up by using the phrase 'Can I get...?' as often as they can. 👿
"The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth" George Orwell 1984
"Creme de la menthe, Rodders..."
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It's a biological liberty* I tell you!
* Coined by a guy I worked with 30 years ago but he had a brain injury so is forgiven, plus mostly quite amusing too
It's heart rendering. As they say down the abbatoir.
yes - nail meet head.
It's not strictly the same, but this thread brings back memories of an ex colleague who when asked ANY question, always prefaced his answer with a weary "its one of them i'nt it?"
ONE OF WHAT?!
Anyfink or anythink
Nuffink or nothink
Sumfink or somethink
Aks instead of ask
Are some which make me cringe, innit.
Sammich. Sanwidge Samwich Its a ****ing Sandwich!!!!!!!
George Michael? He was one of them gay acorns.
I think the word "irregardless" originated in Northumberland too.
My 3 year old hasn't quite mastered the art of saying 'Incredible Hulk' yet. It always comes out 'Credible Hulk' which completely changes the image of the man. Not that I'm moaning it just makes me chuckle.
There is a popular pro-science feed on Facebook called that wilko:
[i]"The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth" George Orwell 1984[/i]
"War is stupid, people are stupid" Boy George 1984
"Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm, Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"
- Crash Test Dummies (1993)
We had a bloke at work who, when we were discussing slight changes to core hours which he didn't like always invoked the principles of 'customer practice'
One my wife has come out wife a few times is "you can lead a horse to water but you can't teach it to swim"
Give a man a fish and he'll want chips.
Teach a man to fish, and he'll want beer 😀
Ha, so there is Graham, I'm going to 'like' that FB feed I think.
My old boss used to say
"that's a Mute point"
Well, seen as we are on the subject of mis-used phrases....
The difference between helping your uncle Jack, off a horse.
Oh the ironing 🙂
The difference between helping your uncle, Jack, off a horse.
The difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse.
Not quite the same but a bit of class from the BBC 🙂
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Peas on earth and good will to all men. 😆
From another thread on here (no names, no pack drill)...
"intermitten" for intermittent, which I think is cute.
I normally try not to be an uptight spelling and grammar nazi, as people's education doesn't reflect whether they're decent human beings or not - but I love these malapropisms.
Isn't "intermitten" the proper name for the string that goes between your gloves?
Many years ago, the none-too-bright woman in the off licence told me about a car crash her friend had had, where she'd pulled out of a junction and been hit by an argonaut.
Isn't "intermitten" the proper name for the string that goes between your gloves?
Oh, very good. (-:
Many years ago, the none-too-bright woman in the off licence told me about a car crash her friend had had, where she'd pulled out of a junction and been hit by an argonaut.
He was probably trying to fleece his insurance company.
I read once a girl who was going to stop eating cakes and biscuits because she didn't want to die of beaties.
Isn't "intermitten" the proper name for the string that goes between your gloves?
And if its anything a nazi hates (even a grammar nazi) its a intermitten - especially if its a bit too short. Salute too enthusiastically with one hand - unexpectedly punch yourself in the face with the other.