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crustychief 08-08-2010 03:25 PM
Axle, axel. As already mentioned "duel axel trailor."

Dantilla 08-08-2010 07:01 PM
My wife's hot button:

"These ones" or Those ones" is never correct. It's simply "These" or "Those".

Hugh R 08-08-2010 07:45 PM
Someone once told me that you should not use the possessive noun for an inanimate object, as in "The car's got a V8". More correctly, you should state that "The car has a V8". The reason being is that the car is an inanimate object and it can't "possess" anything.

DARISC 08-08-2010 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Dantilla (Post 5496488)
..."These ones" or Those ones" is never correct. It's simply "These" or "Those".
That rankles me also.
As rankling is "tiny little", as in "It's a tiny little house".

herr_oberst 08-09-2010 04:55 AM
eluded / alluded

UconnTim97 08-09-2010 05:19 AM
Caret / carrot. Sadly, I have seen that more than once.

cashflyer 08-09-2010 05:22 AM
Dooley (dually)

Prick (Porsche owner)

DARISC 08-09-2010 06:06 AM
How 'bout some new words?

Exrotic = over the hill stripper.

herr_oberst 08-09-2010 06:08 AM
subjected / subjugated

Jeff Higgins 08-09-2010 07:10 AM
spoon/gun

Mark Henry 08-09-2010 07:12 AM
I want alot.

Hyperbole and a Half: The Alot is Better Than You at Everything

M.D. Holloway 08-09-2010 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile (Post 5495050)
Incidentally these are the only two words in the English language that are both homonyms and antonyms.

There is no word that rhymes with "orange" either.

I'm full of useless information, as anyone who's been around here a while can attest to.
try rhyming purple and silver...

myamoto1 08-09-2010 09:03 AM
mute / moot
sell / sale

I see the last one all the time on CL. i.e. I have a boat for sell. or I have to sale my boat to pay bills. Drives me nuts.

tcar 08-09-2010 09:09 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by myamoto1 (Post 5497173)
mute / moot
sell / sale

I see the last one all the time on CL. i.e. I have a boat for sell. or I have to sale my boat to pay bills. Drives me nuts.
Isn't it 'SAIL' with a boat?

herr_oberst 08-09-2010 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by myamoto1 (Post 5497173)
I see the last one all the time on CL.
Craigslist - this is where the English language goes to die.

1990C4S 08-09-2010 09:33 AM
Bounced off of...

No, it bounced off.

PorscheGAL 08-09-2010 09:33 AM
Its/It's

herr_oberst 08-09-2010 09:52 AM
I have a boat to sail.

I have a boat to sell.

(okay, this actually works)

DARISC 08-09-2010 09:59 AM
"This program has beeen prerecorded." WTF does "prerecorded" mean? :confused:

The dictionary says: To record (a television program, for example) at an earlier time for later presentation or use."

So...some TV exec says "OK, we're going to record this program at an earlier time."

"Earlier than what time?" :confused:

"Earlier than the time it's going to be aired, dumbass." :rolleyes:

"So you're going to prerecord it, right?"

"You could say that."

"But why would you?"

"STFU!"

"Because the viewing public would be all confused by telling them "This is a recording?"

"GTF outta here! You're fired!" :mad:

"Well FU! I'm outta here!" :mad:

GH85Carrera 08-09-2010 10:16 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by DARISC (Post 5497251)
"This program has beeen prerecorded." WTF does "prerecorded" mean? :confused:

The dictionary says: To record (a television program, for example) at an earlier time for later presentation or use."

So...some TV exec says "OK, we're going to record this program at an earlier time."

"Earlier than what time?" :confused:

"Earlier than the time it's going to be aired, dumbass." :rolleyes:

"So you're going to prerecord it, right?"

"You could say that."

"But why would you?"

"STFU!"

"Because the viewing public would be all confused by telling them "This is a recording?"

"GTF outta here! You're fired!" :mad:

"Well FU! I'm outta here!" :mad:
Just like preheating your oven!


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