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Originally Posted by Norm K
Words that are mispronounced or misused so often, and by so many, that the mispronunciation and misuse become accepted.
Feb-u-ary: no longer considered a mispronunciation of February
Using floundered when the proper word is - or at least used to be - foundered.
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Yup.
Back in my corporate days our regional manager put out a voice mail about an upcoming hurricane......said "The
blunt of the storm..." - instead of
"brunt".
Oh man......we were rolling on the floor laughing about that one.
