I'm Cool, Calm, and Collective for All Intensive Purposes

It's a doggy-dog world!

OP, you may find the following threads of interest although many are closed.

thanks R2 R3 R4 R6 R7 for giving us our just desserts!

I don't understand why some people pronounce photographer as "furtographer".

Or febuary.

Most people do, R14. They don't say "furto", so I wonder how "furtographer" makes sense.

Also: Step foot in/on

[quote]thanks [R2] [R3] [R4] [R6] [R7] for giving us our just desserts

which really begs the question, why did OP create this thread?

I like multiple threads as I prefer fewer numbers of posts. It’s cool OP

I think that maybe these people who say "for all intensive purposes" and "doggy dog world" are an urban myth.

You read about them online, but never hear anyone speak that way in real life.

I hear it at work sometimes among young employees, and my friend told me that during this pandemic everyone needs to remain calm, cool, and collective which kind of makes sense in the context of a global meltdown.

Have your cake and eat it, too. It’s really eat your cake and have it, too.

It’s actually “calm, cool, and collected.” The calm comes first.

R19- I heard intensive purposes on a sports talk show last year.

We could care less, OP.

Supposebly. Irregardless. Korn-teen.

Hey, for any other grammar/language Nazis out there who post something wrong, would you mind explaining why? The reason I ask is, I'm currently working my way through the threads linked above, and, I had no idea the number of times I thought, "Wow, I've been misusing that all along!"

I don't think I'm a stupid man, and I know I'm not a genius, but the number of misused words and phrases I've used in the past is somewhat worrying. I think a lot of it is that so many words have entered the public consciousness that they've become common and have contributed to my misuse over the years. So if any of you wouldn't mind explaining, that would be very much appreciated! BIGLY!

R19 I just heard 'intensive purposes' on CNN this afternoon in an interview!

Nuk-u-ler

EX-presso

My friend made me laugh when she said, "I won't cow-tail to them." (kow-tow)

Nip it in the butt

I've seen people type "to eaches own" as a reply to some online discussion.

Anyways. No such word. It is anyway, no s.

Some examples would help, r26.

R26, I think if you do not read much and just go off what you hear, it is more likely to make these kinds of errors.

R19, Hand to God, I taught a high school student who wrote that expression in a paper over thirty years ago. I thought it was charming!

No it’s not, R21. “Have your cake” comes first.

"Whenever I saw that movie..."

No, dear, it's "WHEN I saw that movie..."

Tow the line really is toe the line. To toe the line means to be where you need to be, to act as you need to act, according to a pre-defined standard.

[QUOTE] Nip it in the butt

Now that’s one I can actually get behind.

OP, what is it pacifically that’s upsetting you? I would of asked sooner, if I’d known.

Since r31 brought up butt, I'm sitting butt naked while I type this.

[quote]Sike

That’s fucking WRONG.

It’s PSYCH.

From the word PSYCHOLOGY!!!!!!!!!!

GOD that one pisses me off!!!!!!!!

Li -berry. It's LibRARy you illiterate fuck.

Also people who say MUTE point. Moot, it's Moot Rhymes with Boot.

I bet they're all college graduates, too.

I've noticed a lot of people writing "apart" instead of "a part". Ex: I love being apart of this family! Huh? The biggest offender has to be the word "too". It is unbelievable how many people misuse this word. I know a smart, articulate woman who says "A-sterical" instead of "hysterical". She got really embarrassed when it was pointed out to her, yet stubbornly refuses to correct herself. She is a poster child Leo and dug her heels in about it. Have fun sounding like an idiot, I guess.

Just encase you were wondering, I hole heartedly support this thread.

It’s deep-seeded! That one actually sounds right, so I get it why people make the mistake.

Deep-seated.

Along these lines, does NO ONE use “an” anymore? Even newscasters, who should know better. It’s always “a overturned truck,” pronounced “uh.”

You welcomed, OP.

My Dad’s from Brooklyn. So, I hear “bat-rees” 🔋, hmm, and there’s another infamous one that I can’t remember right now.

Let me get a pitcher of that for my photo album.

How about “ba-uhl” (bottle) and “Manhah-an” (Manhattan)?

I think this thread is very impor-ant.

Grrrrr that drives me fucking nuts R52. Remember on the show Martin, his girlfriend Gina used to say "Mar-en!" constantly and it grated on me so bad.

Irregardless, OP- I could care less.

R50 did he say RAD-iator instead of RAY-diator?

A woman in my office directed someone to "the last cuticle" in the row.

Lately I'm hearing Ideology, pronounced beginning with ID. Ideologies comes from Ideas (note EYE-deas).

R50 and R56 My dad still says RAD-iator. He's from Baltimore and moved to Florida 30 years ago. He has worked hard to lose his Balmer accent, but some things still come through. It's really funny to hear him say WAH-ter now, instead of WOO-der. Good job though, Dad.

[quote]"Whenever I saw that movie..."

[quote]No, dear, it's "WHEN I saw that movie..."

Actually, dear, it depends on how many times you saw a particular movie. As in, "Whenever I saw Godfather II, either Nina, Chuck, or Joel came with me. They liked seeing it over and over, too."

Or "Whenever I saw An Unmarried Woman, I would stay 'til the very end credits and walk out humming the theme" (and you know I saw it whenever I could in 1978 and '79).

Who"ever" can forget this one? At 0:25

R60 Actually, dear, we know that.

A lot - two words. There is no such thing as alot.

The worst are:

1. You’re/your

2. They’re/their/there

3. Plurals written as possessive: “all the tiger’s.”

When I had my first radio job, pronounced "era" as EH-ruh. Was quickly told it's EAR-uh. Saying EH-ruh will make listeners think you're referring to an "error." The example they gave was "Bill Clinton's era." Several stations later have never made the mistake again..

I'm on tender hooks.

R37, Wrong, sorry. The point of the adage is to consume something in toto, yet want to still possess it.

Thus, the eating must precede the wishing.

(Of COURSE one can "have cake and eat it, too." That's called "eating" and there's no moral to the story!)

I was gonna axe that question.

"I seen..." bugs me. It appears a lot on Facebook.

I like All Intensive Purposes better than All Intents and Purposes

R31, a co-worker of mine has said that a couple of times, "nip it in the butt." She also recently texted me, "I don't know why [so and so] is so gun hold on it."

I worked at a bank out of college and my boss, an otherwise really smart woman, would always call affidavits "after Davids."

The USA is one big remedial English class.

Gay hookup sites (Grindr, A4A, etc.) are the mother load - oops! - mother lode of butchered English.

“I am a dominate man.”

“Looking for a non-seen guy.”

“You must be discrete.”

“I’m into marshall arts.”

That’s just the tip of the iceberg.

R74 Or my favorite, "Educated. You should be to."

'In one foul swoop.' Evocative in its way, but a misquotation.

"Did you notice lately"

R17, maybe not the most elegant phrasing, but not incorrect unless I am missing something.

Bone apple tea. "Bon Appétit"

There's a whole subreddit dedicated to malapropisms.

Sorry, better link

"You shit not have said that" in lieu of "should not have"

"I woot not do that" instead of "I would not"

"It tapes one to know one"

When people ask for your “John Henry” instead of your “John Hancock” when requiring your signature

WTF R81? Where do you live?

Lol R83 I was just about to ask if R81 lives in Appalachia.

"Spitting image" is now an acceptable phrase, but the original, correct phrase was "spit and image." I tend to use the latter, because it makes more sense semantically, but have gotten Oh-deared on DL because of it.

"I waited with baited breath."

Wrong, dimwits. It's "with [bold]bated[/bold] breath."

bated (adjective): reduced; lowered; restrained

In other words, I was waiting with such anticipation I could hardly breathe.

It annoys me when people incorrectly pronounce JEWELRY as JEW-LUR-EE.

R87 Or "real-o-tor" instead of "realtor."

R85, actually "spit and image" came later. The earliest recorded uses of this phrase are "spitten image."

One branch turned it into "spitting image" and another into "spit and image." Both have claimed to be the "original" but there is no actual earlier recorded use of either.

"It's a mute point." Maybe then it was misheard, and others considered it moot.

I love to hate Adam the Woo, an everyman vlogger with a real talent for malaprops and general slaughtering of the English language. I shouldn't, because it's obviously unintentional, and I have my own lapses.

For R37

I hate when people use less when they should use fewer.

Watching Trump’s COVID-19 propaganda sessions are particularly disheartening because the president, VP, Fauci, and Birx always say “less people” instead of fewer people. They’re supposed to be some of the most educated Americans and can’t even master basic grammar.

"Sweet" instead of suite "Mystery animals" instead of mistreat animals "When do" instead of when due "Corn rolls" instead of cornrows "Corn roads" instead of cornrows "Pet bowl" instead of Pitbull "Pick bull" instead of Pitbull "Rock Wyler" instead of Rottweiler "Cultive Personality" instead of Cult of Personality "Bowl of shit" instead of Bullshit "Whore's shit" instead of Horse shit "Auto Man" instead of Ottoman

Oop, formatting errors galore!

R94, you do realize that "sweet" and "suite" are pronounced alike...?

"reign in" instead of rein in we're all probably stuck with forever. But even more so, loose for lose. Ever since the Internet started, people just have to type "loose" when they mean "lose." It's just a thing, and I suspect it will always be a thing.

All of these examples make me kindly flustrated...

I'm sorry. Has anyone mentioned "beck and call" for "beckon call?"

Yes, r96, but the context should be a dead giveaway unless you are young, uneducated or both.

"I'm staying in a penthouse SWEET instead of a standard king room"-- if that doesn't look wrong to you, then the elevator doesn't go all the way up to the top floor. No pun intended, suite heart.

R85 I've heard "spinning image" too many times to count. "Spit in image" is new to me.

So R100 can hear how a speaker would spell a word. It must be something subtle in the tone of voice.

So is everyone honkering down during this pandemic?

R99 You are incorrect. It is "beck and call".

R94 Do you also live in Appalachia, perhaps West Virginia? I have never heard of ANY of yours. Who says "bowl of shit" instead of bullshit?

I'm going to keep being wrong, then - "Beckon call" for life

The beck is the gesture one makes for another to approach. Thus "to beckon".

The call is the vocal version.

The former was more associated with court - being silent, less likely to be noticed in general (if necessary) and more dignified.

Yelling a name out the window was the mark of a boor or a peasant.

So to be at a person's beck and call means being beholden to them in every potential occasion or level of society.

Go ahead and continue to embarrass yourself and be a mumpsimus R99, R106. It's your life.

This thread has put me threw the ringer.

R105, no, I'm originally from Washington DC.

Most of those malapropisms and misunderstandings come from a brother and sister I know. They're from my hometown.

Hey! I want to axe you something. Are they really tearing the chimley off the liberry?

According to many signs, places of business are closed due to corn teen. Whoever that is.

"Bowl-faced lie" instead of bold-faced lie

"Don't comfort me" instead of "Don't come for me!"

R19 I hear 'doggy dog world' a lot.

"Up and ATOM!"

For r112

"Good tuno" instead of "good to know"

Bump

Wipe that Smurf off your face!

[quote]Wipe that Smurf off your face!

That’s a whole nother thing!

Post Office Transexual instead of Post-Op Transsexual

Gweeto instead of Guido

Gay-a-Gender instead of gay agenda

Poe Stop instead of Post-Op

Instinks instead of instincts