belle
belle

Here’s another one: it’s “vice versa”, not “vice versus”. I’m literally reading these weird mis-hearings of sayings and mentioning them as I come across them. That’s two in about five minutes.

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AngeloStavrow
AngeloStavrow

@belle “For all intensive purposes.”

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belle
belle

@AngeloStavrow Ha, yes! A very common one. I also heard "make due" instead of "make do" recently.

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oyam
oyam

@belle that one that always gets me is when people say “I could care less” instead of “I couldn’t care less”

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belle
belle

@oyam Ah yes, that bugs me a lot!

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kitt
kitt

@oyam “Oh? So you could care less than you do now? So you care somewhat?" “Wait, no, that's not what I meant.” “That's what you said." 😇

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cn
cn

Was it a mistake to follow everyone in @belle’s thread about miscontrued English? / @oyam @kitt @AngeloStavrow / overnight posts overwhelmed app capability to keep up…

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kitt
kitt

@cn noooooooope! ;)

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