StraferJack Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 some Paddy just stole it from under everyone's noses... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3501-malapropisms/page/5/#findComment-771220 Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Pibe Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 more of a hiberno-spic please!!! Or is that hispano-mick? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3501-malapropisms/page/5/#findComment-771224 Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraferJack Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 professor in hispanomicks Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3501-malapropisms/page/5/#findComment-771230 Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-e-dealer Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 and pre order pre book etc etcdavid_carnell Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Not to highjack your thread VBC but tautologies> always bug me:> > ATM machine> PIN number> new innovation> > and my personal poke my own eyes out favourite:> > free gift> > ....oh and the contradiction that is prefixing> "unique" with stuff like "very" or "slightly" -> it's either bloody unique or it's not!!> > So anyway....oh yeah I mentioned on another thread> "to all intensive purposes"> > Great thread btw VBC! Welcome to forum addiction> 101. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3501-malapropisms/page/5/#findComment-771651 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Aelfheah Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 I recently had a crisis of confidence when I bought a set of 'alum keys'. I had always called them 'alan keys'. Turns out both are actually correct and that relaying this tedious story was pointless. Just reminded of it by the Duct / Duck tape thing above. I'll get my coat.... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3501-malapropisms/page/5/#findComment-771654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-e-dealer Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 deleted as its upset elpube. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3501-malapropisms/page/5/#findComment-771656 Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Pibe Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 the-e-dealer Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Grasp the Nettle V grasp the metal!So you keep mentioning.But grasp the nettle is the correct phrase, based on the idea that if you touch a nettle it'll sting you, but if you grasp it tightly it won't. in other words, if you're going to do something potentially unpleasant its better to go for it than do it half heartedly.'Grasp the mettle' is the usual misunderstanding, but doesn't really make any sense.I've no idea what 'grasp the metal' is trying to say, any particular type of metal? Grasping plutonium, gold and mercury would all be rather different things figuratively speaking.So bravo on a double layered malapropism!! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3501-malapropisms/page/5/#findComment-771679 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Aelfheah Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Is that true, that if you grasp a stinging nettle hard it won't sting you? I don't fancy testing it. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3501-malapropisms/page/5/#findComment-771698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyNorwood Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Coldslaw - another gem from my late M-i-L... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3501-malapropisms/page/5/#findComment-771699 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loz Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Mettle/Nettle - ironically, from the origin of 'grasp the nettle'... Aaron Hill's Works, circa 1750, contains the first example that I can find that advises that a nettle be grasped: "Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you, for your pains: Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains." Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3501-malapropisms/page/5/#findComment-771700 Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Pibe Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 so it's rhyming slang then ;)I've never had enough mettle to test it either rahrahrah. THere are about 29 million of them in my garden should i feel the urge though.Maybe the guy that came up with the theory tried it out on a false nettle and was satisfied http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/woodland/plants/false_nettle.htmnope apparently that one doesnt live in the uk, probably this then http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urtica_dioica_subsp._galeopsifolia Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3501-malapropisms/page/5/#findComment-771704 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seabag Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Just heard my other half say to our Teen-boy"It's called a cat lick""A cat lick, really?" he replies"Yes, a cat lick" she says"Don't you mean a Cow lick" he enquires"Yes that's it, A COW LICK" Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3501-malapropisms/page/5/#findComment-771738 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxi Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Not malapropisms but the above reminded me of "a cat lick and a promise" as a term for an all-too-brief wash; my missus refers to the same as a "whore's bath". Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3501-malapropisms/page/5/#findComment-771748 Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_carnell Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 A French/Spanish shower is to just spray on deodorant rather than wash. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3501-malapropisms/page/5/#findComment-771942 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seabag Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 david_carnell Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> A French/Spanish shower is to just spray on> deodorant rather than wash.Tell, does this include a blast upstairs & downstairs ? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3501-malapropisms/page/5/#findComment-771948 Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Pibe Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 we've had eggcorns, now another new (to me) term.mondegreenshttp://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/mildew-all-around-me-and-other-mondegreens"R.E.S.P.E.P.P...." Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3501-malapropisms/page/5/#findComment-798121 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Townleygreen Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 rahrahrah noted "I recently had a crisis of confidence when I bought a set of 'alum keys'. I had always called them 'alan keys'. Turns out both are actually correct and that relaying this tedious story was pointless. Just reminded of it by the Duct / Duck tape thing above. I'll get my coat...."The term is spelled "Allen keys". They are also called hex keys. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3501-malapropisms/page/5/#findComment-798238 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilworker Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 A damp squid. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3501-malapropisms/page/5/#findComment-798601 Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Pibe Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 love that, heard it a surprsing number of times. I reckon it qualifies for an eggcorn. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3501-malapropisms/page/5/#findComment-798607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilworker Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 that would be a mute point.. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3501-malapropisms/page/5/#findComment-798612 Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Pibe Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 :D Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3501-malapropisms/page/5/#findComment-798614 Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-e-dealer Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I'm not going out tonight I am feeling antisocial. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3501-malapropisms/page/5/#findComment-798615 Share on other sites More sharing options...
adonirum Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Whose coat's this jacket?(works best in a broad Welsh accent) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3501-malapropisms/page/5/#findComment-798618 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkT Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Elsewhere on the forum yesterday, a post included a link to an outside source, with the comment: "Not sure about the voracity of the piece though."Mark Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3501-malapropisms/page/5/#findComment-798718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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