Misunderstood Words or Phrases (quote)

[old_cold]

"........year old ones in the wheelbarrel..."
If she visualized this, I doubt she'd make the mistake.
Either that or hers looks much different than mine.

[MissSoBelle]

People say "A whole 'nuther" instead of "another whole" or "a whole other."

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by MissSoBelle

People say "A whole 'nuther" instead of "another whole" or "a whole other."

I think that's one of those phrases that was funny the first time a comedian used it forty years ago, but now it's become common usage.

[bjh]

Unintentionally funny. ---> "Going rouge" instead of "going rogue." Going rouge doesn't sound all that tough.

[Perfect Stranger]

Originally Posted by Sojj

Are you sure about that?

Because I was taught that the phrase is "the exception that probes the rule".

No, it's proves.

One that irks me:

Capital/capitol

[CA4Now]

"All's swell that ends swell."

[bjh]

ado, for adieu = Bid you ado. - wishing them trouble

adieu, for ado = much adieu about nothing - a big goodbye?

[old_cold]

When one misunderstands that words that sound the same aren't always spelled the same the result can sometimes still make an amusing kind of sense.
"I would find myself floating out of my bed because he had peed again! It must be something in their jeans"

[bjh]

"trite and true" for "tried and true"

[bjh]

"eye soar" for "eye sore"

If it made your eyes feel like soaring, it wouldn't be an eye sore.