Common sayings that are wrong or butchered

[von-mil]

I have no idea how anyone anywhere could pronounce WASH as WARSH.

 

[IndyJay]

Moot vs Mute?

"That is a mute point" would indicate that nobody could hear it rather than it being doubtful or no longer relevant.

 

[gsganzer]

They are both proper words. Founder is related to laminitis in horses as you mention; flounder means to flop around clumsily or helplessly. Sounds pretty accurate in describing many government programs.

Then I wonder if the use of "founder" or "flounder" would be a regional thing. Pretty sure those in the southwest wouldn't know anything about a sideways fish.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I have no idea how anyone anywhere could pronounce WASH as WARSH.

I've heard it a million times. I think it was a product of the times and the very rural area where I lived.

 

[/pine]

I have no idea how anyone anywhere could pronounce WASH as WARSH.

Maybe it comes from the old days when washing machines had ringers...
"rolling "w's"...window-winder...!

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

My uncle who called teenagers "tinsnippers" had a great word for screwdriver. To this day friends who knew him still call it that..."Goosegrinder".

 

[Jstpssng]

Years ago, when gas had lead, we had 2 types of gasoline, regular and Ethyl.
Ethyl was the higher octane.

Did Ethyl have a sister?

 

[bcp]

Did Ethyl have a sister?

Methyl

 

[Jstpssng]

Methyl

I tried to find the Burt Reynolds’s clip which that was from but couldn’t.

 

[/pine]

I tried to find the Burt Reynolds’s clip which that was from but couldn’t.

Gas station attendant : [as W.W. pulls in to fill up at a gas station] What do you take?

W.W. Bright : I'll take Ethel if she's working!

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975) - IMDb

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975) Burt Reynolds as W.W. Bright

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