Common sayings that are wrong or butchered

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Years ago I had TVs for sale in a brown plastic cabinet. Sometimes people would see them and read the label saying: "Look! It has a STIMULATED wood cabinet!".

 

[SgtSluggo]

What is dirt on the moon called? Couldn't be earth...?
Here a driven ground is called Earth ground. What would it be called on Mars?

Regolith

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Ambulance
Here people say "Ammalance"

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Ambulance
Here people say "Ammalance"

Yeah...or..."Ambalance" and "Po-leece".

 

[rontaki]

An ER nurse friend calls them "Whaambulances" due to the sirens often blaring from them.

 

[Pixguy]

I heard a saying in Maine yesterday that I hadn't heard in a long time.

"Sorry, did I piss in your cornflakes?"

 

[Pixguy]

I grew up where a "chester" drawers was a bureau.

 

[jjeff]

Sauna pronounced "sowna" or "sawna"

 

[IndyJay]

Sauna pronounced "sowna" or "sawna"

Like "I saw Donna in the Sauna"...
because (Mona doesn't have a sauna)

 

[goeduck]

Why did the apple cross the road?....... To get to the other cider of the road.