Common sayings that are wrong or butchered

[RobertN]

Everyone I know pronounces both words the same. Care-uh-mel just sounds pretentious.

I've also heard it pronounced Care Mel.

I dunno... Care-uh-mel just sounds correct to me

It could be a regional thing pronunciation though too

 

[SPYDERLK]

Demandatory. Had a girlfriend who said it. I thought it was great - a word defining itself. I never said anything and she was so mad at me for not correcting her mistake when someone else told her.

 

[/pine]

Almond milk,,Soy milk,,Oat milk. Its not milk.

Some think the liquid inside the hollow part of a coconut is the "milk"...but the actual "milk" is pressed from the meat of the nut...!

 

[bigtiller]

Conversate. Heard it often from nervous people on the show Judge Judy.

 

[jjeff]

Saying hot water heater vs water heater, ask yourself why you need to heat hot water? Pet peeve of a few I used to work with.

 

[K5lwq]

Saying hot water heater vs water heater, ask yourself why you need to heat hot water? Pet peeve of a few I used to work with.

To heat 140F water to 180F water for sanitizing in a commercial dishwasher.

 

[jjeff]

To heat 140F water to 180F water for sanitizing in a commercial dishwasher.

Good point. But not usually in your normal consumer lingo. Growing up I used to refer to any water heater as a hot water heater.

 

[RobertN]

Saying hot water heater vs water heater, ask yourself why you need to heat hot water? Pet peeve of a few I used to work with.

I have a closed loop recirculating solar with electric backup hot water heating system. What do I call that

 

[RjCorazza]

My wife says "hot water heater" also... It drives me almost as crazy as when she calls a car windshield a "window shield".

 

[CalG]

Diner and supper get's confusing between households.

Diner is at mid day, and sometimes carried in a diner pail.

Supper is the evening meal. Often times soup to sup.

Both are often stirred in a pot ;-)