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    1. Sep 6, 12, 01:57 PM #21
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      Have you ever checked out a book at the liberry?
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      Those who add an s to the end of words where it doesn't belong.

      Por ejemplo:

      "I'm going to go to Best Buys and get me a new TV."
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      Quote Originally Posted by 20/20Hindsight View Post
      Couldn't care less, mistakenly referred to as "could care less".
      Diabetes, pronounced as diabeetus, with accent on the last syllable. It's usually only people over 50 who pronounce it incorrectly.
      Perhaps I'm an old soul.
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      Quote Originally Posted by LRCW View Post
      axed (asked)
      This one. If you're axing people I don't think we should be discussing it.
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      Ideal instead of idea
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      Let's go to Wal Marts!
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      Grandma has a bad case of ammonia.
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      Quote Originally Posted by Wireman View Post
      Grandma has a bad case of ammonia.
      Next time someone says that ask where she bought it.
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      Quote Originally Posted by Wireman View Post
      Let's go to Wal Marts!
      I have heard Wal Marks and Kmarks.
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      Zinc for sink. I know several people in my county that pronounce it that way.
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      Quote Originally Posted by malachicrunch View Post
      I have heard Wal Marks and Kmarks.
      Look it up on the internets and see which is correct.
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      Quote Originally Posted by The Professor View Post
      Zinc for sink. I know several people in my county that pronounce it that way.
      Me too, where did that come from?
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      Nuclear and Vladimir

      Signed,
      George W. Bush
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      Quote Originally Posted by The Professor View Post
      Zinc for sink. I know several people in my county that pronounce it that way.
      I expecially hate it when people worsh things off in the zinc.
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      Quote Originally Posted by BleedBlue12 View Post
      Guilty...
      Hand also raised
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      Quote Originally Posted by CincySportsFan View Post
      Ideal instead of idea
      Or Idear
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      Anyway does not have an "s" on the end of it!
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      Quote Originally Posted by Watusi View Post
      One of the worst for me is when people say physical when they mean fiscal. Our Pike County Fiscal Court is commonly referred to as the Physical Court. Ohh drives me crazy.

      Another good one is "for all intensive purposes" when the phrase is "for all intents and purposes"One more that comes to mind is when people say excape or expecially when they mean escape or especially.
      I never use this one because I can never remember which one is correct!
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