The mangling of idomatic expressions (a minor rant and call for commiseration)

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Sounds like a rough life if this shit pisses you off.

My dad used to say 9 of 1 half a dozen of another,

[jerrymrc]

Along this vein and although I know how to do it both ways why is it that when a town takes names from somewhere else they always have to pronounce it differently?

Of course the springs has grown so fast the way the natives say it may soon be lost but the street here is pronounced Will-LAM-ette not Will-A-Mette.

Sorry but I grew up playing on the river that the street is named after. And my wife from texas pronounces the l in Salmon. She never had it until she met me.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Isn't the word "stuff" already a plural. Thus, no need for "stuffs". So, is there a singular for stuff? Perhaps "miscellaneous crap". I'm only an old "high school dummy" so one of you learned folks can hopefully enlighten this old fart because I still have a LOT to learn.

You can use "stuffs" if it's an active verb but no, use as a plural noun is an indicator of subpar education.

I used to be a big supporter of education -- hated "Dark Side of the Moon" because of the anti-education bent -- but it seems like many schools are indoctrination rather than education facilities these days. Unfortunately, that opinion doesn't go over well with my sister's or mother's friends who are still active teachers ... I'll feel bad about that over my next sip of coffee ...

[Zundfolge]

Along this vein and although I know how to do it both ways why is it that when a town takes names from somewhere else they always have to pronounce it differently?

I was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas ... on the east side of town one of the major roads is "Greenwich Road" ... locally it's pronounced "Green-Which" and that's always bugged the crap out of me. Also the fact that all references to streets, towns and rivers named "Arkansas" within the state of Kansas are pronounced "Are-Kansas" (that didn't bug me until I moved away and realized how silly it was).

Good to know about the Willamette thing though.

I used to be a big supporter of education -- hated "Dark Side of the Moon" because of the anti-education bent -...

You mean The Wall?

[sellersm]

Pay no nevermind to the misattributing of the Pink Floyd album!

[KevDen2005]

I hate when people say "it's a MUTE point." I want to correct them immediately.

People at work always say, "I am going to APPRAISE the supervisor of what's going on" instead of apprise. I have corrected numerous detectives of this....they hate that.

The sergeant major I had at PLDC on FT Knox used to say Pacific instead of Specific and Electric Lights instead of electrolytes.

[BushMasterBoy]

effing idioms!

[USAFGopherMike]

I'm no English major, but I hear these so often it drives me nuts. Makes me want to smack people and tell them that instead of impressing others with their attempt at vocabulary, they've just embarrassed themselves.

[Bailey Guns]

Sgt Dumas got an accommodation medal.

[clublights]

Reminds me of this ... NSFW due to language...