Common sayings that are completely wrong

[NITEHAWK]

When reading a western the sheriff or the good guy says to the bad guy:"Unloosen your gunbelt!" Huh? Should be more like take off the gunbelt.
Maybe the bad guy was suffering from a too tight gunbelt and the good guy was concerned about his welfare?
Why is it "dived" into the rocks and not "dove" into the rocks


just wondering

[rarebear.nm]

Apartments-

They are all stuck together.


Retirement-
I worked 25 years and got tired. Why would I want to get more tired. Should be called refreshment.

[Scott 3]

People say supposaBly but it should be supposeDly.

Teleconferences are telecons but autocorrect and the world have started saying telecoms.

[Itchytoe]

Originally Posted by Scott 3

People say supposaBly but it should be supposeDly.

Teleconferences are telecons but autocorrect and the world have started saying telecoms.

I thought telecoms was short for telecommunications. Dang, I've had it wrong all this time :(

[RiverBurt]

Most of these aren’t sayings at all, so there’s ya go.

[F4Gary]

The use of the word "at".
"Where are you at?"
Good grief, it's "Where are you?"


Also...


The use of "There is"
i.e. "There's a lot of smart posters on here."
It's "there are a lot of smart posters on here."
I hear this bad grammar a lot on TV. They should know better.

[RonLC]

Nothing is fool proof for the determined fool.

[Oregon]

Geez, I see said the blind man or is it the smell of gas I hear.

[GeorgeandTheBear]

Originally Posted by F4Gary

The use of the word "at".
"Where are you at?"
Good grief, it's "Where are you?"

This reminds me of a story my brother Leo tells.

Years ago, he and his friend Shelby were in the Chicago area and couldn't find their hotel. Leo was driving and told Shelby to call the hotel and get directions. Shelby called and reached a person of an ethnicity prevalent in the lodging industry.

The conversation went something like this:

Desk clerk answers: So and so hotel.
Shelby: Where bouts y'all at?
DC: Confused answer in mangled English.
Shelby: Where bouts y'all at?
DC: See above reply.
Shelby: (More emphatically this time) WHERE BOUTS Y'ALL AT!
DC: See above.
Shelby: (covers phone and turns to Leo and says) This stupid SOB can't understand English!

I guess when my brother finished laughing, they eventually found their destination.

[LETMGROW]

Why does every young person in this country have to insert the word "Like" several times in every sentence?
That drives me up a wall! LOL
Lynn

[CampDaven]

Why is “LOL” used when laughing is not a natural response?

Same for LMAO?

After all these years, why are emojis not enough? [emoji6]🤪

[Curtis in TX]

"Included Free with your Purchase, just pay added fee!"

My Mom's favorite, "Just Shut up and tell me what happend!"

Or the one you hear all the time now. "You know what I'm Saying?"
Actually, NO. You haven't made a point yet.

[GeorgeandTheBear]

Walla!

[paulag1955]

"Common sense" seems to be getting less common every day.