Miss heard sayings! [Archive]

Slowhand68

11-20-2009, 12:36 PM

I thought that "NIP IT IN THE BUD" was "NIP IT IN THE BUTT".
does anyone else have some.
I will add them as I remember.

Lol. That could bring you some problems...

Cheers,
Stefano

Luc

11-20-2009, 12:39 PM

Happens to me all the time at work. The Australian accent vs. French Canadian accent... I think they're doing it on purpose sometimes... Ahhh, funny buggars!

blackfoot

11-20-2009, 12:41 PM

I know I have a couple, I just can't think of them right now.

JECIII

11-20-2009, 12:49 PM

"youve got another THINK coming" not thing.

Mr_Amazing

11-20-2009, 01:23 PM

Haha, one of the best ones I have heard is "worst case Ontario" that Ricky from Trailer Park Boys would always get wrong instead of "worst case scenario."

danek

11-20-2009, 01:45 PM

Little things irritate me sometimes, like "anyways" instead of the proper, "anyway". And things like "Miss Heard sayings" - like they are different from Mr. Heard's.

Bertilak

11-20-2009, 01:52 PM

Not a saying, but a misunderstanding on my part when I was very young (about 5?).

I have an uncle Charlie. Of course all the adults in the family simply called him Charlie. But, with their strong New Jersey accent it sounded more like "Cholley".

Now here's the misunderstanding -- When I first saw a trolley car and was told it was called a "trolley car" I thought I heard "Cholley car" and was confused for a long time about why they were named after my uncle! No, this was not in San Francisco but in East Orange New Jersey and yes, I'm that old!

82R100

11-20-2009, 02:12 PM

When I first saw a trolley car and was told it was called a "trolley car" I thought I heard "Cholley car" and was confused for a long time about why they were named after my uncle!

What a coincidence! I simply thought they were Charley cars and named after my Uncle Charley. Adding to this was the fact that my grandfather (his brother) worked for the MTA.

-Chris

quickie-cookie

11-20-2009, 02:16 PM

I like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg5_mlQOsUQ

Bertilak

11-20-2009, 02:38 PM

What a coincidence! I simply thought they were Charley cars and named after my Uncle Charley. Adding to this was the fact that my grandfather (his brother) worked for the MTA.

-Chris

Wow! Who'd a thought *that* would happen twice?!

Swampfox

11-20-2009, 02:53 PM

When I was little, after going to the barbershop with my dad, we would always stop by the local pawn shop. In the South Carolina accent "pawn" and "pond" sound very similar. I was probably 5 or 6 at the time. After leaving the babershop, I asked my dad where we were going.

"To the pawn shop."

My little brain, with entirely too active of an imagination, began to picture this store, full of water. After thinking about it for a few minutes I asked him, "But how are we going to get in?"

"What do you mean? Through the door."

"But, it's full of water!"

My dad starting laughing, and I didn't think he would ever stop. I really didn't understand what was so funny. He still tells that story about me.

To add to my confusion, when we walked inside the pawn shop, not only was it not filled with water, but there was no water in there at all!

chainfire

11-20-2009, 03:08 PM

On a live Fleetwood Mac album, they introduced Lindsey Buckingham, and I never knew the band members. So instead of "Lindsey Buckingham", I thought they were telling the audience to "raise your effin' hands", much to the amusement of my coworker who was a big Fleetwood Mac fan.

paulboeck

11-20-2009, 03:12 PM

blackfoot

11-20-2009, 03:40 PM

Not really a saying I suppose, but this one confused me for most of my youth:

"revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night" (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wrapped+up+like+a+douche)

I guess I was blinded by the light :001_cool:.

Here is my confession. I never knew until now what that song actually said. :blushing: Another song that I can't figure out was Walking In Memphis. The lines says something about walking with his feet ten feet off of...?

82R100

11-20-2009, 03:42 PM

Slow talking Walter (the fire engine guy).

quickie-cookie

11-20-2009, 03:45 PM

King of Queens:

"Reverend Blue Jeans!"

blackfoot

11-20-2009, 03:51 PM

King of Queens:

"Reverend Blue Jeans!"

I haven't heard that in ages!

quickie-cookie

11-20-2009, 04:00 PM

My English is not perfect. Could you explain your statement?

mmack66

11-20-2009, 04:02 PM

Never heard of her. No pun intended.

jkh

11-20-2009, 04:10 PM

Mondegreen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen)

nealf

11-20-2009, 04:33 PM

Mondegreen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen)

Ah yes! "There's a bathroom on the right" of course!

luvmysuper

11-20-2009, 04:43 PM

Mondegreen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondegreen)

Steve Miller Band

"Big ol' Jed had a light on"

calcustom

11-20-2009, 04:53 PM

Not so much sayings but when I was little I would hear about cereal killers and gorilla warfare which would conjure up interesting images.

aquilla

11-20-2009, 04:56 PM

Not really a saying I suppose, but this one confused me for most of my youth:

"revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night" (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wrapped+up+like+a+douche)

I guess I was blinded by the light :001_cool:.

oooohhhh, i always thought that said that too
never did make much sense to me but then ive only briefly heard the song a few times and didnt pay much attention. having said that i could probably fill the next few pages with all the songs lyrics ive heard wrong :blushing:

flatstick96

11-20-2009, 06:41 PM

Here is my confession. I never knew until now what that song actually said. :blushing: Another song that I can't figure out was Walking In Memphis. The lines says something about walking with his feet ten feet off of...?

It's "Beale".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beale_Street

soapbox

11-20-2009, 07:29 PM

I thought the phrase was "various, insundry things" for a long time until I ran across "sundry" by itself in a book.

One of my all-time favorites (though one I never mistook) is "Scuse me, while I kiss this guy!" --this and many more misheard rock lyrics are in a book (http://www.amazon.com/Scuse-While-Kiss-This-Guy/dp/0671501283).

There are a bunch more phrases that I hear Generation Y and Z using incorrectly, but I can't call them to mind at the moment.

OldSchoolYoungin

11-20-2009, 09:33 PM

"Could care less" - This means you, well, you COULD care less. The proper saying is you "could NOT (couldn't) care less".

TimmyBoston

11-20-2009, 09:48 PM

'Scuse me while I kiss this guy.

OldSchoolYoungin

11-20-2009, 09:50 PM

'Scuse me while I kiss this guy.

:lol:

opliko

11-20-2009, 10:04 PM

Even being a musician I've never had an ear for lyrics in songs, so parts I don't hear properly get filled in with whatever sounds the closest. I blame the artist for not making a clearer mix.

paulboeck

11-20-2009, 10:14 PM

Thought of another one.

For all 'intensive' purposes.

DSB

11-20-2009, 10:47 PM

Blinded by the Light: "wrapped up like a douche in the middle of the night."

ouch

11-21-2009, 05:22 AM

Haha, one of the best ones I have heard is "worst case Ontario" that Ricky from Trailer Park Boys would always get wrong instead of "worst case scenario."

I see you've never been to Ontario. :lol:

82R100

11-21-2009, 06:11 AM

...and "wallah" it is done. :001_huh:

Bertilak

11-21-2009, 06:12 AM

"Could care less" - This means you, well, you COULD care less. The proper saying is you "could NOT (couldn't) care less".

Actually, I think that is the kind of expression where what was said was just part of the whole where the listener is left to fill in the missing piece.

I could care less (but not by much)

This is a form of litotes (understatement for effect -- a form of hyperbole or exageration). Raymond Chandler was full of similar stuff:

Not wider than a beer truck
Smaller than Buckingham Palace
Fewer windows than the Chrysler building
[the room was] less than seventy feet long

82R100

11-21-2009, 06:36 AM

Actually, I think that is the kind of expression where what was said was just part of the whole where the listener is left to fill in the missing piece.

I could care less (but not by much)

This is a form of litotes (understatement for effect -- a form of hyperbole or exageration).

I'd grudgingly agree if I hadn't heard it transition from one to the other. I didn't hear the "could care less" until about 30 years ago. Until then it was "couldn't care less" [than I do right now].

- Chris

Black Adder

11-21-2009, 06:38 AM

Here's a link for those of you who are song lyrically challenged...

like me:blush:

http://www.kissthisguy.com/

It'll tell you what they're really singing.

Don

SilentTuba

11-21-2009, 06:44 AM

One that drives me batty...not so much a mishearing (or mis-speaking) but mis-typing:

"Could of" or "should of"

I mean....seriously...do people even try to read what they write when they type crap like that??? What in the hell does "could of" mean??? It's "could have," for crying out loud. This is just one of the reasons I'm glad I don't ever have to grade essays as a band teacher...offenses like this and using text speak in a paper would cause me to INSTANTLY fail someone.

Bertilak

11-21-2009, 07:23 AM

I'd grudgingly agree if I hadn't heard it transition from one to the other. I didn't hear the "could care less" until about 30 years ago. Until then it was "couldn't care less" [than I do right now].

The transition may have been deliberate by some and "Miss Heard" by others.

I always heard it (and indeed use it) in the Raymond Chandler vein. Now that I know it annoys some people I may use it more often! (When I'm in a contrary mood.)

The mishearing may be given a nudge by the aversion to double negatives, which it somewhat resembles ("not" and "less").

the beav

11-21-2009, 02:03 PM

A student recently wrote to me that "things were cutting down his self of steam".

RBE17

11-23-2009, 05:24 AM

I could care less. It should be I could not care less.

Irregardless instead of regardless.

CJayhawk

11-23-2009, 09:56 AM

I always thought it was "I take you to be my awfully wedded wife."

I'm still not entirely sure I'm wrong about that.

RichGem

11-23-2009, 10:04 AM

I thought the phrase was "various, insundry things" for a long time until I ran across "sundry" by itself in a book.

Various and sun dried tomatoes, however, are quite nice. :wink:

Navig8tor

11-23-2009, 10:07 AM

I had a VP that gave a speech once and asked everyone to "keep their ear to the grindstone!"

RichGem

11-23-2009, 10:16 AM

I had a VP that gave a speech once and asked everyone to "keep their ear to the grindstone!"

That sounds (no pun intended) rather painful.

FLTiger

11-23-2009, 10:37 PM

I used to think the song was "Red Alert" rather than "Radar Love." :blushing:

dpm802

11-23-2009, 11:09 PM

I used to hear Marc Anthony's song "I need to know" as "Tiny Timbo"

82R100

11-24-2009, 06:41 AM

I've seen the phrase "same old same old" mis-written as "same oh same oh".

- Chris

Bertilak

11-24-2009, 07:10 AM

I've seen the phrase "same old same old" mis-written as "same oh same oh".

- Chris

How lame-o lame-o!

kwk285

11-24-2009, 07:16 AM

I thought it was realin in the yees instead of Reeling in the Years.

Bertilak

11-24-2009, 07:37 AM

I thought it was realin in the yees instead of Reeling in the Years.

Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
We shall come rejoicing, realing in the yees

Nancy Boy

11-24-2009, 12:23 PM

Little things irritate me sometimes, like "anyways" instead of the proper, "anyway". And things like "Miss Heard sayings" - like they are different from Mr. Heard's.

I went out with Miss Heard once. She was loud. :blink:

Spivey

11-24-2009, 12:29 PM

My dad grew up thinking that a chest of drawers was a "Chester Drawers." :lol:

BEAR DEN

11-24-2009, 12:30 PM

Blinded by the Light: "wrapped up like a douche in the middle of the night."

That's not the lyric!! :lol:

Swampfox

11-24-2009, 01:30 PM

Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
We shall come rejoicing, realing in the yees

I thought it was bringing in the sheets?

blackfoot

11-24-2009, 08:58 PM

My dad grew up thinking that a chest of drawers was a "Chester Drawers." :lol:

I used to think that too. :blush:

Trench

11-25-2009, 06:10 AM

Hold me closer, Tony Danza
Count the head lice on the highway

thunderball

11-25-2009, 10:00 AM

"beckon call" instead of "beck and call". :001_rolle

Sluggo

11-25-2009, 10:04 AM

People who say "ATM machine" or french benefits

thunderball

11-25-2009, 10:08 AM

'to reek havoc' always cracks me up when I see it written...:blushing:
'tie me over' for 'tide me over' is another classic.

Bertilak

11-25-2009, 10:27 AM

People who say "ATM machine" or french benefits

Well "french benefits" is bad but I refuse to give up "ATM machine"!

I also will keep PIN number.

See also the article on the RAS Syndrome (RAS=Redundant Acronym Syndrome) at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_syndrome.

blackfoot

11-25-2009, 11:45 AM

Well "french benefits" is bad but I refuse to give up "ATM machine"!

I also will keep PIN number.

See also the article on the RAS Syndrome (RAS=Redundant Acronym Syndrome) at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_syndrome.

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

Mr. Scruffy

11-25-2009, 01:43 PM

Wooly Bully

The whole song

blackfoot

11-25-2009, 01:49 PM

Wooly Bully

The whole song

+1!

:lol::lol::lol:

RichGem

11-25-2009, 02:31 PM

Wooly Bully

The whole song

CCR: THeeer's a bathroom on the right!

thunderball

11-26-2009, 03:52 PM

Some of my students thought that 'euthanasia' was actually referring to 'youth in Asia'. :blink:

sandmountainslim

11-26-2009, 05:39 PM

For years I thought Blue Oyster Cult sang "Don't Fear The Reefer" rather than "reaper" and I misheard Elton John saying "Rolling like flounder under the covers" on Guess Thats Why They Call It The Blues.
Wp

blackfoot

11-26-2009, 05:48 PM

RichGem

11-26-2009, 06:03 PM

pauls51

11-26-2009, 06:13 PM

The one that annoys me the most is associated with my employment

"BAS Statement" - Business Activity Statement Statement??????

dpm802

11-26-2009, 06:32 PM

The one that annoys me the most is associated with my employment

"BAS Statement" - Business Activity Statement Statement??????

There's a whole lot of annoying terms like that, so much so, that a specific term has been devised to describe it. Known as RAS Syndrome, which stands for "Redundant Acronym Syndrome Syndrome" which is itself an RAS.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_syndrome

pauls51

11-26-2009, 06:44 PM

There's a whole lot of annoying terms like that, so much so, that a specific term has been devised to describe it. Known as RAS Syndrome, which stands for "Redundant Acronym Syndrome Syndrome" which is itself an RAS.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_syndrome

:lol::lol::lol: Can't believe there is a specific term for this... Truly is Astonishing!!

Swampfox

11-27-2009, 09:05 AM

See also the article on the RAS Syndrome (RAS=Redundant Acronym Syndrome) at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_syndrome.

i think all Americans suffer from that. Along with members of a certain forum....:idea:

Wooly Bully

The whole song

Does anyone really know what that song says?

:lol::lol::lol: Can't believe there is a specific term for this... Truly is Astonishing!!

I can't believe it was mentioned twice on the same page of the same thread! :lol:

RichGem

11-27-2009, 09:13 AM

i think all Americans suffer from that. Along with members of a certain forum....:idea:

Does anyone really know what that song says?

I can't believe it was mentioned twice on the same page of the same thread! :lol:

yes (http://www.robert-kruse.com/samudio/pages/lyric-wooly.html)

and, by the by, the term "L-seven" mentioned in the lyrics means "square" (unhep, etc.)

blackfoot

11-27-2009, 09:31 AM

yes (http://www.robert-kruse.com/samudio/pages/lyric-wooly.html)

and, by the by, the term "L-seven" mentioned in the lyrics means "square" (unhep, etc.)

Words, yes, but meaning?

RichGem

11-27-2009, 09:32 AM

Words, yes, but meaning?

That's up to you. :lol:

Bertilak

11-27-2009, 09:34 AM

the term "L-seven" mentioned in the lyrics means "square" (unhep, etc.)

Words, yes, but meaning?

That's up to you.

L7
In some circumstances can look like a square.

cfriend

11-27-2009, 09:35 AM

I thought "all intents and purposes" was "all intensive purposes" for a while. :blushing:

blackfoot

11-27-2009, 09:39 AM

I thought "all intents and purposes" was "all intensive purposes" for a while. :blushing:

:whistling:

RichGem

11-27-2009, 09:51 AM

L7In some circumstances can look like a square.

'zactly.

Swampfox

11-27-2009, 10:05 AM

Words, yes, but meaning?

I think I'll leave the meaning alone..yeah, that's what I'll do.

I'm still trying to figure out how I'm gonna walk inside a pawn shop without getting wet. :001_huh:

RichGem

11-27-2009, 10:07 AM

I think I'll leave the meaning alone..yeah, that's what I'll do.

I'm still trying to figure out how I'm gonna walk inside a pawn shop without getting wet. :001_huh:

Well, once you do get inside, see if they have any umbrellas. :001_rolle

Swampfox

11-27-2009, 10:13 AM

Well, once you do get inside, see if they have any umbrellas. :001_rolle

Umbrellas do no good, the place is flooded!

RichGem

11-27-2009, 10:18 AM

Umbrellas do no good, the place is flooded!

Umm... hip waders then? Or get someone else to do it. :lol:

blackfoot

11-27-2009, 10:38 AM

I think I'll leave the meaning alone..yeah, that's what I'll do.

I'm still trying to figure out how I'm gonna walk inside a pawn shop without getting wet. :001_huh:

Scuba gear! MAn, now I want to go to the pawn shop. Indoor scuba diving!

Swampfox

11-27-2009, 11:16 AM

Umm... hip waders then? Or get someone else to do it. :lol:

I'll probably just forget about it. Al the merchandise is probably ruined anyhow....

Scuba gear! MAn, now I want to go to the pawn shop. Indoor scuba diving!

:lol:

13ALPHA

11-28-2009, 06:39 PM

Haha, one of the best ones I have heard is "worst case Ontario" that Ricky from Trailer Park Boys would always get wrong instead of "worst case scenario."

It doesn't take "rocket appliances" to steal an ATM...

Quite possible the best show ever!

GFlanagan3

12-01-2009, 08:01 AM

I thought it was realin in the yees instead of Reeling in the Years.

*I* thought for a long time it was "reeling in the eaves" which was a strange thing to do to a house