Home in, of course! Just like you might want to home
in on these banana butterscotch loaves cooling on the stove!
Hone means to sharpen and improve.
To home in on something means to get closer,
like a homing pigeon!
When I recently saw a list of common phrases that people
often say incorrectly, it was there! source
The first phrase is incorrect and the second one is the
proper way to say it. The first half of the list
was posted yesterday, here.
- Aks vs. Ask. You don't aks/axe for things. You ask for them.
- What's your guyses opinion vs. What's your opinion, guys? I've heard this one a few times and it seems very awkward saying it the incorrect way...at least to me. This phrase would be from the north and I suppose it would be y'allses vs. y'all in the south!
- Momento vs. Memento. Momento isn't a word. Memento is a keepsake.
- Irregardless vs. Regardless. Regardless means without regard. Putting an IR at the beginning makes the word a double negative. I had to laugh. The incorrect one is so common, my auto correct didn't even blink when I typed it.
- Sorta vs. Sort of. Lazy pronunciation obviously started this one! My auto correct thought this one was ok, too!
- Conversating vs. Conversing. I have never even heard this incorrect one!
- Scotch free vs. Scot free. And no, it isn't Scott free, either!
- I made a 360 degree change in my life vs. I made a 180 degree change in my life. If you made a 360 degree change, it would be no change at all. 180 degree would be a complete change to the opposite.
- Curl up in a feeble position vs. Curl up in a fetal position. I totally cracked up at this one. I'm glad I've never heard someone say it where I had to keep a straight face!
- Brother in laws vs. Brothers in law. This is a little bit like the guyses and guys.
So, how did you do?
I'm guilty of #3! ha.
And if you want the bread recipe, just put the
title in the search box. I've posted it before. :)
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Some of these word comparisons are like "fingernails on a chalkboard", very irritating!
ReplyDeleteDo they make you curl up in a feeble position?
DeleteSome are very surprising . . . . nos 1 and 2 are almost unbelievable and shared the laugh with no 9 . . . . loved these and last night's . . . :)
ReplyDeleteYou don't do any of them? You're better than me!
DeleteOooh . . . .I didn't say I don't do any of them . . . have been known to do n. 3.. I like no 8 . . :)
DeleteDo you say 'guys' over there? Here, especially in the northern states, we say it even for girls!
DeleteYes we say guys, started say 5 years ago and we include girls in that words too . . . :) . . . but not guyses . .
DeleteOnly 5 years ago? You just had to copy us, didn't you! ha.
Deletelol . . . It may be more but can't say for sure. Yes whatever you do we eventually do it too, like Trick and Treat . . . we never used to do that. . . . and I am told The Charleston . . . lol . . . .but we still drive on the correct side of the road . . lol
DeleteYou couldn't say you drive on the 'right' side, could you!
DeleteAhh . . . I anticipated that one because if I had said we drove on the right side you would have said no you drive on the left . . . so that is why I said correct . . . . rofl
Deletelol....
DeleteWas I right or was I right? . . .lol
DeleteYou were left!
Deletelol . . . . deuce I think. ha
DeleteI'm laughing curled up in a sorta feeble position while conversating with y'allses. Hahaha
ReplyDeletelol...take a picture as a momento!
DeleteKidding aside (is that correct? :) I love those banana butterscotch loaves.
DeleteI hope it's correct...I say it a lot! Lol...
DeleteThat bread never lasts long around here!
Oh what have you started Betsy! This morning we were having breakfast with friends and one gal used the expression 'nipped by the butt'..oh my I could hardly keep a straight face and then another one said his wife (who had surgery) had been moved from 'extensive care' to the regular ward last night. Oh my after your last 2 posts I think I'm on the alert! lol
DeleteExtensive Care? hahaha.....See! I guess it's all true! lol...
DeleteUno momento or un momento?
ReplyDeleteI suppose it works in other languages too...
I've heard the "conversating" one quite recently, from one of my own offspring. Wasn't quite sure how to respond.
I've been a feeble position lately. ha ha!
:0)
Now you've confused me. haha. Momento was the same in both..was that one momento and a momento? No mementos? ha.
DeleteYes, you've been in a feeble, fetal position!
Can't stand #1, hear it all the time. Guilty of #2, but we don't say y'allses...we say y'all's. Did you catch that? Two apostrophes in one word. We know how to be fancy. Lol! And guilty of #3, once or twice. I would definitely (burst or bust) out laughing, if I heard some say #9.
ReplyDeleteThe apostrophe queens must be down south! haha. I'm with you on #1....I think that's the worst of both lists!
DeleteYes we say guys, started say 5 years ago and we include girls in that words too . . . :) . . . but not guyses . .
ReplyDeleteoops . . . relied in wrong field . . .
DeleteThat's because you drive on the wrong side to begin with...now you've gone off into a field? Is it a car park? lol...
DeleteWell it's not a parking lot ~ that's for sure . . . lol .
DeleteMomento is a Spanish word.
ReplyDeleteIrregardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that “there is no such word.” There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead.
Yes, but it means moment, correct? Not a keepsake.
DeleteI hear a lot of people say irregardless and don't think anything about it....but when you think about it, regardless makes more sense....
Correct
DeleteWow, some of those were rather lame
ReplyDeleteSorta is the only one I can claim
But I know I'm being lazy when I use it
The rest you'd have to be pretty bad to hit
If it's slang and you know it
DeleteI don't mind a bit.
Some are very lame.
They don't know the language game.
Orlin and Cass would do better
saying each and every letter!
haha that they would
DeleteAs the lame haunt many a hood
Gonna is another slang
I may use with a clang
I use that one, too
Deletebetween me and you!
Hmm, I think I did better on part one. I say both hone in and irregardless. Terrible about the latter. I guess I'm a C+ for today. LOL!
ReplyDeleteBanana butterscotch loaves - I will be right over! Just back from my god-daughter's wedding. So beautiful. Ah, young love!
ReplyDeleteI'm of the generation when such things were drilled into you at school so hard that I wince now when I hear or see mistakes. The one that really gets me is when people say 'She must of been tired' ( for example) instead of 'must have been'. However, I am sure there are things I get wrong and my spelling isn't always good. My typing is worse - I just typed spleeing instead of spelling!!
ReplyDeletelol! #9 is hilarious! and feeble! thanks for my morning chuckle!
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