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MORE ERRORS |
People send me quite a few word confusions which don't seem worth writing up but which are nevertheless entertaining or interesting. I simply list a number of these below for your amusement.
| What was said | What was meant |
|---|---|
| acrosst | across |
| aerobic numbers | Arabic numbers |
| anticlimatic | anticlimactic |
| anyways | anyway |
| ashfault | asphalt |
| based around | based on |
| cortage | cortege |
| deja vous | deja vu |
| diswraught | distraught |
| do to | due to |
| exasperated | exacerbated |
| excape | escape |
| expecially | especially |
| extracting revenge | exacting revenge |
| flustrated | frustrated |
| genuses | genera |
| heart-rendering | heart-rending |
| hobbiest | hobbyist |
| hone in | home in |
| howsomever | however |
| in another words | in other words |
| insuremountable | unsurmountable |
| invision | envision |
| just assume | just as soon |
| lamblasted | lambasted |
| laxidaisical | lackadaisical |
| muriel | mural |
| pacific | specific |
| piece of mind | peace of mind |
| permiscuous | promiscuous |
| pedastool | pedestal |
| Peruvian interest | prurient interest |
| perverbial | proverbial |
| poultrygeist | poltergeist |
| simular | similar |
| supposably | supposedly |
| tie me over | tide me over |
| tow the line | toe the line |
| took it for granite | took it for granted |
| turpentime | turpentine |
| tyrannical yolk | tyrannical yoke |
| unthaw | thaw |
| up and adam | up and at 'em |
| Valentimes | Valentines |
| voiceterous | boisterous |
| without further adieu | without further ado |
For more of this sort of thing, see Jack Smith: How to Win a Pullet Surprise (Franklin Watts,1982).