Common sayings that are wrong or butchered

[OldPaint]

The most misused word of the last ten years, has to be "existential."
I'm sure that 90% of the users of this word, have no understanding of how they are using it.

Probably because no one in the past 10 years has been taught to actually SPELL it. Being able to spell a word goes a long way toward teaching one how to use that word. Spelling isn't taught nor graded past the 3rd grade these days. And to think I was still graded on my handwriting (never mind my spelling) as a senior in high school, or even in my Statics/Dynamics courses in college. Kids in school now would call that bullying.

 

[OldPaint]

The idea that Ebonics (African American Vernacular English, Black American English, etc), is something that still sees derision and ridicule is not surprising but disappointing. There are still so many who see what is clearly a dialect of American English as just the language of uneducated black people. It is seen as a sign of someone who is to be looked down upon because they clearly "are not smart enough to speak 'correctly.'" It hurts me the most to see people from the south taking this attitude while clearly being blind to the fact that others will view their accent and dialect in the same way.

Some of us are not blind to it at all, and rather enjoy the error of those elitist snobs that fail in their estimation of us.

 

[OldPaint]

And so many ignorant companies, too.



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Bruce

There is absolutely a difference. Minor in nature of purpose, but certainly a fairly large impact on reloading speed when speed is needed. A Clip Magazine offers a way to go from an empty weapon to a fully loaded weapon with no more than a few actions (eject the spent magazine, install the full one). An integral magazine generally requires reloading one shell/cartridge/round at a time, UNLESS the weapon uses stripper clips for a top loading magazine, such as some bolt-action weapons. They can be reloaded nearly as fast, if not faster, in fact, as one with a clip magazine.

The primary purpose of the magazine is to protect the ammunition/rounds/cartridges until they were chambered. The clip (on) magazine has the convenience of carrying pre-loaded magazines for the weapon to speed reload time. A stripper clip could hardly be called a magazine as it offers no protection whatsoever to the ammunition, other than to the primers of the cartridges. All it does is align 5 rounds (on my Gewher 88 [8mm Mauser] manufactured in 1890) so they are easily loaded very quickly through the receiver. Closing the bolt after loading will kick the stripper out and chamber the first round. Herr Mannlicher did a tidy job with that design. It's VERY reliable, if you take care of your ammunition before you need it. Technically speaking, though, most magazines have to be loaded one cartridge at a time. Stripper clips certainly do. Having to stuff loose rounds into a weapon in the heat of battle, or having a group of them to quickly reload could be the difference in life and death. Actual reload time will vary very little if you count the time to stuff a clip versus pushing shells into a tube on the weapon. The difference is WHEN you can do that, and how many loaded clip magazines or stripper clips you can carry with you, versus boxed/loose ammunition to feed an integral magazine.

A magazine could also refer to a publication from which pages like the ones you posted came from. That would also be a periodical. A magazine is also where munitions was stored in forts and on ships, for the sole purpose of protecting it, and has absolutely nothing to do with the weapon that's going to fire the munitions.

So, do you have a magazine, a magazine, a magazine, or a magazine?

 

[OldPaint]

I was in my teens before I realized a chest of drawers wasn't a "chester drawers."

And that's actually "Chest of draws". No er on the end. Drawers are what you put in the draws.

 

[OldPaint]

Words change over time and wife and I live in Virginia. "Ain't" now is acceptable. I cringe when people say I "seen" a deer (cat, dog, etc.). Most people use double negatives: Ain't got no, done got, etc.
I always thought "grab" was rude when used to obtain, but it's used in ads: "grab a Pepsi".
Cars to me are either new or used. A used car now is pre-owned or new to me.
People here have funny expressions like if something doesn't work, it "Ain't got no do right" or "won't do a Susie".

"It come un-crunk!"

 

[IndyJay]

My wife worked for a veterinarian. When someone brought in a pet describing non-specific symptoms, she would note "ADR" on the chart which everyone at the practice understood as "ain't doin' right".

 

[Xfaxman]

reb said:
I was in my teens before I realized a chest of drawers wasn't a "chester drawers."

And that's actually "Chest of draws". No er on the end. Drawers are what you put in the draws.

What part of what country did you grow up in?

Sounds like the southern United States.

 

[IndyJay]

reb said:
I was in my teens before I realized a chest of drawers wasn't a "chester drawers."


What part of what country did you grow up in?

Sounds like the southern United States.

No, chester drawls is Southern US...

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Where I grew up, my grandparents lived next door with their son, my uncle, Mom's brother.
He had Downs Syndrome and had his own language. We understood him perfectly but had to translate for others to understand him. My wife understood him perfectly after about six months.
His vocabulary was interesting, soda was "belly wash", shoes were "booze", belt was "plut". I want was "me wonka". So "me wonka booze plut" meant I want my shoes and belt.
Teenager was "tin snipper" and one day my Dad, Grandad, uncle and I were in the garage. Grandad picked up a pair of tin snippers asking uncle "what are these?". Uncle replies "Dat sizza nay" meaning "That scissors thing". Grandad asks uncle "say teenager", uncle says tin snipper. Grandad holds up the tin snippers saying "these are teenagers. Say it!". Uncle says "Na dat sizza nay".
This went on for a few minutes until my grandfather gave up. Uncle says "ma dadda fulla hopjoos" and walks out. "My Dad is full of hop juice".

 

[Oaktree]

The most misused word of the last ten years, has to be "existential."
I'm sure that 90% of the users of this word, have no understanding of how they are using it.

Can't say I've heard/seen that word used much, but I'm sure it's an attempt to sound smarter or more sophisticated than they really are, like using "uber" in place of "very".