Common sayings that are wrong or butchered

   / Common sayings that are wrong or butchered #281  
I have no idea how anyone anywhere could pronounce WASH as WARSH.
 
   / Common sayings that are wrong or butchered #282  
Moot vs Mute?

"That is a mute point" would indicate that nobody could hear it rather than it being doubtful or no longer relevant.
 
   / Common sayings that are wrong or butchered
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#283  
They are both proper words. Founder is related to laminitis in horses as you mention; flounder means to flop around clumsily or helplessly. Sounds pretty accurate in describing many government programs.
Then I wonder if the use of "founder" or "flounder" would be a regional thing. Pretty sure those in the southwest wouldn't know anything about a sideways fish.
 
   / Common sayings that are wrong or butchered #284  
I have no idea how anyone anywhere could pronounce WASH as WARSH.
I've heard it a million times. I think it was a product of the times and the very rural area where I lived.
 
   / Common sayings that are wrong or butchered #285  
I have no idea how anyone anywhere could pronounce WASH as WARSH.
Maybe it comes from the old days when washing machines had ringers...
"rolling "w's"...window-winder...!
 
   / Common sayings that are wrong or butchered #286  
My uncle who called teenagers "tinsnippers" had a great word for screwdriver. To this day friends who knew him still call it that..."Goosegrinder".
 
   / Common sayings that are wrong or butchered #287  
Years ago, when gas had lead, we had 2 types of gasoline, regular and Ethyl.
Ethyl was the higher octane.
Did Ethyl have a sister? :D
 
   / Common sayings that are wrong or butchered #290  

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