Wrong Words

[Liverpool Lou]

12 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

58 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

Toe bar. 

If referring to motoring, it is TOW bar, you know, to TOW the car with.

"Toe bar" is also associated with a vehicle's suspension measurement/adjustment.  

[Liverpool Lou]

2 minutes ago, n00dle said:

16 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

If referring to motoring, it is TOW bar, you know, to TOW the car with.

yeah right. what's next, some nonsense about breaks and break lights? 

https://www.longacreracing.com/products.aspx?itemid=2445&prodid=7212&pagetitle=Toe-Bar

[n00dle]

1 minute ago, Liverpool Lou said:

https://www.longacreracing.com/products.aspx?itemid=2445&prodid=7212&pagetitle=Toe-Bar

so much for trying to inject a little humour into this festival of pedantry.

[hotandsticky]

3 minutes ago, n00dle said:

so much for trying to inject a little humour into this festival of pedantry.

 

Nothing wrong with a bit of pedantry.... in fact it is not pedantry if it corrects another's mistakes.

[The Fugitive]

50 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

And signs which say "Open Monday to Sunday".

Or petrol stations open "Not 24 hours"

It gets better! One of my jobs involved checking on occupied/unoccupied properties. One of my colleagues had a habit of simply writing 'shop closed' on his paperwork. We had to explain this could mean; 1) Shop closed (back in 5 minutes), 2) Shop closed for lunch, 3) Half-day closing, 4) Closed for holidays or 5) Closed DOWN.    

[Kwasaki]

54 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

If referring to motoring, it is TOW bar, you know, to TOW the car with.

really!! 

[simon43]

2 hours ago, rak sa_ngop said:

Its been many years since I had to 'hang up' on my phone.

Ah, but when were you last asked to "please hold the line?"

[Ralf001]

2 hours ago, rak sa_ngop said:

Its been many years since I had to 'hang up' on my phone.

I spend many hours of the day on the landline here at work, infact I just "hang up" a call about 10 mins ago !!

[Ralf001]

49 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

"Toe bar" is also associated with a vehicle's suspension measurement/adjustment.  

Yeah nah.

 

Toe for sure but not Toe Bar.

[BritManToo]

3 hours ago, KannikaP said:

"This Wednesday" would be used to imply this week, "Next Wednesday" is next week.

You're wrong, this Wednesday is the next day it's Wednesday.

Or do you think 'this afternoon' is sometime next week?

[userabcd]

Some say Trunk, the correct word is boot.

Some say Fender, the correct word is bumper

Some say Tire, the correct word is Tyre

Some say windshield, the correct word is windscreen

Some say Truck but the correct word is lorry.

 

And that's just on motor vehicles.

 

[Ralf001]

6 minutes ago, userabcd said:

Some say Trunk, the correct word is boot.

Some say Fender, the correct word is bumper

Some say Tire, the correct word is Tyre

Some say windshield, the correct word is windscreen

Some say Truck but the correct word is lorry.

 

And that's just on motor vehicles.

 

Some say Fender.

Some say Wing.

 

The correct work is guard...

[scottiejohn]

9 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

Some say Fender.

On a car in the UK it would be a "bumper" when that is also wrong as you are not supposed to bump with it!

[Ralf001]

28 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

On a car in the UK it would be a "bumper" when that is also wrong as you are not supposed to bump with it!

In the UK a fender is called a wing..................... well thats what all my pommy car nut friends I know call it anyways.

 

USA - Fender.

UK - Wing.

AUS - Guard.

[KannikaP]

8 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

In the UK a fender is called a wing..................... well thats what all my pommy car nut friends I know call it anyways.

 

USA - Fender.

UK - Wing.

AUS - Guard.

Wrong, the WING is the part covering the wheel.

And I prefer Gibson to Fender.

[Ralf001]

6 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Wrong, the WING is the part covering the wheel.

And I prefer Gibson to Fender.

As well as a Fender is the part covering the wheel.

As well as a Guard (mud guard)  is the part covering the wheel.

 

Different countries different names............ all are correct.

 

[bobandyson]

Took me a while to stop telling my kids here years ago when they'd mastered going to the toilet by themselves; 

"Don't forget to pull the chain."

[KannikaP]

Just seen it in a post about with-holding tax where you are given a CARBON COPY of a paper.

[HighPriority]

22 hours ago, bunnydrops said:

And what if they are the same?

Then the correct term would be “Ladyboy”

????

[Bday Prang]

21 hours ago, userabcd said:

It has been also known to hear them say the "overhead compartment."

overhead locker

[phetphet]

One of my local hospitals is offering 20% Spatial discount. Maybe bigger rooms.

[sidneybear]

Pretty (oops, sexism!) much any word in the English language is fair game for the woke radicals. They move the goalposts all the time to disorientate us.

[OneMoreFarang]

 

[OneMoreFarang]

On 3/20/2023 at 9:31 AM, KannikaP said:

So come on, let's have a few more Out of Date phrases or sayings.

Are you sure you want to go the whole nine yards? 

[KannikaP]

2 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Are you sure you want to go the whole nine yards? 

Wasn't that to do with the ammo belts in American WW2 planes?

So yes, redundant.

But so is the phrase ' Pulling your leg' which referred to the action of relatives of criminals being hanged to alleviate the suffering.

[OneMoreFarang]

Some time ago a friend gave me a book about many of those phrases. It was divided into section like nautical terms, etc.

We use so many of them all the time and most of the time we have no clue where they come from.