Misuse / misquotes of phrases and sayings
Misuse / misquotes of phrases and sayings
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I was just called as a reference check on a former co-worker and after getting off the phone I remembered how much fun I had teasing him while working together. He was a bright individual, but had some issues getting quotes, phrases, and sayings wrong as well as certain quirks in how he communicated things.
Here is my favorite...
"That's a classic catch 1 2..."
Some of his quirks...
inside of, instead of inside
spin up, instead of rotate
correctuality (yes, he actually said that word), instead of accuracy
Oh... my most hated.... about every other word was followed by a low throat grunt... kind of reminded me of an "I have to pooh real bad" grunt...
Anyone else have someone they work with who has any of these issues? It brings tears to my eyes from laughter just thinking of the good times....
Here is my favorite...
"That's a classic catch 1 2..."
Some of his quirks...
inside of, instead of inside
spin up, instead of rotate
correctuality (yes, he actually said that word), instead of accuracy
Oh... my most hated.... about every other word was followed by a low throat grunt... kind of reminded me of an "I have to pooh real bad" grunt...
Anyone else have someone they work with who has any of these issues? It brings tears to my eyes from laughter just thinking of the good times....
Cabbages, knickers, It hasn't got A BEAK!





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Presumably the offspring of a rocket scientist and a brain surgeon.
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Walla rather than voila.
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- Steve
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"People in glass houses sink ships"
"A penny saved is worth two in the bush"
etc...
I have always had this unique annoyance about me. If I notice someone keeps repeating something, says it wrong, or misquotes... It's like all I can do is focus on that one thing...
I had a professor in college with a speech impediment... Biew instead of view, and he would repeatedly say "See here now"... I could never focus on school...
Cabbages, knickers, It hasn't got A BEAK!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoonerism
The comedian, Jackie Mason, has made a career out of this, and if anyone is a fan of the TV show NCIS, for the Ziva David character, it's a running schtick.
John R. Baker, P.E.
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- Steve
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Some of the better ones have made it into our common office venacular, like the "forty-pound gorilla" or trying to "circumvent the wheel." As far as those listed in the OP, ours was a "Catch 2."
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This guy may also have a mild form of Tourette's - the grunting sort of gives it away.
He may be struggling to get every word out.
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A colleauge of mine said recently, "That's a whole new can of mole hills", simultaneaously confusing "whole new kettle of fish", "can of worms" and "mountains out of molehills". However it fitted the situation perfectly.
M
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Dr Michael F Platten
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Those who live in glass houses shouldn't text while driving.
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missing comma after final "though"
peoples'
- Steve
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Just so you get your misdirection correct, penultimate doesn't mean "second best". It means "second last".
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I kind of like "it's water over the bridge now" or alternatively "it's water under the dam".
Regards,
Mike
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John R. Baker, P.E.
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Do you remember we used to have a Home Secretary who always pronounced it that way (in between describing his ex-colleagues as crimi-nulls)?
A
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- Steve
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im-possible
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Me fail english that's unpossible!
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Sorry to disabuse you SomtingGuy but the character you are refering to is Derek (Delboy) Trotter played by David Jason in "Only Fools and Horses".
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- Steve
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-Kirby
Kirby Wilkerson
Remember, first define the problem, then solve it.
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And then of course there's preantepenultimate (not sure what comes before that)
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We must'nt be purposeless.
We must'nt exhibit purposelessness.
We must be purposelessnessless.
(From Rowan, when he was funny. Before Bean took over.)
- Steve
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I wrote guzintas and guzoutas on some pipes that I had installed in my house, and the home inspector (according to my wife) stopped and looked at them for 15 or 20 minutes, examined what they were connected to, looked at them a while longer, then eventually grinned, laughed out loud, and walked away shaking his head.
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I used to find the Arfur character really despicable when I watched Minder the first time round, 30 years ago. Now I need to wear adult diapers when I watch it. As a kid I wept over the sh1t that Terry was regularly dealt (Arfur always buys a large VAT for himself, a half of lager for Terry, both on the slate), now I see his character as comic genius.
ITV4, a few times a week. Or get a box set.
- Steve
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"Interplod"
(From "Minder on the Orient Express")
- Steve
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BA
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BA
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- Steve
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BA
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I believe he meant chastise....
Cabbages, knickers, It hasn't got A BEAK!
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John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
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To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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It's been brought up before if I recall correctly. Pretty sure it should be "I couldn't care less".
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BA
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Best not to then.
My wife always uses those overpolite roundabout english phrases that really get up my goat because there is no certainty to them. I prefer direct statements like 'no thank you' as there is no room for uncertainty.
One example of this is saying 'would you like a piece of cake' instead of saying can you get me a piece of cake. When I say no thanks, she still expects me to get hers.
I cannot seem to think of a better example but I will post one when I can.
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Dan
www.eltronresearch.com
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Where I was reared, it was common to say, "if you don't mind" when requesting approval of a potential action or statement/question etc.
That was in Southern California, USA. In the state of Kentucky, I heard it as, "if you don't care." That sounded strange to me at first and I wanted to say, "but of course I care" but I didn't say it. "If you don't care" still sounds strange to me and yet it seems so colloquial it has a bit of charm about it.
There is that word "care" again. Take care how you interpret these sayings.
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Hydrology, Drainage Analysis, Flood Studies, and Complex Stormwater Litigation for Atlanta and the South East - http://www.campbellcivil.com
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lol. def. out of place as it is related. But there are some grad courses you can take that are specifically on rockets. Does involve a lot of fluid mechanics, thermo, and heat transfer.
Fe
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knowledge is power
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-Kirby
Kirby Wilkerson
Remember, first define the problem, then solve it.
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If knowledge is power; and
power corrupts;
Would it be better to remain ignorant?
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Yes, it's fictional usage but cdxx139's post reminded me how great an example it is.
Will
Sheffield UK
Designer of machine tools - user of modified screws
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There is an old joke about a bunch of cowboys who have captured a horsethief.
"We are going to try you for horse stealing before a jury of your peers, and then we are going to string you up."
"A jury of my peers? What is a peer?"
The cowboys tell the horse thief what a peer is.
"You mean I am going to be tried by a jury of horse thieves?"
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Another engineer, quite well spoken and educated in England has very precise diction and ennunciates every statement very clearly. He just happens to add an "or so" appendage to every other sentence. He might say, "We need to summarize our questions to the client, or so. Then we need to put together a cost for each item, or so. And then provide an estimate for the amount of additional time we will need, or so." It is unnecessary, and doesn't really change any meaning once you get used to it, and it doesn't carry over to his written communication, so it does no harm except to the mental health of those in the meeting or conversation with him.
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BA
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These aren't really wrong sayings, well except for one... they just bother me...
supper instead of dinner
sweeper instead of vacuum
warsh instead of wash (this is the one that I say is poor English)
coke for everything that is a pop or soda
Cabbages, knickers, It hasn't got A BEAK!
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Although whenever I do have a problem, I can always count on her to "emphasise" with me, and I love her for it!
Another "pacific" phrase I'm used to hearing is "bless her cotton little socks."
More to follow I'm sure...
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Fe
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John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
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To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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I thought 'tain't' referred to something else entirely.
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Nah. I don't hate it. In fact I don't mind most of these abbreviations. I was just point it out.
There are some language gurus that anticipate that this is in fact how we evolve our language. Eventually the most accepted little niks will get embedded into the language and the things we once though were stupid or gibberish will be the norm.
Fe
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Dan
www.eltronresearch.com
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My wife uses 'twee' all the time in it's proper meaning of excessivly cute or dainty or sentamental. Something like that anyway, often while flipping through a home decor catalog which we seem to get too many of.
-Kirby
Kirby Wilkerson
Remember, first define the problem, then solve it.
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That's because it t'aint one thing and it t'aint the other.
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Meal naming is beaten into us as kids.
'Er indoors refers to "dinner" as a hot meal, which is the one main meal of the day. "Are we having A dinner?" she often used to ask as we were sitting in some food place looking at the menu ("Well I'm going to eat, dunno about you" would give me a death stare). The other meal of the day is "lunch", which is usually smaller and cold, like a sandwich ... and mostly taken midday rather than in the evening.
Having A dinner in the noon hours made the whole naming scheme break down.
- Steve
LinkedIn
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Good Luck
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As a circle of light increases so does the circumference of darkness around it. - Albert Einstein
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I think these dinners were free at primary school age too. I don't remember any money or meal tickets ever being mentioned. But there were no options, you just got what you got.
- Steve
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I think I'm a few years older than you - and I certainly had to pay dinner money when at primary school. I have pretty clear memories (going back to a school I left in 1970) of there being two registers: one which I think had green ruling (filled in with a series of alternating oblique strokes or circles) to record attendance - and a blue dinner money register.
A.
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Of course as alluded to by others, some of these terms are interchangeable and may shift in the day.
For instance, for me growing up school lunches were school dinners, and 'Sunday Dinner' was had in the middle of the day, with 'tea time' in the late afternoon being the 'evening' meal.
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It's just brekie, lunch, dinner.
jeeze
Fe
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John R. Baker, P.E.
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To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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BA
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John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.com/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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BA
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John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.com/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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What is Engineering anyway: FAQ1088-1484: In layman terms, what is "engineering"?
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"Good to know you got shoes to wear when you find the floor." - Robert Hunter
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It came to Fruit-tition.... I used to chuckle every time he said that.
Cabbages, knickers, It hasn't got A BEAK!
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Yes, my stove heats already hot water
Fe
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BA
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How do you "do" lunch? Do they intend to cook it?
Oh, and something missing from our culinary delights in another thread, and I enjoyed some last week, Scratchings..... luvlly jubbly!
My SB has some good expressions.
I am so used to them I tend not to notice unless she says them to someone else and it is there look of confusion that alerts me to another of her little foibles.
Here's a simple example:
"Beans" , meaning Bees ...
"remember me to get some garlic". "Remind me." say I automatically. We've got some set dialogue down now that has been going on for 15 years.
She says it wrong and I correct her and she says it wrong again. 15 bloody years of this.
But guess what appears in the sh1t argument list with the regularity of the Great Escape at Xmass...my never helping her with her English.....
JMW
www.ViscoAnalyser.com
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I've seen this phrase used on this site a few times, when I'm pretty sure they mean "analysis paralysis" i.e. too busy analyzing the problem to actually solve it/make a decision.
I'd have thought "paralysis analysis" would be what neurologists or someone did.
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John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.com/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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Guilty! I did it this morning w/out thinking. I often don't think so please forgive me.
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One of the most curious conversational quippings I have ever heard: My friend where we lived in West Virginia, USA would often end a sentence with ".... on the the thing." But sometimes during the conversation, he would abbreviate this "ending" with "...on it."
Example: "Yeah, I've had this knife collection for niegh-onto 17 year on the thing. Sure nuff, I wouldn't part with none of um on it.
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"Good to know you got shoes to wear when you find the floor." - Robert Hunter
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Hmmmmm -- Normal eh? Makes me feel almost abnormal. Could you elucidate on the meaning of "...on the thing."?
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When the obvious questions arose, he explained, "you know, like a horse, with a big johnson on his head".
old field guy
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Him: Let's walk over to the deli down the street for lunch.
Me: I've been craving BBQ. Let's drive to Billy Bob's.
Him: Touche!!
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Too lazy to look up unfamiliar words I suppose:)
Regards,
Mike
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Is it just my poor hearing or has anyone else ever heard the phrase, "...,for all intents and purposes" misquoted as, "...for all intensive purposes."?
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-Kirby
Kirby Wilkerson
Remember, first define the problem, then solve it.
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"...for all intensive purposes."
I hear people saying that all of the time. I have stopped trying to correct them. After all, Grammar isn't Rocket Surgery!
Rerig
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The guy I was talking to was obviously shocked for a few seconds so I rewound my internal tape recorder and realized I actually said.
"I don't think I want a job that that has me Corn-Holed into such a specialized process"
Needless to say he mentioned that my lack interest was unfortunate but understandable and the interview ended about a minute later.
I never use the words Pigeon-holed anymore for fear I will do it again some day.
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.... no, it's not what you think. It's like horseshoes except you throw been bags and try to get them through a hole in a slanted 2'x3'board. The name comes from how the game originated using corn cobs rather than bean bags.
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His daughter was 21 or so before she found out that it wasn't really "veryclose veins".
He would mention putting 'frezone' in the AC.
He was going to transfer an employee to another city and move him there 'livestock and barrel'.
He mentioned looking for someone to hire with 'vim, vigor and vitalis.'
He'd have you in for a serious conversation and then look at you funny when you tried to stifle a laugh while he was talking. I'll post more of his if they come to me. Unfortunately, many of his are now part of my vocabulary, although I added "rocket surgery" this evening.
I usually say 'six of one, half of another'.
rmw
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One comedian said it should be:
Hersterectomy instead of Hysterectomy and
Hisniotomy instead of Herniotomy
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"No Left Turn Un-Stoned."
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- Steve
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"I love you from here to maternity.".
Her English was a bit better than his at the time.
Regards,
SNORGY.
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Considering how I turned out, sadly, there may be a ring of truth in that.
Regards,
SNORGY.
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Or when some threaded stainless parts are "galded" together.
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An interesting thought entered my mind today:
Maybe the word "maybe" is in part a reason that people use "may" when they mean "might (be)."
One of the synonyms for possibility is "might be" and another synonym is "maybe." So there could be a subconscious association of words.
I am eager but not anxious for any comments.
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OH, sorry. That wasn't the sort of comment that you were looking for, now was it?
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
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To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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Make sure you use explanation marks in that text so he knows you are angry...
Cabbages, knickers, It hasn't got A BEAK!
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And let's not forget utilizing BOLD RED UPPERCASE.
John R. Baker, P.E.
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To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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Situation arose where a salesman "stabbed us in the back" at the factory by selling equipment with some unpriced, unrealistic features on a short delivery.
Factory now has to eat the cost and likely will not meet delivery of the equipment, so the company as a whole has "shot ourselves in the foot."
Chalk this one up as a misquote, but definitely not misuse. I don't think he realized what he was saying but subconscious or not, have to give him credit for coming up with it.
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John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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Where "shooting yourself in the foot" is likely accidental.
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Stabbing yourself in the foot gets lost in translation. Yeah it's an injury, but the premise isn't there.
f-d
¡papá gordo ain't no madre flaca!
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- Steve
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I thought "shooting yourself in the foot" was a First World War stratagem for getting yourself sent back from the Front without suffering too much lasting damage. As an expression, originally used to describe an act which, while self-destructive at face value, is intended to leave you better off in the long term.
A.
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At first I thought she was referring to me. :)
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"A unicef?"
"Yeah, you know, like a hose with a big johnson growin' out his head..."
old field guy
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Yankees say you's guys or some such nonsense. Y'all is actually a historical phrasing of the second person pronoun. Also, Yankees don't have any way of phrasing all y'all to mean each one of you as opposed to you as a group.
Some Yankees think y'all is used in the singular because Southerners, politely, will say y'all when speaking to an individual who is representing a company or business and therefore is a representative of a larger group.
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¡papá gordo ain't no madre flaca!
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The spelling of etc. as "ect." (ectetera??)
He should "of" known that it was not the right way to spell them.
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And then we have the Yoopers on the UP and the Tidewater accent along some of the Atlantic Coast. We have Cajun..... The US is a diverse country, eh?
Pamela K. Quillin, P.E.
Quillin Engineering, LLC
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