10 More Common Sayings That People Get Wrong All the Time

[@christiamcarrion3626]

I once read about a guy (on Reddit, I think) who misunderstood his dad saying "Knowledge is Power, Francis Bacon" as " Knowledge is Power. France is Bacon". That is my all-time favorite misheard quote ever since.

[@alexander-mauricemillamlae4567]

france is bacon tho

[@christiamcarrion3626]

@@alexander-mauricemillamlae4567 indeed.

[@linuxgeex]

That's the obvious work of a Satirist, lol.

[@KuyaHandyKap]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@taiwanjohn]

When I was a kid, I always thought there was a funny word "donzerly" in the national anthem. I must have been 10 or 12 by the time I figured out it was "dawn's early"... ;-)

[@dockerdave]

I once included 'for all intents and purposes' in a piece of writing I had to do for work and my boss refused to allow it as she was adamant it was 'for all intensive purposes'. I ended up removing it altogether as I had no intention of going with her version and having everyone reading it thinking I was an idiot.

[@Gothdancer67]

Love learning about the origins of phrases. Never heard “Blow a casket”.

[@joeconstantini5531]

Me either

[@donaldwert7137]

@@joeconstantini5531 Same. It sounds like something that might happen in Florida.

[@dallezzra8063]

It’s blow a gasket

[@plinkitee]

Same. Also never heard of "scotch free"

[@donaldwert7137]

@@plinkitee Scotch free sounds like someone buying the next round, doesn't it?

[@sujimtangerines]

I've given up correcting people on "moot point." I had to let it go or risk going postal.

[@claywest9528]

Of the 10 I'm only guilty of one. I have always said chomping at the bit and was genuinely surprised by the correct "champing".

[@francispitts9440]

I think it’s also because society doesn’t read as much as we used to. They only hear the phrase instead of reading the paragraphs that give us a more complete picture.

[@MsDavisPhotography]

This made my evening. It really grates on the ears when you hear these phrases spoken incorrectly.

[@Vikanuck]

Lol I remember getting into such a huge argument with a buddy of mine when I was in my 20’s, because he would constantly say the idiom ‘Play it by ear’, except he always said “Play it by year”, and I tried telling him one day that it was ear, not year, and he just laid out this whole made up on the spot BS story about how and why it’s year, and this was before everyone whipped out their phones to prove everyone wrong with Google… so I did it with the laptop, and the look on his face when he saw that I was right was absolutely priceless - 🤔😐😑

[@alexaadamczyk9607]

@user-zl8fs9vb1l reported

[@lazyishardwork]

I remember a complete dickhead in school who said the sea is salty because everyone pisses in it. His father had told him that so it was so sacred to him he'd start making threats if anyone laughed at him and challenged him too much about it; he ended getting his block knocked off I heard

[@tst4783]

A friend once asked me what my favourite "copulation album" was. I had to tell her that compilation and copulation are very, very different.

[@starrywizdom]

Oh, that's marvelous. Marvin Gaye recorded a few copulation albums, I believe...

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

@@starrywizdom So did Barry White.

[@christopherharvie8716]

We’ll… What is your favourite copulation album?

[@aaronmorris1513]

My wife always says “supposably” instead of “supposedly” and for a while it drove me nuts.

[@alexaadamczyk9607]

@user-zl8fs9vb1l reported

[@jimcappa6815]

That's ok. There's a well known KZbinr who says 'lenghtly' for lengthy, but we all still love him

[@mulgerbill]

I get "supposively" quite a bit, I've learned to take a deep breath and move on

[@alexaadamczyk9607]

@@jimcappa6815 lenghty 😅

[@jimcappa6815]

@@alexaadamczyk9607 haha thanks I fixed it

[@rogerwilco1777]

This surely was a Blessing in the Skies

[@evan5935]

For a lot of these, i have never heard the wrong ones 😂

[@Allataria]

Exactly, I am pretty sure there is only one, rather badly educated country on earth that uses all the wrong ones.

[@TheGrinningViking]

Seems about 80% made up, honestly.

[@rickkennett8505]

Same. Never heard any of these misheard sayings.

[@K_End]

Right.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

Unfortunately, I have heard all of these numerous times and I'm sorry to say this list is legit. 😥

[@artbyjennyray]

It's a "moo point". It's like a cow's opinion, you know, it just doesn't matter. It's "moo". - Joey Tribbiani

[@andrewdonatelli6953]

This is my favourite one.

[@theupliftchannel]

OMG! I was just going to say that! 🤣🤣🤣

[@JackGordone]

I think that means it's just bullsh*t

[@antiisocial]

The best one.

[@itsaprettyplace]

"It's all water under the fringe" 😆

[@roykliffen9674]

Being Dutch I still knew most of the correct expressions. Maybe it is because I'm a non-native English speaker and efforts were made to prevent us from incorrect use of the language.

[@pakde8002]

Wondering what "efforts were made" actually entailed 🤔

[@TheHorseshoePartyUK]

Nobody butchers the English language more than the British, and us English have least excuse of all, and we still do it 😂😂 I constantly puzzle why if you just drive an hour in any direction within England itself, you end up with a local dialect with different pronunciations and sometimes even radically different grammar like Old Yorkshire has. Slight overlap between Manchester and Liverpool but not much really. Lancashire and Manchester are noticeably different to each other despite being neighbours. The fascinating hodgepodge of accents you get around the midlands, ranging from quite crisp and posh sounding, to typical Brummie, and then those they mock for being too Brummie: The Yam Yams of Dudley who say 'kipper tie' for 'cuppa tea' etc etc etc

[@roykliffen9674]

@@TheHorseshoePartyUK Except maybe the Americans 🤣(just ask Henry Higgins)

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

It's actually more common for non-speaking people to use these expressions correctly, as you had to learn and discover the definition of the expression rather than simply repeating what you think you hear.

[@Ebmoclas19]

@@PhantomFilmAustralia Source? Or is this just something that feels like it should be right?

[@BradGryphonn]

I still use all the old-school sayings mentioned here, and I get overly annoyed when people use the misheard versions, especially 'for all intents and purposes'.

[@freeanimals594]

And, I could care less.

[@BradGryphonn]

@@freeanimals594 Now that was a brilliant reply. I bow before you.

[@rhondahuggins9542]

Whew am I a nerd or what? Never heard of 'intensive purposes'. You made my little etymological brain fire on many cylinders!❤️ Thanks, Simon.

[@jonkerr2050]

Every single one of these are ones I have to hold my tongue regularly when I hear people say them incorrectly.

[@tamipalin8171]

I had a supervisor one time who used several of these incorrect expressions -- it would just drive me nuts!!

[@parodysam]

I’ve started saying “we’ll burn that bridge when we come to it” unironically

[@TheGrinningViking]

I've been guilty of saying "it's not rocket surgery.'

[@thistle1204]

That's one of my favourites and I use it all the time.

[@westflerchinger]

My daughter comes up with some great eggcorns, her most recent one is about a Christmas carol which she thought started ‘crusty merry gentlemen’ and thought it referred to gingerbread men. Other favourites include’a nippy pen’ for allergies and ‘ I’m such a chameleon’ when she is really funny

[@martinmaynard141]

I had a colleague who was told by her son's teacher that "expresso" was the correct version and a boss who misunderstood the expression "formative years" (childhood / the time you spend in compulsory education) as "informative years"! Give me time to mull it over and I will probably remember some more!

[@Omegavision79]

I think I rolled my eyes as each got introduced 😄 This is a great resource to put people straight!

[@mammuchan8923]

English must be holding up quite well in my country and I haven't heard any of these in their incorrect version😎. not exactly on topic but it drives me crazy is when people use 'loose' when they mean 'lose'. The number of posters I see which say 'Loose weight now, ask me how' 😤

[@47f0]

Actually, ask a mortician. You really can blow a casket. Quite literally, and in some cases somewhat violently, as some of the super sealed caskets have failed after building up decomposition gases, with force enough to damage mausoleum or crypt walls. And no, that's a clean up job you don't ever ever want to have. EDIT: thinking about it, these sealed caskets probably have casket gaskets, so...

[@michellecoleman5577]

At least half of this list is just a list of my pedantic pet peeves. And yes, that includes Simon's 'dare we say' 11th entry.

[@tamarasauls8855]

You wouldn't believe how many people say pendantic! Oh the irony when you correct them. 🙄 😆

[@michaelmoore7975]

@@tamarasauls8855 or _lacksadaisical._

[@tamarasauls8855]

@@michaelmoore7975 lol, my ex MIL says "flustrated". She's 81 though.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

@@michaelmoore7975 They're the same people who say Vietmanese and basghetti. 😂😂

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

@@tamarasauls8855 Like my dad's friend who had "cancer of the 'prostrate.'"

[@adarmus4768]

Some of these are absolutely ridiculous, with “escape goat”, “scotch free” and “blow a casket” being particularly laughable.

[@alm5992]

The worst I have heard is: "It's a doggy dog world" XDD

[@starrywizdom]

For shizzle!

[@RangerOfTheOrder]

I've never heard someone say "Blowing a casket" but I'm tempted to start using it because I think it's funny

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

If you do a search I'm sure you'll find a You Tube clip of a fire in a funeral home. Your comment would get pinned and a sh!t ton of Likes. 😂😂🤣

[@GimmeJimmy23]

You have got to be kidding me with "blowing a casket." I'm 42 years old, live in the US, and I have never once heard a person say this.

[@sherylcascadden4988]

I'm 62, and never heard it either.... Maybe it's regional?

[@Theoriginalhotcookie]

The things that keep me up at night. When someone says "irregardless" or "mute point" and they live in a $5,000,000.00 house.

[@kennethobrien6537]

Never in my life have I heard "blowing a casket" always "gasket"

[@gwick358]

One of my hobbies is finding out the origin of words and phrases. I already knew these but Simon made me watch. Happy Christmas and Merry New Year everyone!!!

[@jeffashley5512]

I have to say I've never heard 'blow a casket'. I live in Tennessee and have a thing for words and word usage so this was a new one for me.

[@Itsthatoneguy371]

“Prolly” - I hate hearing people say that. It’s even more annoying when it’s someone with an advanced degree.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

People who say "prolly" are the people who say "irregardless." 😂😂

[@chai724]

I love learning things with FactBoy! 😉😂

[@anyawillowfan]

I haven't heard the majority of these wrong idioms, which makes me wonder who is using them, but it's still interesting to learn the origins of the sayings.

[@ChazzleDazzleVideos]

The one that I had never heard correct or use in the correct context was the champing at the bit one I always heard chomping lol

[@terrioestreich4007]

I always thought that it was all intense and purposes. And once I knew it was wrong, I avoid saying it because my brain still wants to say it wrong!

[@rake.]

Never heard anyone say 'blow a casket', I must only hang around mechanics (tongue in cheek).

[@jasonjackson1100]

I've always liked the phrase unthaw or dethaw something Frozen! LOL

[@davidbroughall3782]

I have never heard anyone use the phrases "escape goat", "scotch free", "blow a casket"

[@ArchDukeOfFunk692]

I have never heard the wrong version of most of these sayings and am very happy for it.

[@pohldriver]

Since I grew up with fossils, that's 10 more I've always said and used correctly.

[@thegillman777]

The one that bugs me is people saying “hunger pains” instead of the correct “hunger pangs”.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

And "expresso." ...and "Irregardless."

[@thegillman777]

@@PhantomFilmAustralia Yes, those grate on my nerves as well!

[@christopherharvie8716]

Depends: if it a mental feeling of hunger, as that would be a pang. But if you’re literally feeling physical pains from your hunger, then that’s pain

[@maxsdad538]

9/10, I missed "champing at the bit". But in the interest of full disclosure, I DID spend many years singing "Excuse me while I kiss this guy". "Purple haze all in my brain Lately, things just don't seem the same Acting funny, but I don't know why Excuse me while I kiss the sky."

[@Tinhead426]

"Open says me" is another.

[@hectorsmommy1717]

I haven't heard too many of these wrong sayings. The only "wrong" one I am used to is chomping instead of champing, and that one isn't really wrong any more. I use the two interchangeably. The original list had a lot of my pet peeves.

[@alexaadamczyk9607]

@user-zl8fs9vb1l reported

[@LedmeisterOnYouTube]

Same here. I usually say or think chomping instead of champing, though I've heard in the past it should be the latter. So, that one I stumble on, but I'm proud that I routinely get all the wrest write!

[@hectorsmommy1717]

@@LedmeisterOnKZbin LOL

[@orangequant]

Love it, thanks. Here's my most hated: People mistakenly saying they want to "HONE in" instead of the correct "HOME in".

[@6052rj]

I'm putting Simon on a pedal stool - that show was certainly no damp squid.

[@CmdrTomalak]

Me confidently clicking on this video preparing to laugh and others. Me sheepishly admitting to not knowing 'Champing at that bit' and 'Shoo-in'.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

"Say your piece, or forever hold your peace."

[@bobmcclure8069]

Scotch free!!! (Sips 15 year old single malt...) We'll have none of that!!!

[@jackgibsxxx0750]

I think I knew all of the correct ones and use them correctly. Some of the wrong ones I had not even heard before. But it was fun learning about them and the background of them all. Stay well Simon, and Marry Christmas and Happy New Year.

[@agamemnonahb]

I'm in the same boat. I hadn't heard many of the incorrect ones.

[@cnsmooth]

You beat me by one, Shoe-in is what I would have said before

[@antiisocial]

Same. Almost. The only wrong one I've used or heard of was the chomping at the bit. I think I read too much.

[@jackgibsxxx0750]

@@alexaadamczyk9607 .... Yes. Report him every time.

[@laurendoe168]

The phrase that irritates me the most is: "Another thing coming." If placed into its context, "If you think , then you have another THINK coming."

[@briansullivan5908]

If you've never heard of a gasket you must have been living under a rock

[@xxmoptopxx7494]

I think the only one I didn't know was champ vs. chomp

[@achecase]

"Blow a casket"? Never heard that one.

[@brapboy72]

I always thought it was "shoe in" to be similar to "fott in the door "

[@sherylcascadden4988]

Back in the 60's I thought "shoe - in" was a reference to those obnoxious door-to-door salesmen who wouldn't let you close the door. Learned better in the 70's, but the old image still lives in the back of my mind.

[@michaelmoore7975]

British homophone: Cemetery. Symmetry. As in, "The _cemetery_ was designed with _symmetry_ in mind."

[@claywest9528]

As a gin and tonic drinker, I can say that I am going Scotch free. Most of the time. But with an occasional Scotch and soda

[@nicholase.9195]

Love Simon’s videos but this one infuriated me. I had no idea that people didn’t know these phrases in their correct form. Blow a casket? No wonder we’re where we are.

[@thelastpilot4582]

Another one that I find annoying is "Any Who" when they actually mean anyhow (Used by North Americans).

[@comettamer]

I've never heard the phrase "Blow a casket" but I have definitely heard "Blow a gasket" and I've also never heard for all intensive purposes, although I've definitely heard (and used) for all intents and purposes.

[@Omneyvdwatering]

I feel quite old for only knowing all of those older versions and none of the newer ones.

[@slimothyjames4577]

While I never thought about the spelling of "shoo-in," I have only ever heard it used by those with a thick southern accent and honestly thought it was a conjunction of "sure" & "win." But I am glad to say I knew the correct version for most of these, despite having no formal education!

[@rg3388]

"Chomping" refers to the mere physical act. I was told that "champing" carries the added implication of impatience.

[@bobthebuilder8079]

Why is Henry VIII the thumbnail💀

[@celter.45acp98]

I have never in my life heard someone say blow a casket it's always been gasket

[@joeybagodonuts6683]

I love the vids that remind me how smart I am compared to some people.

[@doilyhead]

"Connection to" instead of "Connection with", and "Different to" rather than "Different from" are the current two atrocities floating around KZbin atleast these days.

[@oxylepy2]

Eggcorns, like mispronunciations are indicators of reading. Eggcorns are common by those that hear terms but are less exposed to the written form, while mispronunciations are frequent in the reverse, or in groups exposed through mispronunciations

[@jamesbond1231]

Weird - I've always found them indicators of limited intelligence.

[@oxylepy2]

@@jamesbond1231 that's because you have a predilection toward viewing others as inferior to reinforce your ego.

[@jamesbond1231]

@@oxylepy2 Who said that someone with limited intelligence is inferior? That's a pretty discriminatory remark on your part....

[@sgxthach]

What? People actually say "biting my time" and "take it for granite?" Okay I admit I saw "another thing coming" though...

[@BALD_PAB]

Irregardless has actually become a word in Google keyboard autocorrect. Guess they want us to spell a fake word correctly.

[@evan5935]

When things are regardful... 😂😂

[@warrenhorsley9710]

Never heard of 2 of these, the blow a casket and the intensive purposes. I've only ever heard the blow a gasket and intents and purposes version.

[@suralos]

Speaking of fossil words, is there anything in the works that would explain the how and why of the word RUTHLESS survives in spite of its antonyms of RUTHFUL and its root word RUTH have both gone extinct, outside of Ruth being a person's proper name?

[@CaseyBDook]

I have certainly heard a lot of things like that. Music and non musical people provide some really random lyrics for songs I thought had clear lyrics. I don't know if I ever heard any of these used wrong but I know people who would say them wrong with confidence.

[@netgnostic1627]

"Excuse me, while I kiss this guy." "Excuse me, while I kiss the sky."

[@CaseyBDook]

@@netgnostic1627 I was trying to think of something that illustrated the point. That is exactly what I was looking for.

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

As a 69-year-old from New York City, I can confidently say that I've heard all of these misspoken sayings except "blow a casket". It could be, though, that a New Yorker says the two words with the same pronunciation and that most people other than mechanics don't know what a gasket is. As for "tongue in cheek": it was my understanding that putting your tongue in your cheek made it hard to laugh, so you could say something sarcastic with a straight face.

[@skyden24195]

There is another reason for saying "Scott Free," as someone could be referencing "Scott Free Productions" which is the film production company of Ridley Scott (& before his death in 2012, brother Tony Scott.) Simon should be familiar with the latter (Tony Scott) as he directed "Top Gun" (1986).

[@bruced6543]

Escape goat? Never heard that before

[@bruced6543]

Never heard any of these but the first one so far

[@sallyintucson]

I’ve never heard blow a casket before.😂

[@willissudweeks1050]

The intensive purpose ones is my favorite because people always use that.

[@owenshebbeare2999]

Luckily in Australia it is unusual to hear any of these. 😄

[@TheGrinningViking]

Are you British because I'm in the states and I've never heard it 🤔

[@iteerrex8166]

“Hum sweet I hope that clears everything up” 😂 5:15

[@spudgunn8695]

Never used any of the incorrect sayings. But then, I had a reasonable education and parents that were borderline grammar fascists. And I'm not American.

[@freeanimals594]

There's a new language being created today that's horrible in my opinion. The majority of comments are one enormous paragraph, no punctuation, misspellings, no capitalization where it's supposed to be, sayings like, I be like, I said like, dude, bro, etc. It's going to get continuously worse. I used to reply, stay in school or go back to school. I don't bother anymore. It's pointless. Sorry, but it disgusts me. I was a secretary for 25 years. If I didn't produce everything correct in my typing, I would have been fired. I can't even imagine how English teachers feel.

[@_Ben___]

I used to think it was, "to make ends meat", like somehow you could make a meal from the crusty old ends of a bit of meat. Until I found out it was, "to make ends meet," somehow stretching two things out so they join together.

[@survivalofthefunkiest]

I swear I’ve only heard people say “moot”

[@BonShula]

Gaslighting is the 2022 most misused word.

[@keithkearns93]

Agree. It drives me insane.

[@aurelcorstan5242]

One of the mechanisims of Etymology, in action before our eyes. Super cool.

[@pRODIGAL_sKEPTIC]

Mellow Gold is the better Beck album & I'm calling it now *between Odelay & MG.. Guero is the best overall 😎, honorable mention Guerelito

[@MissMentats]

Like “lengthly”?

[@Rattys]

One of those bagpipers in the "scot free" picture has his chevrons sewn on upside down.

[@Seventeen_Syllables]

Why would anyone want to consider anything described as "scotch free"? Edit: I thought of another one! One of my many ex-girlfriend's ex-husband is a professor at a major university. He broke up with one of his subsequent girlfriends because she could not understand the difference between "graduate student" and "gradual student." Yes, all of these relationships and their respective outcomes happened in California.

[@tetravega567]

Blowing a Casket could come from people thinking about overfilling or breaking alcohol casks, and mixing it up with casket.

[@jjsmallpiece9234]

Beck means a small steam or river, used in Cumbria/Lake District. Not out of use at all.

[@YvonneWilson312]

And in Norfolk - I used to live near one.

[@WkdWnch007]

Re: champ/chomp....this is how I was told..."horses "champ" a bit, men "chomp" a cigar".

[@joemagnus5085]

Well I use all these expressions properly with my crinkly thinking fat

[@kal69]

Are people really thinking this mistakingly in general? Makes me wonder what else the stupidity consensus could believe.

[@Iamtheliquor]

Nope never heard anyone say these sayings the wrong way.

[@mebreevee]

I thought it was, “For all intents and purposes.”

[@sherylcascadden4988]

You are right. And listening to the video proves it as the last point at the end.

[@babscabs1987]

I blew a casket once... Now I'm no longer welcome at the crematorium.

[@ComaDave]

Nice. I was searching high and low for a necro comment. 😂

[@MissusRyan]

I know someone who says “vowel renewal” instead of “vow renewal.”

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

I've heard, "Life springs a kernel." 😂😂