Words that you used to get wrong

[Gario]

I used to think beck and call was beckon call, due to the meaning of the word beckon.

And I used to think prima donna was pre-Madonna, thinking that it meant people who were around before Madonna was famous.

[Tafdolphin]

I used to pronounce sporadic, sprohdic. Still do every now and again.

[Rax]

This thread is a damp squid.

[Barley]

I was forever putting women on pedal stools.

[KK]

This thread is a damp squid.

The amount of people that use this and continually get it wrong is unbelievable.

[Foxhound]

I can't think of any that I used to/still get wrong (though I'm sure there are several) but I know plenty of people who say 'should of' instead of 'should have'/'should've'. I also know some people who constantly say 'pacifically' instead of 'specifically'

[Saint of Killers]

I used to think can't be arsed was can't be asked.

I once said it in class (it's as though they can't be asked) and my teacher asked me to repeat myself. So I did. She looked over at another teacher who happened to be there and they had a quiet conversation on what the flip I was saying. A couple of girls asked me what I'd said and so I repeated it again. Nothing more was said and so I was left more than a little confused. Years later I realised my mistake and it still makes me chuckle and cringe in equal measure. And then, later still, I learned I actually had got it right and can't be arsed was a sweary version of what I'd said.

Teachers

[~Earl Grey~]

I used to think beck and call was beckon call, due to the meaning of the word beckon.

And I used to think prima donna was pre-Madonna, thinking that it meant people who were around before Madonna was famous.

I did the prima donna one too. Also "pantomine" and "electricicty". At least I wasn't one of those wankers who say "skelinton".

[bear]

Hyperbole.

[~Earl Grey~]

Also, for years I thought it was a viewing "frustrum".

[OnlyShallow]

I have a friend who used to think picturesque and grotesque were pronouced pictureskew and grottyskew.

Unfortunately when he told me this I adopted the habit too

[TigaSefi]

I once said Grand Prick.. well how was I meant to know the french often leave the last letter off

[Lotus]

Hyperbole.

I've never known how to pronounce hyperbole :<

High-per-bo-lee.

[Bunni]

I used to think can't be arsed was can't be asked.

I once said it in class (it's as though they can't be asked) and my teacher asked me to repeat myself. So I did. She looked over at another teacher who happened to be there and they had a quiet conversation on what the flip I was saying. A couple of girls asked me what I'd said and so I repeated it again. Nothing more was said and so I was left more than a little confused. Years later I realised my mistake and it still makes me chuckle and cringe in equal measure. And then, later still, I learned I actually had got it right and can't be arsed was a sweary version of what I'd said.

Teachers

This. Except there was little confused as I can talk properly.

People who "arks" for something. No, you can't. strawberry float off.

[KK]

Hyperbole.

I've never known how to pronounce hyperbole :<

High-per-bo-lee.

I prefer hyper-bowl.

[Lotus]

I used to think can't be arsed was can't be asked.

I once said it in class (it's as though they can't be asked) and my teacher asked me to repeat myself. So I did. She looked over at another teacher who happened to be there and they had a quiet conversation on what the flip I was saying. A couple of girls asked me what I'd said and so I repeated it again. Nothing more was said and so I was left more than a little confused. Years later I realised my mistake and it still makes me chuckle and cringe in equal measure. And then, later still, I learned I actually had got it right and can't be arsed was a sweary version of what I'd said.

Teachers

This. Except there was little confused as I can talk properly.

People who "arks" for something. No, you can't. strawberry float off.

Let me axe you this - do people really say arks? I've heard axe, which sounds stupid, but arks?

[Gario]

I used to think can't be arsed was can't be asked.

I once said it in class (it's as though they can't be asked) and my teacher asked me to repeat myself. So I did. She looked over at another teacher who happened to be there and they had a quiet conversation on what the flip I was saying. A couple of girls asked me what I'd said and so I repeated it again. Nothing more was said and so I was left more than a little confused. Years later I realised my mistake and it still makes me chuckle and cringe in equal measure. And then, later still, I learned I actually had got it right and can't be arsed was a sweary version of what I'd said.

Teachers

This. Except there was little confused as I can talk properly.

People who "arks" for something. No, you can't. strawberry float off.

Let me axe you this - do people really say arks? I've heard axe, which sounds stupid, but arks?

It's a little unfair of you if you're referring to Afro-Caribbean people who say it that way.

[Bunni]

I doubt these neddy kids up here have caribbean heritage.

[hamm sandwich]

One of my mates uses 'generally' as his main filler word which grates but it's worse when he uses it as a substitute for genuinely. The stories he tells about how he had a generally good time, or how it was generally the funniest thing he'd ever seen makes me wince.

[Eighthours]

My wife and I started watching Breaking Bad at the weekend, and she's proceeded to call it Breaking Back ever since.