Comments on: 10 Misconceptions About Common Sayings http://listverse.com/2009/03/23/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/ Ultimate Top 10 Lists - Listverse Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Zach http://listverse.com/2009/03/23/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/comment-page-7/#comment-486703 Tue, 15 May 2012 19:30:37 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/#comment-486703 I agree with everything you wrote.

]]> By: Zach http://listverse.com/2009/03/23/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/comment-page-7/#comment-486702 Tue, 15 May 2012 19:29:52 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/#comment-486702 I couldn’t care less about your opinion.

]]> By: Zach http://listverse.com/2009/03/23/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/comment-page-7/#comment-486699 Tue, 15 May 2012 19:25:38 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/#comment-486699 If you don’t spell it “begges” than the new phrase is just fine.

Also,
“People commonly think that this saying is a reference to a law allowing a man to beat his wife as long as he uses a rod no thicker than his thumb.”

No one has ever thought that.

]]> By: Editor’s Corner: 3 misconceptions about common sayings « Editor's Corner http://listverse.com/2009/03/23/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/comment-page-7/#comment-485426 Fri, 11 May 2012 15:25:47 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/#comment-485426 [...] Today we have three commonly misheard sayings and some pictures! This is from an article by J. Frater, called 10 Misconceptions About Common Sayings, found here: listverse.com/2009/03/23/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings. [...]

]]> By: Buggycas http://listverse.com/2009/03/23/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/comment-page-1/#comment-479575 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:09:23 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/#comment-479575 I’ve never heard wreck Either, Also, I’ve Always used tenterhooks instead of tender hooks, I didn’t know what tenterhooks were, but I always figured it was something that went out of fashion without the phrase leaving. I’ve never heard tender hooks either, or if I have, I probably just passed it off as accent

]]> By: Freeman D. http://listverse.com/2009/03/23/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/comment-page-7/#comment-470491 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:08:38 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/#comment-470491 Reblogged this on New Horizons.

]]> By: Tadzo http://listverse.com/2009/03/23/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/comment-page-7/#comment-461162 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:30:15 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/#comment-461162 Wreck havoc? I’ve only ever heard wreak… still, great article

]]> By: Roger http://listverse.com/2009/03/23/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/comment-page-7/#comment-458405 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:10:27 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/#comment-458405 Is the saying “panties in a bind” or panties in a bunch??????

]]> By: Stephen http://listverse.com/2009/03/23/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/comment-page-7/#comment-453555 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:24:21 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/#comment-453555 What about “Just Desserts” it should be just deserts. Snopes did an article on it.

]]> By: Desi http://listverse.com/2009/03/23/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/comment-page-7/#comment-452169 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:02:22 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/#comment-452169 Who the heck EVER said ‘wreck havoc’??? I’ve always known it was wreak, and, personally, I don’t see how anyone could make that error.

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