http://listverse.com/2009/03/23/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/ Ultimate Top 10 Lists - Listverse Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:52:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ 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??????

]]> 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.

]]> 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.

]]> http://listverse.com/2009/03/23/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/comment-page-7/#comment-449007 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:49:33 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/#comment-449007 dito

]]> http://listverse.com/2009/03/23/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/comment-page-7/#comment-448301 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:38:41 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/#comment-448301 “Fit as a fiddle” absolutely means “healthy”. See http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=fit+as+a+fiddle&year_start=1600&year_end=2000&corpus=0&smoothing=3 for evidence that it really only starts taking off in the language in the 1800s, and https://www.google.com/search?q=%22fit+as+a+fiddle%22&tbs=bks%3A1%2Ccdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A1800%2Ccd_max%3A1902&lr=lang_en for examples of its early use. And “right as a fiddle?” Really? I can’t find an example before 1850, and it never had notable currency.

]]> http://listverse.com/2009/03/23/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/comment-page-7/#comment-427991 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:19:19 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/#comment-427991 Same here! xD

]]> http://listverse.com/2009/03/23/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/comment-page-7/#comment-427989 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:18:25 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/#comment-427989 In the UK we say ‘another think coming’ – it only seems to be in American novels and TV shows etc that they say ‘another thing coming’. Always confused me as a kid xD

]]> http://listverse.com/2009/03/23/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/comment-page-7/#comment-427919 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:40:09 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/#comment-427919 I was always taught the correct meaning of ‘beg the question.’ I’ve never heard it the other way, nor have I ever heard someone say “wreck havoc.” I’ve only ever heard “wreak havoc.”

]]> http://listverse.com/2009/03/23/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/comment-page-7/#comment-424860 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:06:42 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/#comment-424860 I hope it has not been said yet but: Language is my Forte.
Pronounced fort. Not forteh. This one is also going the wrong way due to common usage but I say take it back. I find you lack of grammar and proper elocution to be disturbing.

]]> http://listverse.com/2009/03/23/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/comment-page-7/#comment-423009 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 02:33:48 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/10-misconceptions-about-common-sayings/#comment-423009 Interesting list, although I’ve never heard of wreck havoc, it seems to be common practice where I’m from to pronounce it correctly.

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