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Facebook Marketplace can be a great platform if you want to declutter your home and make a little money while doing it. However, it can also be a treasure trove of hilarious and horrible listings. People post all sorts of stuff on there, perhaps not even realizing how funny it might be.
This time, we chose listings with slightly misspelled titles. Courtesy of r/BoneAppleTea, titles that sound right or similar to what they should be. Let's chuckle at how these owners misspelled their listing – doesn't matter intentionally or not. So scroll down to find the funniest marketplace listings shared by people on r/BoneAppleTea.
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#1
Catholic Converter
Jill Allen 1 year ago
I'm Catholic. I can assure you we don't try to convert. But this is amusing lol
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SonicAlchemy 1 year ago
I was thinking the same thing. Most would probably take a picture of it on a work table or on a nice shelf in their garage. This looks like they took a picture of it on the street corner a block away from where they stole it.
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#2
Autistic Guitar
Cousin Vinny 1 year ago
But it's a Bohner. They usually like to be touched !
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LauraDragonWench 1 year ago
It probably doesn't like to be touched, which begs the question: how does one play it?
Heather Vandegrift 1 year ago (edited)
Just because it communicates differently and vibrates when anyone touches it doesn't mean it doesn't deserve respect and the same opportunity as everyone what
#3
My Grandma's Abdomen
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
Grandma, no nudes allowed on BP. Please get dressed.
Bored Panda compiled this list of chucklesome marketplace listings from the r/BoneAppleTea subreddit. The community over there loves funny malapropisms. What's a malapropism, you ask?
According to Merriam-Webster, it's a "usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase." One example of a malapropism can be "Jesus healing those leopards." The intention was "lepers" but, as the two words sound similar, the person accidentally spelled it "leopards."
#4
Egomaniac Chair
LauraDragonWench 1 year ago
Appropriate. Many egomaniacs sit in this style of chair, so I've noticed.
Niels Boehm 1 year ago
They mean ergonomic, but I had to go to the source post to find out, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to make the connection 😅
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#5
Michael Wave
SonicAlchemy 1 year ago
Michael Wave. Frank Ocean's alter ego. I also love "over the counter", like you'd have to have prescription to get it, otherwise.
#6
Portal Potty
Chewie Baron 1 year ago
You need to look up The Gay Daleks on YouTube! They travelled in the Turdis!
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This brings forth a frightening look at the TARDIS.
Dragons Exist 1 year ago (edited)
What they have at Aperture - edit, damn it's also in Michigan this is begging for Portal refs
A similar phenomena are eggcorns. The same Merriam-Webster dictionary describes them as "a word or phrase that sounds like and is mistakenly used in a seemingly logical or plausible way for another word or phrase either on its own or as part of a set expression."
New Scientist writes that eggcorns are often more satisfying and poetic than the correct word or expression. An example could be "for all intensive purposes" instead of "for all intents and purposes."
#7
"Coughing"... (Also, Really??)
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
I suppose the person died of the morbid sore throat.
David 1 year ago
I'm wheezing. "Wrong diagnosis" "Good news then, we've run some more tests and it turns out you're not actually dead."
Maggz Bennett 1 year ago
It's not the cough that carries you off, it's the coffin they carry you off in.
I_imagine_even_worse_w***s 1 year ago
I love how it's wearing a hat...probably ro prevent it from getting sick any further!
Tameeza Joyce Lightowler 1 year ago
It's not the cough that carries you off--it's the coffin they carry you off in. Robert Leland Taylor
#8
Excessive Bike
SonicAlchemy 1 year ago
I like how they have a chair separating the real vacuum from the robot vacuum. Like there was some beef between technology. "You think you're better than me? I have attachments, a*****e!"
Kevin the Manager 1 year ago
"You suck!" "No, I suck!" "You just gather dust!" "Your mother was a mop!"
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LauraDragonWench 1 year ago
I dunno, looks rather minimalist to me. I mean, I've had excessive bikes before and usually the clown horn arrangement takes up an entire room of its own.
I love my golden retriever 1 year ago
More interested in the giant M&M stand in the background
#9
I Believe This Is An Oregon
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
Oh shoot. I can't comment now. My Washington machine just stopped.
Nonna_SoF 1 year ago
Iowa gonna make a comment but Maine, I can't think of anything.
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Kevin the Manager 1 year ago
This Illinois me for some reason, but I Tennessee the negative side of things...
Eggcorns originated from the altered form of "acorn". Mark Liberman in his linguistics blog Language Log wrote about a woman who would write "eggcorns" instead of "acorns." Since it didn't fit with other phenomena, such as malapropisms and spoonerisms, he went with linguist Geoffrey Pullum's suggestion to refer to them as "eggcorns."
#10
Fools Ball Table
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Bouche and Audi would love this thing. They've attacked fools' balls before.
LauraDragonWench 1 year ago
So, is it a table for fools playing ball or does the table require balls from fools? Because either way, plenty of people qualify.
Lady Gypsy Rain 1 year ago
Not a bad price for a knockoff fusball/fussball table. Looks sturdy enough
#11
Three Draffs
Crybabyartist 1 year ago
HEY AND AT LEAST THEY UNDERSTOOD THERE SHOULD BE A DOUBLE F!!! LAFF!!!
#12
Shuffle For Sale
There's another strange word – spoonerism. This one is not about spelling or writing. It's an error people make when speaking. A spoonerism happens when a speaker switches the first sounds of two words. The funny meaning is usually not intentional. An example would be “a scoop of boy trouts” instead of “a troop of boy scouts.”
#13
Any Of Y'all Need A Bing Bag?
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
My cats would let all the bings out of the bag, and they'd be all over the house!
Hannah Cowell 1 year ago
My Mother-in-Law does that, too. Green “bings”, jelly “bings”, baked “bings”
#14
Bob Wire
Mike F 1 year ago
That's the killing part. Depending on just where you go, this is exactly what it's called.
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Shawnna Clement 1 year ago
I thought it was called Bob Wire until my 5th grade math teacher laughed at what I told her scratched my knee. She also laughed at me for saying, "I brung my homework today." I became a vigilant vocabulary corrector. Lol.
Javelina Poppers 1 year ago
At least try to get the pronunciation right...............it's Bob War. Texas thanks you.
Kevin Felton 1 year ago
Ok in the south that's actually how we pronounce it. As in "we need to put up some bob wire along that crick that goes through the holler."
Crystal Pope 1 year ago
If this wire belongs to Bob, someone forgot the apostrophe. Also.... all the other problems...
#15
Someone Is Selling “Access” On Fb
PlatinumThe8-BitCat 1 year ago
They do allow access into anywhere, yet you have to have a really strong arm
LauraDragonWench 1 year ago
Yup, those'll give you access all right. Even better if you use them for the "Here's Johnny" type access.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
They're very nice accesses. They give axes to the heart of many a tree.
SonicAlchemy 1 year ago
"Access" is funny but shipping for almost the same cost as the item, especially used? Yeah, no spanks.
Beff Jezos 1 year ago
Hey! Just here with your dad dose of s3x jokes…I would love to buy this, I always have trouble finding the right hole…I’ll take my leave AND your downvotes!
And the origin of spoonerisms is quite hilarious as well. It all started with a clergyman around the 1900s. The poor man would often make such slips as "a blushing crow" instead of "a crushing blow."
#16
Fire Distinguisher
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
I find this distinguisher to be very extinguished.
Karen Krause 1 year ago
It can distinguish fires that are caused by arson, and accidentally. Also, some models can distinguish gas, coal even wood fires.
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ynyrhydref56 1 year ago
"this is your common or household gas fire, but that there's definitely an electrical fire ..."
Glitcher 1 year ago
It's because of the handlebar mustache, everyone looks distinguished with one of those. Or they look like a sleazy pimp. No in-between.
#17
Corn Or Sofa
Malek Basata 1 year ago (edited)
Corn for 70£ is overpriced sofa for 70£ is underpriced? I can't get both??
#18
Eucalyptus Machines Are My Favorite
TTorrest Author 1 year ago
I'm torn... Stupid enough not to know it's an elliptical but smart enough to spell eucalyptus properly.
Crybabyartist 1 year ago
I have to lay down after this, and reexamine my wardrobe choices... why should I even eat anything but these leaves??
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The man's name was William Archibald Spooner. History refers to him as a nervous man and his slips allegedly became the stuff of legends during his lifetime. His last name inspired the official term for such verbal slips as "tons of soil" instead of "sons of toil."
#19
A Beautiful Arm Wall For Sale
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Well, technically, those are wings, but who am I to argue with dinosaurs?
Leonie Smith 1 year ago
Someone needs to go through and clarfy these for the language challenged. For example, Arm wall = armoire
pineapple87 1 year ago
I don't think spell check would have caught this one.
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#20
Mitch Match Civil Where
David 1 year ago (edited)
impressive that they managed to misspell it two (edit THREE) different ways - both horrible.
Liam Hay 1 year ago
For my own sanity, I assume these people are using speech to text
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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Mitch Match was a Civil Where general. No one knows what side he was on, because he'd just wear any old uniform he could find.
Hairy Weisenheimmer 1 year ago
I only use Mitch Match Civil Where when eating Michael Wave dinners served in on my breakfast nuke
LauraDragonWench 1 year ago
So where is Mitch Match civil? Is he allowed to be civil only in designated locations? Why?
Patsy Robins 1 year ago
I suspect most of these are voice recognition errors, Siri or whatever getting it wrong. Can’t believe people don’t check before posting though!
#21
Breakfast Nuke For An Explosive Dining Experience!
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
All meals served here are microwaved. No exceptions!
Rudy van Disarzio 1 year ago
Morning breakfast goes in the kitchen. Morning nuke goes off in the bathroom. Morning wood is usually in the bedroom
Stephanie Sivula 1 year ago
Breakfast nukes upset my stomach, I usually have to wait until after 12:00 and make it a lunch nuke.
If we're talking about spelling and verbal mistakes, let's touch upon misheard utterances as well. Remember that TLC song "Waterfalls" and how many of us thought they were singing "Don't go, Jason Waterfalls?" Although there are several threads about it on the r/BoneAppleTea subreddit, technically it's not a malapropism.
#22
Mid Evil Dagger
Mark 1 year ago
That dagger has done terrible things- Rey Palpatine (not Skywalker)
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Ovata Acronicta 1 year ago (edited)
This... This is a letter opener. It's supposed to be Sting from LotR. I remember it being advertised many years ago in this obnoxious magazine we (for some reason still) get. Since "Hobbit" is on the case, I wonder if it was reissued for that. ETA: Noble Collection, and yes.
Ru Bee 1 year ago
Ha I just posted similar...I have it...good letter opener actually 😀
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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Mid holy dagger just doesn't have the same ring to it.
Christian Ainslie 1 year ago
This one, I somewhat understand. I made the same mistake until I was 15 or so
Bloobee bloobee bloo bloo bloo 1 year ago
Ok this one is understandable. People typically pronounce it midevil rather than medieval. I can see how people who haven’t seen the word in print can get this wrong
#23
Amp A Fire
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
Guaranteed to increase any fire it's added to, but not for long.
Nonna_SoF 1 year ago
Why do I now want to set it on its back, put a burning dish of alcohol on it, and turn it on?
#24
Hell Of A Deal On A Porsche!
pineapple87 1 year ago
Let alone one that looks like it used to be a dining table.
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Scott Wilkins 1 year ago
Having been the not-so-proud owner of a 986 Boxster I think I'd have been better off with the "Porsche" shown here... :-(
Crystal Thomas 1 year ago
That's the ugliest Porsche I've ever seen. It looks it may need a new muffler, some tires, a steering wheel...
keyboardtek 1 year ago
There is a joke about painting the Porsche out back. It's not a Porsche, it is a Masarati!
Another common example of a mondegreen is the Jimmy Hendrix lyric "Excuse me, while I kiss the sky." Many people misheard it as "Excuse me, while I kiss this guy." We call these misheard lyrics ‘mondegreens’. In her piece for The New Yorker, Maria Konnikova describes them as "a misheard word or phrase that makes sense in your head, but is, in fact, entirely incorrect."
#25
Watch Her Machine
Niels Boehm 1 year ago
No, you have to pay $100 for the privilege to watch 😅
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How much per hour would I get? Do I need to feed, bathe, or put her machine to bed? 'Cause that's extra.
#26
Light Savors
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
Well, they didn't save Luke's hand. Suppose they savored it?
Christian Ainslie 1 year ago
I've only ever heard non-Star Wars fans refer to them as "Life-savers".
#27
Hearing Loss
Raymond Core 1 year ago
Blind Pew in 'Yellowbeard' with his English accent, "I have acute 'earing". Officer: "I don't care about your jewelry".
The word "mondegreen" originates from journalist Sylvia Wright. She recounted her misheard lyrics on the Scottish folk song 'The Bonny Earl of Morray'. Wright thought the line "Oh, they have slain the Earl o' Morray and laid him on the green" was actually "Oh, they have slain the Earl o' Morray and Lady Mondegreen."
#28
Folder Bull Chairs
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
No bulls were harmed in the making of these chairs.
LauraDragonWench 1 year ago
I'd imagine that's what you'd find in a manager's office: folder bull.
#29
What Good Would It Be Without The Mote Control??
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
Do not remove the mote in your brother's TV when there is a beam in yours.
Gladys Hayes Southerland 1 year ago
Stop! you're making this way too funny!
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LeighAnne Brown-Pedersen 1 year ago
If only there was a word for mote again. But lots of words aren’t the same without the ‘re’… peat, flect. English is weird
The Original Bruno 1 year ago
The usefulness of mote control in New Orleans is sadly very well established.
Laura Williams 1 year ago
Almost sounds like preschool kid. My one kid the marote. She was 3yo at the time.
#30
A Very Fancy Branch
Nagatha 1 year ago
All of these examples are why, if I EVER post anything online, or email the boss, I double check my tiping.
Whether the entries on this list are malapropisms, eggcorns or simple autocorrect mistakes, they make for a pretty good laugh. So don't hesitate and upvote your favorite listings from Facebook Marketplace. Also, let us know your funniest spelling or verbal mistake in the comments!
#31
Mortal Pastel!
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
When it flies, it will turn lavender, pink, and baby blue.
Populus tremuloides(they/them) 1 year ago
When my brother and I were younger we called this a murderin' pistol
Gladys Hayes Southerland 1 year ago (edited)
Ya'll all are crazy! Now l can't even say it the right way because of ya'lls' comments. Mortar & pestle? Since when do they fly? Or turn colors?
#32
Will Barrow For Sale
#33
Hair Stylus
LauraDragonWench 1 year ago
I'm less concerned about the spelling - which is saying something - and more perturbed by the end results of the hair and shirt. 😱
I_imagine_even_worse_w***s 1 year ago
OK the misnomer is the least concerning thing about this ad!
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Wouldn't a hair stylus be a curling iron? Or maybe a brush?
#34
It Really Is A Great Sequence Train
Tabitha 1 year ago
I would never let a child of mine leave the house in that outfit, much less go to a formal dance, ffs. That is lingerie, and not even nice lingerie, not a prom gown—-and prom gowns are meant to be worn by teenagers, who aren’t supposed to look like 30-something strippers who bought it at a Frederick’s of Hollywood Clearance sale. Cripes, parents. When it comes to your kids, use your damned brains, ffs
Like It Is 1 year ago
Optical illusion… the lighting makes it look that way. But I did do a double take
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The Lowest Bitter
LauraDragonWench 1 year ago
The lowest bitter would be bitter after "winning" that sofa - blech!
David 1 year ago
Is that the dog's sofa? I don't even know how you get that much wear on the leather or whatever it is.
M O'Connell 1 year ago
It's "bonded leather" which is ground up leather scraps spray-glued onto a microfiber backing. It wears out VERY quickly, but they can still call it "leather" because the seating surface technically is leather.
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[legit] Mozart? Puccini? Wagner? (Found On Marketplace)
![[legit] Mozart? Puccini? Wagner? (Found On Marketplace)](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/6582996b1e35d_25fe4sdnbh921__700.jpg "[legit] Mozart? Puccini? Wagner? (Found On Marketplace)")
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Candles are known for their voices. Beautiful, like a light in the darkness.
LauraDragonWench 1 year ago
If it's Mozart, I'll take it, but if it's Wagner, that's a hard pass.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Personally, I can't stand Gershwin, especially Rhapsody in Blue. It makes me feel very distorted mentally and emotionally.
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#37
Foot On Bed
Ovata Acronicta 1 year ago
Gotta keep the foot on bed, otherwise the monsters under the bed will get it.
#38
Rocking Cheer
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Go, team! Sit on that chair! Our school has the best sitters in the league!
Nonna_SoF 1 year ago
Annnnd someone did it. https://www.grunge.com/1063008/how-germany-made-a-competitive-sport-out-of-extreme-sitting/
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Such A Beautiful Neckless
#40
Fridge Raider
#41
Cats On Pan
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Well, not now. They've already eaten the sausage.
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#42
Or Best Awful
#43
Ankle Grinder
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Don't grind your ankles unless you're trying to feed the beanstalk giant. Fee fi fo fum!
#44
Anyone Want A Trampling?
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Is this what the folding bulls play on? They're probably really good at trampling. [As I was typing out "trampling" autocorrect kept wanting to type "trampoline"!]
Karen Krause 1 year ago
You are supposed to jump on it together, not one under and the other trampling above.
#45
But In The End, It Doesn’t Even Matter
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
If you lie on it, you will experience mind over matter.
Hippopotamuses 1 year ago
Why is there a sheat on it, rather than just showing the matters? Srange
#46
Swayed Couch For Sale
#47
In Tack
Kevin Felton 1 year ago
Does it come with the tack? Because I could definitely use some new reins.
#48
Otter Man
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
False advertising. I see no otter. I don't even see a man.
Daniel Atkins 1 year ago
Does he spend his spare time floating in the water cracking open shellfish on his stomach with a rock?
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Band Joe
#50
Bullet Ten Board. For All Your Ten Bullets
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Bullets generally come in boxes of 20 or 40. Best stock up on the boards.
#51
Leather Man
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Wasn't he one of the superheroes on Whose Line Is It, Anyway?
LauraDragonWench 1 year ago
I do believe you're correct - love that show!
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Antic
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
It doesn't look very antic. Doesn't look like it's even trying to move.
LauraDragonWench 1 year ago
Looks pretty chill to me, unless you took its picture while it was sleeping.
#53
Bran-New
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
How much bran do they need in a day? Is bran cereal okay, or do I have to cook something?
#54
Still Watch A Bowl? You Decide
Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago
I am only seeing four fifths of that screen showing an image so a pretty generous interpretation of it being "watchable"
Karen Krause 1 year ago
Yeah, you'll be missing a pretty good part of any of the bowl games. Especially if the left side is the goal zone.
Load More Replies... Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Will the bowl do anything interesting while I'm watching it?
Gladys Hayes Southerland 1 year ago
Any other bowl, just not the Super Bowl, cause you'd need the whole screen
#55
Who Needs Hybrid Bikes When You Can Get Hi Bread?
I_imagine_even_worse_w***s 1 year ago
It's what Michael says when he waves at the bread!
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What do you think ?
L 1 year ago
I'm with SmallFlowers. Your comments took this "fun" one to "really funny"
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PFD 1 year ago
These are fascinating. Mostly eggcorns rather than misspellings, and a wonderful collection. And yes, they're hilarious, but English is full of bizarre idioms that don't seem to make sense. Why shouldn't "best awful" exist in a language where we "curry favour"?
Vermonta 1 year ago
Then add colloquial to it and it goes off the rails. Cause maybe they didn't not want to.
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Bobby 1 year ago
Most of these seem like they came from autocorrect or voice to text to me. At least I hope that's the cause
April Dancer 1 year ago
Unfortunately, although that might happen in the minority of cases, the majority of people who post these items have only (mis)heard the names and simply write what they imagine it to be.
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marianne eliza 1 year ago
And sadly it's the grossly undereducated that seem to reproduce most abundantly. Another generation or two and humans will have devolved to just grunts and gestures.
Flora Porter 1 year ago
Most of these are autocorrect and not checking before you post, but 'draffs'? That took conscious effort.
Elizabeth Sedai 1 year ago
I've heard people mispronounce words like this and when I corrected them, they were so baffled that they didn't believe me. I remember a girl saying "draffs" for "giraffe", but it was in elementary school.. I think some people who aren't great at reading grow up to be adults and just do not know what the real word is.... especially in the American south in particularly isolated areas, some people are just ... not informed, to put it mildly.
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Stannous Flouride 1 year ago
Originally called 'malapropisms' after a character in a 19th c. British play named Mrs Malaprop. Long before the interwebs (1960s-70s) my mother collected these in a notebook.
Rita Rose 1 year ago
I don't get how these happen? Are people that uneducated or do they not spellcheck/proof read things before posting to the world?!
April Dancer 1 year ago
Soell check wouldn't help as they are actual words, and if you don't know that isn't the actual name, proof reading it isn't going to help either. My hairdresser told me she was buying her son a kitten for xmas last year. She'd originally thought of terrapins as a pet but someone had told her that because they like in warm water he could be at risk of semolina poisoning.
Load More Replies... L 1 year ago
I'm with SmallFlowers. Your comments took this "fun" one to "really funny"
Load More Replies... PFD 1 year ago
These are fascinating. Mostly eggcorns rather than misspellings, and a wonderful collection. And yes, they're hilarious, but English is full of bizarre idioms that don't seem to make sense. Why shouldn't "best awful" exist in a language where we "curry favour"?
Vermonta 1 year ago
Then add colloquial to it and it goes off the rails. Cause maybe they didn't not want to.
Load More Replies... Bobby 1 year ago
Most of these seem like they came from autocorrect or voice to text to me. At least I hope that's the cause
April Dancer 1 year ago
Unfortunately, although that might happen in the minority of cases, the majority of people who post these items have only (mis)heard the names and simply write what they imagine it to be.
Load More Replies... marianne eliza 1 year ago
And sadly it's the grossly undereducated that seem to reproduce most abundantly. Another generation or two and humans will have devolved to just grunts and gestures.
Flora Porter 1 year ago
Most of these are autocorrect and not checking before you post, but 'draffs'? That took conscious effort.
Elizabeth Sedai 1 year ago
I've heard people mispronounce words like this and when I corrected them, they were so baffled that they didn't believe me. I remember a girl saying "draffs" for "giraffe", but it was in elementary school.. I think some people who aren't great at reading grow up to be adults and just do not know what the real word is.... especially in the American south in particularly isolated areas, some people are just ... not informed, to put it mildly.
Load More Replies... Stannous Flouride 1 year ago
Originally called 'malapropisms' after a character in a 19th c. British play named Mrs Malaprop. Long before the interwebs (1960s-70s) my mother collected these in a notebook.
Rita Rose 1 year ago
I don't get how these happen? Are people that uneducated or do they not spellcheck/proof read things before posting to the world?!
April Dancer 1 year ago
Soell check wouldn't help as they are actual words, and if you don't know that isn't the actual name, proof reading it isn't going to help either. My hairdresser told me she was buying her son a kitten for xmas last year. She'd originally thought of terrapins as a pet but someone had told her that because they like in warm water he could be at risk of semolina poisoning.
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