troublesome twin words 9

[Annihilannic]

Interesting! I would still interpret it the same way, given that background, since it was only a "practice" argument you could argue all you like but it would make no difference in the end. "No longer valid" was probably a poor choice of words... not something you can get away with for long in this forum! ;-)

Annihilannic.

 

[SantaMufasa]

...But, nonetheless, Annihilannic, your contribution of Moot versus Mute is one of my favorite hated twin-word confusions. Hava

for that one !

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
“People may forget what you say, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

 

[flyboytim]

Dis- is an interesting prefix, it turns may into dismay, an appointment into a disappointment, and an array into a disarray, a guise into a disguise, and go and figure why you would go and disfigure something. I had a beautiful aster once, but my rabbit turned it into a disaster.

Outside, the wind just gusts - but when my dog has wind inside, it disgusts anyone within range.

We could be discussing why it is not related to concussing or percussing, which are all in no way related to straightforward cussing.

"Delilah distresses Sampson" was one famous Biblical headline.

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[BadBigBen]

"Delilah distresses Sampson" was one famous Biblical headline.

she probably disrobed him, before she caused dysfunction on his hair growth (or dismembered the hair)...

Ben
"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."
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[flyboytim]

I was disenchanted by a member of my coven - until I remembered the enchantment I used to dismember her.

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[KenCunningham]

Sampson? Was that the biblical equivalent of The Simpsons?

The internet - allowing those who don't know what they're talking about to have their say.

 

[flapeyre]

Loose vs. lose.

Lose is the verb, loose is the adjective.

If you don't tighten your loose belt, you will lose your pants.

-- Francis
In Deo nos confídimus.
Ceteris pariatur.

 

[SantaMufasa]

Compliment versus Complement.

Wrong: He paid her a complement for having a full compliment of kitchen accessories.

Ordinance versus Ordnance.

Wrong: There was a city ordnance against storing ordinance within city limits.

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
“People may forget what you say, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

 

[flyboytim]

lost lose losing loss losses losings lossy lossless loser antithetical to gain or win etc.

loose looser loosest looses loosed loosen loosened loosening
antithetical to tight or bind etc.

Oh, and nothing to link the two groups but the loss of a loose "o"!

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[flapeyre]

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling

-- Francis
In Deo nos confídimus.
Ceteris pariatur.

 

[SantaMufasa]

I just heard an incredible confusion of twin-words: incredible versus incredulous. On the news program, America's News HQ, the news guest was commenting on the desperate situation for the defendant, Casey Anthony, in her trial for the murder of her daughter, Caylee Anthony. The commenter said:

The defense must put Casey on the stand to explain her incredulous behavior during the search for her daughter.

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
“People may forget what you say, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

 

[flapeyre]

Cavalry (soldiers with armored vehicles, or on horseback)

vs.

Calvary (the place where Jesus was crucified).

-- Francis
In Deo nos confídimus.
Ceteris pariatur.

 

[BadBigBen]

and here I thought it was just called Golgotha...

and also not to mistake it with Calgary, too... ;-)

Ben
"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."
How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.
Only ask questions with yes/no answers if you want "yes" or "no"

 

[flapeyre]

.. or Calgon? or Calabasas County, California?

-- Francis
In Deo nos confídimus.
Ceteris pariatur.

 

[hjgoldstein]

I just asked a colleague where a certain document had been filed.

While she filed her nails, she told me it was in the vault.

I vaulted into the vault where I found the filed document and vaulted out again.

I looked at the document which I had defiled and saw that it had been damaged by water.

A vault into the vault to find a filed document which I defiled to find it had been defiled by water.

It is time for pacifists to stand up and fight for their beliefs.

 

[BadBigBen]

the document which I had defiled

now which one of the two definitions, of the verb defile, would best fit that statement! ;-) and no I don't want to know with what either...

defiled (verb) : to make unclean or impure
defiled (verb) : : to march off in a line

(source: Merriam-Webster)

Ben
"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."
How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.
Only ask questions with yes/no answers if you want "yes" or "no"

 

[hjgoldstein]

Maybe I should have hyphenated this one "de-filed"

It is time for pacifists to stand up and fight for their beliefs.

 

[N1GHTEYES]

I've often heard "a chest of draws".

More a matter of pronunciation than twin-words, but when I hear drawring from people who should know better I just want to scream.

On the subject of pronunciation, don't get me started on the letter aitch. The clue is in the spelling...

Tony

 

[flapeyre]

This looks like a job for Chester Drawers.

-- Francis
In Deo nos confídimus.
Ceteris pariatur.

 

[CajunCenturion]

==> This looks like a job for Chester Drawers.
He must be the new furniture craftsman.

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