Most annoying misquotation?

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getagrip

22 March 2015, 09:59:49 AM #15
"Don't throw bloody spears at me"

Michael Caine NOT in "Zulu,"  actually from "The Man Who Would Be King. "
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Fenton

22 March 2015, 10:02:12 AM #16
Quote from: getagrip on 22 March 2015, 09:59:49 AM
"Don't throw bloody spears at me"

Michael Caine NOT in "Zulu,"  actually from "The Man Who Would Be King. "

Theres not many  people know that

P.Sellers pretending to be M.Caine
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getagrip

22 March 2015, 10:03:30 AM #17
Quote from: Fenton on 22 March 2015, 10:02:12 AM
Not a lot of people know that

P.Sellers pretending to be M.Caine

Knew it would only be a matter of time  ;D
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Luddite

22 March 2015, 10:09:57 AM #18
There's a couple that annoy me.

'Theirs but to do or die!'
Actually: 'Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die'.

'Wait till you see the whites of their eyes lads.'
I've often heard this one attributed to Caine in Zulu, but it originates from Colonel William Prescott commander of George Washington's Continental Army, at the Battle of Bunker Hill, who is quoted saying, 'Don't fire till you see the whites of their eyes. Then, fire low!'
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Vamboozle

22 March 2015, 10:11:13 AM #19
Someone I work with insists on saying things "are a mute point"

No no no NO NO NO

Moot point.  MOOT

From the Anglo-Saxon moot meeting......

(Sorry it really upsets me and I can't say anything to her as she is the client)
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getagrip

22 March 2015, 10:12:50 AM #20
Quote from: Vamboozle on 22 March 2015, 10:11:13 AM
Someone I work with insists on saying things "are a mute point"

No no no NO NO NO

Moot point.  MOOT

From the Anglo-Saxon moot meeting......

(Sorry it really upsets me and I can't say anything to her as she is the client)

With you on that one  >:(
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fsn

22 March 2015, 10:21:45 AM #21
I worked with a bloke who said "the whole gamete".  >:( >:( >:(

"Gamut" - "range or sweep".
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Fenton

22 March 2015, 10:33:50 AM #22
Quote from: getagrip on 22 March 2015, 10:03:30 AM
Knew it would only be a matter of time  ;D

I even got the quote about the misquote wrong and had to edit it
If I were creating Pendraken I wouldn't mess about with Romans and  Mongols  I would have started with Centurions , eight o'clock, Day One!

getagrip

22 March 2015, 10:44:53 AM #23
Quote from: Fenton on 22 March 2015, 10:33:50 AM
I even got the quote about the misquote wrong and had to edit it

;D ;D ;D

Should have left it,  someone could have had a lovely little rant  :D
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FierceKitty

22 March 2015, 10:56:08 AM #24
Quote from: Vamboozle on 22 March 2015, 10:11:13 AM
Someone I work with insists on saying things "are a mute point"

No no no NO NO NO

Moot point.  MOOT

From the Anglo-Saxon moot meeting......

(Sorry it really upsets me and I can't say anything to her as she is the client)

But she's just illiterate. It's not a misquotation, any more than the tendency of the less-educated American (not universal) to say lack behind for lag behind. Or of so many morons to say literally when they mean the opposite. Flogging offenses, but not misquotations.
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Vamboozle

22 March 2015, 12:44:27 PM #25
Quote from: FierceKitty on 22 March 2015, 10:56:08 AM
But she's just illiterate. It's not a misquotation, any more than the tendency of the less-educated American (not universal) to say lack behind for lag behind. Or of so many morons to say literally when they mean the opposite. Flogging offenses, but not misquotations.

Fair point and I stand corrected.  :D

I will need to check the staff handbook but I'm pretty sure flogging the client is a sackable offence.  :-\

Old enough to know better

Ithoriel

22 March 2015, 12:47:10 PM #26
Whereas flogging things TO the client gets you brownie points :)
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Westmarcher

22 March 2015, 12:50:10 PM #27 Last Edit: 22 March 2015, 12:52:30 PM by Westmarcher
Chorizo.


I know. It's a mispronunciation issue. But I couldn't help it. It annoys me.
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Fenton

22 March 2015, 01:08:35 PM #28
Quote from: Westmarcher on 22 March 2015, 12:50:10 PM
Chorizo.


I know. It's a mispronunciation issue. But I couldn't help it. It annoys me.

Annoys me as well. Everyone tries to say Chore-reez-o, when of course it should be pronounced sausage
If I were creating Pendraken I wouldn't mess about with Romans and  Mongols  I would have started with Centurions , eight o'clock, Day One!

Westmarcher

22 March 2015, 01:11:48 PM #29
 :D

Are you thure? Ith it not thauthage?
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