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Killing two tongues with one post today.
First up is one of my biggest pet peeves - seeing the word tongue written as tounge. I don't understand the difficulty in spelling it correctly, but I see it as tounge more often than not. I would guess that it rhymes with lounge when spelled that way, so where do they get it?
TONgue. Seeing tounge is like nails on a chalkboard to me.
While on the subject of tongues, have you heard the expression tongue in cheek? It's usually used to describe when something that could be true is said in jest, leaving the listener guessing as to whether the orator was serious or not. The correct phrase is tongue in cheek (perhaps from the jokester putting his tongue in his cheek to suppress a smile) - not tongue and cheek.
You might find a bit of tongue in cheek in my various writings, but I hope you never see a tounge - in cheek or otherwise.
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While on the subject of tongues, have you heard the expression tongue in cheek? It's usually used to describe when something that could be true is said in jest, leaving the listener guessing as to whether the orator was serious or not. The correct phrase is tongue in cheek (perhaps from the jokester putting his tongue in his cheek to suppress a smile) - not tongue and cheek.
You might find a bit of tongue in cheek in my various writings, but I hope you never see a tounge - in cheek or otherwise.
LOVE this. I am certainly not perfect and enjoy a good play on words but when people ...ugh, I can't even continue; it's giving me palpitations.
ReplyDeleteThanks for bringing this irritation to light!!!
Love your tongue in cheek, MA :)
Ha! You too eh? It bugs me to end to see both tounge and tounge and cheek. I love these little posts you do about peeves. Spot on. :)
ReplyDeleteToo cute!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat – thanks, now I just KNOW that the next time I write about a tongue, I'm going to misspell it.
ReplyDeleteMy current A-Z Challenge blog is here: http://myheartblogstoyou.blogspot.com/2011/04/traumatization-of-third-grader.html
That kind of stuff gives me hives. Maybe I need to lighten up? Nah.
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For me, it's when I hear "nuclear" pronounced "nu-cu-lar". Oh, also, when I hear people confuse "moot" and "mute". I want to kick someone.
ReplyDeleteLOL Great post Marie Anne. I used to know someone that would say paw for palm and it drove me nuts. More than once I commented on it and she thought it to be tongue in cheek thus carrying on with her paws rubbing together as usual.
ReplyDeleteI agree completely, mis-spellings like that make me see red too. That and bad grammar.
ReplyDeleteI created a page about My Pet Peeves to get things off my chest. It seems we are not alone in the things that drive us mad. I left the link below, feel free to blow off steam on there.