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Not a misnomer, but a common misuse. "If you have any questions, contact Bob or myself". How the hell can anyone contact myself? They can contact me, but not myself. Along those same non-misnoner lines, there is the ever-increasing misuse of "I". Somehow, people think that saying I instead of me is more intelligent, even when it is blatantly wrong. I is a subject pronoun, and me is an object pronoun.
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I'm with you, I'm leaving one, not taking one.
Personally I prefer malapropisms to misnomers.
And a "Coke" is a Coke (tm) not a generic term for a soda..................and there is no "pop" attached to the soda word.............it's just a soda.
Oh but there is a "pop" when that sumbitch freezes in your car and leaves a huge mess
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"I" is correct in sentences such as "Bob is taller than I." That's because it is an incomplete sentence, the full version being "Bob is taller than I am." We often leave off the "am" but it is there nonetheless.
I am appalled at the rampantly incorrect usage of "me" as in "Me and my family went to Disneyland." You can tell it is wrong if you just leave out the "and my family" and see that you would not say "Me went to Disneyland."
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Flammable vs. inflammable.
Mispronunciations:
Nu-Cu-Lar instead of Nu-clear
Ath-a-lete instead of Ath-lete.
Texan talk:
Clont instead of client.
Wha instead of why.
Don't blame me. I voted for Trump.
Democrats would burn this country to the ground, if they could rule over the ashes.
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The worst offender, IMO: calling the US a "democracy", and pretending it is a "democracy." Or pretending that a President is "elected" by a "democratic vote."
The US is a constitutional republic. In other words, it is a nation founded upon and based upon a written law, written at its founding.
I belong on eroding granite, among the pines.
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Some insist on calling a magazine a clip. Still.
"real a tor" for Realtor.
Worst of the lot: "Calvary" for cavalry.
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AXE me question? Do I have to chop up a few words. (Ebonics)
In Ireland a vacuum cleaner is a hoover, a cooker (Pronounced kuker) is a stove top.
What is ekspecially?
In southern Manitoba, a Liberal is a losing politician. Should be a universal thing.
"Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." (Prov 4:23)
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Why is every motorhome, camper trailer and 5th wheel called a Winnebago?
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Pickup vs a truck. Huge difference.
Ya, like when folks refer to wheels as rims. I almost bought a set off a guy one time, but he used the wrong term so I shidt in his mailbox and told everyone I knew he was retarded.
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Some insist on calling a magazine a clip. Still.
"real a tor" for Realtor.
Worst of the lot: "Calvary" for cavalry. My pops was in the Cavalry (Garryowen) out of Ft. Hood...I remember losing it on a few people because of this.
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I am appalled at the rampantly incorrect usage of "me" as in "Me and my family went to Disneyland." You can tell it is wrong if you just leave out the "and my family" and see that you would not say "Me went to Disneyland." I seen that error many times. 
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Had an English lass comment "I want to get screwed tonight"
Funny look on my face I guess - she followed it up with "That's drunk to you Yanks".
Damn - another one that got away!...
Did you tell her she had a nice fanny? In South Africa my wife referred to the sports sack around her waist as a "fanny pack" which amused the PH's a bit. 
Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery.
Hit the target, all else is twaddle!
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"I" is correct in sentences such as "Bob is taller than I." That's because it is an incomplete sentence, the full version being "Bob is taller than I am." We often leave off the "am" but it is there nonetheless.
I am appalled at the rampantly incorrect usage of "me" as in "Me and my family went to Disneyland." You can tell it is wrong if you just leave out the "and my family" and see that you would not say "Me went to Disneyland." I am thinking of "They visited Disneyland with my family and I".
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"I" is correct in sentences such as "Bob is taller than I." That's because it is an incomplete sentence, the full version being "Bob is taller than I am." We often leave off the "am" but it is there nonetheless.
I am appalled at the rampantly incorrect usage of "me" as in "Me and my family went to Disneyland." You can tell it is wrong if you just leave out the "and my family" and see that you would not say "Me went to Disneyland." That's what I was taught, leave out the extra phrase (can't remember the proper teminology here, that's ironic) to tell if the correct pronoun is being used. "Us fellows went to the store" vs. "We fellows went to the store". Us went to the store, we sent to the store. Then there is the long standing rule to never end a sentence with a preposition. Grammar anarchist: "Where are you going to?" Grammar Nazi: "Never end a sentence with a preposition." Grammar anarchist: "As you wish. Where are you going to, ass hole?"
Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery.
Hit the target, all else is twaddle!
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I have a friend who is a real gun-term nazi. Fun to tell him I am gonna go buy more clips for my assault rifle and watch his blood pressure rise
DON’T BE TOO PROUD OF THIS TECHNOLOGICAL TERROR YOU’VE CONSTRUCTED. THE ABILITY TO DESTROY A PLANET IS INSIGNIFICANT NEXT TO THE POWER OF THE FORCE.
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Just for fun, what are some popular misnomers that you notice or ones that maybe irrationally upset you? Maybe something regional that is odd from your AO?
"Rakers" on chainsaw chains, they're called "depth gauges" as they do not perform a raking function.
"Bubbler" or pronounced "Bub-lah" for drinking fountain...that one is an oddity to me.
"Buggy" for a shopping cart? For a guy from rural PA, a buggy is a thing the Amish drive about.
Post some up here for discussion.
side-bet...how long before the thread goes astray and people are calling each other names? <20 post, I'd wager. "Spent shell casing". To me, it's a fired cartridge case. Also, "bullets" when it should be ammunition.
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Saying someone is "ignorant" when describing a "rude" person, rather than someone who is uneducated. "Oh, she's so ignorant." Translation: "Oh, she's so rude." And it's usually pronounced ignurnt. TikkaNut will know of what I speak.
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Worked with a female Detective that would use the terms
SPENT SHELL CASING for a fired catridge case and
UNSPENT SHELL CASING for a live live round of ammunition.
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Does calling the M1 Garand a Ga-RAND fall under this subject?
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"Spent shell casing". To me, it's a fired cartridge case. Also, "bullets" when it should be ammunition.
[/quote]...... Drives me nuts when people refer to ammo as bullets. Rant over.
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