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15 September 2005

Wow, I didn't find the apocalypse too crunchy! Mispeakings. (avocado in this case)

post by: dreamsign at: 23:54 | 9 comments

My little brother was a great source of these, and he never could understand that we weren't laughing *at* him:

"Ball barians" for "ball bearings", "weidor" for "weirdo", and, one precious time, "Bavarian cancer".

My sister also once heard some local yokels commenting on the "Ester Laudee" perfume in a shop window.

posted by interrobang 15 September | 23:59

Also game: things you think you heard and definitely weren't said. Counselled teen looking in magazine: "Wow, a million pounds of cats! Free!" and I'm all "Uh, yeah, that's a lot of cats!"

*doubletake*

"Huh??? I said 'A million bucks in cash -- free!"

posted by dreamsign 16 September | 00:00

bavarian cancer -- heheehahahahahaaa

posted by dreamsign 16 September | 00:01

Watching Little House on the Prairie, some guy was having a heart attack or something. My 5-yr-old sister asked, with great concern, "Is he fussering?"

(suffering)

posted by agropyron 16 September | 00:54

I'm pretty sure I've said this elsewhere, but some of my favorites came via a friend's Portuguese immigrant grandmother: "Bastards & Rabbits" (Baskin Robbins), "Rolling Rose" (Rolls Royce)... and a bunch of other fantabulous ones I can't remember right now.

posted by taz 16 September | 08:54

my nonna's method of calling me to dinner- "Come in da chicken!" stands alone, methinks.

posted by jonmc 16 September | 10:15

Ha. Bastards & Rabbits. I'd definitely eat Bastards & Rabbits ice cream.

(Can't think of any of my own at the moment. I'll try and think harder.)

posted by grapefruitmoon 16 September | 13:13

The best thing was how she pronounced it: "bah-stids"... and if you hear it that way, it's even more euphonious with "rabbits".

posted by taz 16 September | 13:41

My brother used to say "biz" instead of "beacause". One time he even wrote it "biz", and when I asked him why he spelled it that way, he said "Biz that's the way you say it!"

posted by Specklet 16 September | 13:49

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