Oxymorons

[Mervyn and Trish]

almost exactly

[qbman1]

crowded space

[Mervyn and Trish]

Not an oxymoron, but I do hate it when you hear news stories on the tv along the lines of "so-and-so was killed after being involved in a road accident". Such bad luck to be involved in a road accident and then be killed afterwards. Surely killed in or died after?

[Not so ancient mariner]

Don't get me started - but since you have I will restrict myself to just one of my pet hates. Describing things as 'light' when they are exactly the same weight and colour as the presumably 'heavy' alternative. True, they are usually lower in fat - but if that is what they mean, why the **** don't they just call them that??

[Mervyn and Trish]

Oh what have unleashed here! Mind you we were slowing down on oxymorons.

So...... in my yoof we had railway stations and railway tracks. Now it's train stations and train tracks.

When did that happen?

And another one is the expression "for free" as in, for example "pay for two adults and children get in for free"

What's wrong with just "free"

[Ranchi]

Blame Joni Mitchell, I'm afraid, Mervyn.

[Ranchi]

Almost unique is my pet hate. It also grates when announcers pronounce 'sixth' as 'sik'. As for 666, well...

[qbman1]

Reality Television

[Mervyn and Trish]

Blame Joni Mitchell, I'm afraid, Mervyn.

I'm more of a Simon and Garfunkel man....

"I'm sitting in a railway station......"

Train station just wouldn't scan.

[Manoverboard]

Merv asked " What's wrong with just "free" " ...

Cos gettin free means that free of em gets in for free ... whereas get in for free is much clearer if you are a dimwit or an illegal.

Simples .

[Mervyn and Trish]

But isn't "for free", the number after "for too", the answer to life. the universe and everyfinK?

[Manoverboard]

It could be .... four ' one '.

[Mervyn and Trish]

One four all and all four one?

The free muscat ears.

[Not so ancient mariner]

You mean you can get Muscat ears four three? (I can speak and spell proper like, without the need of a spool chucker.)

[Ranchi]

We'll be into Mondegreens soon.

[Silver_Shiney]

You mean like that line in the Cars' song, Drive, that was played to such devastating effect during Live Aid - "pork pie" (I think what he actually said/sang was "whoa hi")

[Mervyn and Trish]

And Sister Sledge, "We are family", which apparently includes the line ""I want to staple the Vicar"

[Mervyn and Trish]

I feel a new thread coming on - I think I'll start it - Misheard Lyrics

[qbman1]

I feel a new thread coming on - I think I'll start it - Misheard Lyrics

"mondegreen" if you please

[Not so ancient mariner]

I can remember one evening years ago, when the presenters on the news programme 'Nationwide' were discussing a song, the chorus of which sounded like "Sue Lawley, Sue Lawley", - who at the time also worked on this programme. The actual words were "So lonely, so lonely" !

[qbman1]

And now, an oxymoron, courtesy of a recent post by Romig:

"Smart Denim"

[Not so ancient mariner]

Modern business ethics

[Mervyn and Trish]

EU democracy

[Not so ancient mariner]

A nice pint of Watney's

[Not so ancient mariner]

American English