Shiftless2
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"liter" or "leader"??
For my Canadian friends
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In the case of 80 proof, unmistakably "liter".
In the case of Trump, perhaps neither?
A bad propeller?
mal·a·prop·ism (mălə-prŏp-ĭz′əm)
n.
1. Ludicrous misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound.
mal′a·propi·an (-prŏpē-ən) adj.
Word History: "She's as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile" and "He is the very pineapple of politeness" are two of the absurd pronouncements from Mrs. Malaprop that made her name synonymous with ludicrous misuse of language. A character in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play The Rivals (1775), Mrs. Malaprop habitually uses words that are malapropos—that is, inappropriate, as in allegory for alligator and pineapple for pinnacle. She makes some of her most outrageous blunders while boasting of her eloquence: "If I reprehend any thing in this world, it is the use of my oracular tongue, and a nice derangement of epitaphs!" For such memorable abuses of the language, Mrs. Malaprop has been enshrined in the words malaprop and malapropism.
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Shiftless2
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Besides, in Canada it's spelled "litre".
Bit of trivia - when I was in high school I remember teachers getting upset if we spelled in as litre. Told us in no uncertain terms that was the French spelling and we should be using liter. But somewhere along the line things changed ....
Bit of trivia - when I was in high school I remember teachers getting upset if we spelled in as litre. Told us in no uncertain terms that was the French spelling and we should be using liter. But somewhere along the line things changed ....
Spelling kind of an "issue" up there.
A SHOT OF WHISKEY
In the old west a .45 cartridge for a six-gun cost 12 cents, so did a glass of whiskey.
If a cowhand was low on cash he would often give the bartender a cartridge in exchange for a drink.
This became known as a "shot" of whiskey.
I’m on a whiskey diet. I’ve lost three days already.
Shiftless2
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Don't forget color v colour or flavor v flavour or ......
Spelling:
Aluminum v Aluminium.
Perhaps worst of all, Trump v Carney. That's a spell even a witch can't break.