sale and sell
won't and want
regardless and irregardless (not the same, but oft misused)

Mother in law says hallowpenis for jalapenos. My kids try to trick her into saying it and then die laughing when she does.

David

I have noticed more, to be honest, since that thread emerged 10 years ago. It's an actual word albeit not regularly used, though I do see it now and then.

I also see "casted" in some fishing stories: Jawbone casted his shad guts into the eddy hoping for a bite from a big catfish.

Another legit phrase, albeit old and now revived is "try and ...", such as this: Jawbone hopes to try and catch a big catfish. Or also, "Jawbone tried and failed to catch a big catfish."

Why not just use "Jawbone hopes to catch a big catfish" or "Jawbone failed to catch a big catfish" instead of a weird, dated phrase?


What I've discovered is that most uses in these instances are by young people who have been told "just write, it doesn't matter" or they get a ribbon for creating a "story" in school, or they don't have editors with spines who correct their work (or no editor at all). And so we get stories with costed and casted and "tried and ..." and other unusual phrases or words.

I think you all need to lower down your expectations.

Had a certified public accountant tell me one time "that was last physical year" instead of "that was last fiscal year"

I'd be in the market for another accountant to listen to. I struggled to pass the first accounting class in college and I know the difference.

"Pacific" for "specific". had a friend that just could not say specific. I would ask him to say specific and he could not do it. Something in the brain, I guess.