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  • culpritus [any]
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    1 year ago

    run the gambit

    when they mean

    run the gamut

    Maybe it's because I've been familiar with color gamut since like Photoshop 5 or something. And I know people that really likely know the gamut word but they just got the telephone version of the phrase at some point I guess.

    • culpritus [any]
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      1 year ago

      There's quite a few of the 'telephoned' phrases, and it really grates on me. I don't normally interject though. Just a personal annoyance.

    • UlyssesT
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      1 day ago

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      • culpritus [any]
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        1 year ago

        There's the saying about how if someone mispronounces a word, it likely means they learned it by reading.
        So I try not to get too uptight about this stuff. I remember when I first read 'clandestine' and my brain just assigned it 'candle-stine' as the pronunciation. And then there's just tons of accepted variations on some words as well.

        But ya, I think FF7 contributed significantly to 'run the gambit' becoming so common in use.

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          • NewLeaf
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            1 year ago

            Water under the fridge

            Two turnips in heat

            Atoadaso

            • UlyssesT
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              • NewLeaf
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                1 year ago

                Oh Mr Lahey, not another night of the shit abyss...

        • RION [she/her]
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          1 year ago

          That's me! Read way more than I talked and so sounded very strange trying to say the new words I learned

        • Outdoor_Catgirl [she/her, they/them]
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          1 year ago

          Yeah making fun of people for mispronouncing words is silly because you are just making fun of someone for reading more than people around them.