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re: What two words in the English language do you confuse the most when speaking?

Posted on 4/26/25 at 7:35 am to
Posted by mudshuvl05
Member since Nov 2023
1641 posts
Posted on 4/26/25 at 7:35 am to
Wander= literally
Wonder= in your mind
Posted by 9rocket
Member since Sep 2020
1416 posts
Posted on 4/26/25 at 9:15 am to
quote:

wander and wonder


It doesn’t make me irrationally angry, but it does make me wander sometimes.
Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
36803 posts
Posted on 4/26/25 at 11:27 am to
I confuse nothing, but here's some I notice the genpop constantly botching:

weary/wary

exalt/exult

jibe/jive

Posted by Flick007
Member since Dec 2023
84 posts
Posted on 4/26/25 at 11:35 am to
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I avoid that day like el Pueblo


Same!
Posted by Barrister
Member since Jul 2012
4979 posts
Posted on 4/26/25 at 11:36 am to
Liberal and Conservative
Posted by 98eagle
Member since Sep 2020
2587 posts
Posted on 4/26/25 at 12:41 pm to
1. Bitchin. Does this word mean complaining or awesome?

She was bitchin. Was she complaining or hot?

2. Tardy. Are you late or is something wrong with you?

He was very tardy.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
82669 posts
Posted on 4/26/25 at 12:44 pm to
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1. Bitchin. Does this word mean complaining or awesome?

She was bitchin. Was she complaining or hot?

2. Tardy. Are you late or is something wrong with you?

He was very tardy.


young’ns these days bastardize old slang terms because they never really knew what they meant, even worse is lame attempts to fabricate a new slang term for almost everything
Posted by Eightballjacket
Member since Jan 2016
7736 posts
Posted on 4/26/25 at 12:46 pm to
Very few people of principal can be found on the floor of the capital.
Posted by Tigers0891
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2017
6937 posts
Posted on 4/26/25 at 12:48 pm to
Are you having another stroke? Log off. frick you’re worse than OweO
Posted by real turf fan
East Tennessee
Member since Dec 2016
10114 posts
Posted on 4/26/25 at 1:42 pm to
My husband can't figure out affect and effect.
Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George, LA
Member since Aug 2004
79546 posts
Posted on 4/26/25 at 2:23 pm to
The number of people that don't know the difference between "could care less" and "couldn't care less" is staggering to me.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
82669 posts
Posted on 4/26/25 at 2:23 pm to
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The number of people that don't know the difference between "could care less" and "couldn't care less" is staggering to me.


irregardless, you know what they mean
Posted by OWLFAN86
Erotic Novelist
Member since Jun 2004
188506 posts
Posted on 4/26/25 at 2:26 pm to
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irregardless, you know what they mean
you should make that your last post ever



it'll never be better
Posted by chadr07
Pineville, Louisiana
Member since Jan 2015
10337 posts
Posted on 4/26/25 at 3:14 pm to
Was about to post these same two words.
They get me every time lol
Posted by red sox fan 13
Valley Park
Member since Aug 2018
17082 posts
Posted on 4/26/25 at 3:32 pm to
quote:

affect effect
Affect = verb “I affected a change”
Effect = noun “the ___ effect”
Posted by red sox fan 13
Valley Park
Member since Aug 2018
17082 posts
Posted on 4/26/25 at 3:32 pm to
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The number of people that don't know the difference between "could care less" and "couldn't care less" is staggering to me.
This drives me crazy
Posted by AUstar
Member since Dec 2012
18434 posts
Posted on 4/26/25 at 5:35 pm to
We and Us.

Me and I

Both are used wrongly. Funnily enough people who are trying to use me and I correctly use it incorrectly a lot of the time.
Posted by LSUtoBOOT
Member since Aug 2012
16356 posts
Posted on 4/26/25 at 8:14 pm to
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Like Hangry. Or Fugly.

Posted by moontigr
Washington Commanders/LA Kings Fan
Member since Nov 2020
5884 posts
Posted on 4/26/25 at 8:56 pm to
lie/lay
Posted by Nola1962
Member since Jul 2020
246 posts
Posted on 4/26/25 at 8:58 pm to
There and thier.
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