Why didn't somebody tell me?

I called duct tape duck tape for years without really wondering why it was called that.

This is only tangently related, but I once worked with these two guys John and Jacob. This was at a record label that mostly released Metal albums, so everyone there was mostly these burly-tough metal dudes. One day I said "Hey John, Jacob" and the whole office of burly metal dudes unanimously burst out in a manic ridiculous song. Having somehow made it into my 30's without ever once hearing the song "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt," and being blissfully unaware of its existence, I'd never been more confused They sang the whole damned thing. It was rather surreal.

I called duct tape duck tape for years without really wondering why it was called that.

Because it is duck tape. It originally was a tape made using duck cloth. It should not be used on ducts. Duck tape was also the original name.

Oh. Now I'm very confused :)

I once had a restaurant server ask if we'd like a "cara fe" of water for the table.

Also, my wife just informed me that the song "Take me to church" is about secret sex stuff. Whaaaaaaat?

Literally, I just found that out the other day. Call me naive, but I actually thought the song was about going to church!

I called duct tape duck tape for years without really wondering why it was called that.

Because it is duck tape. It originally was a tape made using duck cloth. It should not be used on ducts. Duck tape was also the original name.

I was confused too. Wiki was quite interesting reading :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape

I used to look at people crazy when they said "Bark O Mulch" (out loud) instead of "bark mulch". It didn't occur to me that someone would be silly enough to make a brand named that.

chest of draws

not

chester draws

apparently

Chest of drawers?

I have a friend who says "From the gecko" instead of "from the get-go".

"He didn't like me from the gecko!" "What?"

When I was a kid, I didn't know there was an R in "sarcasm" - thought it was "saicasm", or maybe "scycasm"...

To be fair, R's are underpronounced in the Aussie accent...

Chest of drawers?

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I have a friend who says "From the gecko" instead of "from the get-go".

That is one that I've never heard before.

I have a friend who says "From the gecko" instead of "from the get-go".

That is one that I've never heard before.

Something something 15% or more on car insurance.

I like to talk (and text message) in fake olde english from time to time, for my own amusement.

Apparently, nobody bothered to correct my mispronouncing of the word ' ye '. It's the exact same word, and pronunciation, of the word "the"!

I have always pronounced it like " yee ", but it's pronounced closer to " duh ", because it's not actually the letter 'y' but a special letter we dropped from the english alphabet, which was a single-letter for 'th' combined (like in 'there').

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Crazy. Around here we call those "dressers". Which makes no sense. "Chest of drawers" makes way more sense.

I thought a dresser was a chest of drawers with functional stuff on top, like a desk surface, a mirror (to dress in front off) jewelry drawers... Possibly trading some of the lower drawer space for a cavity so that you can place a chair there and sit in front of the mirror...

Regional dialects, eh? The more you know!

I thought a dresser was a chest of drawers with functional stuff on top, like a desk surface, a mirror (to dress in front off) jewelry drawers... Possibly trading some of the lower drawer space for a cavity so that you can place a chair there and sit in front of the mirror...
Regional dialects, eh? The more you know!

Anything with drawers that you use to store clothes - regardless of a mirror or extra stuff attached to the top - we call them all dressers. If it isn't used for storing clothes, then we call them different things - buffets, nightstands, tool chests, etc.

All my life I've heard the saying "Throw cosh into the wind" and have quietly stood by thinking it was pure nonsense as so many old saying are. It never made sense and I felt dumb for not understanding it, so I never questioned it until about ten years ago. I never knew it was "Throw caution to the wind"!

Better than trying to throw Kosh to the wind...