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Benedict Arnold

Do you have any words that, either now or previously, you have confused with another?

Anne McCaffrey wrote a book of short stories she named "Get of the Dragon" but it was published as "Get Off the Dragon". Why? Because the copy setter have never heard "get" used in the sense that it means offspring or progeny. He "corrected" her spelling and she let it stand. 

Posted - February 7, 2017
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  • Yes I do .... I find the most simple words confusing... Know and now or some other stuff. English is the hardest language. I hate it most when I mess up your and you're.... And then there is all this ... But I do my best ..cos .....
      February 7, 2017 8:09 PM MST
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  • Pony and bologna? Even so, English is definitely weird. :)
      February 7, 2017 8:57 PM MST
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  • 23641
    Calvary
    Cavalry
      February 7, 2017 8:19 PM MST
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  • I suppose we could through in Calgary, too. :)
      February 7, 2017 8:58 PM MST
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  • 23641
    Yes!
    :)
      February 8, 2017 7:40 AM MST
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  • 22891
    not really
      February 7, 2017 9:28 PM MST
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  • I've certainly had my share. I always feel like an idiot when I trip over one of them. :) 
      February 8, 2017 2:38 AM MST
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  • I'm sure there have been. "American English is N-U-M-B!!"

      February 8, 2017 8:24 AM MST
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  • Thanks a miillion, Alf. That was just so bloody clever. Enjoyed it. 
      February 9, 2017 1:29 PM MST
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