Many of us get tongue tied when we do public speaking. The call-in programmes sometimes serve up some gems. I am usually busy doing other things so don't note them except in my head. Today, I jotted down a few. Anyone who wants to check can contact Starcom and ask for a copy of the recording of today's Brass Tacks.One caller served up the following when talking about the lamentable state of Bajan cricket:
"...things are bad when the team loses three matches in concession..." [in succession?]. The caller said it three times.
"...I was strucken..." [struck? stricken?]
"...It's the pinnacle around which [the team] is built..." [a pinnacle is a high point, so the metaphor is odd; "pillar of which"?]
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During the weekend, a very learned friend served up some from his memory, the best of which was: "My son has not had a spontaneous [substantial] amount of education."
2 comments:
If I remember correctly, isn't it called malapropisms !
Some are malaprops, some are just make ups.
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