Servais@dormi.zone to Casual Conversation @lemm.eeEnglish · 7 months agoWhat's a funny incorrect use of a word or phrase that always makes you laugh?message-squaremessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down14
arrow-up141arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a funny incorrect use of a word or phrase that always makes you laugh?Servais@dormi.zone to Casual Conversation @lemm.eeEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squareAndrew@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up17·7 months agoThese are usually eggcorns Anyway, there was once a joke on Friends, where - to massively paraphrase - Joey said ‘the point is moo … not even the cows care about it’. I sometimes use ‘moo’ instead of ‘moot’ just 'cos it amuses me.
minus-squareowenfromcanada@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoMy wife and I will sometimes tell each other “your point is moo” when we disagree on something, and if they insist we just start mooing at each other.
minus-squaretheOneTrueSpoonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months ago“It’s like, a cow’s opinion. It’s moo!”
These are usually eggcorns
Anyway, there was once a joke on Friends, where - to massively paraphrase - Joey said ‘the point is moo … not even the cows care about it’. I sometimes use ‘moo’ instead of ‘moot’ just 'cos it amuses me.
My wife and I will sometimes tell each other “your point is moo” when we disagree on something, and if they insist we just start mooing at each other.
‘Cause it a-moooses you?
“It’s like, a cow’s opinion. It’s moo!”