@Servais to Casual Conversation @lemm.eeEnglish • 8 months agoWhat's a funny incorrect use of a word or phrase that always makes you laugh?message-square45arrow-up145
arrow-up145message-squareWhat's a funny incorrect use of a word or phrase that always makes you laugh?@Servais to Casual Conversation @lemm.eeEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square45
minus-squareAndrewlinkfedilink17•8 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-square@owenfromcanada@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•8 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-square@theOneTrueSpoon@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish2•8 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!”