It's shoo-in, not shoe-in. It's sea change, not seed-change (thanks, Brian!). It's toeing the line, not towing the line.
This message brought to you by Funk & Wagnalls. Anyone remember the fun the Smothers Brothers had with that name? Tom would say "Look that up in your Funk & Wagnalls!" The joke was he'd slur the "funk and" sound together, just to tweak the censors at CBS.
Posted by Linkmeister at October 21, 2010 03:14 PM | TrackBackYes! Also, it's a tough "row to hoe", not "road ahead," or "road ahoe" (don't even ask what that's supposed to mean). Where do people come up with this stuff? P.S. My parents always told us to "look it up in your Funk & Wagnalls," but we had the Encyclopaedia Britannica so it was years before I understood why they kept saying it.
Posted by: shelley at October 22, 2010 05:15 AM