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When the pun is not intended: Phrases that people get wrong[^]
Damp squids, indeed! 
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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It started well, but then got silly. Just seems like made up article filler for the most part.
I mean, I can't imagine anybody has every said "Taken for granite"... well, at least not anyone that actually speaks English.
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err, maybe not in UK, USA, Aus...
but in Asia (including countries like Singapore where English is the [first] official language) I've seen those mistakes, more and worse.
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True, I have heard it used by some French and Belgians & French speaking Canadian, but not by a native (UK, USA, New-Zeland, Oz etc.) Interestingly the 'Jack Of All Trades' the quote Jack of All Trades master of none. I always understood it as 'Jack Of All Trades, master of none, more use than master of one'...
modified 18-Jul-19 10:44am.
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musefan wrote: Taken for granite
I've actually seen that one 
And I could care less is very common as well, come on people, how hard is it!?
That said, I didn't recognize about 90% of them, but the ones I did recognize I recognized correctly (except the thing/think) 
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Sander Rossel wrote: And I could care less is very common as well, come on people, how hard is it!?
I recall having a "robust discussion" with someone on here about that one some years ago. They couldn't quite grasp the idea that could care less implies a non-zero amount of caring at the moment. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I had french customers who always wrote porpoise instead of purpose.
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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That peaked piqued my interest.
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Fairy interesting 
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I take that for grunted.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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the discussion is eating up …
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Emperor leaves behind rotten pelt found by Spanish river dog (9)
HINT: Not every culture would consider this food.
SOLUTION
PEKINGESE = Dog*
KING = Emperor
ahead of = leaves behind
PE = Pelt - lt (rotten = deletion indicator)
ES = Spanish (i.e. language)
E = River E (in Scotland)
* Dog meat is considered a food[^] in some countries, thus still follows the theme of food named after a location. The Pekingese dog breed[^] is named after Peking(Beijing) which is the capital of China (which also happens to consume the most dog meat of all the countries).
modified 18-Jul-19 8:02am.
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Are we on the same theme or going on a fresh tangent from yesterday?
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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hmmm... how to respond without giving away a clue... I believe the theme remains the same
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...probably worth thinking "outside the box" a bit though (that's not a clue about boxes by the way)
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McDonald's? It doesn't entirely fit the clue but it has 9 letters and certainly fits the hint, added to which it's pretty rotten, it may well contain leaves, it's just about good enough for a dog and the bread has probably been soaked in a Spanish river and you could probably pelt someone with it ... Emperor sounds more like Burger King, though, and that hasn't got 9 letters, so I'm stuck!
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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A part of me wishes that was correct. Although I do like Mcds so... it's a no from me.
Did my hint not help?
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In as much as I realised that it was definitely going to be a dog ...
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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I thought it was Pekinese 😧
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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To be fair, I probably would have thought the same based on how it is pronounced... in fact, a google says it sometimes is also spelt like that[^]... hmmm 
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A cross process many postulate (5)
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AXIOM leapt out at me, right after "cross => X"
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Nice 
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dialog, circa 1776
English: Colour.
American: Color!
English: favour.
American: favor!
English: what are you doing?
American: getting rid of "u".
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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