My favourite is when people substitute “scuppered” for “scuttled.” It actually strays beyond nonsense into irony. After all, scuppers prevent your boat from being swamped, so, in effect a scupper would help prevent you from scuttling your boat. Of course scupper is not a verb either.
December 12, 2012 at 5:25 pm
My favourite is when people substitute “scuppered” for “scuttled.” It actually strays beyond nonsense into irony. After all, scuppers prevent your boat from being swamped, so, in effect a scupper would help prevent you from scuttling your boat. Of course scupper is not a verb either.