Sound bites that are wrong

Notabot · Post by **Notabot** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 4:48 pm

I need some examples of a sound bite that either is constantly used out context and incorrectly, or that really has taken on a meaning of its own outside of its original use. If you've got any you can think of, I'd appreciate it.

On a side note for anyone fluent in German: Is it true that, while the people fully understood what he meant, when Kennedy proclaimed "Ich bin ein Berliner," he literally said not "I am a person living in Berlin" but "I am a jelly-filled donut"?

rattrap23 · Post by **rattrap23** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 4:50 pm

"Money is the root of all evil."

It is in fact the love of money thet is the root of all evil.

RID Scourge · Post by **RID Scourge** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 5:02 pm

"Luke, I am your father." should be "No. I am your father."

Post by **Denyer** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 5:42 pm

Berliner can refer to either. Rather less double meaning than "Farmer Brown is usually woken by a big cock."

Halfshell · Post by **Halfshell** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 5:45 pm

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/M ... MeUpScotty

Post by **Clay** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 5:46 pm

"I could care less" = "I care"

Attached a helpful graph.

Sixswitch · Post by **Sixswitch** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:11 pm

Clay wrote:"I could care less" = "I care"

Aye, us proper English speakers use 'I couldn't care less'.

-Ss