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19 Oct 2012, 6:50 pm

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EN-trance (door) not to be confused with en-TRANCE (hypnotise).

I giggle going into supermarkets a lot. :lol:

...and I thought I was the only one.

Volume, not to be confused with Valium (Where I reside, people have an accent which makes the two sound virtually identical).

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19 Oct 2012, 7:15 pm

Hanged not to be confused with hung.

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21 Oct 2012, 11:24 am

uninterested (indifferent) not to be confused with disinterested (unbiased).

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22 Oct 2012, 9:48 am

CyborgUprising wrote:

Volume, not to be confused with Valium (Where I reside, people have an accent which makes the two sound virtually identical).

"Pump up the Valium!!"

Missal, not to be confused with missile.

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23 Oct 2012, 3:12 am

L33t, not to be confused with LEED (an organization).

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25 Oct 2012, 3:39 pm

Versus not to be confused with versus.

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28 Oct 2012, 4:58 pm

Mindsigh wrote:

Versus not to be confused with versus.

...or verses...

Prejudice, not to be confused with prejudiced. (My aunt's first husband was a teacher, and he complained of the students' misuse of these two all the time.)

Jibe (fitting together or agreeing), not to be confused with jibe (a nasty, taunting remark), not to be confused with jibe (a sailing maneuver), not to be confused with jive (slang talk), not to be confused with jive (deceptiveness), not to be confused with jive (to dance).

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29 Oct 2012, 8:48 am

MindWithoutWalls wrote:

Mindsigh wrote:

Versus not to be confused with versus.

...or verses...

Yeah, what she said. :oops:

Sheet, not to be confused with Sh*t.

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31 Oct 2012, 11:57 am

Mindsigh wrote:

MindWithoutWalls wrote:

Mindsigh wrote:

Versus not to be confused with versus.

...or verses...

Yeah, what she said. :oops:

Sheet, not to be confused with Sh*t.

Well, I thought you meant "compared with", not to be confused with "pitted against". So, I saw nothing wrong with your post. :-)

Roundhouse (for locomotives), not to be confused with roundhouse, a type of kick.

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01 Nov 2012, 1:57 am

Cripes, not to be confused with craps.

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01 Nov 2012, 8:42 pm

Bear not to be confused with bare.

Bore, not to be confused with boar.

Carnival (a place where annoying people try to coerce you into playing rigged games and loud children feed on cotton candy while on rides), not to be confused with Carnival (the festival celebrated in several countries prior to Lent).

Geschoß (floor, level, story), not to be confused with Geschoß (projectile).

scheide(n) (to separate), not to be confused with Scheide (a sheath or v****a).

Care, not to be confused with CAIR.

Qariah (village), not to be confused with khariah (s**t).

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10 Nov 2012, 9:49 pm

On behalf of my girlfriend, who has this pet peeve:

Discreet (displaying discernment, having good judgment, being prudent), not to be confused with discrete (separate, distinct, individual).

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11 Nov 2012, 12:01 am

The genetive case of the name of the Finnish capital, Helsinki, is Helsingin. Therefore, no matter what those numerous signs say in Helsinki, Helsingin is not to be confused with Hell Sin Gin, or Hell Sing In.

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11 Nov 2012, 1:22 am

Was it in the film Erin Brockovich that Julia Roberts was wondering how to spell conscience? She looked it up and cried, "It can't be con-science."

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11 Nov 2012, 10:18 pm

Krabo wrote:

Was it in the film Erin Brockovich that Julia Roberts was wondering how to spell conscience? She looked it up and cried, "It can't be con-science."

Well, in that case, this is getting to be like that other game thread, "Old Word, New Meaning". So...

Hypocritical, not to be confused with hypo-critical (not judgmental enough).
Napalm, not to be confused with nay-palm (a negating gesture, as in, "Talk to the hand.")

:lol:

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13 Nov 2012, 2:47 pm

Currant - dried grape - not to be confused with an electrical current...

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