In case you didn't know, today is Grammar Day. What a better way to celebrate then with another edition of More Non-Words Overheard At Work.
1. Drawling - not as slurring your R's with a Southern accent. "I go to the VFW every Tuesday night for the jackpot drawling."
2. Pop-A-Level Road - used in place of the correct pronounciation of Poplar Level Road.
3. Chester Drawers - not a character on Hee-Haw. "I keep some cash hidden in my chester drawers."
4. Chimlee - "The smoke was rolling out their chimlee."
5. Prostrate - not a Biblical term for lying on the floor in a humble state. "Every man ought to go have his prostrate checked."
6. Calvary - not the hill in Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified. "I love to watch those old movies where the calvary would fight off an Indian attack at the fort.
7. Northrupp - a former Congresswoman that represented Kentucky; used in place of the correct pronounciation Northup. "I heard Anne Northrupp is going to run for Congress again."
8. Sherbert - "There's nothing better than punch made from orange sherbert."
9. Valentime - "I heard he broke up with his girlfriend on Valentime's Day."
10. Liberry - a building that houses books. "I need to get a new liberry card."
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