>>>And Febuary ...
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I REPEAT:

Do you guys normally pronounce the first "R" in February then, cos we don't? - FEB-EW-UHRY or FEB-YUHRY

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>>I think the "irregardless" thing comes from a mix-up with "... irrespective of the difference in age ..." ???
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>>The expression that cracks me up is: "on account of..." - "I gotta paint the lounge on account of I spilled beer on da wall."
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>>and
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>>"I don't gotta do nuthin'"
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>Well, I have, from time to time, seen "should of..." - "I should of painted the lounge..."

A common mistake in England too. I remember writing "of" for "have" when I was in elemantary school (cos that's how it's often pronounced). The teacher marked it wrong. I studied it and thought "yes - not a doing word - it means 'belonging to'". It was at that point that I developed my keenness for the language :-)

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>I still think my favourite is "It's a doggy dog world."

Ah well that comes under the auspices of malapropisms. You get the soap "Coronation Street" in Canada, I know (the world's longest running). There used to be a character called Hida Ogden who was a master at them. She always referred to her large picture on the wall as her "Muriel". The word's entered common speech as a joking substitute.

Del Boy in "Only Fools & Horses" was always doing them too.

On the subject, I often see here "I use to ..." rather than "I used to ..." (cos I guess it's pronounced, as in England, "I YOOS too")