Verbal Faux Pas, Jargon, Cliches, Boganisms, etc

[MisterMarcus]

Not exactly a faux pas but the cricket being back reminded me of a funny/awkward comment from Tim Lane on ABC.

Would have been late 90's maybe, when South Africa were touring. He and the visiting SA commentator were talking about one of the SA batsmen being "the kind of nice clean cut guy you'd be happy to take out your daughter".

Tim Lane: Yes, I know all about that. My daughter's at that age now....
SA comm: Have you prepared for it?
Tim Lane: Yes I have, I've bought a shotgun....

(awkward WTF pause and nervous giggles from the back of the box)

Tim Lane: So McGrath comes in....I haven't really....and bowls to.....

 

[MisterMarcus]

Lisa Sthlaker on ABC today....

"They should think about coming around the wicket and jamming de Kock up...."

 

[Registered User]

Tony Schibeci on SEN this morning when he was stirring Stephen Peake:
"Now I know what the 'J' in 'Stephen J. Peake' stands for: 'Gibbon'".

Peakey: "but that starts with a 'g'"

 

[Registered User]

Greg Matthews:
"cricketers are well renumerated these days"

"This is Amla's 100th ODI international"

 

[flaps]

Can't believe I've only just come across this thread. Amazing.

 

[Registered User]

Andrew Gaze: ".....on a whim and a prayer"

http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/whim.html

 

[Registered User]

David Schwarz:

" a lot of us inflame our stories"

Ouch

 

[peternorth]

angus brayshaw called jack viney a star (of the game)

bit early for that

 

[Registered User]

Oh my gord! Gazey called a "bain-marie" and "bayonette" this morning
He also said "cockamanie" yesterday, but I'm not sure if "manie" and "mamie" are both acceptable.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Someone on SEN, when talking about the draft, said that one of the list managers 'was keeping something under his sleeve'. Maybe he meant he had something up his hat

 

[Spongebob]

Maybe he had his hat up his sleeve.

 

[peternorth]

Oh my gord! Gazey called a "bain-marie" and "bayonette" this morning
He also said "cockamanie" yesterday, but I'm not sure if "manie" and "mamie" are both acceptable.

wut?

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Oh my gord! Gazey called a "bain-marie" and "bayonette" this morning
He also said "cockamanie" yesterday, but I'm not sure if "manie" and "mamie" are both acceptable.

Pretty sure mamie is the correct and only version.

 

[lenny&carl]

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[MisterMarcus]

First Test, first session, and already Ian Healy had some humdingers:

1) "Rogers dis okay in "Abu.....Dubai.....Dhabi.....Arab.......I've forgotten.....where.....?"

Nicholas "Just say The Middle East, Heals...."

2) No ball in a Test match: "Free hit coming up!!"

3) Indian bowler Kumar "Took 19 wickets in the Ashes tour!!"

 

[Registered User]

First Test, first session, and already Ian Healy had some humdingers:

1) "Rogers dis okay in "Abu.....Dubai.....Dhabi.....Arab.......I've forgotten.....where.....?"

!!"

Ha

 

[Registered User]

Hee hee! This is a pissa from Greg Matthews today on 3aw, talking about Kohli telling off some players in the field:

"Kohli admonistered his players at times... "

 

[Registered User]

radio talk-back callers:

"the ball rico-sheered off the visor"

"Geoff Eggleson"

From an Ebay ad:

"this is a much sort after frame....."

 

[flaps]

radio talk-back callers:

"the ball rico-sheered off the visor"

"Geoff Eggleson"

From an Ebay ad:

"this is a much sort after frame....."

I wonder how many frames were sorted.

 

[Dogs till i die]

Jack Dyer was my favourite, have seen the "his arms were like giant testicles reaching for the sky" comment on earlier posts, but 30 years on I still giggle when he was reviewing a Melbourne game and came out with "Les Bamblett made a fantastic debut last week but I think he made an even better one today".

Miss you Jack.

Apologies if posted earlier.

 

[two up]

Did Heals just say, "this could be a genius stroke"

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Reporter chick describing the start of the Sydney Hobart race: "The sea is calm right now but as we know, Bass Strait is a-total-nother story".

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Newsreader reporting on the death of Joe Cocker said he was famous for various songs including Unchained Melody - um no, I don't think so

 

[Beerfish]

Reporter chick describing the start of the Sydney Hobart race: "The sea is calm right now but as we know, Bass Strait is a-total-nother story".

Good god..

Newsreader reporting on the death of Joe Cocker said he was famous for various songs including Unchained Melody - um no, I don't think so

Would've been interesting to see/hear Joe's version.

 

[two up]

James Brayshaw speaking about the Indians, "what about the gas coming out of those collective lungs"