[mcbee]

Isn't it brilliant the way people get component names wrong. My experience is in the motor trade. I have been asked for steering rackets, declining and inclining seats, maribos ( manifolds) , high raatio racks and talked about deticulating lorries.

[Dave Hybrid]

LOL, yeah, I get called up to fix the 'Mainframe' all the time.

Another classic is when people call their computer, ie: their case, a hard drive.

[alex]

Colleague at work today said "My doofer isn't working".

Awesome.

T'was the mouse by the way.

[shroomo]

I get something like that, although slightly more understandable! When I ask what meds they've been taking for pain or what antibiotics they've been on there's not many who can pronounce [SIZE=-1]Ibrobrufen or Erythromycin. Of course most of our patients are of the 'ethnic minority' and have trouble telling me there knee hurts. The best one is when you ask what meds there on and they say, '2 brown ones, 2 white ones and a pink one' errrr... do you have any idea what they're for?... 'no!'
If you were given a load of meds to take wouldn't you want to know what they were for!!??

Slightly different from your examples but I had to have a moan! sorry!

mcbee - loved the inclining / declining seats one! who the hell thought up [/SIZE]maribos!!?

[mcbee]

Shroomo I have to admit to cheating on maribo. One of our local car breakers told me that one. He said that he was completely stumped and couldn't think what he wanted. He offered various component names until he came to manifold whereon the customer said "that's what I said maribo"

[Taggart]

This reminds me of my sister-in-law ordering from a menu when she came to visit us.

She pronounced the "j" in "jalapeño" as it sounds in "Japan" and "penne" as it's pronounced for "pen." :o

Bless her.

[tater03]

I have one. I am forever mispronouncing elbow. I always say elabow. I have no clue why. How do you all keep a straight face when this happens. I laughed just reading some of the examples.