# Inaccuracies that bother you most and least **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 28, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccuracies-that-bother-you-most-and-least/967050 "2022-06-28T16:04:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccuracies-that-bother-you-most-and-least/967050/261 "2022-07-02T23:02:51Z")
Wouldn’t _loverly_ be the Cockney pronunciation? That’s a question for the British contingent here. I had a PolSci professor who always called the US capital “Warshington.” I think she was from the East Coast, but I’d like to know exactly where that pronunciation originated. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccuracies-that-bother-you-most-and-least/967050/262 "2022-07-03T01:03:15Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > “Warshington.” I think she was from the East Coast, but I’d like to know exactly where that pronunciation originated. Pennsylvania and Ohio ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccuracies-that-bother-you-most-and-least/967050/263 "2022-07-03T01:07:27Z")
Help me here: [does Audrey Hepburn say “move your blooming arse or ass” in this clip?](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YaxD67SWyL8) Anthony Burgess heard “ass,” and voiced his objections to its perceived Americanization. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccuracies-that-bother-you-most-and-least/967050/264 "2022-07-03T01:09:29Z")
I’ve always heard “arse.” ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccuracies-that-bother-you-most-and-least/967050/265 "2022-07-03T02:35:16Z")
I find it hard to believe that people of all ancient civilizations, and interestingly enough, all humanoid extraterrestrials, spoke in a British accent. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccuracies-that-bother-you-most-and-least/967050/266 "2022-07-03T03:10:39Z")
In this movie, the humans all spoke Sumerian, even Alfred Pennyworth and Ward Cleaver. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/h2GR0qJLk4I/maxresdefault.jpg "The Mole People (1956) - Official Trailer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2GR0qJLk4I) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccuracies-that-bother-you-most-and-least/967050/267 "2022-07-03T10:16:56Z")
Earth science teaching moment: Anything bigger than 2½" isn’t a [pebble](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble). It’s a [cobble](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobble_(geology)). ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccuracies-that-bother-you-most-and-least/967050/268 "2022-07-03T11:46:20Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Earth science teaching moment: > Anything bigger than 2½" isn’t a [pebble](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble). It’s a [cobble](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobble_(geology)) 2 1/2" sounds like a pretty good sized for a Wiping Stone. Ass-wiping with cobblestones sounds like something you’d do for an incontinent elephant. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccuracies-that-bother-you-most-and-least/967050/269 "2022-07-03T15:50:21Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Anything bigger than 2½" isn’t a [pebble](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble). It’s a [cobble](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobble_(geology)). Americans are frequently confused about cobble stones. They believe [street pavers](https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/old-street-pavers.html) are cobblestones because they’ve likely never seen a real [cobblestone street](https://www.bobvila.com/articles/the-history-of-cobblestones/). ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccuracies-that-bother-you-most-and-least/967050/270 "2022-07-03T16:16:13Z")
Chicago still has asphalted-over remnants of wood block streets. That would be terrible for splinters. Better to buy an Ayurvedic butt-wipping crystal from Gwyneth Paltrow. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccuracies-that-bother-you-most-and-least/967050/271 "2022-07-03T17:30:35Z")
Not all of them are aliens. Simpsons Astronaut: Should we tell them that all the monkeys we sent into space came back hyper-intelligent? Monkey With British Accent, Turns Around in Swivel Chair, Stroking White Cat: Nooo. We won’t be telling them thaaat. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccuracies-that-bother-you-most-and-least/967050/272 "2022-07-04T18:50:03Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Americans are frequently confused about cobble stones. They believe [street pavers](https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/old-street-pavers.html) are cobblestones because they’ve likely never seen a real [cobblestone street](https://www.bobvila.com/articles/the-history-of-cobblestones/). Nope. I’ve seen both. Quincy market has places with cobblestones, which was a real challenge for a date I once met there. She was wearing high heels and trying to negotiate the cobblestones. Paving stones wouldn’t have been as much of a hassel. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccuracies-that-bother-you-most-and-least/967050/273 "2022-07-04T19:12:13Z")
I didn’t mean every American. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccuracies-that-bother-you-most-and-least/967050/274 "2022-07-04T20:05:21Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I had a PolSci professor who always called the US capital “Warshington.” I think she was from the East Coast, but I’d like to know exactly where that pronunciation originated. This one has me stumped, geographically. I had a friend from _Warshington_ State, another from CA who’d _warsh_ her clothes, and I have relatives “back east” who _warsh_ up. (had a friend from PA who’d say ‘red up’, he claimed that part of spring cleaning for the German immigrants was to repaint the floor red). I’m going to read more on where warsh\* came from, because I’d say “umm, urm… everywhere?” \*same problem: “Want to come with?” without a direct object… ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccuracies-that-bother-you-most-and-least/967050/275 "2022-07-04T22:10:40Z")
“Warshington,” was very common in Baltimore. It was not easy making myself not say it. Especially when I was “downy oshun.” ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccuracies-that-bother-you-most-and-least/967050/276 "2022-07-04T22:22:42Z")
Right, hon. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccuracies-that-bother-you-most-and-least/967050/277 "2022-07-04T22:42:47Z")
> [@digs](#): > > (had a friend from PA who’d say ‘red up’, he claimed that part of spring cleaning for the German immigrants was to repaint the floor red). Folk etymology. It’s actually derived from “ready”. And it’s usually spelled “redd”. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccuracies-that-bother-you-most-and-least/967050/278 "2022-07-04T23:03:17Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Especially when I was “downy oshun.” Us _real_ Bawlamerians say “danny ayshun, hon.” And we warsh are hans in the wooder. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccuracies-that-bother-you-most-and-least/967050/279 "2022-07-04T23:36:45Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > “danny ayshun, hon.” Ok, so what is _downy oshun/danny ayshun?_ ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccuracies-that-bother-you-most-and-least/967050/280 "2022-07-04T23:40:38Z")
Where Bawlamerians (Baltimoreans) go in the summer. Down the ocean, aka Ocean City, MD. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccuracies-that-bother-you-most-and-least/967050.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inaccuracies-that-bother-you-most-and-least/967050.md?page=15)