# Malapropagation 2012 -- Revenge of the Schtick **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 6, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869 "2012-09-06T17:19:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 49
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/961 "2013-01-12T19:15:08Z")
You might see a **penghulu** on the island of Borneo, but it wouldn’t be a member of the Dayak or any other tribe – after all, it’s not human, but an insectivore covered with scales! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/962 "2013-01-12T21:52:21Z")
No, you can _play_ scales on a **pangolin** - it’s a stringed instrument not unlike a guitar or a very small lute. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/963 "2013-01-13T03:31:08Z")
Nah, you don’t want to play with a **mandolin** or any other officious bureaucrat. They keep quoting rules and are no fun whatsoever. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/964 "2013-01-16T21:35:14Z")
I would imagine **Mandarins** aren’t fun to play with, though not because they’re quoting rules but because they’re too busy hunting Jedi while wearing their cool armor. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/965 "2013-01-16T21:55:10Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > I would imagine **Mandarins** aren’t fun to play with, though not because they’re quoting rules but because they’re too busy hunting Jedi while wearing their cool armor. Why would anyone need armor in **Mandalorian**? Didn’t Galadriel’s power prevent anything evil from entering? ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/966 "2013-01-17T04:42:23Z")
I don’t know about evil things lurking around there, but **Lothlórien** is a popular tourist area and Great Britain and is the largest lake in surface area. It also inspired a well known folk song. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/967 "2013-01-17T05:02:53Z")
I don’t know if she’s been “visited” by enough guys to be considered a tourist area, but Heather **Loch Lomond** might have inspired a tune or two – although probably not folk songs, since her husbands were both rock musicians. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/968 "2013-01-17T15:28:09Z")
That’s funny, when my brother went to England he flew on a **Locklear** jet. He drove us nuts talking about the comfy seats, and golden faucets. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/969 "2013-01-17T16:09:01Z")
While on the airplane, did he by any chance sing the classic “It Came Upon a Midnight **Lear**?” ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/970 "2013-01-17T19:08:13Z")
I don’t know, but I believe that song hails from County **Clear** , in Ireland. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/971 "2013-01-17T19:32:13Z")
I could chastise you for that mistake, but instead I’ll just **Clare** at you in hopes that my eyes will be as daggers unto your soul. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/972 "2013-01-18T15:37:40Z")
“My eyes will be as daggers unto your soul?” Sounds like a line Shakespeare would have written for King **Glare** or something. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/973 "2013-01-19T08:59:38Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > “My eyes will be as daggers unto your soul?” Sounds like a line Shakespeare would have written for King **Glare** or something. My eyes were pretty dagger-like when I spotted my neighbour **lear** ing over my fence. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/974 "2013-01-19T15:28:34Z")
Was he doing that at twilight’s last **lean** ing? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/975 "2013-01-20T03:02:23Z")
He would have been better off in a wheat field **gleam** ing grain that had been left behind by the farmer. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/976 "2013-01-20T23:44:25Z")
Does Mr. **Glean** , the bald-headed Proctor and Gamble mascot, pick up after farmers as well? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/977 "2013-01-21T02:14:40Z")
For a woman in her late 80’s, **Clean** Elizabeth has maintained a surprisingly lush head of hair, without the thinning often seen in women of her age. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/978 "2013-01-21T16:05:38Z")
It’s a little known fact that Elizabeth kept her lush head of hair by putting ice **queen** on it. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/979 "2013-01-22T22:53:07Z")
But when the cold from one of those hits my sensitive tooth, I nearly **cream** like a little girl. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/980 "2013-01-23T01:23:12Z")
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