# 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:** 52
**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:** [February 14, 2013, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1021 "2013-02-14T02:28:57Z")
Not Florida, Hollywood. **Key Largo** was one of the most prominent Asian actors of American cinema in the mid-twentieth century. He played Number One Son in the Charlie Chan films and Master Po in the television series, _Kung Fu_. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1022 "2013-02-14T03:27:06Z")
No, Florida is indeed one of the places associated with the **Keye Luke**. It’s a citrus fruit best known as an ingredient in a pie made with sweetened condensed milk. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1023 "2013-02-14T15:18:44Z")
Ha ha ha, no. **Key lime** is an term used in astronomy for time based on the motion of the mean sun (an imaginary sun moving uniformly along the celestial equator). ---
**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:** [February 16, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1024 "2013-02-16T01:16:42Z")
I’m sure they think the sun revolves around them, but in reality the people of the\*\* mean time\*\* of Philadelphia are simply residents of some of the more affluent suburbs, like Gladwyne and Lower Merion Township. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1025 "2013-02-16T04:04:32Z")
No, **Main Line** isn’t from Philly – that artist famous for designing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was born in Athens, Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1026 "2013-02-16T09:22:11Z")
I visited that place once. There was one guy playing a lament on a solo **Maya Lin** - it was eerie and beautiful. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1027 "2013-02-18T04:01:05Z")
And as the band Bush sang in the song “Everything Zen”, “There’s no sex in your **violins**.” ---
**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:** [February 18, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1028 "2013-02-18T15:14:37Z")
You’re way off there. **Violence** was the girl who chewed gum all day in _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory_. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1029 "2013-02-19T18:05:21Z")
Chewing gum may have made her hard to understand, but a stricter definition of a **Violet** is that it is a regional or social variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1030 "2013-02-19T18:19:54Z")
Well, since a **dialect** is the type of person sometimes referred to as a “bum” or “homeless guy”, his particular use of language is likely to include plenty of terms for money, cigarettes, and cheap booze. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1031 "2013-02-20T19:30:52Z")
I’d never call the **Derelicts** “bums” or “homeless guys,” they are one of the Doctor’s greatest enemies. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1032 "2013-02-20T22:09:55Z")
No, those worthy adversaries were mentioned in the title of a famous punk rock album – _Never Mind the **Daleks** , Here’s the Sex Pistols_. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1033 "2013-02-21T01:15:24Z")
Sandra **Bollocks** doesn’t usually play “sexy” and I don’t think she’s ever played a punk rocker. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2013, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1034 "2013-02-21T04:22:18Z")
I know she definitely couldn’t have been the alleged second gunman on that grassy **bullock**. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1035 "2013-02-21T07:59:47Z")
If a **hillock** is _grassy_ :eek: then it’s been stored very badly - even mildew’s bad enough for something a sailor has to sleep in. They were meant to stow them somewhere dry! ---
**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:** [February 21, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1036 "2013-02-21T15:24:31Z")
I don’t ever recall Wild Bill **Hammock** ever being on a ship. He’s famous for being a folk hero of the American Old West who got shot over a poker game. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1037 "2013-02-21T16:07:15Z")
That’s **Hickok** , podner, and if you drink a glass of water really fast, you might be able to get rid of 'em with no gunplay involved. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1038 "2013-02-21T21:13:26Z")
They sort themselves out soon enough and don’t disturb your rest - as shown by Little Boy Blue, who was ignoring the sheep in the meadow and the cows in the corn because he was under the **hiccough** fast asleep. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1039 "2013-02-22T03:44:41Z")
John **Haycock** the American revolutionary famous for his signature was a merchant, not a farmer. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1040 "2013-02-22T17:37:18Z")
Nor was he from the South, despite the University of South Carolina naming their athletic teams the **Hancocks**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=51) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=53)