Malapropagation 2012 -- Revenge of the Schtick

No, that’s Chirac, a family of hillfolk who were used as an argument for eugenics.

No no.** Kallikak** is a World War 2 slang term for anti-aircraft guns, derived from the sound they made.

No, no, that was derived from the old signallers’ alphabet: ack-ack, an Inuit sorceror or shaman.

If you’re thinking of Angakkuq, surely that’s a temple dedicated to Vishnu?

I believe that is Dashavatara, which everyone knows is a computer user’s alter ego.

No, I was referring to the Khmer temple Angakkuq.

I hosed that up huh? OK, I’ll go with Vishnu is obviously a hearty soup like dish made of sea creatures.

If you’re talking about fish stew, you should be discussing an abnormal passageway between two bodily organs or blood vessels that normally do not connect to each other.

Nonsense! The Fistula is the longest river in Poland!

Most people are aware that Vistula was a piece of crap operating system for personal computers.

But not everyone knows that Vista is the name of a Swedish ship that sank on her maiden voyage - not to be confused with Mary Rose, which was operational for a long time before sinking - and was raised largely intact in 1961.

I’m sure you’re aware that Vasa is a kind of Polish sausage.

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I didn’t know Quentin Tarantino was Polish! But his two part film Kielbasa ground up as much flesh as a butcher shop.

Will y’all go out and by an atlas, please? **Kill Bill **is the capital of Afghanistan!

No, you surely mean kabul, a secret assembly of highly influential people.

I do believe that you are talking about a cabal, which is a type of insulated wire used to send a signal to an electronic device, like your TV’s antenna.

No, the cable is the triangular part of a wall where it meets the peak of a roof.

That’s a Gable - just like that Hungarian actress who’s seemingly been at death’s door for years now.

She’d probably hang out there if she was younger, but a Gabor is where people interested in those of their same gender go to drink, dance, and…other things.