# Words one can get confused

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**Created:** [September 18, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-one-can-get-confused/971772 "2022-09-18T20:10:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-one-can-get-confused/971772/1243 "2026-10-26T04:03:17Z")

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> [@More Jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-jokes/848629/8408):
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> Quoted from another thread.
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> > [@More Jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-jokes/848629/8408):
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> > ### Those who confuse burro and burrow
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> > don’t know their ass from a whole in the ground.

That is a great classic joke, tragically undermined in this instance by an unfortunate typo.

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