Subject: Misspokements (Page 7)

Villeneuve is now twelve seconds ahead of Villeneuve.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator
Auto racing Misspokements Sports

Alain Prost is in a commanding second position.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator
Auto racing Misspokements Sports

He was between a rock and the deep blue sea.

Misspokements Mixed metaphors

My sister’s expecting a baby, and I don’t know if I’m going to be an uncle or an aunt.

college basketball player
Misspokements

I'm like that guy who single-handedly built the rocket & flew to the moon. What was his name? Apollo Creed?

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)
Miscellaneous Misspokements TV/Movie Quotes

Go back to what our founders and our founding documents meant – they’re quite clear –- that we would create law based on the God of the Bible and the Ten Commandments.

(1964 – ) U.S. governor (Alaska) commentator & author
Beliefs God Government Misspokements Stupidity

You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle.

football coach
Misspokements Sports

Morcelli has four fastest 1500-meter times ever; and all those times are at 1500 meters.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator
Colemanballs Misspokements Sports

Tom.

basketball coach
Misspokements Sports

You’ll soon be had as a matterof course.

(1844 – 1930) English dean at Oxford whose name is given to the accidental transposition of sounds of two or more words
Misspokements

There's three of us in the band, so we split everything straight down the middle.

(1947 – 2008) English drummer
Misspokements

The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.

(1961 – ) 44th U.S. president
Government Misspokements

This President is going to lead us out of this recovery.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician
Government Misspokements President

If I wasn’t talking, I wouldn’t know what to say.

(1958 – ) Canadian hockey player & announcer
Communication Misspokements Speech

I don’t think there’s anybody in this organization not focused on the 49ers… I mean Chargers.

football coach
Football Misspokements Sports

We’re not used to weather in June in this country.

professional football player, coach & executive
England Misspokements Places Science/Weather

In the Moscow Olympics Lasse Viren came in fifth and ran a champion’s race.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator
Colemanballs Misspokements Sports

He's looking around at himself.

English football player
Misspokements

As a runner Daley Thompson is excellent, as a jumper he is excellent, and as a thrower he is an excellent runner and jumper.

British journalist, author, commentator & coach
Misspokements Sports

Brilliant sunshine rained down on the city.

Misspokements Mixed metaphors

The tiger, he come up with the tigeress. The lion, he come up with the lionette. The zebra, he come up with the zeberelle.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
Misspokements