Ex-Fräulein treibeis used to confuse "awful" and "awesome". This was particularly entertaining (for me) when we once got cornered in a pub in Bristol by an old lady, who went on at great length about her illnesses.
Schaf (sheep) and Schal (scarf) I used to mix up all the time.
A Welsh mate of mine here, when not-beating-but joining people making sheep-shagger jokes about his fellow countrymen, more often than not gets the plural of "sheep" wrong and goes on about fucking "shepherds". Usually shuts people up, though.
Twice I've heard or read someone referring to something as being "a real world win" [whirlwind]. 'Wheel barrel' is another old favourite. I mean, I guess a wheelbarrow looks like something that might be a wheel barrel. And acorns could look like egg corns.
And, although it's slightly off topic, "If you think I'm going to contribute to this thread, you've got another ***** coming."
This is the phrase which causes more argument than anything (of a similar nature) I have ever come across; virtually everyone is absolutely convinced that their version of the word/phrase is correct, and that the 'alternative' is not only incorrect, but it is simply incredible that anyone could even conceive of saying it!
The missing word is clearly 'thing', by the way.....anyone who thinks it is 'think' is utterly wrong....
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