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[ms traditional]

@MacDUFF thanks.  of course i could think of a million ways to phrase it better -  afterwards!  but i note most people got the gist, despite my feeble attempt.  

[Cakers3]

There ya go-more pudding with proof!

[Lipstickdiva]

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@Noel7 wrote:

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@candys mine wrote:

I just wish people would stop thinking It's allright to get it wrong.  This country is showing its stupidity to the world.

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The correct spelling is "alright" or "all right".  

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Nothing like correcting someone and making errors yourself.  LOL 

[Cakers3]

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@Lipstickdiva wrote:

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@Noel7 wrote:

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@candys mine wrote:

I just wish people would stop thinking It's allright to get it wrong.  This country is showing its stupidity to the world.

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The correct spelling is "alright" or "all right".  

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Nothing like correcting someone and making errors yourself.  LOL 

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@candys mine  This is hardly an indication how "stupid" people are.  I find much more serious topics to be worried about.

The OP can be annoyed but this phrase, which I don't even think I have ever used, is just a shortened version.

Oh let's not get into "Have your cake and eat it too" vs.  "Eat your cake and have it too".   The smelling salts will be passed around.

LOL

[ms traditional]

interesting.........oh we misuse a few others.  i learned something.

https://qz.com/811624/the-proof-is-in-the-pudding-five-common-english-sayings-you-might-be-misusing/

[sunshine45]

since the current form that many of us have used has been in existence since the 1920s, i will probably STILL continue to use the shortened phrase "the proof is in the pudding." no harm, no foul in my book.  i would call this "the modern version."

via wikipedia

The shorter form the proof is in the pudding, which dates back to the 1920s and came into common use in the United States in the 1950s, is becoming increasingly common.

[VanSleepy]

This thread is making me think of "tow" the line and a tough "road" to hoe 

[Cakers3]

This thread had me put pudding on my grocery list for this afternoon.

Not the fake stuff, either.  I want "proof" it's the real deal.

[croemer]

Now we have to quote correct proverb's...correctly...?

I saw this quote today and found it pretty amusing:

[Lucky Charm]

One I've seen here (recently as last week) that gets 'altered' is:

'There but for the grace of God, go I...' * 

Often it's *rewritten* there for the grace of God, I go.

(No biggie.  We're not still saying 'here ye, here ye' either....)

But many times I see posters omit God, instead saying, 'there but for the grace, I go'.

I realize the quote ending may've been changed (referencing John Bradford), but all accounts God is used in the variations.