[Chris P.]

"One hundred and one"... actually, I had a teacher that old us it specifically was NOT "one hundred AND one"; that would mean the operation 100 + 1, not the number 101. That had always made logical sense to me, and I have always said it as "one hundred one" ever since... (I'm in America).

Funny thing - I still don't have a cell phone. Neither does my wife. Neither of us want one either.

They forgot one that I would personally include: What is the plural form of octopus? Yup! Octopuses! And yes, octopi is accepted as well, BUT, octopuses is the first one listed in every dictionary I've looked in.

Or how about this: Hydrogen is highly flammable and oxygen supports combustion, but water (H2O) is use to put fires out.

AND... opossum is actually supposed to be pronounced "uh-pos-uh m" (again, the first one listed in the dictionary).

AND... something I personally believe, but I could be wrong... (this comes from reading old recipes from medieval times)... the nursery rhyme "Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold..." is probably supposed to be "Peas pottage hot, peas pottage cold..." because porridge is made with a meal or cereal (a grain), not with peas which technically are a fruit, not a vegetable in themselves. Pottage was something that was cooked together in a pot, of course.

AND, on that note... the word potable (meaning that water is fit for consumption) is pronounced poh-tuh-buh l not pot-uh-buh l.

OK, I'm off my soap box....