When I was at UF, the Rugby team was the popular club sport. Bunch of those dudes rented a house on University, maybe a mile or so past the President's house. They were pretty good back in the 90's.
Alex.
I should know.
He was a good friend of mine.
I never understood a word he said, but I helped him drink his wine.
(and he always had some mighty fine wine)
Alex.
Last one...
Forte.
If you pronounce it Four-Tay, you're talking about a musical term.
The correct pronunciation (for something you're good at) sounded like fort.
Again, so many people blah blah blah that the musical term pronunciation is now an accepted alternative.
Alex.
Err.
The actual pronunciation is like "her" without the h.
It did not sound like "air". However, so many people mispronounced it (probably due to the way we pronounce "error") that the wrong pronunciation has become an acceptable alternative.
Alex.
Peruse means the opposite of what you think it means.
So many people think it means "to skim" or "glance over" that its opposite has become a secondary definition.
Alex.
That's what made Spurrier's passing game. It was "the option" but in the passing game. The WR started his route and had options based on what the defense did. They had an idea based on pre-snap reads, but they would make adjustments after the snap, like a read-option but in the secondary...