Why do so many confuse "Cavalry" with "Calvary"?

[El Supremo]

Here it is on the front page of my newspaper (the caption under the main picture).



I know * does it all the time, be he has shit for brains and be excused.

[Atman]

1. Simple ignorance

Lazy tongues. Ask = Aks. Calvary is a religious term a lot of people aren't even familiar with, but a newspaper editor has no excuse. It is a major editorial faux pas. We've grown so accustomed to "Nucular," Calvary is almost cute!

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[blogslut]

2. Calvary = Golgotha?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary

[verse18]

3. Could be because of this too.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x448934

[catmandu57]

4. Could be the B westerns

I grew up on I seem to remember Andy Devine always talking about the calvary.

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. Only children & stupid people.

[gravity]

6. There's a difference?

[ComerPerro]

7. tell em this is America. We speak English here. Learn it or get out

LOL

[El Supremo]

8. Are you poison dog food or safe dog food?

No importado.

[ComerPerro]

11. I guess there's only one way to find out. Not much info, you know

[mitchtv]

9. send them to the real-ity office

forget Realty office.
for that matter forget the Jewelry store and go to the joolery store.

[ComerPerro]

10. I am a Realitor, I see homes. LOL

[unpossibles]

12. are there chimbleys and warshing machines in the holmes?

;)

[ComerPerro]

16. brand new dishwarsher in this here home

not sure about the chimbley. Its prolly new.

[Atman]

18. I buy from the Jewry store...great discounts!

:hide:

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[ComerPerro]

21. I was reading a magazine about expensive jewry at the libarry earlier

[Warpy]

13. It common among people who say things like

joolery, realitor, and new kew lar. It's an illiteracy among people who never learned any better.

You know, morons.

[AZBlue]

14. Same reason they confuse your with you're and there with their -

the semi-illiteracy of this country.

[Atman]

19. No, those are spelling/grammar errors

Not pro-noun-sayshun erras.

Thars there a diffrunce.

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[porphyrian]

15. It's the Nturae of hamun raendnig ailbity.

And it's likely connected to dyslexia in some way. As long as the first and last letters of the words are in the right order, we can read it. It's possible to spell something wrong and still read it correctly, barring any other learning disorder.

[Ediacara]

17. Probably the same reason people say "pasghetti"

Unfortunately, spell check can't differentiate proper word use WRT calvary and cavalry.

[AllegroRondo]

20. One of my biggest peeves!!!!

Even in the US Army's First Cavalry Division, there were soldiers, yes EVEN OFFICERS, who could not pronounce it correctly.

UGH!

Nothing worse than sitting through a 30 minute speech by a Light Colonel telling you how great the "Calvary Division" is.

[TahitiNut]

23. It makes one wonder what their 'mission' really is. Did he attend the Cavalry Baptist church?

I'd hide if they started breaking out the timbers and nails.

[TahitiNut]

22. I didn't know they wore those hats when they crucified Jesus. Wow!

I learn something new every day. I even found out about "Pubic Inspections" from the Tri-City Herald several years ago. I called to see where I could get one of those jobs, but they couldn't give me a referral. (Sigh)

[John1956PA]

24. The name "Calvary" is recited frequently in Catholic lenten prayer services.

I used to attend such services. Sometimes, months afterward, when I would want to say the word "cavalry", the name "Calvary" would slip out because of my having recited that name in rote fashion in church.

[WinkyDink]

25. Because they don't know that "cavalry" comes from the French "cavalier"

(and Italian "cavaliere") = "horseman"("cheval"= "horse"). Once one knows the word's origin, voila! No more confusion with Calvary!