CHINESE WHISPERS
Cargo,
goods.
Car go?
"Does your vehicle run?"
Car key,
small tool for operating motor vehicle.
Khaki,
Urdu word for dust, adopted by British Army as clothing colour.
Castanets,
Spanish percussion instrument.
Cast a net,
to fish, ensnare, trap.
Clematis,
climbing plant.
Clem ate 'is,
Clement ate his.
Concentrated,
consecrated.
Wrong sentence: He consecrated very hard to remember her name.
Right sentence: He concentrated very hard to remember her name.
Consulate,
office of the consul.
Consul ate,
(pt) consul eat.
Coquette,
tease.
Cock ate,
chicken's dinner. – See Blow job
Counterfeit,
false.
Counter fit,
either a sick shop assistant or a made-to-measure serving surface.
Cremator,
one who burns.
Cream 'ater,
one who dislikes the milk product.
Crown inn,
public house.
Crowning,
act of coronation.
Crustacean,
crab like animal.
Crusty Asian,
crabby person from the east.
Curried eggs,
item on a menu.
Curry decks,
3rd class levels on an Bombay steamer.
Curtail,
cut short.
Curstail,
nether extremity of mongrel dog.
Cyclamen,
plant.
Sick lemon,
another plant, but ill.
MALAPROPISMS
He was buried in concentrated land. He was buried in consecrated land.
To remember he had to concentrate very hard. To remember he had to
constipate very hard.
Caopies,
Can O peas.
Chat show,
television entertainment?
Chart show,
popular music entertainment.
Chicken disk
Check in desk/ checking in.
Circumscribed,
circumcised.
Conscussion,
percussion.
A cool shock,
a school clock.
He's a wolf in cheap clothing. (sheeps)
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