People who say "Monkey" when they mean "Ape"
I guess they also go cow-riding at the weekends, and take the armadillo for a walk in the evening.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Thu 4 Oct 2012, 17:29, 13 replies)

Wikipedia has this to say
In English, no very clear distinction was originally made between "ape" and "monkey"; thus the 1910 Encyclopædia Britannica entry for "ape" notes that it is either a synonym for "monkey" or is used to mean a tailless humanlike primate.[2] Such confusions persist. Colloquially, the terms "monkeys" and "apes" may still be used interchangeably
( cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 4 Oct 2012, 17:34, closed)

Well, now you've just ruined it for everybody!
Next you'll be telling us that the World Series doesn't refer to a global competition but actually to the magazine that sponsored it or that Aluminum is actually correct as it was named by a merkin and he didn't want to follow the naming convention of using 'ium'.
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Thu 4 Oct 2012, 17:38, closed)

oh dear
1) The idea that the World Series takes its name from a magazine or newspaper is an urban myth. World Series Snopes

2) Sir Humphry Davy was English and named it first alumium, then aluminum. Aluminium history
( finnbar has officially retired, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 14:02, closed)

I stand corrected.
1) I clearly fell for the old World Series thing, heard it in the US and never bothered to check (which probably deserves a spang).

2) I feel less guilty about this, okay he was English not 'merkin but the point was the same that badgering the Americans (and others) for saying aluminum is a little unfair on them given its variable history and that it has been recognised as an acceptable variant if that wikipedia page is reliable.
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Sat 6 Oct 2012, 13:38, closed)

Vous êtes un singe ou un singe?
En français c'est la même chose.
(I can't find the comedienne with the routine regarding it, unfortunately)
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Thu 4 Oct 2012, 21:54, closed)

Le singe est dans les arbres.
Le singe est disparu! Ou est Le singe?

(Apologies for any poor French)
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Thu 4 Oct 2012, 22:48, closed)

FRAPPE LE SANGE!

(Deskbound You insignificant speck of dust, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 10:51, closed)

Le singe a perdu mes pantalon!

(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Sat 6 Oct 2012, 13:45, closed)

people who call spiders "insects"

(IHateSprouts is baking a huge pie shaped like an enormous pie, Thu 4 Oct 2012, 22:30, closed)

...and dolphins, fish.

( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Thu 4 Oct 2012, 22:49, closed)

Ahem...
... this.
( Amish Information Systems hates misplaced, commas, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:31, closed)

Yes, yes, I know that in common use the two are synonymous
...I didn't say it was rational.

But we have two words, expressing a very useful distinction - and there are only 5 different apes to learn to recognise, FFS!
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 15:42, closed)

Gibbons, gorillas, orang-utans
chimpanzees and Chelsea supporters, yeah?
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Fri 5 Oct 2012, 19:05, closed)