Oh! I Always Get Those Two Mixed Up!

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Alba, Saturday, 27 November 2021 07:38 (two years ago) link

Niche 'Get Back' related example:

Just realised that from the Beatles film world, I've seen mixing up Dennis O'Dell (head of Films at Apple) and Denis O'Brien (Handmade Films with George Harrison).

Luna Schlosser, Saturday, 27 November 2021 11:03 (two years ago) link

Extending my earlier confusion of Marinas in the thread:

Marina Hyde (semi-aristocratic Oxford-educated journalist)
Marina Warner (semi-aristocratic Oxford educated historian and novelist)
Marina Wheeler (semi-aristocratic Cambridge-educated barrister and former spouse of Boris Johnson)

Luna Schlosser, Saturday, 27 November 2021 11:34 (two years ago) link

Yes.

When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Saturday, 27 November 2021 11:36 (two years ago) link

Classical edition:

Christian Lindberg
Magnus Lindberg

A Pile of Ants (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 29 November 2021 16:16 (two years ago) link

Jackie Bradley Jr.
Jackie Rogers Jr.

clemenza, Thursday, 2 December 2021 19:39 (two years ago) link

"Jackie Rogers Jr. has withdrawn from the race. Now let's hope he withdraws from the human race".

Halfway there but for you, Friday, 3 December 2021 16:09 (two years ago) link

Mr Twin Sister
Men I Trust

ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 3 December 2021 23:30 (two years ago) link

Hohner (Hohner Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co. KG), iconic manufacturer of musical instruments including at least some of the harmonicas and mouth-organs famously used by famous John of the famous English skiffle group the Beatles

Höfner (Karl Höfner GmbH & Co. KG), iconic manufacturer of musical instruments including the violin bass famously used by famous Paul of the famous English skiffle group the Beatles

Also the very lovely Jazzica guitar, a one-pickup archtop used occasionally by famous English singer/organist Paul Carrack of Squeeze, Roxy Music, Ace, Mike + the Mechanics

Ennui de Toulouse-Lautrec (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 6 December 2021 19:13 (two years ago) link

Oh very nice and true, actually I've totally conflated these until this moment!

anatol_merklich, Monday, 6 December 2021 21:01 (two years ago) link

Malcolm Muggeridge
Magnus Magnusson

Alba, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 21:06 (two years ago) link

Ray Bradbury
Malcolm Bradbury

Alba, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 21:07 (two years ago) link

John Oswald and John Duncan

Snail Mail and Soccer Mommy

Douglas Rushkoff and David Rakoff

Derrick Carter and Derrick May

Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 11 December 2021 11:58 (two years ago) link

Good ones all.

When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Saturday, 11 December 2021 12:00 (two years ago) link

Snail Mail and Soccer Mommy

I did this one several months ago, so I sat my self down and listened to a few songs from each, and decided which one I liked better. Now I can't remember which one that was (I think Snail Mail).

nickn, Saturday, 11 December 2021 18:15 (two years ago) link

The Japanese House
Japanese Breakfast

Muad'Doob (Moodles), Monday, 13 December 2021 03:11 (two years ago) link

I know this is supposed to be based on names, so: Sandy Dennis and Sandy Duncan.

Truthfully, you wouldn't get those two mixed up. I do get Sandy Dennis and Elizabeth Hartman mixed up, though, as to the kind of actresses they are.

clemenza, Monday, 13 December 2021 03:34 (two years ago) link

This thread should have more of people you get mixed up for reasons other than their name, imo.

Alba, Monday, 13 December 2021 03:38 (two years ago) link

On that note, if you were to mix up Sandy Duncan with anyone, it would probably be Karen Valentine.

clemenza, Monday, 13 December 2021 03:46 (two years ago) link

Peter Stefanovic
Peter Serafinowicz

Alba, Tuesday, 14 December 2021 08:35 (two years ago) link

the 63 MILLION VIEWS man!

calzino, Tuesday, 14 December 2021 08:55 (two years ago) link

Tamarind
Turmeric

the fifth housemate (Matt #2), Tuesday, 14 December 2021 13:27 (two years ago) link

Clematis
Cyclamen

Madchen, Tuesday, 14 December 2021 16:08 (two years ago) link

George Sanders, British actor 1906-1972
George Saunders, American writer 1952-

Jeremy Ironist (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 14 December 2021 19:41 (two years ago) link

LFTs
NFTs

, Thursday, 23 December 2021 15:29 (two years ago) link

LFF at the NFT

Alba, Thursday, 23 December 2021 15:30 (two years ago) link

Yes!

Non-fungible Token
National Film Theatre

Every blasted time I read NFT, I think cinema.

Madchen, Thursday, 23 December 2021 23:33 (two years ago) link

Well it's the BFI Southbank nowadays, so unless someone invents block-fungible ingots you shouldn't need to worry.

bash street tempel (Matt #2), Thursday, 23 December 2021 23:48 (two years ago) link

In SoCal (and other US areas) BFI means Browning Ferris Industries, a trash collecting service.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/BFI_logo.svg/250px-BFI_logo.svg.png

nickn, Friday, 24 December 2021 06:14 (two years ago) link

Every time I see SoCal I have to remember it’s not a low-calorie brand

Alba, Friday, 24 December 2021 09:08 (two years ago) link

ILB (I Love Books)
ILB (I Love Baseball)

The Weather Prophets
The Wedding Present

The 25 Best Songs Ever Ranked In Order (Deflatormouse), Saturday, 25 December 2021 23:48 (two years ago) link

Comedian and latterday novelist Richard Osman
Suede member and latterday novelist Mat Osman plus a bit of Suede member Richard Oakes, specifically the Richard bit

they must have what you'd call some kind of 'arrangement' (Matt #2), Sunday, 26 December 2021 14:26 (two years ago) link

You know the two Osmans are brothers, yeah?

Madchen, Sunday, 26 December 2021 21:16 (two years ago) link

No! That explains it then.

they must have what you'd call some kind of 'arrangement' (Matt #2), Sunday, 26 December 2021 21:17 (two years ago) link

Gillian McKeith
Gillian Keegan

Alba, Tuesday, 28 December 2021 13:43 (two years ago) link

I was trying to picture Richard Mulligan in my mind’s eye but all my brain could come up with was George Gaynes.

Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Sunday, 2 January 2022 02:14 (two years ago) link

Simon Like
Simon King
Simon Phillips

I Can't See Gervais In My Mind (Tom D.), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 13:23 (two years ago) link

Oops, spellchecker:

Simon Kirke
Simon King
Simon Phillips

I Can't See Gervais In My Mind (Tom D.), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 13:23 (two years ago) link

Johnny Saint
Johnny Sins

, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 18:43 (two years ago) link

Robert Durst
Robert Forster

peace, man, Monday, 10 January 2022 19:30 (two years ago) link

John C. Reilly
Michael Rooker

the great replacement bus service (Matt #2), Monday, 10 January 2022 19:55 (two years ago) link

Yes...let me reshuffle that a bit: name, obviously, but also the actors:

John C. Reilly
John C. McGinley

(McGinley is Marvin in Wall Street, the guy who works at the brokerage with Charlie Sheen.)

clemenza, Monday, 10 January 2022 21:27 (two years ago) link

Dave Berry
Mike Berry
Nick Berry

There's even another Dave Berry.

I Can't See Gervais In My Mind (Tom D.), Monday, 10 January 2022 21:27 (two years ago) link

Dave Barry too.

The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 January 2022 21:33 (two years ago) link

Calliope (muse)
Callisto (nymph)

anatol_merklich, Saturday, 15 January 2022 19:23 (two years ago) link

Robert Durst
Robert Forster

― peace, man

o_O

emil.y, Saturday, 15 January 2022 19:31 (two years ago) link

Might have mentioned this one before, but:

Sydney Pollack
Sidney Poitier

emil.y, Saturday, 15 January 2022 19:32 (two years ago) link

Sydney Pollack
Sidney Lumet

Someone left a space telescope out in the rain (Tom D.), Saturday, 15 January 2022 20:07 (two years ago) link

Ethan Hawke
Ewan McGregor

It doesn't happen often, but the recent Moon Knight trailer had me thinking "Oh. So he gets to be a villain in a DC and a Marvel property" for a brief second.

MarkoP, Tuesday, 18 January 2022 14:02 (two years ago) link

Dundee F.C.
Dundee United F.C.

the great replacement bus service (Matt #2), Tuesday, 18 January 2022 14:17 (two years ago) link


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