Dear Readers,
I pride myself on having a decent grasp of the ins and outs of American English. Words are my friends. Family mythology has me reciting the Declaration of Independence before I could walk. (In actuality, it was the Pledge of Allegiance, still an accomplishment for a ten-month-old, but my maternal grandmother insisted it was the Declaration of Independence. She thought I was much more precocious than I was).
So why, at the advanced age of 65 did I not know that the phrase “shoe-in” is, instead, “shoo-in?”
The grammar program on my computer flagged the term “shoe-in” and I ignored the warning. But the red mark on the screen bugged me until I finally googled the phrase.
I’ll be darned.
Be honest, now—haven’t you always thought it was “shoe-in?” Surely I’m not the only one.
Peace, people!
Praying for Eyebrowz 
I’m a word-lover, too, of course. I’ve always thought of it as a shoo-in. And I grit my teeth when writers say “the storm wrecked havoc” instead of “the storm wreaked havoc.” I could go on, but I won’t. 😉
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I had no idea either!!
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Yay! I’m not the only one!
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TBH…I thought it was shoo….but honestly haven’t thought of that phrase in awhile
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I used it in one character’s dialogue; otherwise I probably wouldn’t have thought of it. The word seemed to suit his character.
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It’s clearly a good dialogue word to describe a certain sort of character
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Well i can’t comment not being an American but i can tell you hre in Scotland we have a saying about being ‘oot the shoeing’. AS in out of it. I don’t know if it is shooing or shoeing!!!
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Interesting!
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Shoo is what you do to a fly or but isn’t it?
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That should say bug, not but…
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Yep!
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Shoe fly, don’t bother me.
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Ha!
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For the longest time I thought the shoo fly was a particular species of fly.
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LOL!
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