Richard Osman's unfortunate slip of the tongue has inspired people to share their most embarrassing faux-pas

Talking to two contestants. I got caught between saying “Good luck guys” and “Good luck gents”, and ended up saying “Good luck gays”.

— Richard Osman (@Richard Osman) 1525270688

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@richardosman Hubby once got caught between saying “smashing” and “thank you” to the cashier in Tesco. He ended up saying “smash you”.

— Kerry McDonald (@Kerry McDonald) 1525270813

@richardosman Talking to a group of 28 year 11 students in my English lesson about ‘colour’ and ‘font’. I won’t t… https://t.co/f3fok2CJ2J

— DC (@DC) 1525271519

@richardosman Mother on a lovely Sunday cleaning the interior of her car, instead of shouting down the driveway to… https://t.co/MGg0bVtjCt

— Gareth (@Gareth) 1525276298

@richardosman At the cinema with my nine year old son I ordered a mixed Tango ice blast and asked the teenage serve… https://t.co/d7iL9qEHRl

— Joe Dolce (@Joe Dolce) 1525276648

@richardosman I did my job thing one day, and the chappie got mixed up with “thanks for your help” and “thanks for… https://t.co/tB7LpdYiEL

— Jj (@Jj) 1525279368

@richardosman Colleague asked my wife if she had a second to answer a question. Caught between saying "Go ahead" an… https://t.co/2wd2BYFZUn

— Mark Kelson (@Mark Kelson) 1525270876

@richardosman Still not as bad as my poor nervous Dad, who opened his Father Of The Bride speech at my wedding with… https://t.co/YrpDRNDqkz

— Wendy Benstead Ltd (@Wendy Benstead Ltd) 1525275646

@richardosman My 2 children Chloe and Jack were both being naughty and I was so angry I shouted 'CLACK'. Then we all cracked up!!!

— Simon Rattenbury (@Simon Rattenbury) 1525271979

@richardosman Tried to say ‘no problem’ and ‘no worries’ to a customer once and ended up saying “no wobblies”. Hopi… https://t.co/EbSwIPPaPK

— Teg 🌿 (@Teg 🌿) 1525273949

@richardosman Over a supermarket tannoy I once went to ask someone to come to the 'front customer service desk' and… https://t.co/0R2IJridZf

— robotmoth (@robotmoth) 1525271470

@richardosman I got flustered talking to a client on the phone during my first day working at M&S HQ and managed to… https://t.co/eOclxitfzH

— Ed 💙 (@Ed 💙) 1525274760

@richardosman On more than one occasion I have been told 'Happy Birthday!' Only to reply, 'Yeah, thanks! You too!'

— Matt (@Matt) 1525276688

@richardosman I'm sure I've signed off an email with "Man thanks" or "Manky thanks" instead of "Many thanks"

— Dan Shakir (no relation) (@Dan Shakir (no relation)) 1525274542

@richardosman I once misdialed a call & said to the bloke who answered 'Sorry you've got the wrong number' instead… https://t.co/ctHpWvHURB

— (((StarrFaithful))) (@(((StarrFaithful)))) 1525273907

@richardosman My girlfriend responded to an 'Ola!' from our receptionist at a Barcelona hotel by saying 'ahoy!'

— Ad (@Ad) 1525271268

@matwithonetee @richardosman I once went to say “thanks” to a customer, but she started to leave so I changed to sa… https://t.co/3RUuaEI27G

— Andy Graham (@Andy Graham) 1525275498

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@richardosman I did that once.. Instead of "sorry to bug you" or "sorry to bother you" I said "sorry to bugger you"… https://t.co/S39ezH0CPb

— Mike Backhouse (@Mike Backhouse) 1525271995