Posted on 05/29/2007 2:17:17 AM PDT by bruinbirdman
Ah, I see now. The way you pronounce these things in your little corner of the world is the one and only correct way, is that it?
I’ve heard “aunt” pronounced as “awnt” all my life, and I’m 40, so it’s hardly a new concept.
And like it or not, using “t-boned” to refer to an accident where one car broadsides another is a common phrase. Most anyone I might ask would know perfectly well what it means.
Personally I find many southern US pronounciations of words extremely grating, like prounouncing “semi” as “sem-EYE”, but I know that that’s how it’s said down there.
You want to talk annoying, how about people who pronounce “film” and “kiln” as if they had two syllables, and “idea” as if it had an “r” sound on the end of it?
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The main usage for this is in government-issued documents. No further explanation is necessary.
Heighth and Breadth are indeed words, albeit antiquated examples thereof
It is, here, too - “all y’all” implies “your momma and them.”
I haven’t read every post, but you guys are really giving it 110%!
I cannot stand “winningest”
It’s extremely unique
“Clearly....” No, we’ll be the judge of “clearly”, state your freakin’ case. (NPR uses this all to often)
“That’s Just the way I roll” the losers pledge of permanent mediocrity.
“....”irregardless” a joint mangling of irrespective and regardless”
I could not agree more. “Irregardless” is not a freaking word but you’d be surprised at how often I hear it around the office from supposedly educated people.
One of my biggest peeves is the word “co-conspirator”. Conspiracy by its nature means more than one, so how can one be a “co-conspirator”? Isn’t everyone in on the conspiracy a conspirator? Or do they have to be elevated to a “co-conspirator”?
Ok, done with ranting and I am now putting away the soapbox.
How about this instead:
“I could care less, but it’s a near thing.”
Is that better?
Or, when teens say, “My mom gots a new car.” AAAAGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!
Very entertaining post. Thanks so much.
no dems.
conversate is a great one!!
> “Irregardless” is not a word.
I used to drive my Dad nuts with my insistence in using Irregardless.
“No such word!” He’d fume.
“Sure there is,” I’d reply. “Irregard is the absence of Regard. Irregard-less means with even Less irregard than the normal amount...”
“No! No! NO!” the hapless English-teacher would fulminate at his smartass son...
i also nominate IRREGARDLESS....
Hey, I thought it was pretty good. A “7” on a scale of 1-10.
Grrr! That has me grinding my molars every time as well! Just because height is used in conjunction with length and width, we don't add an h to the end of it!
Same for noone -- there are the pronouns anyone and someone, but not noone, that consists of the two words, no one (no hyphen). But this constant misspell comes about because of the pronouns anybody, somebody, nobody ... and because so many people are lazy.
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