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[MikeBravo]

Originally Posted by Puzzicato
That gets compounded for me when people say (and write) "He should of went to the store" it's not of, it's have, he should have gone to the store.

THAT is my #1 Pet Peeve of All Time

I cannot begin to tell you how much it...I won't say it because it'll probably get me banned...whenever I see people do that. I'm sorry, but the MOMENT I see someone type that, I immediately wonder if they passed primary school. Because it's a mistake that nobody should make. My opinion of their intelligence just PLUMMETS.

Bah! That's just number two

Don't get me started on people saying "everythink" when they mean "everything"! OH ... MY ... GOD!!!! [Bartender edit - we have standards, please remember]!!

Pardon my language there, but it just bugs me. The worst example I have seen was a television reporter speaking to people devestated by huge fires last year and she kept on going on about them losing everythink, she said it so many times and really stressed the K sound. It was just to annoy me I'm sure.

Good grief, if a major network is going to employ someone as an on-air reporter, they should be able to speak English for God's sake

rant over (for now)

 

[Shangas]

Hi

It gets worse, now bonus is a verb. Local Gold coin shop: "If we buy $100.00 of your old gold, we will bonus you $10.00 to pay for your gas."

I'm a pretty good wordsmith, but I'll put up with a lot, but that's just too goofy.

Later

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGHHHHH!!

*Runs screaming insanely through a brick wall*

And yes, "Everythink" drives me up the wall as well. Sounds like something out of "1984". Doubleplusungood.

 

[Juliet]

"Dear Employees,

Please keep in mind, while corresponding with clients:
weather - the atmospheric*conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation;
whether - Expresses a doubt or question;
wether - Male sheep especially a castrated one;

Thank you,
Administration"

 

[Shangas]

I eagerly await the office memorandum that covers the distinctions between "their/they're/there" and the one that will also tackle the growing issues surrounding "where/we're/were".

 

[David Conwill]

"Dear Employees,

Please keep in mind, while corresponding with clients:
weather - the atmospheric*conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation;
whether - Expresses a doubt or question;
wether - Male sheep especially a castrated one;

Thank you,
Administration"

I’m reminded of a saying we had in the journalism department in college: “A burro is an ass; a burrow is a hole in the ground. As a reporter, you are expected to know the difference.”

-Dave

 

[Puzzicato]

"Gift" as a verb, as in "She gifted me with a new hat." "Gave" doesn't work?

Apparently the room at the Oscars where the celebrities are given their ridiculously indulgent goodie-bags is called "The Gifting Suite".

Pacific instead of specific...Also, "I seen him," instead of "I saw him."

In my family we refer to the Pacific Highway (in NSW) as the Specific Highway. But we do know the difference.

 

[scottyrocks]

I eagerly await the office memorandum that covers the distinctions between "their/they're/there" and the one that will also tackle the growing issues surrounding "where/we're/were".

And 'to' and 'too.' I'll give the benefit of the doubt on 'two.'

 

[Juliet]

Don't forget the "you're" and the "your". It becomes increasingly fashionable to confuse the two. Also, it seems the use of question marks isn't required anymore.



P.S. "Gift" can be used as a verb - but usually it refers to born-with qualities - e.g. "Nature gifted him with a wonderful voice."

 

[Espee]

Wow time flies! I guess it's been over 20 years I've been noticing some people say "supposably" for "supposedly"... but maybe it's not all that incorrect. Something which is able to be supposed.
I get nervous around people who say "I seen" because from listening to TV and radio news, I know terrible things happen around those folks. "I seen it was a tornado." "I seen the plane coming in way too low." "I seen the baby climbing on the balcony railing."

 

[Pompidou]

It's only so long before what was a mistake gets a listing in the OED and becomes canon vocabulary. It wasn't too long ago I read about arguments to get rid of the hyphen. It won't be very long before they get rid of the apostrophe. I use the hyphen like you can't believe. It's a period, it's a strong comma, it's a semi colon, it combines compound words - I love it. I can't imagine. Language evolves - is simplified - over time. It's not worth fighting, I think. Hyphens and ellipses are guilty pleasures of mine, the latter of which I hope to ween off of.

Closer to topic, prob-lee instead of probably comes to mind. It's down to prolly now. None of this sort of thing actually bothers me, though it should. Misplaced priorities, maybe. I mostly draw conclusions on the choice of words more-so than the delivery. I'm horrible at determining the tone of voice of written messages, for what it's worth - always erring towards the negative.

 

[Juliet]

It's not only the grammar that deteriorates but the diction, too. Notice how many TV persons speak as though they have a mouthful of porridge.

 

[scottyrocks]

I'm guilty of leaving out apostrophes. Maybe I should just put 'em back in (I had to go back and put one in before 'em').

 

[Geiamama]

I'm guilty of forever using ain't instead of isn't, is all instead of that's all and criminal overuse of the word kinda. Forshame

 

[Martinis at 8]

... Now if I could just stop cursing all the time.... I have a horrible habit of it.

I picked up that habit in the Army.

 

[rue]

I picked up that habit in the Army.

I picked it up from my mom lol As Lizzie said about her mother, she would make a sailor blush.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Maybe this is the first time I've heard somebody describe themselves as such, and perhaps "in a relationship" is a bit of a mouthful, but I just noticed this one on the A/S/L thread. Several posters listed their status as "boyfriended."

 

[1961MJS]

...Several posters listed their status as "boyfriended."

Hi

I think it would be important to know if "boyfriended" means you HAVE one, or if it means you ARE one. I suppose it could be both... This gives me an all new reason to not be on Facebook etc.

Later

 

[Espee]

"the thing of it is, is that..."
I think should have one less "is" !!!
Some TV news people love "actually" for anything out of the ordinary. "The car went out of control and actually went through the front window of a barber shop." I try to use it only to emphasis a fact versus an earlier incorrect supposition-- "Police detained a possible suspect outside the bank, but they later determined he was actually a customer."

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Another term that has cropped up in news stories in recent years is "person of interest"

"...police are seeking the boyfriend as a person of interest in connection with the woman's murder."

In other words, he's a SUSPECT.

 

[Xavier_Godshore]

I gave 3 lectures on Monday after which I said to my wife "if I could just strike the words 'like', 'cool' and 'dude' from my vocabulary, I'd really start sounding like an adult".
She unfortunately concurred.

~X