Common mispronounces/misspellings that drive you up the wall.

[Conspicuously Absent]

aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrgh
and here in the midwest they have this expression, "cool beans"
wtg is that supposed to mean????

Ask NAD, he's the bean expert.

 

[lizard]

and Chromatose is posting about farts over on the nevermore board.

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

The stupidest bit of slang I've ever heard was used by kids in Marin County a couple years ago, where rich shitheads pretend to be gutter punks. They said "fully," in the same way that people use "hella" or "totally" or whatnot. It made my soul hurt.

 

[Dark One]

once I found a job announcement for a "reality specialist"

One thing I do NOT specialize in is "reality". LOL

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

How has your/you're not been brought up yet?

 

[Dark One]

How has your/you're not been brought up yet?

Your the first!

I acutally thought the same thing about nuclear/nucular when I posted it. Seemed like the most obvious.

 

[lizard]

I'm going into the upper middleclass suburb of Gahanna today (not to be confused with the biblical fiery pit of gehenna)
I will be sure to use "fully" if I speak to anyone.

 

[lizard]

One thing I do NOT specialize in is "reality". LOL

me neither, or, as little as possible.

 

[Dark One]

Water - Wuhter/Wahter, etc.

 

[General Zod]

When speaking, I hate it when people pronounce "ask" as "axe".

When writing, a common mistake I see often is "except" and "accept".

The other thing that bugs me, is when people make words up. I worked with a guy who loved to use the word "agreeance".

Zod

 

[lizard]

you worked with preznit bush?

"You took an oath to defend our flag and our freedom, and you kept that oath underseas and under fire."—Addressing war veterans, Washington, D.C., Jan. 10, 2006

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

The other thing that bugs me, is when people make words up. I worked with a guy who loved to use the word "agreeance".

I'm confustimicated. My brain, at the pinacle of its kickassness, is all about the made up words. Why so much hate on the imaginary words?

 

[lizard]

well language does mutate through time so made up words sometimes become so widespread they become accepted...

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

Water - Wuhter/Wahter, etc.

this would mark the first time I've ever seen "water" misspelled

 

[lizard]

they do that in Philly.

 

[Dark One]

this would mark the first time I've ever seen "water" misspelled

Can you spell "clueless"? The thread title indicates misspellings OR mispronunciations.

 

[lizard]

DON"T INCUR THE WRATH OF MARKGUGS
you could be found in a shallow grave next to birkenau, deep in the jersey swamplands.

 

[cthulufhtagn]

The stupidest bit of slang I've ever heard was used by kids in Marin County a couple years ago, where rich shitheads pretend to be gutter punks. They said "fully," in the same way that people use "hella" or "totally" or whatnot. It made my soul hurt.

hahahahahahaha i'm FROM marin county, i hate marin county people SOOOO MUUUUUCHCHCHCH AAARRRRRGHGHGHHHH


i hate supposeABLY

come on people, it's supposEDLY....i had a fucking COLLEGE PROFESSOR consistently say "supposeably", at least a couple times every class


also the usual they're/their/there and your/you're....and misuse of apostrophes ("employee's only"....the employee's only what? only remaining brain cell?)

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

Can you spell "clueless"? The thread title indicates misspellings OR mispronunciations.

Ohhhhh, missed the mispronunciation thing. Or rather, ignored it since regional dialect in its very nature is going to mean that words are pronounced differently all over the country.

See: dawg, cawfee, etc. in NYC

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

I still get pissed off at the teacher that says "idear" instead of idea