Thursday's Question of the Day- October 11

Draco · Oct 11, 2012

Morning all!!

This morning at my PT job, my co-workers and I were talking about words that drives us nuts.. words that just rub us the wrong way.. whether its the meaning of the word or the sound!

He didn't like the use of "ain't".. and I agree.

But the word that annoys me is "Guacamole".. It's just a weird sounding word.. oi.

What words drive you nuts?!

cattybird · Oct 11, 2012

The words ah finish and frankly.

jennyr · Oct 11, 2012

It is totally irrational but I hate the word 'lounge'. It always makes me think of a public area in a hotel. When I was growing up no-one had a 'lounge'. We had sitting rooms and drawing rooms, family rooms and dens, but these days everyone has a 'lounge' and it makes me cringe.

andrya · Oct 11, 2012

My least favourite word in the English language is "should".

lt's such a waffle-word. l learned from experience that if someone says, "l should do that", it means they're paying lip service and have no intention of doing it, or they'd've said "l will do that".

So yeah, "should". *shudder*

sk_pacer · Oct 11, 2012

With me, it isn't so much the actual words, but the misuse of them - things like less and fewer, your and you're, there, they're, and their and dozens more. If pressed, i would pick the word 'myself' - it is almost never used in the proper context. People think it is wrong to say I or me, so use myself instead. Proper use would be "I did that myself" but it is never used that way, it is now "this is a picture of myself". "Call myself for more information" and on and onl using this word in such instances does not make one sound more educated, just silly. Then there is the confusion over I and me. If you cannot decide which to use with a multiple subject, drop the other subject and see which makes sense: "this is a picture of my friend and me" is perfectly correct and "this is a picture of my friend and I' is wrong.......just drop the my friend and find out; no one would say "This is a picture of I" unless they were bring facetious. Might as well mention the inexplicable use of noone for no one. Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhh I guess I can go on and on about this!!!LOL

swampwitch · Oct 11, 2012

Loan words count, right? I don't like schadenfreude, I think it's kind of awful there's even a word for that.

gemlady · Oct 11, 2012

Well, I want to strangle someone when they mispronounce/spell the word describing a woman of lose morals. There is an "r" in the word!!!!

Draco · Oct 11, 2012

lol, great, annoying words and use of words!

I forgot to add..

I can't stand it when people add an "H" to the end of a word when typing.. such as "Meh", "Bunneh".. it's not cute!!!

Winchester · Oct 11, 2012

I fracture the English language on a continuous basis. (And I probably did so right there)

That being said:

The improper use of apostrophes makes me spastic and I see it everywhere, in the newspaper, in magazines, in advertisements. If something is plural, why is there an apostrophe added? Mechanics, not mechanic's (unless something belongs to the mechanic, that is) Apostrophes show possessions and contractions. That's it. There is no apostrophe when talking about plurals. Books, pencils, and so forth. Not book's, pencil's.

Ain't doesn't bother me, if the person is being facetious. "Ain't ain't in the dictionary and it ain't a proper word" Well, Ok, then!

To, two, too

They're, their, there

Its, it's

As skypacer said, the word "myself". People will say, "Bill and myself went to......" No, it's Bill and I went to.....". I tell my husband that constantly.

"You know"..... And I am very guilty of this as well; I even write it in my posts sometimes. Same with the word "like". I've started to do that, too, and I hate it. I would rather hear some dead air then listen to, "Well, like Bill and I went to, like, this place and we, like" Just shut up!

And I will shut up now.

Draco · Oct 11, 2012

Whoops, I think I misused 'myself' in my other thread.. oops. lol

catspaw66 · Oct 11, 2012

The word "decimate" when they mean "devastate" The pronunciation of nuclear- it is not noo-cue-lehr. Dove for dived. Pled for pleaded. and so on. And all of these were from national news anchors of many years experience. Oh, and "pedophile" for "pederast" Pedophile means "Brotherly love for feet"

feralvr · Oct 11, 2012

It drives me batty when someone uses the words "like" and/or "you know" over and over in conversation!!!!! :lol3:

just mike · Oct 11, 2012

"like, you know" drives me crazy

catsallaround · Oct 11, 2012

Torque(banned in my house lol!)

Alright(Like in last minute of phone conversation).

Dehydrated(Husband never says I need water or I am thirsty.)

Pregnant(as in my cat is pregnant)

missymotus · Oct 11, 2012

sk_pacer said:
With me, it isn't so much the actual words, but the misuse of them

Agree, that drives me crazy too.

Also there's a phrase I've seen used many times on here over the years "my one cat" rather than "one of my cats"

7irishkitties · Oct 11, 2012

It's not so much a certain word as it is the intentional misspelling of words. I understand that kids "teenagers" have a certain informal way of spelling on text message or such but when I see adults typing or writing out sentances such as something I saw eariler "sittin here eatin sum gud food, wat u havin fer dinna". I despise this so much that I would love to smack the person who typed it.

I'm not a teacher but I have common sense and do not understand the need to spell like this for everyone to see. Social media is a wonderful tool to keep in touch with family and friends who may not live near you but it is killing the English language and causing my hair to gray everytime I log on.

...stepping of my soapbox now

natalie_ca · Oct 11, 2012

1. Anything that is left hanging such as "livin" or "lovin." I mean how hard is it to add a g sound at the end!?

2. Slang words like those that now mean the opposite of what they are intended to mean, such as "bad", and that dumb spelled one "phat"

That's pretty much it

Winchester · Oct 12, 2012

7irishkitties said:
It's not so much a certain word as it is the intentional misspelling of words. I understand that kids "teenagers" have a certain informal way of spelling on text message or such but when I see adults typing or writing out sentances such as something I saw eariler "sittin here eatin sum gud food, wat u havin fer dinna". I despise this so much that I would love to smack the person who typed it.

I'm not a teacher but I have common sense and do not understand the need to spell like this for everyone to see. Social media is a wonderful tool to keep in touch with family and friends who may not live near you but it is killing the English language and causing my hair to gray everytime I log on.

...stepping of my soapbox now

I do that, although not that badly, when I'm texting. I'll write to Rick, "How is ur morning?" "What time r u bowling tonite?" Simply because I'm lazy. It depends on with whom I'm texting, too. And I do write "bc" for "because" or "esp" for "especially" in posts. But overall, I try to type appropriately.

The sentence that you typed above? "sum gud food"? That's just wrong. And stupid. JMnot-soHO.

margecat · Oct 12, 2012

Winchester said:
I fracture the English language on a continuous basis. (And I probably did so right there)

That being said:

The improper use of apostrophes makes me spastic and I see it everywhere, in the newspaper, in magazines, in advertisements. If something is plural, why is there an apostrophe added? Mechanics, not mechanic's (unless something belongs to the mechanic, that is) Apostrophes show possessions and contractions. That's it. There is no apostrophe when talking about plurals. Books, pencils, and so forth. Not book's, pencil's.

Ain't doesn't bother me, if the person is being facetious. "Ain't ain't in the dictionary and it ain't a proper word" Well, Ok, then!

To, two, too

They're, their, there

Its, it's

As skypacer said, the word "myself". People will say, "Bill and myself went to......" No, it's Bill and I went to.....". I tell my husband that constantly.

"You know"..... And I am very guilty of this as well; I even write it in my posts sometimes. Same with the word "like". I've started to do that, too, and I hate it. I would rather hear some dead air then listen to, "Well, like Bill and I went to, like, this place and we, like" Just shut up!

And I will shut up now.

I agree with you, especially with the apostrophes! I just pointed a case out to a co-worker, who wanted my opinion on her meeting minutes. Another thing that drives me batty: putting quotation marks around words that have no reason to have them: there's a concrete contractor in our area, who posts little signs on people's lawns : Al Smith "Concrete". ARGHGHGHHH!!!! That just drives me "Crazy"! :-)

I also loathe people saying, "Aboslutely" for "Yes." A co-worker repeats that word many times during a conversation--to the point that it no longer even means the affirmative.

tara g · Oct 12, 2012

catsallaround said:
Torque(banned in my house lol!)

:lol3: With a big diesel truck, it's frequently used in ours!

"Toddler" ... I just don't like the word.

Hate misuse of words as well.

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