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Well, I do understand why people write it that way. Could've/should've/would've sounds like that when said out loud. But it's not really something that should be used in writing even if you use the proper contraction. It won't kill anyone to write "should have" :tongue2:.
I'm not italian but my DH was (maybe I am by association) and that drives me crazy. I always want to ask the person saying that if the name of the country is EYE-taly. It's not? than stop saying EYE talian.
I agree you 100%. I am so sick of people labeling themselves as OCD just because they have a quirk about them like if they walk past a piece of whatever on the floor, they have to pick it up. That does not make you OCD. Checking the lock on the front door more than once does not make you OCD.My biggest bugbear is the misuse of psychiatric terminology. I think the most common one is 'psychotic'. Psychosis is a serious and frightening condition - both for the sufferer and the people around them. A lot of terms are misused though. It bugs me because it devalues those who are genuinely mentally ill. There's enough misunderstanding, discrimination and downright predjudice around the subject without adding to it.
I also hate most of the grammatical, language and pronunciation errors already listed too. I guess I'm not a very tolerant person
I also despise the use of "K" as an answer when texting or emailing someone.
Thanks!
When I get really tired, I am guilty of the your and you're and the there and they're, though I always know the books belong to Bob. I bet you have to skip over a lot of my posts...
Oh my, plenty of rants from me!
Your/you're and they're/their/there. I am really curious how this is such a common thing.
Even worse is "should of/could of/would of". Huh?
Literally. It is now considered "cool" to insert "literally" into sentences, and they make zero sense. "I literally died laughing". Good for you, I hope you find a nice grave site to be buried in. "I literally rolled on the floor laughing". Unless I see a video of you doing that, you did not laugh while you rolled on the floor like a rolling pin. "I literally cannot believe she said that". As opposed to, what, figuratively disbelieving? That doesn't even make sense. "I literally made dinner". What else does "make dinner" mean?
These are the ones that really rile me up. When I see someone consistently misusing them, I immediately skip over everything they typed. I can't help it. I think it causes me physical pain to read them.
I don't think I've heard these before, but I have heard the opposite one: "Me and my friend went to the party."
No, it's "My friend and I went to the party."
It's easy to figure out. Break the sentences into their roots and see if they make sense.
My friend went to the party.
I went to the party.
Therefore, my friend and I went to the party.
The books belong to Bob.
The books belong to me.
Therefore, the books belong to Bob and me.
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"Defiantly" turns up so often that I've wondered whether it's an "autocorrect problem", though it would make more sense for that word to be replaced with " definitely".
Growing up, I always heard that a pet was "wormed" rather than "dewormed". Nowadays the stuff is almost always labeled "dewormer".
It bugs me when people write, " It didn't phase him" instead of "faze him".
Growing up, I always heard that a pet was "wormed" rather than "dewormed". Nowadays the stuff is almost always labeled "dewormer".
It bugs me when people write, " It didn't phase him" instead of "faze him".
Our son does that. I don't like it either. In fact, I don't care much for text-speak period. When people post in text-speak here, I don't read it. Text-speak is for texting, not for writing on the boards. I'm probably one of a very few who doesn't use text-speak when texting. I spell it all out...much to our son's chagrin.
When I get really tired, I am guilty of the your and you're and the there and they're, though I always know the books belong to Bob. I bet you have to skip over a lot of my posts...It literally breaks my heart.
As soon as I read this comment I immediately thought of another thread that I have posted in recently which you may or may not have read in which I used this term. It was used very loosely in a light hearted manner and was not in any way meant to offend or poke fun at anybody who has actually been diagnosed with this disorder. I wouldn't do that.
So, for anyone who has OCD I am very sorry if my comment offended you in any way.
That's not really what I meant. There's a girl that does all of our cleaning at our office and she's always referring to herself as OCD about everything like "the soap dispensers in the bathroom were half full. I had to fill them because I' m OCD about that". She claims to be OCD about just about everything thinking that that will make her look like she's amazing at what she does and the building would fall down without her. A lot of people do that not having any idea what OCD really is. I wasn't picking on you, honest.
I don't use text speak either and neither does my 20 year old DD. She has ZERO tolerance for it.
Our son does that. I don't like it either. In fact, I don't care much for text-speak period. When people post in text-speak here, I don't read it. Text-speak is for texting, not for writing on the boards. I'm probably one of a very few who doesn't use text-speak when texting. I spell it all out...much to our son's chagrin.
Another term that gets thrown around a lot is bipolar. I really think that it is used to replace PMS because PMS became politically incorrect. Many years ago I was hospitalized for clinical depression and there was a woman there who was bipolar and was in a manic phase. Believe me being a person who tends to be moody is not the same thing as bipolar. I know there are various levels of the disease and this woman was probably at the more severe end of the continuum. She was at the point where at times she was detached from reality.
That's not really what I meant. There's a girl that does all of our cleaning at our office and she's always referring to herself as OCD about everything like "the soap dispensers in the bathroom were half full. I had to fill them because I' m OCD about that". She claims to be OCD about just about everything thinking that that will make her look like she's amazing at what she does and the building would fall down without her. A lot of people do that not having any idea what OCD really is. I wasn't picking on you, honest.
I don't like text speak either but I am 59. Even when I text I spell things out the same as I would in an email.
Pecan - it's puh-KAHN. I'm pretty sure PEE-can and Pee-CAN are those jugs truckers use so they don't have to make bathroom stops.
People who use the work 'yoga' for just about any exercise. It is SO much more than that.
The misuse of the apostrophe that a few people have already mentioned.
'growing', as in 'growing a business'. I know it's pretty well in the language now but it still irks me.
Not wild about 'off of'.
And a personal favourite; this was a statement from our Prime Minister. He will probably never live it down:
"No one,however smart, however well-educated, however experienced... is the suppository of all wisdom."
The misuse of the apostrophe that a few people have already mentioned.
'growing', as in 'growing a business'. I know it's pretty well in the language now but it still irks me.
Not wild about 'off of'.
And a personal favourite; this was a statement from our Prime Minister. He will probably never live it down:
"No one,however smart, however well-educated, however experienced... is the suppository of all wisdom."
That is a good one. Here is a favorite of mine from George W Bush:
“There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.”
― George W. Bush
and this gem:
“I frankly felt like the reception we received on the way in from the airport was very warm and hospitable. And I want to thank the Canadian people who came out to wave -- with all five fingers -- for their hospitality.”
― George W. Bush
My granddad used to say "therry" for the word very. I have no idea why because it's not like he was just not pronouncing it properly, he was changing it entirely but it's just one of the fond memories that I have of him and it's what made him my granddad. I have friends that say "ax" for ask but it's more like "arcs" not axe. I could never correct someone as it's who they are and it's not something that bothers me anyway.
My hubby and I pronounce words entirely different but that's probably down to regional differences in the UK. I'm originally from South London and have a cockney accent (it's a lot softer now as I've not lived there for many years) and he is from the Midlands. If he says he is going to the bathroom there is emphasis on the "a" but when I say it I say "barfroom". Yes I know it's like there is a specific room in my house where I go to be sick
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It's the same with "glasses" where I pronounce it "glarssis. The list goes on...... if anyone has a problem with the way I speak it then that is exactly what it is, THEIR problem not mine.
I'm not a massive fan of text speak either but I quite often get a "k" as an answer from my kids but I don't use it myself, it actually makes me smile when I get a text from one of my friends and it's all in text speak as I associate it with the younger generation but again, it's not something I'm bothered about.
My hubby and I pronounce words entirely different but that's probably down to regional differences in the UK. I'm originally from South London and have a cockney accent (it's a lot softer now as I've not lived there for many years) and he is from the Midlands. If he says he is going to the bathroom there is emphasis on the "a" but when I say it I say "barfroom". Yes I know it's like there is a specific room in my house where I go to be sick
It's the same with "glasses" where I pronounce it "glarssis. The list goes on...... if anyone has a problem with the way I speak it then that is exactly what it is, THEIR problem not mine.
I'm not a massive fan of text speak either but I quite often get a "k" as an answer from my kids but I don't use it myself, it actually makes me smile when I get a text from one of my friends and it's all in text speak as I associate it with the younger generation but again, it's not something I'm bothered about.
That is a good one. Here is a favorite of mine from George W Bush:
“There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.”
― George W. Bush
and this gem:
“I frankly felt like the reception we received on the way in from the airport was very warm and hospitable. And I want to thank the Canadian people who came out to wave -- with all five fingers -- for their hospitality.”
― George W. Bush
When I was stationed in Germany I met some people who were from Wales and they had an accent that I had never heard before. Like many people in the U.S. the only British accent I had heard was what many people refer to as BBC English so it was something very different to me. It took a little while but I got used to it and was able to easily understand what they were saying.
My granddad used to say "therry" for the word very. I have no idea why because it's not like he was just not pronouncing it properly, he was changing it entirely but it's just one of the fond memories that I have of him and it's what made him my granddad. I have friends that say "ax" for ask but it's more like "arcs" not axe. I could never correct someone as it's who they are and it's not something that bothers me anyway.
My hubby and I pronounce words entirely different but that's probably down to regional differences in the UK. I'm originally from South London and have a cockney accent (it's a lot softer now as I've not lived there for many years) and he is from the Midlands. If he says he is going to the bathroom there is emphasis on the "a" but when I say it I say "barfroom". Yes I know it's like there is a specific room in my house where I go to be sick.
It's the same with "glasses" where I pronounce it "glarssis. The list goes on...... if anyone has a problem with the way I speak it then that is exactly what it is, THEIR problem not mine.
I'm not a massive fan of text speak either but I quite often get a "k" as an answer from my kids but I don't use it myself, it actually makes me smile when I get a text from one of my friends and it's all in text speak as I associate it with the younger generation but again, it's not something I'm bothered about.
It irks me when people don't conjugate verbs in the past sense like
Spelt maybe Spelled - Spelt for me is correct, might just be my watching too much English from various countries. Internet says it's the preferred form by British. Since I'm Mexican, I can just use whatever I feel comfortable with and explain the difference between US and other country's English
Sold not selled
Arose not arised
On Spay / Neuter a male cat:
I have to defend myself on the "spaying" male cats. I thought "Spay" and "Neuter" was the same until I came to the TCS. We use "sterilize" in Mexico so I just use that instead
On text speak:
I'm also a stickler for proper grammar but I adore text speak because it's so much faster! Of course it depends on whom I'm speaking to.
If I'm in the TCS forums I'll use proper grammar, but if I'm chatting with my friends, I don't. It's come to the point where we've almost made our own English Variation which only we can understand. After a while it becomes fun to see how far you can modify or replace words and still understand each other. Of course I feel and don't I mean no disrespect to the English language since our goal is to be creative and get your brain figuring things out.
Spelt maybe Spelled - Spelt for me is correct, might just be my watching too much English from various countries. Internet says it's the preferred form by British. Since I'm Mexican, I can just use whatever I feel comfortable with and explain the difference between US and other country's English
Sold not selled
Arose not arised
On Spay / Neuter a male cat:
I have to defend myself on the "spaying" male cats. I thought "Spay" and "Neuter" was the same until I came to the TCS. We use "sterilize" in Mexico so I just use that instead
On text speak:
I'm also a stickler for proper grammar but I adore text speak because it's so much faster! Of course it depends on whom I'm speaking to.
If I'm in the TCS forums I'll use proper grammar, but if I'm chatting with my friends, I don't. It's come to the point where we've almost made our own English Variation which only we can understand. After a while it becomes fun to see how far you can modify or replace words and still understand each other. Of course I feel and don't I mean no disrespect to the English language since our goal is to be creative and get your brain figuring things out.
I don't have any problem with things said differently because of accents or regional differences. It's when someone truly misunderstands the word/saying. Like noo-cyu-ler for nuclear. I mean, come on, look at the spelling---NU-CLEAR. That seems pretty obvious to me. My previous boss always said "for sell" or "on sell" instead of "for/on sale". It wasn't his accent because I saw him spell it that way too. Grr. Try to understand what you say before you say it :tongue2:.
I don't mind text speak in proper context. Even in forum writing, a little bit is fine, like LOL or idk. I DON'T like when people seem to go out of their way to spell everything entirely wrong. I guess that's fun with your friends but don't put it in comments or forums.
I don't mind text speak in proper context. Even in forum writing, a little bit is fine, like LOL or idk. I DON'T like when people seem to go out of their way to spell everything entirely wrong. I guess that's fun with your friends but don't put it in comments or forums.
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