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dawntreader -> RE: Let's lighten up a bit (6/1/2007 9:52:54 AM)

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ORIGINAL: mstrjx

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ORIGINAL: dawntreader

phatt



Actually, it's just 'phat'.  (If you're going to bastardize something, well.....)


ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks!



LadyPact -> RE: Let's lighten up a bit (6/1/2007 10:00:36 AM)

Hold on now..... I live in GA and I have the sense to know that y'all is not a word.
 
I do agree on the text-speak being annoying.  I don't even use it when I do text.



SirDominic -> RE: Let's lighten up a bit (6/1/2007 10:09:13 AM)

Of course, Y'all is not a word. Everybody knows it is You'ze Guyz!

Namaste, Sir Dominic
Formerly from Joizey



dawntreader -> RE: Let's lighten up a bit (6/1/2007 10:12:52 AM)

i am a jersey girl too but i am also an equal opportunity language abuser so i say y'all and you guys equally and amazingly without an accent! LOL!



SirDominic -> RE: Let's lighten up a bit (6/1/2007 10:13:42 AM)

Actually, the one common grammar misquote that drives me insane (well, more than usual), which is very popular today is using "at" at the end of a sentence.

"Where's it at?" When the correct statement is "Where is it?"

I also miss adverbs.

Namaste, Sir Dominic



soultoshare -> RE: Let's lighten up a bit (6/1/2007 10:19:56 AM)

amBUlance......amBLance........

and the seen vs saw thing drives me nuts too!  (Of course, that  is a really SHORT trip!)



seeksfemslave -> RE: Let's lighten up a bit (6/1/2007 11:28:41 AM)

One for the Brits on an American site.
Hooston city of in the state of Texarse

Another grinding Brit error, to me any way, which may not resonate with Yanks because pronouncing "h"s comes easier to them , but in the UK many when trying to be posh pronounce Haitch when it should be aitch
phonetic example  em oh haitch eye see ay enn  as in last of.



LadyDominaX -> RE: Let's lighten up a bit (6/1/2007 11:33:19 AM)

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ORIGINAL: LafayetteLady

and of course the ever poplur and annoying dominate,


I just have to point that out.

If I get started on this topic I might never stop.

People who say "would of" instead of "would have," and those who say "Irregardless."
It's "regardless."

I'm also disproportionately irritated by those who can't figure out which word to use when confronted with:
to, too, and two
there, their, they're
which, witch
we're, were, where

The dictionary isn't the enemy, people!





Alumbrado -> RE: Let's lighten up a bit (6/1/2007 11:43:13 AM)

Wouldn't let it cause me to lose sleep, but I am bemused by the trend of conflating 'giving the bum's rush' (meaning throwing out an unwelcome person forcibly), into 'bum rushed', which apparently has taken on the meaning of running toward something desirable.



caitlyn -> RE: Let's lighten up a bit (6/1/2007 11:52:36 AM)

What do you mean saying that ya'll isn't a word.
 
Next you will be saying that fixin-to isn't a word! Everyone knows, if you can conjugate it ... it's a word.
 
I'm fixin-to ..
You're fixin-to ...
They're fixin-to ...
Everyones a-fixin-to ...



NakedOnMyChain -> RE: Let's lighten up a bit (6/1/2007 12:38:54 PM)

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ORIGINAL: LafayetteLady

There are been a lot of very deep, thought probing posts lately and my mind is getting tired (comes with old age I guess).  Anyway, as I was reading the many posts, I began to wonder if there are certain words that people find annoying because they are pronounced incorrectly on a regular basis.  It all started with someone saying "irregardless".  While that is considered a word, it has never become an acceptable form of grammar.  It started me thinking about other words people use that tend to drive us nuts.  Some of my favorites (beyond the above):

Axe - Can I axe you a question?  These people don't say "tax" instead of "task" so why is the word "ask" so difficult?


Because the type of people who say 'axe' instead of 'ask' typically don't say the word 'task'.  Think about it, 'job', perhaps 'work', 'chore', but 'task' is rarer in their lexicons.

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Supposebly (sp) - I have no idea how one might actually spell that one


So stupid.  That one is people just not caring.  I will admit that I'm from Indiana and tend to slur my words or use "Hickisms", but when I notice it I try to stop myself.  There's no reason to be lazy about precise speech.

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Expresso - I used to work in an Italian restaurant and the fact that the other servers could not properly pronounce this favorite coffee beverage drove me nut.  Espresso, really it isn't difficult.


Arrrrrrgggghhhh!  This one is the bane of my existence!  (I lead an uneventful life.)  I managed a coffee house for two years and I despised people calling it expresso.

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and of course the ever poplur and annoying dominate, as in I am searching for a dominate, or I am a dominate.  I might search for a verb at times but never to be a human part of my life.

So what other words do people find others using, whether in writing or speech that tend to drive them crazy?


Most of them, depending on the person using them.



igor2003 -> RE: Let's lighten up a bit (6/1/2007 12:43:27 PM)

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ORIGINAL: LightHeartedMaam

The inproper use of the word "seen".  (It's HAD or HAVE seen indicating you SAW it in the past.  Saw is used if you have just seen something.  Saw for recent time Seen is for a more distant past.  It requires a use of helper verb.  Don't be afraid.



I'm happy to say I saw seen as the past tense of saw, and I know that when I see saw the saw that is seen is seen as a more recent form of seen.  So in saying that I see both saw and seen as past tense forms of see I think I see a scene where saw and seen are set for a past tense showdown.  Can you see that?




mythi -> RE: Let's lighten up a bit (6/1/2007 12:44:12 PM)

I have 3 cringables...

1.)  "could care less" instead of "could'nt care less"

2.)  the whole 'who vs whom' issue...which is exactly the same as 'he vs him'.  What's so hard about that?

3.)  the adjective "good" used in place of the adverb "well", such as in "I feel good" instead of "I feel well". 



LightHeartedMaam -> RE: Let's lighten up a bit (6/1/2007 1:16:32 PM)

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ORIGINAL: NakedOnMyChain


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Expresso - I used to work in an Italian restaurant and the fact that the other servers could not properly pronounce this favorite coffee beverage drove me nut.  Espresso, really it isn't difficult.


Arrrrrrgggghhhh!  This one is the bane of my existence!  (I lead an uneventful life.)  I managed a coffee house for two years and I despised people calling it expresso.



I am sooooooooo out  it on this one.  HOW is it supposed to be prounced?

I've know it as ex-press-o. Is it ess-press-o?



LafayetteLady -> RE: Let's lighten up a bit (6/1/2007 1:18:12 PM)

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ORIGINAL: EvilGeoff

Greatest language pet peeve of all time:

T/the A/annoying H/habit S/some P/people H/have O/of  U/using B/both C/captial A/and L/lower C/case L/letters T/to S/tart W/words J/just I/in C/case T/the R/reader M/might B/be A/a D/dominant O/or A/a S/submissive.  W/we W/would N/not W/want T/to B/be D/disrespectful O/or A/anything.

*shudders*  When I find the clueless, half-wit, fucktard that STARTED that whole thing I'm going to get medieval on his ass with a Louisville Slugger.

YIK,
- Geoff


Can I watch, please, please can I?

If I find him first, I'll tie his ass down and call ya.  Everyone should be able to join in the fun on that one!



LightHeartedMaam -> RE: Let's lighten up a bit (6/1/2007 1:18:16 PM)

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ORIGINAL: igor2003

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ORIGINAL: LightHeartedMaam

The inproper use of the word "seen".  (It's HAD or HAVE seen indicating you SAW it in the past.  Saw is used if you have just seen something.  Saw for recent time Seen is for a more distant past.  It requires a use of helper verb.  Don't be afraid.



I'm happy to say I saw seen as the past tense of saw, and I know that when I see saw the saw that is seen is seen as a more recent form of seen.  So in saying that I see both saw and seen as past tense forms of see I think I see a scene where saw and seen are set for a past tense showdown.  Can you see that?




I'd have to REALLY care first.



Zensee -> RE: Let's lighten up a bit (6/1/2007 1:18:55 PM)

"I feel well!"
do de do de do de doo
"I knew that I... er... that I... aw crap!"

   (Why James Brown fired his editor)


And LaM - it's SORBET! Don't be so common.


Irregardless = without without regarding. It's just "regardless", without regard.

Note - I ran spell check on this and irregardless passed muster. Oh the horror.


Z.



LafayetteLady -> RE: Let's lighten up a bit (6/1/2007 1:20:24 PM)

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ORIGINAL: soultoshare

then there's affect and effect.......

and it's SUPPOSEDLY......just in case anyone wondered.


Yes it is.  I was trying to spell it the way some people say it.



sambamanslilgirl -> RE: Let's lighten up a bit (6/1/2007 1:30:17 PM)

any post and/or message written in poor grammar, sentence structure and text speak.

plus messages sent to me in foreign languages - sorry but i don't speak Dutch



LafayetteLady -> RE: Let's lighten up a bit (6/1/2007 1:30:18 PM)

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ORIGINAL: LadyDominaX

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ORIGINAL: LafayetteLady

and of course the ever poplur and annoying dominate,


I just have to point that out.



I am usually so good at checking for typos!  One slipped by me, and I deserve to be on the brunt of the joke.  Oh well, crap happens, and we all need to accept we are not perfect.



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