mjr
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Once I cared about stuff like this, but now I just don't give a Glock.
Life's too short.
Life's too short.
Terms that gnaw on my nerves
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Harrydale
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Well as long as we are on this subject. Probably is spelled P-R-O-B-A-B-L-Y not PROLLY and is pronounced PROB-AB-LY. Now I need to go eat a snickers.
Don't even get me started that that "reporter" - NAH, whatever. He changes sides from demonkrat to republican each year or so and all of his "takes" are at least a half bubble off of plumb!!!
The man is weird....................
Alpo
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I have a question.
Why is it that when I see someone write about their Remmie or their Mossy or their Springer or their Deagle, I want to reach through the monitor, grab them by the throat and strangle them.
Yet I own several Huskies. I own Remingtons, not Remmies, Winchesters, not Winnies, Springfields, not Springers. But I own Huskies.
Why is that?
Why is it that when I see someone write about their Remmie or their Mossy or their Springer or their Deagle, I want to reach through the monitor, grab them by the throat and strangle them.
Yet I own several Huskies. I own Remingtons, not Remmies, Winchesters, not Winnies, Springfields, not Springers. But I own Huskies.
Why is that?
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I hate it when some try (but fail miserably) when trying to say the word:"Nuclear." Some say its Nuqular.
"Income disparity." Every time I hear some self-important fool drone on about it, I figure add my annual income to Warren Buffet's and divide into 2 halves. We'd both have exactly the same amount and "disparity" disappears. Joe
The very English way of saying harassment is: Harrisment. Then again ask any Briton & they'll tell you we're all wrong. We drive wrong way, spell everything improperly, no "u" in our spelling. They say 'in hospital' vs. our 'in the hospital'. Gas is flatulence, not petrol for your auto. Etc.
Ironic since we Yanks tend to pronounce as it's spelled whereas the Brits say it however they want.
An Englishman once told me: "We're two English speaking nations divided by a common language."
Ironic since we Yanks tend to pronounce as it's spelled whereas the Brits say it however they want.
An Englishman once told me: "We're two English speaking nations divided by a common language."
Thought of two more words people pronounce wrong and I always correct them on it.
Creek It rhymes with stick, not seek.
Pumpkin. Rhymes with dunkin'.
At least that's the way we Iowans say them.
Jim
What? Did y'all immigrate from Arkansas?
We all have our own language demons. I dislike sammie for sandwich, or Bruick for a line of GM cars.
feralmerril
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Not that you asked and maybe a little OT, but my #1 pet peeve is when fox news likes to "liven" things up by getting a bunch of commentators together to argue with each other. All the talk programs on fox does it. They are TOLD to do it before the shows. To me it is like a kindergarten class. I hit mute. My 2nd gripe is all radio ads where they have some fast reader doing the disclaimers. It sounds exactly like they are flatculenting through their mouth.
boatme99
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What? What do you mean, you don't drive boats?
I've seen plenty of boat drivers.
Of course, the towing bills are pretty steep.
shouldazagged
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I detest "sammie". Cutesy talk grates on me something awful.
doublesharp
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Webster's: re-al-tor. Even real is a 2 syllable word, but reel is one syllable. Now, eat you potahtoes.[/QUOTE
Realtor pronounced re ahl tor is fine, it's the re ahl LA tor that gripes me. Same ones that say realator probably call an athlete an ath AH lete and when they feel poorly I suppose they call the docator.
Ima gonna go get me some blue bell homeade vanilla now.
Jaguar: the Automobile
I was familiar with a jaguar, the big black cat. Then along comes some advertising agency touting Jaguar, the automobile but it' a Jag-u-ar instead. Those knuckleheads deemed it necessary to make a three-syllable word out of a two-syllable word. I guess it sounds a bit more high-priced and stuffy.
My dad owned three Buicks in a row. Sure glad he didn't own any Be-u-icks.
I was familiar with a jaguar, the big black cat. Then along comes some advertising agency touting Jaguar, the automobile but it' a Jag-u-ar instead. Those knuckleheads deemed it necessary to make a three-syllable word out of a two-syllable word. I guess it sounds a bit more high-priced and stuffy.
My dad owned three Buicks in a row. Sure glad he didn't own any Be-u-icks.
"Realtor" ain't even a word; it's a registered trademark or something like that, owned by some national association of real estate agents, probably called the National Association of Realtors. I think they may also own a patent on misuse of the word "home" when they are talking about a house.
Misuse of "I." Happens on live TV all the time:
"John spoke to Mary and I."
P.S. And it IS "prolly" and "Saddey." Let's not confuse regional pronunciations with outright stupidity. As he alluded to I...
"John spoke to Mary and I."
P.S. And it IS "prolly" and "Saddey." Let's not confuse regional pronunciations with outright stupidity. As he alluded to I...
Yeah! Everyone knows it's sammich. Jeez....
My pet peeve in news reporting is the use of "unconfirmed reports." Back in the day of real(tor?) journalists, these were referred to as rumors, and verified before reporting.
I know, I'm getting old....
LVSteve
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Thought of two more words people pronounce wrong and I always correct them on it.
Creek It rhymes with stick, not seek.
Pumpkin. Rhymes with dunkin'.
At least that's the way we Iowans say them.
Jim
I am familiar with the crick instead creek as my late mother-in-law came from Iowa. She also did not like to eat "feeesh", by which I think she meant cod.
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