S/O annoyances

[honeydew1894]

My dad calls Walmart WalmartS and Hannaford HannafordS.  

What bugs you?

[glw]

So many people do that in my area. I don't get it.

I wish we could all agree on a pronunciation of Weis (grocery store). The founders also had a building named after them at my school, which is pronounced the German way (like edelweiss) but all the commercials pronounce it "wize" and locals call it "wees".

[jennynumbers]

"Seen" bugs me as well as not including "to be" and "them". It is a common dialect in RI. EVEN WORSE- I am starting to say it (seen). EVEN WORSE WORSE- I can't always remember the correct grammar in certain situations!

Example of "Seen." "I seen them before" I no longer know if it is "I saw them before or I have seen them before." WHY RI, WHY?
Example of "Them." "Them guys over there." No No No!
Example of needing "to be", "It needs fixed." No, your grammar needs to be fixed.

I am not a grammar nazi by ANY means. Even as an English major I can't pick out the difficult parts of sentence structure. But I noticed these 3 particular phrases are common here.

[alabasterangel]

Carl Buddig lunch meat is common in our area. Everyone says "Budding" but there is no letter N in it!

[sitnspin]

My mom also says WalmartS!!!!

If Jerry says a date or number that ends in "th", he pronounces it just like his mom, which is not correct.  He almost ends if with a "tnt" sound.  

Like instead of 15th of April, it sounds like 15tnt of April.  Weird.

[glw]

Feb 18, 2015 9:41:28 GMT -5 @ello said:

I want to shank my h when he says "labtop" instead of laptop.

This made me laugh because it's something that my oldie science professors insisted on, in a snobby kind of way. Also pronouncing Himalayas as "Him-ALL-yas" instead of, you know, the normal way. 

[glw]

jennynumbers-- Those are all prevalent in central PA as well. I have no explanation.

[latte]

I know a few people who call Costco CostcoS. No! Stop it.

[alabasterangel]

BF orders "A large fries." NO. "A large fry." OR "A large order of fries." would be fine.

NOT "A fries."

[alabasterangel]

I also had an ex years ago that would call it "chili soup".

[sapphire bou]

Similar to GLW's previous post... I had an accounting professor who drew out the "OR" in pro forma. I already didn't really care for the guy, but every time he said "pro fORma", I cringed. (ended up dropping his class)

I hate when people call it a "hot water heater". You are not heating hot water. That would be pointless. It is simply a water heater. H does this and like half of the home improvement shows I watch have somebody who says it. 

"I seen them before" is rampant in this area as well. Fortunately, I work for a university so my exposure to that is limited.

[sapphire bou]

Feb 18, 2015 10:29:26 GMT -5 alabasterangel said:

I also had an ex years ago that would call it "chili soup".

Well that's just weird.

[lizardesque]

"ATM machine" and "PIN number" drive me crazy. The M and the N are already there, so you don't need "machine" and "number."

[darkling_glory]

Feb 18, 2015 9:38:39 GMT -5 alabasterangel said:

Carl Buddig lunch meat is common in our area. Everyone says "Budding" but there is no letter N in it!

There's no N? That can't be right. I always say Budding.

[alabasterangel]

Feb 18, 2015 10:54:58 GMT -5 darkling_glory said:

Feb 18, 2015 9:38:39 GMT -5 alabasterangel said:

Carl Buddig lunch meat is common in our area. Everyone says "Budding" but there is no letter N in it!

There's no N? That can't be right. I always say Budding.

I swear. No N.

[lizardesque]

Feb 18, 2015 11:08:45 GMT -5 alabasterangel said:

Feb 18, 2015 10:54:58 GMT -5 darkling_glory said:

There's no N? That can't be right. I always say Budding.

I swear. No N.

I can at least understand this one. Words that end in "ing" are much more common than ones that end in "ig," so I can see if people just think they are hearing "Budding."

[honeydew1894]

I attended a test writing worksop this year, and the teacher put excessive emphasis on the OR in distractOR.

[sapphire bou]

Feb 18, 2015 13:14:10 GMT -5 honeydew1894 said:

I attended a test writing worksop this year, and the teacher put excessive emphasis on the OR in distractOR.

That sounds distracting.

[lexxasaurus]

Feb 18, 2015 10:48:28 GMT -5 lizardesque said:

"ATM machine" and "PIN number" drive me crazy. The M and the N are already there, so you don't need "machine" and "number."

This drives me crazy! See also: PDF format and VIN number. "Seen" was common in my area of Utah, and I was forever correcting people.

My two biggest annmoyances are affect/effect and people who don't understand how to use "a lot". I die each time I see the make believe word "alot".

[Deleted]

I hate when people who are in no way Southern say 'Y'all'
I also hate when people enunciate the T in exactly.

[blondemoment123]

Feb 18, 2015 10:48:28 GMT -5 lizardesque said:

"ATM machine" and "PIN number" drive me crazy. The M and the N are already there, so you don't need "machine" and "number."

Yes! These drive me insane.