"Seen" like that drives me crazy. I cannot stand it!
I had someone mispronounce "ornery" in front of me and I could not understand what she was saying. I don't think less of her (apparently it is a common mispronunciation?) but I feel bad that I just could not grasp what she was trying to say. She said "Awn-ry" instead of "Or-ne-ry." The worst was when I said "Do you mean ornery" she said "What?" We just could not communicate that way lol. (She is from Montana, I grew up in New England).
All of my older relatives say this (and I have said it on occasion). I would consider this less of a mispronunciation and more of a regional variation, like pronouncing coyote with two syllables.
When people's intended meaning is "wary" and they say "weary". Drives me up a wall. I think their fool brains are mashing up "wary" and "leery". And they end up sounding like a damned idiot.
And the use of apostrophes to make words plural gets my blood boiling every time.
I worked with a girl that said ax instead of asked. She was also guilty of "I seen..." Someone complained to the manager at the time that she didn't sound professional and manager said that that was just the girl's accent.
Mispronounced words is a pet peeve for me. But, it is also about accents. My MIL (from MN) says Bar-rettes. So, really pronouncing both "R"s and making it almost sound like two words.
Also, worked with a woman who said the "T" on the end of duvet.
When people's intended meaning is "wary" and they say "weary". Drives me up a wall. I think their fool brains are mashing up "wary" and "leery". And they end up sounding like a damned idiot.
"Seen" like that drives me crazy. I cannot stand it!
I had someone mispronounce "ornery" in front of me and I could not understand what she was saying. I don't think less of her (apparently it is a common mispronunciation?) but I feel bad that I just could not grasp what she was trying to say. She said "Awn-ry" instead of "Or-ne-ry." The worst was when I said "Do you mean ornery" she said "What?" We just could not communicate that way lol. (She is from Montana, I grew up in New England).
All of my older relatives say this (and I have said it on occasion). I would consider this less of a mispronunciation and more of a regional variation, like pronouncing coyote with two syllables.
I did look it up after the interaction and saw that. It still feels like a mispronunication to me.
But I come from the land of "Leminster" spelled Leominster and "Gloster" spelled Gloucester so what do I know.
Jularey. It's Jewelry. (speaking of, there's a HUGE advertising sign on a main road near my house that is for Jewelery. If it's your job, maybe you should know how to spell it, since it's by far the largest word, center stage, on your sign.)
I's. Like DH and I's...whatever. My My MY MY! The word is MY. DH's and MY whatever you're describing.
I could care less. Yes, I'm sure you could. But if you COULDN'T care less, please say so.
He did GOOD. Why, how charitable of him. But I'm sure he did WELL on his test, if that's what you meant.
Nothing PHASES me. Yes, I'm sure it's a phase, but nothing FAZES me during certain phases, either.
I could go on, and I probably will as I think of more.
Wallah for Voila. Eeeeeeeveryone is spelling it that way now. Even on here. And some of those posters are all "Oh, ha ha, it's an intentional misspelling cause it's funny." YOU ARE MAKING IT WORSE.
Could of/Should of is another one I'm suddenly seeing everywhere.
Post by lexxasaurus on Nov 4, 2015 12:54:50 GMT -5
My coworker lost the tiniest bit of faith I had in her competence when she replied to a client email with "if you pre pair you food together ..." what? I mean forget the fact that it should be 'your food' but ... Pre pair? Wtf?
Really my big hate is passed/past. It is not "there was something in her passed" unless youre talking about her digestivee system. GUH.
Post by NothingWrongwithOhio on Nov 4, 2015 12:54:29 GMT -5
"I could care less." No, you COULDN'T care less.
Also, what I would say is a misuse of the word "anymore". As in "They closed the Skyline Chili on the corner so I go to the one two blocks over anymore." I just don't get it.