I have a friend/coworker who says "supposably" all the time. Along with "Valentime's Day."
Last week we were talking about another coworker's vehicle, which is a Lexus. Friend kept calling it "an Alexus."
My boss says irregardless a lot, and she puts an R in Washington. My cube-neighbor does, too. She even puts it in the word squash, which thoroughly confused another boss one day at lunch when she asked how she liked her squarsh.
An old boss used to add an L to the end of Lowe's. So it became Lowel's. And we worked off a street named Iliff (pronounced eye-liff.) She'd always add a T to the end, making it sound like eye-lift. She also said pacifically instead of specifically. To which a coworker would just randomly say "Atlantically" to her every time as a way to call her out. The boss would just laugh, yet never changed to way she said it.
There used to be a BCBS billboard on my drive home that said, "Live fearless." It made me want to scream. I hate that campaign.
OMGGAHH. YES. THIS TIMES 812739827139821.
There is a BCBS advertisement on my Pandora account that has this little girl who ends her little statement, "Live fearless." NO. GAH. I have tried to dislike that ad so many times. lol. I am annoyed to have BCBS as my provider.
Post by prettyinpearls on Nov 4, 2015 14:07:39 GMT -5
An anecdotal wallah/voila story...
Many years ago at church our pastor was reaching a climatic point of his sermon. He stood with his chest puffed out, arms high above his head and shouted, "Vee-oh-la!" I was too young to understand what happened but my mom told me years later that he read the words on his paper literally. Voila, wallah. Tomato, tomatoe, right?
I met a lady once who called felt felk. She told the OT at work that she just needed some more felk to finish her craft. We died (later, in the staff room) And we still call it felk. I don't know if it made me thing less of her but I sure did get a kick out of it.
the ones I hate have most likely been mentioned: your/you're, to/two/too, should of vs. should have etc...
Many years ago at church our pastor was reaching a climatic point of his sermon. He stood with his chest puffed out, arms high above his head and shouted, "Vee-oh-la!" I was too young to understand what happened but my mom told me years later that he read the words on his paper literally. Voila, wallah. Tomato, tomatoe, right?
I want to laugh at this, but I totally thought epitome was pronounced epih-tome for years, and that it and epit-eh-mee were two different words that meant the same thing. Because I'd read it, and I'd heard it, but never at the same time so I never made the connection, lol.
I once knew a lady who was going to college at night. She was talking about her English class, and was complaining that her teacher had concerns about her writing. Her words: "The teacher said I have grammical issues." Grammical? I'd say your teacher was right.
I think I have relayed this before but I have a friend who talks about her family as if they are my family. Example if we are talking about how her mom came over Friend "Mom came over today and she washed all my curtains" Me "oh that's nice" Friend "ya she only stayed an hour because she needed to pick Dad up at the airport" it drives me nuts. THEY ARE NOT MY MOM AND DAD
@sloanpeterson My H does this and it drives me insane. On the flip side, my sister will say "my mom" and "my dad" while talking to ME. I live in bizarro land.
I think I have relayed this before but I have a friend who talks about her family as if they are my family. Example if we are talking about how her mom came over Friend "Mom came over today and she washed all my curtains" Me "oh that's nice" Friend "ya she only stayed an hour because she needed to pick Dad up at the airport" it drives me nuts. THEY ARE NOT MY MOM AND DAD
So much this.
Adding on: my MIL and FIL refer to one another as 'Mom' and 'Dad.' YOU ARE NOT EACH OTHER'S PARENTS.