Poor English

[Vodstok]

Okay, if it isnt your first language, i can understand people having a hard time with english. However, i work with way too many people who can't make a proper sentance to save their life, mispronounce words, make up words, and use words that they know are incorrect. examples:

A couple of people in this office say "de-select". Not a word. the word in "unselect". Shit, it's even easier to say..

Some mispronouciations that are rampant:
Expecially
Pacific (specific)
Libary
Nucular


One of my favorites: Irregardless... No matter how many times i tell these people its not a fucking word, they still use it....

Oh, and i love people who use acronyms and dont knwo what they mean. here are a few that drive me nuts:

Our resident moreon pc tech Jim always calls an ethernet card a "NIC Card". Nic means Network Interface Card. So he needs a network interface card card.

Or "PIN Number". This one is all over the place. PIN means "Personal Identification Number". You get the idea.

Some regional things that bug the shit out of me... No offense to newb if this is a Pan-New #England thing, but i hate the way people around here shorten everything. it's like a full word with morre than 2 syllables would overload their brain. So there are no caffeterias, its a "caff". No Mezzanine, it's a "Mez".

Is ground beef "Hamburger"? Nope, Hamburg! That one psisses me off to no end. Dont ask me why. On some level it represents laziness and stupidity (to me anyway) too deep to fathom... It seriously infuriates me.

And then there is the American tendancy to shorten or make an acronym out of everything.

KFC
BK
Micky D's
DQ


Why isnt Wendy's "W"
Subway should be "SW"

fucking ignorant bastards. Full words are just to hard these days i guess. Who knew words liek "Kentucky" and "Fried" (not to mention "chicken"... What an unusual and esoteric word that is...) could be so hard to say...


Last and certainly not least is the acceptability of slang in advertising now. McDonalds is the absolute worst...

"I'm Lovin' It"
"Get a fruit Buzz"
"Yeah, we take 'em"

Jesus... It's liek the marketing companies are hring lazy teenagers to come up with their slogans....

[urgeok]

using and promoting KFC was a deliberate marketing strategy to eliminate the word 'fried' which isnt very popular with the (supposedly) more health concious population.


i was always bugged by people calling Phantom of the opera = phantom ..

and enraged by calling Les Miserable = les miz.
Victor Hugo must be rolling in his grave .. trivializing one of the greatest classical works of all time with Les Miz.



the ghetto bullshit drives me crazy too...

boyz
cutz

etc ..

Hi, i'm so damn proud of my inherited illiteracy i want everyone to know about it..

[Vodstok]

Skillz

Mad Skillz

Dawg

Gangsta

J-Lo

P Diddy

Puff Daddy

Hip

Jessica Simpson

[newb]

Yo dogz....chill.....aint no thang.

R.I. is know for its poor language skills.
i.e.
Yard=yad

park=pak

we don't like to pronounce our Rs.

The hamburg one I say all the time.

[Vodstok]

Originally posted by newb
Yo dogz....chill.....aint no thang.

R.I. is know for its poor language skills.
i.e.
Yard=yad

park=pak

we don't like to pronounce our Rs.

The hamburg one I say all the time. The "r" thing is forgiveable, that is an accent rather than anything else. (although menus saying "chowdah" have long since lost their camp value and are just fucking annoying now).

But hamburg? How could you?....
:)

if it makes you feel better, after 12 years of living in New England, i have never once uttered the word "wicked" instead of "really" or "extremely". I still catch shit about that...

[newb]

I found some more

trote — throat

* blinka — blinker

* pawh — pour

* lodge — large

* guvamit — government

* fiya — fire

* pacific — specific

* canadate — candidate

* idear — idea

* feecha — feature

* distrik — district

* Richet — Richard

* potty — party

* innerduce — introduce

* wid — with

* hospil — hospital

* grinda — grinder

* ba il — bottle

* sangwich — sandwich

* excape — escape

[Vodstok]

Soemthing else that drive sme batshit....

Mindless idiots who use catch phrases from tv as a form of communication.

When i went to mardi gras, i had to lsited to 300,000 frat boys shout "Wazzuup!"

Or fuckhead jim saying to everyone on the phone "Can you hear me now?", like every time he says it he is some sort of comedic genius...


Or when advertizers universally adopt a buzzword and it shows up everywhere....

"Extreme" is the absolute epitomy... "Neon" was one for a while. i fucking hate when people have such a limited vocabulary that their only way to describe something as being different is to describe it as something else "on acid".

Those fucking "Bratz" toys are personally offensive to me. it's like stupidity has become it's own subculture. If they try teaching ebonics again, i bet it will pass this time....

[newb]

fo shnizzle Vod. You da bomb.

[newb]

A lot of people are mindless sheep. Waiting for the next "catch phrase" or hair style or what kind of bottled water they should drink.
I personally [ to the dismay of my wife ] dress the way I want and pretty much go against the norm in most aspects.
I guess I let my freak flag fly.





shit.....was that a catch phrase?

[Vodstok]

Nope, i dont think so. Werd.


I dont know if she actually talks that way, but the way gren types, i can see her getting a little offended :D

[Haunted]

My grammatical skills are by no means impeccable. However, I think they're good enough to allow me escape into the world of dialects every now and again.

[urgeok]

i NEVER EVER use any kind of catch phrases .. never did even as a kid ..

i hear them and they wince.

'you go girl' being the one that made my eyes bleed.

repeating worn catch phrases is like a pathetic attempt at cheaply gained credibility..

[ShankS]

Originally posted by newb
I found some more

trote — throat

* blinka — blinker

* pawh — pour

* lodge — large

* guvamit — government

* fiya — fire

* pacific — specific

* canadate — candidate

* idear — idea

* feecha — feature

* distrik — district

* Richet — Richard

* potty — party

* innerduce — introduce

* wid — with

* hospil — hospital

* grinda — grinder

* ba il — bottle

* sangwich — sandwich

* excape — escape

I just said all them out loud to myself, and with my english accent mixed in I sound australian lol

[taylorsmommy]

Here's one from Philadelphia for you Vod:

"Jeet yet?"

"No, jew?"

Translation:
"Did you eat yet?"

"No, did you?"

[ShankS]

Originally posted by Vodstok
Nope, i dont think so. Werd.


I dont know if she actually talks that way, but the way gren types, i can see her getting a little offended :D

I have to copy some of her posts into google translator to understand :D ;)

[Vodstok]

Originally posted by taylorsmommy
Here's one from Philadelphia for you Vod:

"Jeet yet?"

"No, jew?"

Translation:
"Did you eat yet?"

"No, did you?" Made me think of Jeff Foxworthy's southern words.

Wichadidja
"You didnt bring the shovel, Wichadidja?"

how about "oncare"
"I Dont Care"

[ShankS]

Originally posted by Vodstok



One of my favorites: Irregardless... No matter how many times i tell these people its not a fucking word, they still use it....



afraid I'm going to have to disapoint or annoy you Vod, irregardless is in the English language... :p ;)

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=93149&dict=CALD

[Vodstok]

4 out of 5 dictionaries define it but state that it is incorrect, much like "ain't". :p

Damn Cambridge....

[ShankS]

Originally posted by Vodstok
4 out of 5 dictionaries define it but state that it is incorrect, much like "ain't". :p

Damn Cambridge....

:D ;)


there's a word that pisses me right off, when I'm watching sport on Tv, if it's the second from last race etc, the commentator says 'penultimate' that word is so annoying.

[Vodstok]

I think that goes along with "Extreme".

Advertising people saw the popularity of extreme sports and decided to capitalize on it. Honestly, do we need "Extreme" color for fucking potato chips?


Another couple of phrases thatdrive me nuts are "low-carb" and "carb-concious". No one gave a shit 5 years ago, now people wont eat food if it has carbohydrates (which is horribly unhealthy, btw). Can you beleive they have low card pasta? what is the fucking point? that's like dehydrated water...

[ShankS]

Originally posted by Vodstok
I think that goes along with "Extreme".

Advertising people saw the popularity of extreme sports and decided to capitalize on it. Honestly, do we need "Extreme" color for fucking potato chips?


Another couple of phrases thatdrive me nuts are "low-carb" and "carb-concious". No one gave a shit 5 years ago, now people wont eat food if it has carbohydrates (which is horribly unhealthy, btw). Can you beleive they have low card pasta? what is the fucking point? that's like dehydrated water...

this low carb thing has taken off here aswell... most supermarkets now have an isle devoted to all this fuddy-duddy low carb diet stuff. I don't blame the shops, since they'll make a killing on it, it's the shoppers that demand it, after going on these 'new wave' diets.

[Vodstok]

I thinks the whole atkins thing has turned into this era's light and low fat, it's going nowhere.

of course, in a few years when skinny people are dying of heart attacks because they dont eat bread, but they eat cheese-covered deep fryed bacon 3 meals a day, they may re-evaluate the situation.

[newb]

mmmmmm.......... cheese-covered deep fryed bacon.
http://turbomirage.phpwebhosting.com/pics/misc/homer_drool.gif

[Vodstok]

I know, it really does sound good, doesnt it?

Especially if it is deep fried in butter.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Vodstok
I think that goes along with "Extreme".

Advertising people saw the popularity of extreme sports and decided to capitalize on it. Honestly, do we need "Extreme" color for fucking potato chips?


Another couple of phrases thatdrive me nuts are "low-carb" and "carb-concious". No one gave a shit 5 years ago, now people wont eat food if it has carbohydrates (which is horribly unhealthy, btw). Can you beleive they have low card pasta? what is the fucking point? that's like dehydrated water...


i still say 'decadant' is worse.

decadant is gorging yourself on food and wine at a roman orgy while having sex with men, women and children all at the same time..

not a chocolate chip cookie.

[newb]

mmmmm...chocolate chip cookie

http://turbomirage.phpwebhosting.com/pics/misc/homer_drool.gif

[taylorsmommy]

Originally posted by newb
mmmmm...chocolate chip cookie

http://turbomirage.phpwebhosting.com/pics/misc/homer_drool.gif

By any chance are you hungry, newb?

btw, I'm bummed about Bo! I wanted him to win!

[Vodstok]

Originally posted by urgeok
i still say 'decadant' is worse.

decadant is gorging yourself on food and wine at a roman orgy while having sex with men, women and children all at the same time..

not a chocolate chip cookie. Kind of reminds me of my porn surfing days a few years ago.

"Busty Women"

90% of them were chicks with fake c-cups, and the rest were simply pear shaped overweight women.

Anyway.....

a couple of phrases that always bug the shit out of me, because the people who use them dont seem to come close to understanding what they are trying to say:

Same Difference.


Godammit... there is an annoying phrase like that that an ex used to say all the time and it always annoyed the shit out of me....I cant think of it....

[urgeok]

i hate : 'blah blah blah .... and whatnot'


as soon as you add 'and whatnot' to your sentance your IQ lowers about 50 points

[Iniquity]

6 of one, half dozen of the other?

[Vodstok]

Originally posted by urgeok
i hate : 'blah blah blah .... and whatnot'


as soon as you add 'and whatnot' to your sentance your IQ lowers about 50 points I agree.. i have been giving my wife shit about that....

I dont even know what the fuck that is supposed to mean. It's similar to people using the word "like" when they are not attempting to use a similie..

Especially if they start a sentance with "Like"....

"Like, he was totally, like, looking at me."

Okay... so he wasnt looking at you, but doing something similar to that.....

[urgeok]

when i was a kid ... i always heard it in my head as :



six of one half ...........dozen of the other.

i never understood it till i was about 20

[Vodstok]

I had never even heard that one until i was about 22.


One that drives my dad insane is "No Brainer". Im not sure why, but he absolutely hates it.

One that i am not sure if it is just a New England thing, but people saying "Jeezum Crow" rather than Jesus Christ. So what if it's Blasphemous? I seriously doubt god is worried about a little blasphemy when his servants are fucking little kids and then covering it up.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Vodstok
I had never even heard that one until i was about 22.


One that drives my dad insane is "No Brainer". Im not sure why, but he absolutely hates it.



i guess if someone saw your dad struggling with something for hours and along comes someone who mentions it as being a 'no brainer' that might be apt cause to hate the phrase :)

[Vodstok]

Actually, i think he would just tell them to eat shit.

Someother things i hate:
People using the word "Dude" too often. i can handle some dude, but someone who calls everyone, including women, dude, needs to be shot.

[newb]

Originally posted by taylorsmommy
By any chance are you hungry, newb?

btw, I'm bummed about Bo! I wanted him to win!

Not anymore......I just had some greasy assed pizza for lunch.






Me too, but I guessed Carrie was gonna win.

[Vodstok]

GAHH!!

I just heard the two geniuses i work with say "PIN Number" several times in a row.... Fucking ignorant new hampshire redneck assholes.....

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Vodstok
Actually, i think he would just tell them to eat shit.

Someother things i hate:
People using the word "Dude" too often. i can handle some dude, but someone who calls everyone, including women, dude, needs to be shot.

i've never said dude.


i do say baby every now and then..

[Vodstok]

"My Bad":mad: :mad: :mad:


fucking hate it.


"Baby" does kind of bug me. Ive never used that one. My sister in law uses that with her boyfreinds like it's their name.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Vodstok
"My Bad":mad: :mad: :mad:


fucking hate it.


"Baby" does kind of bug me. Ive never used that one. My sister in law uses that with her boyfreinds like it's their name.


i've never used it to a girl ...

more like in ,,,


'you'd better believe it baby'

(in a rat-pack kind of way)

like the way 'brother' was used in the 40's .. before it became a thing black guys would say ..

[newb]

I'm guilty of saying "dude" once in a while.:(

[Vodstok]

Dude is okay in moderation.

"hey, dude."

"Dude?"

"Dude, that sucks."

all acceptable.


when they use "dude" instead of your name on a regular basis, that is bad.


A habit i cant stand, people who use "You know" like a punctuation mark....

[urgeok]

Originally posted by newb
I'm guilty of saying "dude" once in a while.:(


its weirder when girls say it ..

i worked with a south asian girl once (devistatingly beautiful) and she said it all the time .. but with her accent it was kind of cute ..

[newb]

Originally posted by Vodstok
Dude is okay in moderation.

"hey, dude."

"Dude?"

"Dude, that sucks."

all acceptable.


when they use "dude" instead of your name on a regular basis, that is bad.


A habit i cant stand, people who use "You know" like a punctuation mark....

OK....I'm safe, I only say it once in a great while....funny thing is after I say it sometimes I think to myself....self...that sounds kinda stupid.

[Vodstok]

I work with a middle-aged guy from india who uses dude. i fucking love it...

Imagine Apu saying "Hey, dude. i almost fucking had you playing counter strike earlier."

[newb]

"Hey dude...would you like another slushie"







sorry if that came off a bit racist....twas not my intent.

[Vodstok]

i never got to know him quite well enough to know if that would offend him, but i doubt it would. he's really laid back.

a word i am really glad died back in the 80s...

"Rad"

[urgeok]

rad was bitchin'

[ShankS]

wow dudes.. thats real radicle.

[newb]

Going back a bit further...."Groovy" [although Ash almost made this popular again ]....."Can you dig it"...."cool".....that one is still around.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by ShankS
wow dudes.. thats real radicle.

blimey, one thing's for sure guv,
you'll never hear a bloody englishman use any dodgy words,

struth !

[urgeok]

Originally posted by newb
Going back a bit further...."Groovy" [although Ash almost made this popular again ]....."Can you dig it"...."cool".....that one is still around.


the 50's 60's and old school 70's lingo is cool.


and 'cool' has become a very good word with a life of it's own ..
it's transcended 'fly by night' status and will always be with us ..

[ShankS]

I've just reread some of this thread, and what's amusing me most, is most of the stuff you lot hate and moan about, never used to be heard of here... since a lot of the advertising and hollywood uses so much of it in films, Uk culture has taken this all in, and now the kids grow up and use the slang all the time. Now english advertising companies in the Uk have latched onto the idea and now I see english products being sold the 'american' way, your slang you hate so much is become so influencial it 'could' get scary.

[newb]

How about words that have a whole new meaning.
{Again...I'm not trying to be insensitive.}

"Gay" used to mean "happy"
"fag" used to mean cigarette.[ a bit before my time ]

[ShankS]

Originally posted by urgeok
blimey, one thing's for sure guv,
you'll never hear a bloody englishman use any dodgy words,

struth !

lol :D

btw struth is australian slang :p

[urgeok]

Originally posted by ShankS
lol :D

btw struth is australian slang :p

thats weird ..
there was an old python show where graham chapman kept saying it ...

then again they did like to take the piss out of the aussies .


(only UK people use the expression 'take the piss out of')

:D

[newb]

Originally posted by urgeok
the 50's 60's and old school 70's lingo is cool.


and 'cool' has become a very good word with a life of it's own ..
it's transcended 'fly by night' status and will always be with us ..

Great "RUSH" album.

[Vodstok]

Originally posted by ShankS
I've just reread some of this thread, and what's amusing me most, is most of the stuff you lot hate and moan about, never used to be heard of here... since a lot of the advertising and hollywood uses so much of it in films, Uk culture has taken this all in, and now the kids grow up and use the slang all the time. Now english advertising companies in the Uk have latched onto the idea and now I see english products being sold the 'american' way, your slang you hate so much is become so influencial it 'could' get scary. Hey, there are "gangsta" cancadians these days.. Good ol' america, always infuencing the world in a positive and enlightening way...

[urgeok]

Originally posted by newb
How about words that have a whole new meaning.
{Again...I'm not trying to be insensitive.}

"Gay" used to mean "happy"
"fag" used to mean cigarette.[ a bit before my time ]


the word faggot means a bundle of sticks.



i'm always suprised at this day and age the number of people (especially on this forum) that use the expression 'gay' to describe things they dont approve of.

then they say they arent homophobic ...

i think that if you saw a man in a pretty dress wearing lipstick and sitting on another mans lap - and the other man was wearing chaps, cowboy boots and hat, a studded leather choker and no pants .... it might then be appropriate to say 'that looks gay'

other than that - it's a pretty poor use of the word.

[newb]

Originally posted by urgeok


i think that if you saw a man in a pretty dress wearing lipstick and sitting on another mans lap - and the other man was wearing chaps, cowboy boots and hat, a studded leather choker and no pants .... it might then be appropriate to say 'that looks gay'



THAT WAS ONE TIME!......sheesh.


and the dress wasn't even that pretty.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by newb
THAT WAS ONE TIME!......sheesh.


and the dress wasn't even that pretty.


nice cowboy boots, dude :D

[ShankS]

Originally posted by newb
THAT WAS ONE TIME!......sheesh.


and the dress wasn't even that pretty.

thats just sooo gay

[newb]

Ya like my pistols?









word to the wise.....don't google gay cowbay.........*shudder*http://www.metrotimes.com/sb/71561/cowboy.jpg

[ShankS]

Originally posted by newb
Ya like my pistols?









word to the wise.....don't google gay cowbay.........*shudder*

is that the gay version of ebay for cool homo toy equipment ?

[Vodstok]

Using the term "gay" to describe something distasteful is another product of simple minded kids repeating what they hear on tv. Southpark was the first thing to start using it like that, and then, of course, every 14 year old that got to stay up and watch it started saying "gay" for whatever they didnt like.

[newb]

Originally posted by ShankS
thats just sooo gay

Your suppose to spell it"GHEY".

[ShankS]

Originally posted by newb
Your suppose to spell it"GHEY".

oh dude ...sheeesh I forgot teh intehweb lingo :p

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Vodstok
Using the term "gay" to describe something distasteful is another product of simple minded kids repeating what they hear on tv. Southpark was the first thing to start using it like that, and then, of course, every 14 year old that got to stay up and watch it started saying "gay" for whatever they didnt like.


and south park was mocking the people that were saying it ..
they are 4 vile disgusting little kids.


its like andrew dice clay ... i felt bad for him because his act was about mocking a typical italian american prejudiced, homophobic, crude, crass loser.

but the college kids start thinking its for real and next thing you know people are worshiping his character as cool - not a parody.

people in general are too stupid to live

[Vodstok]

Originally posted by newb
Your suppose to spell it"GHEY".

[newb]

Bastard....I'm gonna be watching every thing you type now.;)

[urgeok]

Originally posted by newb
Bastard....I'm gonna be watching every thing you type now.;)

its not worth it - he called me on my spelling earlier - then proceeded to make about a dozen typing/spelling mistakes after that ...
its so easy it isnt even fun :p

[Vodstok]

oh yeah? jsut oyu yrt 2 ctach em smillinpg naythng....

[newb]

Originally posted by urgeok
its not worth it - he called me on my spelling earlier - then proceeded to make about a dozen typing/spelling mistakes after that ...
its so easy it isnt even fun :p


I've noticed that.
That happens to guys with horse-dicks. All the blood flows from their brains to their abnormal appendages.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Vodstok
oh yeah? jsut oyu yrt 2 ctach em smillinpg naythng....

this is the 1st damn thing you've said that i can understand today ....

[urgeok]

Originally posted by newb
I've noticed that.
That happens to guys with horse-dicks. All the blood flows from their brains to their abnormal appendages.

i dont think his blood gets past those huge ears of his :D

[Vodstok]

Originally posted by newb
I've noticed that.
That happens to guys with horse-dicks. All the blood flows from their brains to their abnormal appendages.

Nice... i have newb batting for my big weiner....:)

[newb]

Originally posted by urgeok
i dont think his blood gets past those huge ears of his :D

So than he's an "EARWOK"

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/rockinmule/vodWOK.jpg




been waiting to use this pic again......I'll take what I can get

[Vodstok]

So THEN he's an "earwok"....


:D

[newb]

Originally posted by Vodstok
So THEN he's an "earwok"....


:D



fucker :mad:

[Vodstok]

LOL!......


See why my parents said to me "if you had been our first kid, you still would have been the last..."

[newb]

Yeah.....well.....well.....why don't you go bang your pretty wife with the nice breast!



*I guess i told him.......nobody fucks with the newb*

[urgeok]

Originally posted by newb
Yeah.....well.....well.....why don't you go bang your pretty wife with the nice breast!




is the other one not nice ? :D

[Vodstok]

Yes it is. They are identicle twins. :)

[newb]

DAMN YOU ALL.....I'VE BEEN OUT OF SCHOOL FOR A LOOONG TIME.

[newb]

Isn't breast like geese?
one geese two geese
one breast two breast

[newb]

or is that a flock of breast?

[ShankS]

Originally posted by newb
or is that a flock of breast?

see tatas swf thread.

[urgeok]

c'mon newb ... everyone knows if there's more than one they're called breastesses

[ShankS]

Originally posted by urgeok
c'mon newb ... everyone knows if there's more than one they're called breastesses

thats what they're called when you're drunk.

[ItsAlive75]

Originally posted by ShankS
thats what they're called when you're drunk.

or if you have a serious speech impediment

[Vodstok]

Or if you're David Allen Grier on In Living Color

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Vodstok
Or if you're David Allen Grier on In Living Color

or gary oldman in True Romance

[Vodstok]

Ahh.. good call.

I prefer "Tits", "boobs" or "hooters"

I like "knockers" too. Always makes me think of Terri Garr when she was younger ;)

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Vodstok
Ahh.. good call.

I prefer "Tits", "boobs" or "hooters"

I like "knockers" too. Always makes me think of Terri Garr when she was younger ;)

'What knockers !!!'


'why thank you :)'


funny thing is that she's extremely petite in the chest - she must have been pushing up flesh from all areas for that flick

[Vodstok]

Whatever it was, it sure worked for me when i was 12. :D

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Vodstok
Whatever it was, it sure worked for me when i was 12. :D

it was the accent :)

[Vodstok]

I didnt even know what a "Roll in ze hay" was, but i knew i wanted one.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Vodstok
I didnt even know what a "Roll in ze hay" was, but i knew i wanted one.

it was a dinner bun with dead grass stuck all over it

[Vodstok]

Lol....

[The_Return]

I scare my friends...I say diffrents words constantly.

Lately, it's been "Nifty" and "Toodles" as often as possible....been considering some others...

[ItsAlive75]

I like the phrase, "sour grapes".

[Gren the cake]

ive been watching too much 'ALI G' lately and have been tkaing away H's from words and adding H's to A words

as in....
"ey, avent u eard about the haccident e ad?"
"hactually, no..!"

^_^ me rikey hactually.

anyway. part of the skills with ebonics/slang/whatever is the fact that u can turn it on and off. same with cursing, then again, there are those people that CANT.

i been saying racialism a lot lately. i like that word.

[Marroe]

Originally posted by Vodstok
Okay, if it isnt your first language, i can understand people having a hard time with english. However, i work with way too many people who can't make a proper sentance to save their life, mispronounce words, make up words, and use words that they know are incorrect. examples:

A couple of people in this office say "de-select". Not a word. the word in "unselect". Shit, it's even easier to say..

Some mispronouciations that are rampant:
Expecially
Pacific (specific)
Libary
Nucular


One of my favorites: Irregardless... No matter how many times i tell these people its not a fucking word, they still use it....

Oh, and i love people who use acronyms and dont knwo what they mean. here are a few that drive me nuts:

Our resident moreon pc tech Jim always calls an ethernet card a "NIC Card". Nic means Network Interface Card. So he needs a network interface card card.

Or "PIN Number". This one is all over the place. PIN means "Personal Identification Number". You get the idea.

Some regional things that bug the shit out of me... No offense to newb if this is a Pan-New #England thing, but i hate the way people around here shorten everything. it's like a full word with morre than 2 syllables would overload their brain. So there are no caffeterias, its a "caff". No Mezzanine, it's a "Mez".

Is ground beef "Hamburger"? Nope, Hamburg! That one psisses me off to no end. Dont ask me why. On some level it represents laziness and stupidity (to me anyway) too deep to fathom... It seriously infuriates me.

And then there is the American tendancy to shorten or make an acronym out of everything.

KFC
BK
Micky D's
DQ


Why isnt Wendy's "W"
Subway should be "SW"

fucking ignorant bastards. Full words are just to hard these days i guess. Who knew words liek "Kentucky" and "Fried" (not to mention "chicken"... What an unusual and esoteric word that is...) could be so hard to say...


Last and certainly not least is the acceptability of slang in advertising now. McDonalds is the absolute worst...

"I'm Lovin' It"
"Get a fruit Buzz"
"Yeah, we take 'em"

Jesus... It's liek the marketing companies are hring lazy teenagers to come up with their slogans....

I get why this bugs some people..not me however. I DO know how to speak properly, but I choose to speak comfortably, always have. I say things like "nuthin" "hadda" "gotta"...you get the picture. I just don't care, I say it how it comes out and still am able to sound intelligent and get my point across. But if I ever need to speak properly for a job interview, ect., ect. I am able to do so.

The one thing that you listed the DOES bug me is the PIN number thing...same with VIN number, and ATM machine.....the "M" stands for machine people!!!!!

[ItsAlive75]

I agree on the whole McDonalds thing... "I'm lovin' it". But I also just absolutely HATE McDonald's. They have a commercial with three young adults (one white, one black, one asian of course) and they're all playing golf in the street at night.

Ooh, I'm rebellious, but also mature and safe enough to do this sober and with a wide array of culturally diverse friends! Let's go to Mickie D's, y'all!

[urgeok]

Originally posted by ItsAlive75
Ooh, I'm rebellious, but also mature and safe enough to do this sober and with a wide array of culturally diverse friends! Let's go to Mickie D's, y'all!


Asian guy : 'this vely good game - harrow'

black guy : 'yo - hit that shit and shut the fuck up'

white guy : 'golly gee - we have to play on the street because my dad wont let us walk on the lawn'

[taylorsmommy]

Two of my pet peeves:


"I seen it". No, you didn't - you "saw" it!

I've only heard this in Philly, but it could be elsewhere: pronouncing Charlie as Chahlie. God, that bugs me!

[urgeok]

i ain't got no like for double negatives

[ShankS]

I aint sayin nothing.

[Vodstok]

great one i heard on peoples court today:

i didnt do nothin' nohow.

[DraculaInDallas]

Originally posted by Vodstok
A habit i cant stand, people who use "You know" like a punctuation mark....

That would be the entire NBA and 3/4 of the NFL......I counted 14 "you know's" in one sentence by a basketball player talking on tv after the game......drives me crazy

[Marroe]

haha, I do that....but like I said before, I may speak my own lil way at times, but I still always get my point across and that's all that matters.

[filmmaker2]

I don't like it when people don't speak no good english. I dunna ken! I dunna hooblah! A hoobla goobla! A hammana, a hammana hammana hammana.