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05-27-2005, 06:03 AM
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Poor English
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....
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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..
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05-27-2005, 06:16 AM
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Skillz
Mad Skillz Dawg Gangsta J-Lo P Diddy Puff Daddy Hip Jessica Simpson
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05-27-2005, 06:30 AM
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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...
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05-27-2005, 06:32 AM
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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
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05-27-2005, 06:39 AM
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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....
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05-27-2005, 06:57 AM
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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?
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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
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