wjag Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 :bag: While it is a perfectly legitimate word, I hate "physicality". First time I heard it, I swore it was made up. Looked it up. Alas, it's a good word. Still hate hearing it used. :bag: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 For some reason, people around here leave out the phrase "to be" on an alarmingly regular basis. (Example: "the grass needs mowed" or "the laundry needs done".) It drives me bonkers. What does everyone have against prepositional phrases and Shakespeare? That's all Central Penna., right there. I thankfully avoided marrying into that, umm, let's call it a dialect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarasotaSabre Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 When I go to Buffalo, I've noticed people pronouncing "soda" as "pop". That is not a mispronunciation; those are 2 separate words altogether - the Buffalo dialect almost always refers to "soda" as "pop" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted February 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 :bag: While it is a perfectly legitimate word, I hate "physicality". First time I heard it, I swore it was made up. Looked it up. Alas, it's a good word. Still hate hearing it used. :bag: It is, without a doubt, my least favorite word in the English language. There are so many better choices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarasotaSabre Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Pronouncing sneakers "tennis shoes". Again, not a mispronunciation; a really bad regional (Southern) term for athletic shoes.... UGHHHH - can't stand this one !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 It is, without a doubt, my least favorite word in the English language. There are so many better choices. What's worse is when someone says, "..he plays real(ly) physical." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 That is not a mispronunciation; those are 2 separate words altogether - the Buffalo dialect almost always refers to "soda" as "pop" Again, not a mispronunciation; a really bad regional (Southern) term for athletic shoes.... UGHHHH - can't stand this one !! Equally horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 You better AXE somebody!!! :thumbdown: Sewriously, even some whities I've ran into are using this; disgrasefull...... Actually Axe is antiquated - it came before "ask" - not a corruption of Ask. Americans still say "gotten" as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biodork Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 That's all Central Penna., right there. I thankfully avoided marrying into that, umm, let's call it a dialect. lol Another one I'd never heard until we moved here: people (not everyone) pronouncing the word "color" as "keller". WTF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 lol Another one I'd never heard until we moved here: people (not everyone) pronouncing the word "color" as "keller". WTF? That one's new. I guess she was only so Pennsylvanian. Seriously, though, the "English" spoken in this certain swath of America that spans parts of Penna., West Va., Ohio, and Ky., is as scary as anything I've ever heard anywhere else. Yes, I have been to the Deep South. Several times. I've also been to Wales. This is worse than each of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 That one's new. I guess she was only so Pennsylvanian. Seriously, though, the "English" spoken in this certain swath of America that spans parts of Penna., West Va., Ohio, and Ky., is as scary as anything I've ever heard anywhere else. Yes, I have been to the Deep South. Several times. I've also been to Wales. This is worse than each of those. I have a friend from outside Swansea. It's fun listening to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 I have a friend from outside Swansea. It's fun listening to him. I've got a friend from freaking Glasgow, and he makes more sense than some people from the area I described. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 I've got a friend from freaking Glasgow, and he makes more sense than some people from the area I described. I shared an office with a Glasweegan. I think my comprehension went from 5 to 20% in 3 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biodork Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 I shared an office with a Glasweegan. I think my comprehension went from 5 to 20% in 3 years. Is that a real word? Sounds like a German car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 I shared an office with a Glasweegan. I think my comprehension went from 5 to 20% in 3 years. Glaswegian. Since we're in this thread, and all. Their speech is all kinds of messed up. It's like someone sews their cheeks together at birth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmwolf21 Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 STOP USING "OF" INSTEAD OF "HAVE" !!!! If I see one more person post something like, "Connolly should OF gotten back in time", I'm gonna..... I'm gonna........ *head explodes* :death: This is my number one pet peeve on message boards and the interwebs. I can only assume that a contraction of should/could/would and have (should've/would've/could've) is to blame for all the Should Of/Could Of/Would Of misuse, but that is still no excuse. It really galls me to see how bad the day to day mangling of the English language by people with whom I went to school. Reading their emails and Facebook posts makes me :wallbash:. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korab rules Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Now that we are all attuned to grammar and spelling again, stay out of the game day thread. It will make your eyes bleed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffalOhio Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Orient vs. Orientation. You can orient your furniture in a certain direction, but you can't orientate it. You can be disoriented, but not disorientated. Very annoying. Laxadaisical, too. Pffffftt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffalOhio Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 This is my number one pet peeve on message boards and the interwebs. I can only assume that a contraction of should/could/would and have (should've/would've/could've) is to blame for all the Should Of/Could Of/Would Of misuse, but that is still no excuse. It really galls me to see how bad the day to day mangling of the English language by people with whom I went to school. Reading their emails and Facebook posts makes me :wallbash:. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 best thread ever? best thread ever. go sabres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biodork Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Orient vs. Orientation. You can orient your furniture in a certain direction, but you can't orientate it. You can be disoriented, but not disorientated. Very annoying. Laxadaisical, too. Pffffftt! lol forgot about that one - definitely annoying. Reminds me of a similar word that drives my friend crazy when used improperly: she can't stand when people refer to Asians as Orientals. Her patent response is "I'm not a f*cking rug!!!" Another one I thought of last night, and possible one of the most commonly and annoying misused: Pennsylvania Dutch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Orient vs. Orientation. You can orient your furniture in a certain direction, but you can't orientate it. You can be disoriented, but not disorientated. Very annoying. Laxadaisical, too. Pffffftt! Orientate just doesn't sound right. It's like nails on a chalkboard to me.. 'let me orientate you to the .... ' Grrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 What about Feb-you-ary vs. Feb-roo-ary? Nassau sent another shuttle up today. Many fans gathered at NASA Coliseum to watch the launch on a big screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Seen I seen it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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