Irritating use of English

[tikeptye]

Hey, I be not an Englishist, I use elipses incorrectly as camoflouge, and proper use of commas has always eluded me but I do know some things that are definitely wrong. Two things I have been seeing lately:
I could care less
could of
1. Though it's not incorrect in itself I often hear people saying I could care less to indicate that they do not care. To say that one could care less indicates that one actually cares to some degree. Compare that with I couldn't care less where the level of concern is so low that there is nothing below it. Unless those uttering I could care less are speaking sarcastically and assuming their meaning is understood (I could care less...[but of course I actually dont.]) there is a more effective way to convey the meaning they intend


2.Could've is a contraction of the words could and have. Plugging in any of these uses it is easy to see use of of makes no sense at all.
Derived or coming from; originating at or from: customs of the South. Caused by; resulting from: a death of tuberculosis.
Away from; at a distance from: a mile east of here.
So as to be separated or relieved from: robbed of one's dignity; cured of distemper.
From the total or group comprising: give of one's time; two of my friends; most of the cases.
Composed or made from: a dress of silk.
Associated with or adhering to: people of your religion.
Belonging or connected to: the rungs of a ladder.
--[list:33f498ac10] Possessing; having: a person of honor.
On one's part: very nice of you.
Containing or carrying: a basket of groceries.
Specified as; named or called: a depth of ten feet; the Garden of Eden.
Centering on; directed toward: a love of horses.
Produced by; issuing from: products of the vine.
Characterized or identified by: a year of famine.
-- With reference to; about: think highly of her proposals; will speak of it later.
In respect to: slow of speech.
Set aside for; taken up by: a day of rest.
Before; until: five minutes of two.
During or on a specified time: of recent years.
By: beloved of the family.
Used to indicate an appositive: that idiot of a driver.
Archaic. On: “A plague of all cowards, I say” (Shakespeare).[/list:o:33f498ac10]

[MH]

You could of posted something better than this.

[tikeptye]

You could of posted something better than this.How did you think have such a clever response?

[Briesias]

You could of posted something better than this.How did you think have such a clever response?

zer gut!

[Hit Man]

irregardless. doesn't exist.

[Limejello]

irregardless. doesn't exist.

god i hate that.


ovious isn't a word, either.

[MH]

I used the word "understandment" for a very long time. I didn't get informed that it wasn't real until senior year.

[Limejello]

I used the word "understandment" for a very long time. I didn't get informed that it wasn't real until senior year.lol.


i know now sheRRRRbert is accepted. but that's just because no one figured out that it was SHERBeT.


i don't like when dictionaries kowtow to idiots by changing the pronunciation! like saying febuuuuuuuary, instead of february but now it's either. :roll:

[Moi]

That looks like too much to read. I'll assume it's witty and full of fascinating facts!

[MH]

That looks like too much to read. I'll assume it's witty and full of fascinating facts!

did someone say something?

huh?

[Moi]

That looks like too much to read. I'll assume it's witty and full of fascinating facts!

did someone say something?

huh? :roll: How clever

[Limejello]

That looks like too much to read. I'll assume it's witty and full of fascinating facts!

did someone say something?

huh?wth? i think she was talking about the first long dumb yeti post. i didn't read it either. wanna snap at me too?

[Hit Man]

untold instead of untolled when referring to numbers. "untold numbers of civilians were killed." i hate that.

[Limejello]

i've noticed people around this part of the country are prone to say greazzzzzy, instead of greasy. and wersh instead of wash.

wersh that greaze.

[MH]

That looks like too much to read. I'll assume it's witty and full of fascinating facts!

did someone say something?

huh?wth? i think she was talking about the first long dumb yeti post. i didn't read it either. wanna snap at me too?

Joke people. Take a chill pill. :roll:

[Limejello]

That looks like too much to read. I'll assume it's witty and full of fascinating facts!

did someone say something?

huh?wth? i think she was talking about the first long dumb yeti post. i didn't read it either. wanna snap at me too?

Joke people. Take a chill pill. :roll:

i wanna' take 3. cause i'm crazzzzzzy like that.

[Kilgore Trout]

I've got one. It's something that my husband says. He claims it's simply part of his London dialect, but I'm not buying it. He says "bought" instead of "brought". As in "I bought a pad of paper with me so I could take notes".

[EvilClam]

I hate it when people say 'irregardless'. It is not a real goddamn word.

[ikeptyet]

Case and point used like Set and Match to declare ultimate victory is case in point of language perversion.

[L-E]

untold instead of untolled when referring to numbers. "untold numbers of civilians were killed." i hate that.
Since "untold" is correct, and "untolled" is not, you might wish to reconsider your position.

un·told
adj.

1. Not told or revealed: untold secrets.
2. Beyond description or enumeration: untold suffering.

or, untold numbers of civilians were killed. (beyond enumeration).

[L-E]

Whoever decided to make "disconnect" a noun really needs to be shot. It used to be a transitive verb; the corresponding noun was "disconnection." Now some fucktard decides it's a noun and all these idiot sheep can't stop saying this latest buzzword that shouldn’t even exist.

Also people who never mastered the past tense in early primary school and say "I use to go to that club," or "You are suppose to wait your turn." This is really basic stuff, people.

[cokaholic]

irregardless. doesn't exist.

god i hate that.


ovious isn't a word, either.

do you mean obvious?

[ikeptyet]

I once read that the word incorrect is never spelled correctly. It took me a moment to realize that it's true.

[Limejello]

irregardless. doesn't exist.

god i hate that.


ovious isn't a word, either.

do you mean obvious? i thought that was ovious.


yuk yuk yuk snort snort snort :wink:

[apotheosis]

It's all part of the stragegery.

[Gemini]

I think it's dumb when Americans say that something "needs fixed" .
Also when they turned 'medal' into a verb for olympic coverage.

[Judge Ballsack]

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[Briesias]

Rules are great, but rules are made to be broken. If a person genuinely doesn't know these rules, then that's sad not irritating.

What is however, is when someone 'corrects' you when they are wrong or don't understand what you're trying to do.

I entitled a thread "Last nite" once, after the Strokes song, someone replied "ugh, it's 'n- i -g- h- t' and added an ':roll:' ". for good measure...

I speak/write British English, but I'm 'talented' see, cos I can also handle 'American English'. Sadly the converse 'skill' is difficult to master for some, as I get people telling me it's Jewellry, not Jewellery, or color not colour, um yeah ok.

[cokaholic]

It's all part of the stragegery.

staposedly

[Limejello]

i have prostrate cancer.

get it out of the frigerator.

[Maya!]

When people say "for all intensive purposes"


Its

"for all intents and purposes"

[Limejello]

When people say "for all intensive purposes"


Its

"for all intents and purposes"LOL people say that ALL the time! even on the news. i'll be watching some yahoo on fox and bam! they pull that out!

i've used this link at other sites. i love it! http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html

i printed it off for one of the 5th grade teachers at the old school when they told my kid they were mispronouncing the word 'coupon'. i told them they were incorrect, my kid was right, and handed them the print out the next day :wink: ahh, mo. teachers. yea.

[Tom Swift]

untold instead of untolled when referring to numbers. "untold numbers of civilians were killed." i hate that.
Since "untold" is correct, and "untolled" is not, you might wish to reconsider your position.

un·told
adj.

1. Not told or revealed: untold secrets.
2. Beyond description or enumeration: untold suffering.

or, untold numbers of civilians were killed. (beyond enumeration).

LOL!


edit:

When I say, "How are you doing?"

And they respond, "I'm doing good" or even just "good."

:x

[R.O.S.I.E]

My pet peeve is definitely the 'I could care less.' I read it in novels everywhere. It's 'I couldn't care less' damnit!

[baindegael]

I think it's dumb when Americans say that something "needs fixed" .
Also when they turned 'medal' into a verb for olympic coverage.

That's a regional thing actually, Ohio, Western PA and West Va, I find it annoying...

I hate when people say supposably rather than supposedly... and when a person says supposably, they seem to say it an awful lot!

[R.O.S.I.E]

And when people write definately instead of definitely.

[mxtine]

most people are retards and that's why they can't speak or spell correctly.

I speak/write British English, but I'm 'talented' see, cos I can also handle 'American English'. Sadly the converse 'skill' is difficult to master for some, as I get people telling me it's Jewellry, not Jewellery, or color not colour, um yeah ok.aww we're just eliminating superfluous letters. :P

[sillyme]

Misuse of apostrophes has got to be the worst offence.

I know that it's technically correct, but I hate it when I see men and women referred to as males and females. Something about that just rankles me when I hear someone say 'as a female...' or 'he's a typical male'.

I wonder why that is?

[Juice Wearing Tights]

I hate those that cannot use you're and your correctly.

You're is the contraction meaning you are; while your is a possessive pronoun.

And their, there, they're

Their = possessive pronoun and adjective.
There = adverb, pronoun, interjection, noun
They're = Contraction meaning they are

[wellx3haha]

So I pretty much love you for posting this. Haha, you know what else annoys me, when people type/write "grammer" when it's really "grammar" or when people say "ain't", it makes me want to go on a killing spree. =]

[tikeptye]

And when people write definately instead of definitely.This one is a big gigantic fucking mystery because it's so pervasive in various forums, boards, and comments, while there is no rationl reason to make the particualr mistake in the first place. It doesn't sound like it's spelled that way...
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[EvilClam]

I think it's dumb when Americans say that something "needs fixed".
I've never heard anyone say that (and I'm from the States). It's always "needs to be fixed".

[Gemini]

I think it's dumb when Americans say that something "needs fixed".
I've never heard anyone say that (and I'm from the States). It's always "needs to be fixed".


My ex-gf in arizona use to say stuff like "my brakes need fixed" and the other day my transplanted neighbor said her front steps need fixed.
Prolly a localized thing.
Everyone says canadians say 'aboot' but i've never ever heard it.

[slepa]

I know that taking part in a discussion is about having a thought and share it the way it can be understood. English is not my mother language, so I'm afraid I can't avoid mistakes. As I don't use English every day I forget how some words are spelled.
What do you suggest? Sholud I only read, and keep my hands off the keyboard. Or I can write something from time to time, knowing I might be very irritating? :lol:

Got all my dictionaries here and it will take me ages to write anything now.

[ikeptyet]

I know that taking part in a discussion is about having a thought and share it the way it can be understood. English is not my mother language, so I'm afraid I can't avoid mistakes. As I don't use English every day I forget how some words are spelled.
What do you suggest? Sholud I only read, and keep my hands off the keyboard. Or I can write something from time to time, knowing I might be very irritating? :lol:

Got all my dictionaries here and it will take me ages to write anything now.leper not lepa

[slepa]

ślepa not leper :)

[jethro]

My mother-in-law calls horses "hosses", and says "get off'n that".

[Layla]

a co-worker of mine says stuff like "mill" instead of meal or "rilly" instead of really. i always correct her and she HATES it. :lol: but its drives me mad...

[thebaldwin]

this may be my new favourite thread.

[tikeptye]

What's the correct pronunciation:

Orange Ornj'
Ahr'-inj

[thebaldwin]

Or-anj

[tikeptye]

vowel sound identical or not?

CAT
HAND

[Juice Wearing Tights]

i hate it when native spanish speakers say things like "sangwich," "Candies" when speaking of a singular candy, "Jello" instead of yellow.

[BizBoy]

brung

*i cringed typing that*

[Juice Wearing Tights]

Fin-da.

Alot of my southern cousins/ freind uses Fin-da or finna.

"I'm finna go to the store"

what the fuck is a finda/finna?

I just want to scoop their eye out with melon balls then beat them with their limbs.

[SouthernBella07]

i hate it when native spanish speakers say things like "sangwich," "Candies" when speaking of a singular candy, "Jello" instead of yellow.

after winning a game " I won her"

I sat down in the "share" instead of chair.

[Tom Swift]

Well I see that this thread has now become less about grammar and more about making fun of people for the fact that in thier native tounge they never developed the motor skills needed to pronounce certain sounds.

[Kilgore Trout]

Well I see that this thread has now become less about grammar and more about making fun of people for the fact that in thier native tounge they never developed the motor skills needed to pronounce certain sounds.

That doesn't suprise me, surely it shouldn't surprise you ..

[Tom Swift]

Well I see that this thread has now become less about grammar and more about making fun of people for the fact that in thier native tounge they never developed the motor skills needed to pronounce certain sounds.

That doesn't suprise me, surely it shouldn't surprise you ..

Nothing here really suprises me anymore. I want a suprise, dammit!

[Kilgore Trout]

Well I see that this thread has now become less about grammar and more about making fun of people for the fact that in thier native tounge they never developed the motor skills needed to pronounce certain sounds.

That doesn't suprise me, surely it shouldn't surprise you ..

Nothing here really suprises me anymore. I want a suprise, dammit!

I love you and what to have your demon babies.

Is that surprising?

[skitzodee]

could of

YES! this irritates me BEYOND belief. I could of done it, I would of done it, he should of done it. OMFG.

[skitzodee]

When I say, "How are you doing?"

And they respond, "I'm doing good" or even just "good."

:x

that is probably one of the worst things. my friends have started saying it, they get it from the TV. i almost always correct people when they do say it, and then i come across as an ass.

i always say "i'm fine, thanks" or "i'm doing well"

[Kilgore Trout]

When I say, "How are you doing?"

And they respond, "I'm doing good" or even just "good."

:x

that is probably one of the worst things. my friends have started saying it, they get it from the TV. i almost always correct people when they do say it, and then i come across as an ass.

i always say "i'm fine, thanks" or "i'm doing well"

I usually say that "I'm rocking, thanks!" ... but I'm a little odd in that way.

[thebaldwin]

When I say, "How are you doing?"

And they respond, "I'm doing good" or even just "good."

:x

that is probably one of the worst things. my friends have started saying it, they get it from the TV. i almost always correct people when they do say it, and then i come across as an ass.

i always say "i'm fine, thanks" or "i'm doing well"

only superheroes and charity workers can answer "I'm doing good".

[Kilgore Trout]

When I say, "How are you doing?"

And they respond, "I'm doing good" or even just "good."

:x

that is probably one of the worst things. my friends have started saying it, they get it from the TV. i almost always correct people when they do say it, and then i come across as an ass.

i always say "i'm fine, thanks" or "i'm doing well"

only superheroes and charity workers can answer "I'm doing good".

But you can never find a superhero when you need one.

[Tom Swift]

Well I see that this thread has now become less about grammar and more about making fun of people for the fact that in thier native tounge they never developed the motor skills needed to pronounce certain sounds.

That doesn't suprise me, surely it shouldn't surprise you ..

Nothing here really suprises me anymore. I want a suprise, dammit!

I love you and what to have your demon babies.

Is that surprising?

No. I have always imagined that you would be dynamite in the sack.

[Tom Swift]

When I say, "How are you doing?"

And they respond, "I'm doing good" or even just "good."

:x

that is probably one of the worst things. my friends have started saying it, they get it from the TV. i almost always correct people when they do say it, and then i come across as an ass.

i always say "i'm fine, thanks" or "i'm doing well"

only superheroes and charity workers can answer "I'm doing good".

But you can never find a superhero when you need one.

Turning on the bat signal always helps.

[Kilgore Trout]

Well I see that this thread has now become less about grammar and more about making fun of people for the fact that in thier native tounge they never developed the motor skills needed to pronounce certain sounds.

That doesn't suprise me, surely it shouldn't surprise you ..

Nothing here really suprises me anymore. I want a suprise, dammit!

I love you and what to have your demon babies.

Is that surprising?

No. I have always imagined that you would be dynamite in the sack.

Only my husband and 7 other guys know for sure ...

[Kilgore Trout]

When I say, "How are you doing?"

And they respond, "I'm doing good" or even just "good."

:x

that is probably one of the worst things. my friends have started saying it, they get it from the TV. i almost always correct people when they do say it, and then i come across as an ass.

i always say "i'm fine, thanks" or "i'm doing well"

only superheroes and charity workers can answer "I'm doing good".

But you can never find a superhero when you need one.

Turning on the bat signal always helps.

I knew I was doing something wrong.

[Bmstile]

people here in Northeast PA say "hayna"...I'm still not quite sure what it means, i think its a variation of "Isnt it" or "aint it".

"thats where you go to school, hayna?"

[Kilgore Trout]

people here in Northeast PA say "hayna"...I'm still not quite sure what it means, i think its a variation of "Isnt it" or "aint it".

"thats where you go to school, hayna?"

I live in Pittsburgh for a while. I could not get used to "you'uns" ...

[skitzodee]

in south africa if someone asks how you are, we usually say "no, i'm fine". it's this negative / positive thing, that everyone says & don't even notice. until foreigners point out how weird it is.

ja well no fine.

[slepa]

I got some bad habits learning English and it took me a while to get rid of them.
For example:
"I'm imaginating"
"in comparisment"
plural for child - "childrens"

One summer holidays I worked as a waitress. Once I asked my boss for my tits instead of tips. But that didn't happen much. :)

Actually I find English easier, than many other languages...

[shanana]

dan brown novels. like, lol!

[salsera]

snob

[ptyetike]

inability to distinguish among empathy, sympathy, and pity. Here is an empatyh/sympathy explanation:Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993.

empathetic, sympathetic (adjs.), empathize, sympathize (vv.), empathy, sympathy (nn.)


These related pairs make essentially similar distinctions: empathy is the imaginative putting of yourself in others’ shoes, being able to identify with their feelings; sympathy involves supporting or at least understanding the plight of others. You can be sympathetic without necessarily being empathetic; sympathy may require only pity, whereas empathy would require first your imagined identification with the sufferer and might not require sympathy as well. You are empathetic [sympathetic] with [not for] someone; you show or feel or have empathy [sympathy] for [not with] someone; you are in sympathy [not empathy] with [not for] someone; and you empathize [sympathize] with [not for] someone. All these are idiomatic and Standard.

[Thib]

irregardless. doesn't exist.


Believe it or not, it actually does. It appears in several dictionaries.

[Thib]

I hate it when people say 'irregardless'. It is not a real goddamn word.

See above.

EDIT: From Webster's dictionary:

"Irregardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that "there is no such word." There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance."