Grammarians UNITE!

[waynesgarden]

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IGIAALAIDGOOH.

("I guess it's alright as long as it doesn't get out of hand.")

Wayne

 

[greyfields]

Food gets done, people get finished.

 

[Mahonri]

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Well I'll say this, "I never apologize. I'm sorry, but that's just the way I am"

 

[Mahonri]

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Yeah and if'n you don't make it to the bathroom in time, Urine trouble!

 

[crtrlovr]

I have WHAT in my yard? :

I have seen students use text speak in academic papers! I tell them I am tempted to fail the whole paper for one ur.

My mother was an English teacher who used to get aggravated over nausea. Nauseous versus nauseated. Forty years ago the official definition of Nauseous was a thing which made you feel nauseated. When people would say, "I feel nauseous." My mother would say, "Your english is nauseating, but you don't look nauseous to me." Which of course, would prompt them to expound on their feelings not having any real idea what she said.

Finally, when I was in college the definition in Webster's changed to include the common misuse as an acceptable use of nauseous. My mother was horrified. She never accepted her defeat.

I don't blame your mom; I still haven't accepted Webster's new, expanded definition. To me, it is still thusly: if you're feeling sick, you're nauseated. If you're nauseous, you make OTHER people sick.

 

[Mahonri]

Aarghh!

Catsup, Ketchup... What's the dif?

 

[greyfields]

What if pentagenarians were to unite?

 

[crtrlovr]

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Sounds like a friend of mine here in western KY. The accent really does play tricks with people sometimes. For instance, when she is tired, she expresses this feeling by saying the following (phonetically presented) -- "I'm tarred". I have to bite my tongue to keep from asking, "and feathered?" ...

 

[Mahonri]

Mayonaise: Mayonaise a bunch ov crazy people on here tonight.

 

[crtrlovr]

I MUST add this one: I detest hearing "nuclear" mispronounced. It is more common to hear it pronounced incorrectly than correctly here in the U.S. From presidents to professors, reporters to retirees... once and for all, the word is pronounced NEW KLEE UR ,
NOT NEW CUE LAR !!! Got it? GOOD!