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So, I just got an email from a co-worker, and she misused the word "mute." As in, "it's a mute point" instead of "it's a moot point." It just made me laugh, and I had to share with someone! Anyone else have a few good ones?
Another one of my favorites is, "we have a whole 'nother problem..." 'Nother isn't a word!!!
Ahhh that would drive me nuts! That makes me think of Joey from Friends "It's a moo point'
Maybe she MEANT it to sound like 'moot' but she didn't know how to spell it..?
Also, 'nother is an enunciation issue. I know sometimes I'm too lazy to say a word properly so at least one letter gets ignored lol.
For instance "I'm 'onna be over here for a minute". Clearly, what I meant was "I'm going to, or 'gonna' be over here..." but my okie came out and...well.... you know.
Not really related, but my boss pronounces things differently. When she says "huge" or anything like that, she leaves off the h, so it sounds like "uge."
Haha, that's hilarious! But frustrating, too.
There a couple of sadly common one that get to me:
"common" instead of "come on"
people who mix up there, their, and they're
ya instead of yeah.
(I'm not uptight, I swear! They just... bother me sometimes.)
okqueenbee - definitely! I know what she was trying to say, but a chuckle came out and I couldn't help myself! I'm sure I do these things all the time as well!
My boss uses a word that isn't a word. Irregardless. Like, every other sentence. And I want to tell him that it's not a word, but I don't have the heart to!
@Lindsay - YES! Has anyone ever seen that Family Guy episode where Brian tells Stuey to say Cool Whip, and he pronounces the H in Whip? It makes me think of the people who leave the H off of huge.
It's a moo point. Ahhh Friends, so funny.
I hate it when I hear people say "Can I axe you a question?". No you can ASK me a question if you'd like though, there's no X in ask.
No X is "espresso" either!
It's not "expresso" it's "espresso."
I know this isn't in speaking but whenever I hear a song with 'you' that sounds like 'choo' I cringe. My music teacher would never stand for that!
I HATE "supposably" and the confusion between "whose" and "who's" and "to" and "too".... the list goes on...
lol. I think it about how people say things. Like "I am about to go over their". lol You mean "there". lol
Ohhhhhh, I have one!
My friend sent an email to a not-so-friendly person and my friend wrote, "it's your loss, not mine."
This other lady quickly replies and "corrects" my friend and she said that it should be "it's your lost, not mine".
Uhmm yeah, thanks for the correction, dear :)
LOL so true lilyfaith! Ooh and people who use don't instead of doesn't. "He don't care." Nope, he doesn't. You're absolutely correct.
There are a few that drive me nuts.
When people pronounce especially "expecially"
Also, when people don't know the difference between there, their, and they're! I see this a lot on facebook and I always want to correct them, but I know it will just make me look like B so I just cringe to myself :)
I hear a lot of people actually pronounce "ya" like it looks ('yɑ' if anyone else has taken a class that made you learn basic phonetic script, haha...I'm hoping I remember that correctly), instead of "yeah", so that one doesn't surprise me as a spelling.
My boss gives me things to scan almost daily with a note that says: "please scan and then disgard". Um, it's disCard, bossman.
"Must of" is a HUGE pet peeve of mine. Like, "I must of left that at home."
Must HAVE!!!
I also really really really hate it when people use crazy texting short forms in other areas of their life. I had a vendor once reply to an email with something along the lines of "talk 2 u later". No you won't. I don't want to spend 10 minutes decoding your email or facebook message. Just type like a normal person, how much time are you really saving?!
haha, you girls are like my soulmates! All of these drive me crazy!
I think the "a whole nother" thing started out with people casually trying to insert an adjective in the middle of "another" to make it more meaningful... like "fan-freaking-tastic," you know what I mean?
Irregardless, I think it's stupid to say, too. ;)
Is anyone else reading over what the wrote 5 times before posting on this topic? I'm paranoid now!!!
I used to have a friend who said "yuge" instead of "huge". She was from Ohio and said that's how they do it there! Only person I EVER met who said that (and I'm 49).
I hate "I could care less"! It's "I COULDN'T care less"! "I couldn't care less" means you don't care. If you COULD care less, you do care... at least a little bit! Otherwise how could you care less than you do right now?
@bakerella: I don't mnd it when people do it in texts. I even do it myself if I have a lot to say and only want to send one text! What I hate is when people write like that in emails or in forum posts!
Which reminds me, I also hate the whole "catspeak" thing... like on www.icanhascheezburger.com! Only visit that website if you're brave, or masochistic. :)
I haven't read any of your comments yet so some of these might be repeats.
I'm sure I'll think of more. I'm so anal about this kind of stuff.
When I'm blogging, I sometimes say "a whole 'nuther" but I think that by spelling it that way, my readers can tell that I'm doing it for fun and that I don't really think it's correct.
My SIL is the worst speller ever. Reading her FB posts is painful. And my brother insists on correcting her by commenting on the posts. He's quite a jerk about it! But some of her stuff that KILLS me:
ares instead of ours
to, two, and too
their, there, and they're
gose instead of goes
loose vs. lose
"had seen" instead "have seen"
hole vs. whole
Many more, but those are the ones she uses ALL THE TIME.
Also I have a friend who always bolds everything. It's so freaking annoying!(ALMOST AS ANNOYING AS THE FRIEND WHO CAPITALIZES EVERYTHING...)(oR THIS ONE FRIEND. wHO FORGETS THE caps LOCK IS ON...)
@little miss mango: Maybe when people say 'a whole nother thing' they mean 'a whole other thing'. Not sure if that really makes sense either though.
@MightySapphire: Or the PeoplE who Spelz like DIS! (I can't even do it right but they somehow mix lowercase and capital letters and numbers in a big mess of confusion).
@danadelphia: "should OF", "nucular"!!! Yes, how could I forget those! Ugh... just write "should've" and make it a proper contraction. :)
I have a friend that always says "mines" instead of "mine"
Me- "I got mine at CVS"
Friend- "I got mines at the Target"
Did you not just hear me say it the correct way??? Or do you think you're correcting me??
There is a habit I have noticed since I've moved to DC that drives me nuts. It's saying "on today, "on yesterday." As in, "Here the minutes to the meeting we had on yesterday." "How can I help you on today?" UGH drives me nuts! But soooooo many people do it here.
Haha I have seen people spell worse than the cats! You see it on lamebook sometimes and just looking at it makes me head explode.
Here in Cali people refer to highways as "the 101" or "the 805." It drives me NUTS. I catch myself saying it sometimes and I immediately correct myself. It is "I-805" damnit!!
I can't stand when people say interchange borrow and lend. Like "I'll borrow you that movie". I also can't stand when people mix up learned and taught. If you are the teacher then you taught something and if you received new information then you learned something!
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