Utah Bob #35998 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 It’s not a word. Nor is Assessory. I even head a “reporter” say a local businessman was very SUSSESSFUL! Arrgggh! And while we’re at it, are and our are not interchangeable. Except maybe in Alabama. I could go on. But I won’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 I cringe when I hear congradulations and febuary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Don't even get me started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 .......... you been watching the news again Uncle Bob ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted October 20, 2022 Author Share Posted October 20, 2022 11 minutes ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said: .......... you been watching the news again Uncle Bob ?? The dang internet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 I won't axe you how you really feel about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 I agree. The mispronunciation of words by a kid is totally understandable. The mispronunciation of words by an adult, especially an adult that makes their living using words to convey information? Stupid, lazy, irresponsible, ignorant and a few others I won’t convey here. “Nuculer” is another word that when I hear it I cringe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 The dawyers lost!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozark Huckleberry Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 I share a lot of the same thoughts about how English is treated, but then I suppose it isn’t a whole lot different than the regional variations of English we’ve all grown up with. Droppin’ ‘G’s, dra-a-a-wing out vowels — y’all gotta keep in mind, spoken English is sometimes a ‘lowest-common-denominator language. Not much different, I suppose, than how folks in England look at how we speak it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 I’ve recently locked in on two items that really annoy me. One is also found in written word and it nearly drives me to distraction. The first is when people pronounce words that have the consonant “D” in them, anywhere except at the beginning. Two local newscasters, (I won’t call them journalists) will invariably pronounce these words with a “T” sound instead of the “D” that belongs there. Deadly, because they’re always using that word to describe shootings or car crashes or fires, comes to mind. They say det lee instead. The other is showing up more and more both spoken and written. The proper wording is “should have” or the contraction “should’ve”, but so many, supposedly educated people, are saying and even writing “should of”!! The word “of” is a possessive! Of what?? And people are writing it in communication and correspondence!! (teeth grinding in frustration) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Joker Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Their there Bob. It'll be ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 It's thaya weren't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Joker Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 They'res to too's in twotwo ain't their Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 I dislike the extra R. I listened to myself one day and heard that I was saying WARSHINGTON, and I knew there was not an r in that word. It took me about 3 years before I could say it without having to think about it. But I know people that have idears (and I'm sure there are other words they stick the extra R in, but I can't think of any at the moment). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 A lot of folks around here have relatives they call Arnts or Ants. I'm an ass, typically ask them " they aren't what"? Or try Raid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 15 minutes ago, Texas Joker said: They'res to too's in twotwo ain't their And she was wearing a tutu on the tutu twain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyatt Earp SASS#1628L Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 I'm still looking for an ambidextrious safety for my AR. Seems like most all of the YouTube gunsperts have em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 36 minutes ago, Eyesa Horg said: A lot of folks around here have relatives they call Arnts or Ants. I'm an ass, typically ask them " they aren't what"? Or try Raid. In my family and I the area where I grew up we call Aunts pronounced like “Ants”, not “Onts”. Must be a regional thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 1 minute ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: In my family and I the area where I grew up we call Aunts pronounced like “Ants”, not “Onts”. Must be a regional thing. Then there’s Ahnties and Antys and Aints!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Motzarella (Mozzarella) Axe (Ask) Amplatheater (Ampitheater) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Marscapone chipolte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 4 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: I agree. The mispronunciation of words by a kid is totally understandable. The mispronunciation of words by an adult, especially an adult that makes their living using words to convey information? Stupid, lazy, irresponsible, ignorant and a few others I won’t convey here. “Nuculer” is another word that when I hear it I cringe. A former U. S. President, a goober rancher, had been an officer on a "nucular" submarine and he couldn't pronounce it correctly. He wasn't much of a President, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Texas Joker said: They'res to too's in twotwo ain't their Toot toot tootlie doo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish ike, SASS #43615 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Let me "Ax" you, are you sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 As I've noted before, one of my pet annoyances is referring to a multiple of something as "alot" or "allot." "I got allot of bug bites last weekend." "It's alot of trouble to read the instructions." Those folks oughtta git theyselves on down to the liberry and check out a dictionary or two! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozark Huckleberry Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 2 hours ago, Cypress Sun said: Motzarella (Mozzarella) Axe (Ask) Amplatheater (Ampitheater) Everywhere I heard it when I lived in Italy, the Italians pronounced it, ‘mote zuh RAY luh’ And I’m pretty sure it’s amphitheater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 while we're at it, .... where the hell did "GIFTED" come from ...... ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Ryan Symanski, the curator of the USS New Jersey always calls her sister ship the USS Missurah. In one YT video he was guest-starring with the lady who's the curator of USS Missouri and you could tell she was visibly annoyed. It's a good thing the two ships aren't moored close together or else the New Jersey might find herself on the receiving end of some 16" shells someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 I've known a few hundred Missouri natives (including my dad) who pronounced it Mizzurah. They're from there and have been pronouncing it that way for at least a hundred years...in my dad's case, 114 if he were still live. I live in Prescott Valley right next door to Prescott, Arizona. Out here it's pronounced PRESScutt.....sounds like biscuit.....NOT pressCOTT. You'll be told if you come here and mispronunciate. Didja ketch that one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Just grind my teeth every time I hear some "on scene" news person begin their report with " Ya, (add name). What is a "Ya" anyway?? Such as "Ya George, we're here at the axcident scene." I could just scream!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Expresso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex M Rugers #6621 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Another misused word that makes me grit my teeth when I see it describing some totally inappropiate is "insane". The one's using it that way may be on the way. Rex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Losing vs loosing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 A lady on our C&S radio station said that there will be a program where local artists will sing their country and western songs, read original "poeems", a tell some short stories. Wuttinell is a poeem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 I think BLACK BART THE PO8 used to tell poeems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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