I am constantly hearing "I seen", or "should have went", "Mike and I's", and my favorite, "vanilla envelope".
2006-09-14 02:52:12 · 21 answers · asked by kitten lover3 7 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I also hear "spaded" instead of "spayed". Yes, I think we are just a tad pedantic. Biddies, probably.
2006-09-15 01:31:02 · update #1
My sister gave me a great one. She said someone referred to a candlabra (sp?) as a "candle opera"!! There is no spell-check on this.
2006-09-15 07:55:27 · update #2
I hate "was gunna". I know we all fall short on the "going to", it usually ends up 'gunna' . But the "was gunna" is so common now.
I also hear 'sequins', (little shiny embellishments), being called
'sequences'. And some say 'I sequenced' a garment instead of
'I sequinned a garment.
Picky, am I not?
2006-09-14 05:11:59 · answer #1 · answered by cloud43 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Drives me absolutely foolish to hear "at" hung off the end of sentences: Where did you go shopping at? Unnecessary word and used so much that people don't even notice it.
Also leaving out "to be" as in: That fence needs painted. I saw this the other day on a billboard.
Finally: ask anyone in the medical field the word is prostate not prostrate.
2006-09-15 07:06:09 · answer #2 · answered by medic 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im my area, the local radio station newspeople & DJ's leave out consanants in the middle of words...
Newton become New-in...more of a grunt than anything.
One morning I nearly drove off the road...
it seem Vladimir Poo-in, did something...it sounded like she spat the first part out.
My 9 year old son made up a story full of the words the mispronounce, it was hysterical! At least he knows how to speak English!
2006-09-14 03:03:14 · answer #3 · answered by fairly smart 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"should of" instead of "should have" because it looks like "should've" should be spelled, and then people over enunciate it and (to my ears anyway) come off sounding stupid.
Incidentally, in relation to Ms. Cook: Wireless is actually the original word for a radio unit. It's technically a lot more valid as well. So not really a misuse.
2006-09-14 02:59:23 · answer #4 · answered by Azrael 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Unique has got to be the most frequently misused (and overused) word in the English language.
Using adjectives instead of adverbs is also ”real” annoying.
2006-09-14 03:13:30 · answer #5 · answered by Deep Thought 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Larry reported it properly. I hear an advert on my community radio station normally, wherein somebody says "the reasons on your well-being concerns". sometime i visit call and ask why somebody hasn't corrected this. it is "reasons of", and each time I hear it i think of the guy saying it is not too bright or has poor advisers, the two certainly one of which might make me hesitate to patronise his company.
2016-11-07 07:38:43 · answer #6 · answered by overbay 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate vanilla envelope! I am from New orleans and people always say egg-touffe but its ettoufe. Also My sister's friend didnt know a "wife beater" undershirt is not a "white-beater" so she bought a brown one and called it a "brown-beater" we laughed for a while then corrected her. lol
2006-09-14 02:56:58 · answer #7 · answered by dreamgirl4myboy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like yours (vanilla envelope made me smile). Mine are "irregardless", "for free", and the grocery store favourite - "10 items or less".
2006-09-14 04:38:43 · answer #8 · answered by Lydia 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Crescendo". People think it means climax or very loud noise, but it really means growing or increasing. It's totally incorrect to say "The protest reached a crescendo." Oh, and another one: "mano a mano" means hand to hand, mot man to man.
2006-09-14 03:02:57 · answer #9 · answered by banjuja58 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lend for borrow and borrow for lend
Pacific for specific.
Arctic lorry for articulated lorry
Can for may
Among and between
i.e for e.g
To, two, too many to list here.
Here are a few more that may surprise you...
2006-09-14 03:39:03 · answer #10 · answered by »»» seagull ««« 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋