For me, when someone says "an' I took an..." or "I'm gonna take and...". It's like fingernails scraping a blackboard to hear that. What about you?
2006-11-08 07:26:22 · 21 answers · asked by The Mystic One 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I agree with "I'm gonna take and...". My stupid ex-boyfriend would say that all the time, "I'm gonna take and go find parts for my car" or somthing stupid like that. I just wanted to hit him and say why can't you say "I'm going to go find parts for my car". I also hate when people say "wuz up" or "sup" or how ever they say it. It justs makes them sound stupid.
2006-11-08 12:53:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well I have a couple. I do tech support for a cell phone company, and I absolutely hate when a customer says "I cut my phone off", or "I mashed the buttons."
But I also hate it when someone from the US of A says they are an American. People you are not the only American's everyone living in North, South and Central America are Americans as well. So you need to find a new way of describing who you are. The southern people may hate me for writing this, but many none USA citizens call you all Yankees. But whatever you decide, America is these two big continents and I'm not letting you claim to be the only people here who matter.
From a concerned northern neighbour
2006-11-08 07:40:30 · answer #2 · answered by anjel 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
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2016-12-10 05:21:10 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For me it is the incorrect usages of the words 'presently' and 'momentarily.'
'Presently" means "in a moment" -- as in "I'll be with you presently." It does not mean "currently." The phrase used by weathermen "It is presently 79 degrees" is incorrect.
Momentarily -- which means "for a moment" is another one. It bothers me most on airplanes. A pilot once announced "We will be in the air momentarily." I blurted out "I hope we will be in the air longer than that!"
There are lots of other things that bug me. When I buy something and the cashier says "That it will be $39.95" -- I want to say "I don't care what it is going to be -- how much is it now?"
2006-11-08 07:33:19 · answer #4 · answered by Ranto 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The phrase I says, or that's alls I know some reason is the most irritating. Or warsh instead of wash or Warshington instead of Washington. You get my drift. Those are the most annoying phrases. The most annoying mistake is loose instead of lose. Those are two different meanings.
2006-11-08 07:32:08 · answer #5 · answered by Kelly s 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm not really certain what phrases you're talking about as you only put part of the phrase. Do you mean to say that you don't like it when someone uses words improperly? I'm more bugged by improper grammar an' I don't care if someone uses a word such as "an'" instead of "and" (as I just did).
2006-11-08 07:30:52 · answer #6 · answered by ildjb@sbcglobal.net 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Impact. It's as though "affect" and "effect" have completely left the lexicon in favor of this metaphorical "power" word. I'm sorry folks, but technically the effect of gas prices cannot impact a consumer's wallet. It gets worse when they say impacting....
2006-11-08 07:32:25 · answer #7 · answered by Gremlin 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I dislike, hmm, I HATE the misuse of the reflexive pronoun "myself".
Here's a clue, if the sentence has I in it earlier, go ahead and use myself; otherwise use me. (This is a generalization)
My girlfriend and myself went shopping. — IMPROPER USE
I went shopping by myself. — PROPER USE
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GingerGirl, tsk tsk, how pretentious, either pronunciation, ant or ahnt is correct.
2006-11-08 08:51:53 · answer #8 · answered by O Caçador 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hate mispelling. My husband sucks at it and it drives me nuts to watch him type or write something.
2006-11-08 07:34:53 · answer #9 · answered by Ashesmum 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
And what happened was....Totally unnecessary and redundant when the person is going to tell you what happened anyway.
2006-11-08 07:30:10 · answer #10 · answered by beez 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋