2007-08-21 12:01:46 · 12 answers · asked by contessa 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
...I heard her say "Frustriated" last night as well..
2007-08-21 12:29:28 · update #1
Probly you should. She may just thank you later when she realises people judge others by the way they talk as much as they do by outward appearances.
2007-08-21 12:11:20 · answer #1 · answered by Physicist 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Many English speakers will not enunciate their words, so you get "prolly" instead of "probably", "Feb-yary" instead of February, "wanna" instead of "want to" and so on. No big deal. If your friend actually *writes* "prolly", then you should correct her.
You definitely should correct "Frustriated", unless she's obviously making a joke.
2007-08-22 00:52:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure what the correct thing to do is, but I think that is really annoying when people say "prolly" instead of probably or "psssketty" instead of spaghetti. I think that the one misspoken word that bothers me the most, though, is "fustrated" instead of frustrated.
In regards to your friend I can only say that at some point, when she is communicating with someone on a different level, she will appear very uneducated if she says "prolly". My husband corrects me when I misspeak and I do the same for him.
2007-08-21 19:15:40 · answer #3 · answered by Kristina M 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Is this something they say on purpose to be different or do they truly not know the word is "probably"? Ignorance is NOT BLISS as the posters above seem the think. In my world "prolly" is as annoying as "fillum" and "lieberry".
Please do your friend a favour and introduce them to English.
2007-08-21 19:12:55 · answer #4 · answered by Lee 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. It's generally not a good idea to correct the way friends speak, unless you're just doing it to bust his or her balls.
The spoken word has lots of variants, and really, "prolly" isn't really wrong.
If you're correcting your friend's paper, and your friend writes "prolly," certainly step in, but otherwise you should let it slide.
It's prolly for the best.
2007-08-21 19:06:49 · answer #5 · answered by Coach McGuirk 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Nah! She knows the difference. She uses it because she likes it. She'll "prolly" be mad if you do.
2007-08-21 20:53:54 · answer #6 · answered by soupkitty 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it is very annoying when people don't use the right words for what they are trying to say. my dad always says "flustrated" instead of saying "frustrated." my grandparents say "oncet" and "twicet" instead of "once" and "twice." it's better to just ignore them.
2007-08-21 21:20:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
if they are typing it, i would say no. but if its a bad habit of speaking it, i would correct them. they probably won't get very far if they talk like that, people will think they don't know common english very well.
2007-08-21 19:24:30 · answer #8 · answered by Emily 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no thats her way of typing short hand. My sis and her friends do it all the time. Let her type the way she wants...it wont hurt you.
2007-08-21 19:10:07 · answer #9 · answered by cmm 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Prolly not. I think it's OK.
2007-08-21 19:05:21 · answer #10 · answered by Expat Mike 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋