Language Police

[BrainDamage]

There must be words that you hear people say that make you crazy when you hear them....

For example, here are some words that I hear people say that either don't exist, or, are pronounced incorrectly.

IRREGARDLESS - This is NOT a word. Stop saying it! (see Satmedic)

AX - Educated people say ASK with the S sound before the K sound. If you can't say a simple word such as ASK, please go back to pre-school because my 2 year old speaks better than you.

COSHTUME - The word is COSTUME. There is no SH sound!

GROSHERY - The word is GROCERY. Again, there is no SH sound!

Those are my pet peeves on words.. I am sure there are more..

What words do you hear people pronounce incorrectly that makes you crazy? Or, what words to people say that are not really words?

[SatMedic]

Originally posted by BrainDamage


IRREGARDLESS - This is NOT a word. Stop saying it!



BrainDamage:


Per Webster's, irregardless is a word. I kind of like the fact that I can say a word that can mean exactly what I meant and exactly the opposite at the same time.

No offense intended, but I wonder if the word was invented by a female??? :D


Main Entry: ir·re·gard·less
Pronunciation: "ir-i-'gärd-l&s
Function: adverb
Etymology: probably blend of irrespective and regardless
Date: circa 1912
nonstandard : REGARDLESS
usage Irregardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that "there is no such word." There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead.

[Bone Daddy]

Methinks SatMedic squashed you boss...LOL And he didn't even have to link his response...Na NA Na Na:eek:

[BrainDamage]

Originally posted by Bone Daddy
Methinks SatMedic squashed you boss...LOL And he didn't even have to link his response...Na NA Na Na:eek:

NO LINK! IT DOES NOT COUNT! Damn! All of these years of being yelled at by college profs saying irregardless is not a word!

SatMedic - Can you give a link to that? I have to have it.

Besides, I never said anything about Irregardless in my original post.

edit: I looked at my favorite dictionary site and found this:

Usage Note: Irregardless is a word that many mistakenly believe to be correct usage in formal style, when in fact it is used chiefly in nonstandard speech or casual writing.

Coined in the United States in the early 20th century, it has met with a blizzard of condemnation for being an improper yoking of irrespective and regardless and for the logical absurdity of combining the negative ir- prefix and -less suffix in a single term. Although one might reasonably argue that it is no different from words with redundant affixes like debone and unravel, it has been considered a blunder for decades and will probably continue to be so.

--

In other words, it is NOT PROPER.. it is slang, kind of like AIN'T. AIN'T is in the dictionary, but is not a real word. We adopt improper words in our language because sometimes it is easier to do than to try and teach people proper language skills.. ie. EBONICS.

see HERE (http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=irregardless)

[SatMedic]

Originally posted by BrainDamage
SatMedic - Can you give a link to that? I have to have it.
.........

IRREGARDLESS - This is NOT a word.




BrainDamage:


Yes, click here and enter the word beside Collegiate. (http://www.m-w.com/home.htm)


BTW, 'irregardless' is a word because it meets the defined criteria of being a word:

Main Entry: 1word
Pronunciation: 'w&rd
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German wort word, Latin verbum, Greek eirein to say, speak, Hittite weriya- to call, name
Date: before 12th century
1 a : something that is said

[BrainDamage]

Originally posted by SatMedic
BrainDamage:


Yes, click here and enter the word beside Collegiate. (http://www.m-w.com/home.htm)


BTW, 'irregardless' is a word because it meets the defined criteria of being a word:

OK... I concede to IRREGARDLESS. But IRREGARDLESS as to if it is a word or not, I don't use it. :Z

[SatMedic]

Originally posted by BrainDamage
........

But IRREGARDLESS as to if it is a word or not, I don't use it. :Z


I definitely occasionally never use it.:o

[xyle]

Is it Bonedaddy or Bone Daddy??? one word or two :D Anyways my pet peeve word is youse, like when my aunt Martha says "How youse guys doin?" ......eeeerrrrrrrrr it just sounds so tupid!!

Hello Bones...how ya been?? Miss seeing ya at TP...stop by sometime:cool:

Xyle

[easyrider]

Three phrases that get me going are "hose pipe" "toad frog" and "hot water heater" Is it a hose or a pipe? Why would you want to heat HOT water.....

[BrainDamage]

Originally posted by easyrider
Three phrases that get me going are "hose pipe" "toad frog" and "hot water heater" Is it a hose or a pipe? Why would you want to heat HOT water.....

I love that one... 'hot water heater'....

How about this one... "I need an ATM machine"... that is like saying "I need an automatic teller machine machine". It is either ATM by itself, or AT Machine...

[CLUBCARDER]

SatMedic: How about making an appearance at the den IRC once in awhile? We all can use a spelling lesson over their.

[rod3369]

My daughter's favorite: I on't no. I hear myself repeatedly telling her it is I DO NOT KNOW!

[BrainDamage]

Originally posted by CLUBCARDER
SatMedic: How about making an appearance at the den IRC once in awhile? We all can use a spelling lesson over their.

:R It is THERE.. not THEIR. Or were you making a funny?

[WYATT]

One of my many pet peeves is the phrase, "You speakie Spanish?" My reply is, "No! Today I speakie Japanese!" Siento!!!

[easyrider]

How about the bank teller asking "what is your PIN number"? MY Personal Identification Number number? Dang that rascal is a real secret....LOL

[CLUBCARDER]

EasyRider: That goes as well for you, stop by the irc more often. hope too see yeh THEIR. lol

[BrainDamage]

Originally posted by WYATT
One of my many pet peeves is the phrase, "You speakie Spanish?" My reply is, "No! Today I speakie Japanese!" Siento!!!

Around here it is "peeky panee?"

I usually respond with Peeky Boo!

[BugleBoy]

A radio station was running a competition - words that weren't in the dictionary yet could still be used in a sentence that would make logical sense. The prize was a trip to Bali.

DJ: "96 FM here, what's your name?"

Caller: "Hi, my name's Dave."

DJ: "Dave, what's your word?"

Caller: "Goan... spelt G-O-A-N pronounced 'go-an'."

DJ: "You are correct, Dave, 'goan' is not in the dictionary. Now, for a trip to Bali: What sentence can you use that word in that would make sense?"

Caller: "Goan f::k yourself!"

The DJ cut the caller off and took other calls, all unsuccessful until:

DJ: "96 FM, what's your name?"

Caller: "Hi, me name's Jeff."

DJ: "Jeff, what's your word?"

Caller: "Smee, spelt S-M-E-E, pronounced 'smee'."

DJ: "You are correct, Jeff, 'smee' is not in the dictionary. Now, for a trip to Bali: What sentence can you use that word in that would make sense?"

Caller: "Smee again! Goan f::k yourself!"

:Z

[crownvic]

Whenakaapoocha...
I Know someone who says that,don't ax me if it's spelled right.:Z

[dsscircuits]

My pet peeve is kids talking like these rap singers. I heard my daughter start slowly shifting her vocabulary in that direction. After about a week my wife noticed it also, We put an abrupt stop to it.

[dsscircuits]

Good one BugleBoy I had to save that one

[WYATT]

Originally posted by BrainDamage
Around here it is "peeky panee?"

I usually respond with Peeky Boo!


LMAO!!

It's the same here, just thought I would clean it up a bit.

I will definitly use the "peeky Boo" response next time.

[elk32170]

"Nooo-kyooo-lar" instead of "noo-CLEE-ar" (nuclear). Geez Laweez, that one drives me up a wall. :gg

[BrainDamage]

Originally posted by elk32170
"Nooo-kyooo-lar" instead of "noo-CLEE-ar" (nuclear). Geez Laweez, that one drives me up a wall. :gg

Good one!

[elk32170]

Thank you. :cool: Unfortunately, I hear George W Bush say this one far too often (and I like the guy!). :mad:

[stuffy]

These drive me nuts!!!!

I don't know nothin :gg
I ain't goin nowhere

etc.... (I guess that is really grammar. Is that still taught???)

Also, the East Coast "accent" when they say - warsh for wash or terlet for toilet. One of my best friends is from that area and when we are together, he tries very hard to change his speech pattern, but....... it's tough!!

__________________
Regards,
Stuffy

[phoztech]

when i travel on business co-workers make fun of me for saying "ya'll"
.... i then turn around and make fun of them for living in a state that has an income tax... common response is "you dont have an income tax in texas?".. my response back "what do YA'LL think about that!?"

[BrainDamage]

Well, as long as we are going off topic and using phrases people use instead of words that are pronounced incorrectly, here is one that makes me NUTS!

When people tell me they need more memory for their computer and they mean they need hard disk space.

Why is it that people can use a computer for YEARS and not know a thing about it!

[Bone Daddy]

Heard that...

[Psycho99]

...When folks say "nic card"...what they're really saying when they say that is 'network interface card card"....Damn that pisses me off!!!....just say NIC!!! :mad:

~~The Psycho

[BrainDamage]

"THESE ONES"

eg..

Person 1: Which one of these to you like?
Person 2: These ones are nice.

That sounds so stupid!

[rod3369]

well here in texas we use the word fixin' for everything.

For example: It's fixin' to rain.

No not that we are fixing the rain but that its fixin' to rain.

We shorten things up reall good here too just like Jeff Foxworthy says.

For example: Sensuous. This means "Since you is" -- sensuous up anyway get me a beer.

[bill41]

This word drives me batty....probably because the mother in law says it; kwop.....that is for the farm store called Co-Op...she also called Woolco( former stores in Canada before Wal-Mart bought them up) Wilco... :R

[dsscircuits]

I like the word off "My cousin Vinny" youts

[BrainDamage]

"My bad"

[Bone Daddy]

Say what?:eek:

[rod3369]

the word LIKE used 10 times in a 12 word sentence. Followed by the word RIGHT!

[elk32170]

Originally posted by dsscircuits
I like the word off "My cousin Vinny" youts

hehehe..."Excuse me....Youts?" "I'm sorry, Your Honor.....yooooooooooooTHs". LMAO! :D Best scene ever with Fred Gwynne.

Oh, and if I misspelled anything: It's, like, my bad, right? ;)

[dsscircuits]

word

[Sgt_Stedenko]

Originally posted by elk32170
hehehe..."Excuse me....Youts?" "I'm sorry, Your Honor.....yooooooooooooTHs". LMAO! :D Best scene ever with Fred Gwynne.

Oh, and if I misspelled anything: It's, like, my bad, right? ;)

Fred Gwynne: "What's a Yout?"

I always crack up when I see that scene.

[bill41]

How about this one...and it is used a lot and heard a lot....
Shots Fired! :R the proper term should be..weapons fired

[dsscircuits]

How about fired weapons

[WYATT]

How about "friendly fire." Who comes up with this crap?

[RISSK]

Off Subject: That webster page is great they even have f^(k.... It even has a voice to tell you how to say it. Best page I have been to in a while. THANKS

Main Entry: 1f^(k
Pronunciation: 'f&k
Function: verb
Etymology: akin to Dutch fokken to breed (cattle), Swedish dialect fokka to copulate
Date: 1503
intransitive senses
1 usually obscene : COPULATE -- sometimes used in the present participle as a meaningless intensive
2 usually vulgar : MESS 3 -- used with with
transitive senses
1 usually obscene : to engage in coitus with -- sometimes used interjectionally with an object (as a personal or reflexive pronoun) to express anger, contempt, or disgust
2 usually vulgar : to deal with unfairly or harshly : CHEAT, SCREW

[bill41]

Wonder why they call the german planes Fokkers...:)

[Sgt_Stedenko]

People who use "eh" at the end of every sentence tick me off.

[dsscircuits]

Haven't spent much time in Canada eh

[BrainDamage]

Originally posted by Sgt_Stedenko
People who use "eh" at the end of every sentence tick me off.

LMFAOROTFL

My mother-in-law is Canadian... She hates my guts. When I met her, she said 'EH' after every freakin' sentence..

I always answered and added "B" to the end of my sentences...

It made her nuts. After about 2 years of abuse, she quit saying 'EH'. She still hates me though. I can't say as I blame her, a lot of people do.

[elk32170]

Originally posted by BrainDamage

My mother-in-law is (insert nationality/race/religion/etc here)... She hates my guts.

Hehehe...Don't take it personally, BrainDamage; I think it's written into the "Requirements To Be A Mother-In-Law" contract. :gg

[Psycho99]

Here's one....

"Do What?" ....God i hate that!! :mad:

~~The Psycho

[BrainDamage]

Originally posted by Psycho99
Here's one....

"Do What?" ....God i hate that!! :mad:

~~The Psycho

Especially when she has a mouthful...



(take that anyway you want.. could be food and rated G)

[soullezz]

How about all you "profectionist" Find something better to do with your time. All you do is critisize and Flame other sites!!

((Now your worried about other peoples grammar)) LOL.. get a life!

[BrainDamage]

Originally posted by soullezz
How about all you "profectionist" Find something better to do with your time. All you do is critisize and Flame other sites!!

((Now your worried about other peoples grammar)) LOL.. get a life!

You mean 'perfectionist', right? Geez, if you are going to make a statement about something, at least spell it correctly.

And, since you mentioned grammar, how about the word 'Flame' in your post? Should that really be capitalized?

There are other errors in your post as well, but I think you get the point.

Oh, I almost forgot, LOL.. get a life!

Of course, you can take my post in jest, the same way that I took yours. I hope. :)

[Sgt_Stedenko]

Originally posted by dsscircuits
Haven't spent much time in Canada eh

I live in Canada. :(

[elk32170]

Sarge, I think you meant "I live in Canada, eh?". HTH, HAND.

;)

</me dodges the shotgun pellets that will surely be heading my way>

[Sgt_Stedenko]

I'm happy to say that I don't know very many people who do use it.

I could never shoot at my bud elk.

;)

[elk32170]

Originally posted by Sgt_Stedenko
I'm happy to say that I don't know very many people who do use it.

I could never shoot at my bud elk.

;)

Hee hee....I know that mentally, but it's always nice to be reassured, eh? :D

[BrainDamage]

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There, now it is out of my system. Eh!

Am I on the same list as Elk so I won't be shot by Sgt.? I guess I am about to find out. :Z :eek:

[Sgt_Stedenko]

Very funny.

Nope, I can't shoot at you either Brain.

Now if someone with 4 posts showed up....STAND BACK!!!!!!!!!

[elk32170]

Originally posted by Sgt_Stedenko
Now if someone with 4 posts showed up....STAND BACK!!!!!!!!!

Ha ha ha! I wondered why we hadn't seen any new faces around the TP lately... :gg :gg

[Bone Daddy]

Originally posted by bill41
Wonder why they call the german planes Fokkers...:)

Well cause the last name of the guy that designed the plane was Fokker..Sorry guys I had to answer that..

[dsscircuits]

Thats what Manfred von Richthofen that flew the red baron. A Canadian shot him down Eh.

[elk32170]

Originally posted by dsscircuits
Thats what Manfred von Richthofen the red baron flew. A Canadian shot him down Eh.

Snoopy was Canadian?

[Sgt_Stedenko]

Originally posted by elk32170
Snoopy was Canadian?

:gg

[dsscircuits]

Canadian Capt. Roy Brown, Shot down the red baron

[dsscircuits]

Canadian Capt. Roy Brown, Shot down the red baron

[Sgt_Stedenko]

A statement sooo nice, it had to be said twice. ;) :gg

[BrainDamage]

Originally posted by Sgt_Stedenko
A statement sooo nice, it had to be said twice. ;) :gg

You're a POET and you didn't know IT. Must be a Canadian thing to RHYME all the TIME.

Here I sit, I need to ...

[elk32170]

Originally posted by BrainDamage
You're a POET and you didn't know IT. Must be a Canadian thing to RHYME all the TIME.

Here I sit, I need to ...

...quit? Exit? Submit? Remit? I'm at a loss here... ;)

[Sgt_Stedenko]

You're a POET and you didn't know IT. Must be a Canadian thing to RHYME all the TIME.

You better believe it. ;) :gg

[eeprom7777]

Elk, I think Brain meant to post that in the "Build a sentence, a few words at a time" thread ?

Hey, I just got my new satellite! ... You did WHAT!?!
OOOOhhhhh, you mean you just got a satellite ANTENNA!!!!!
I thought you actually had a satellite, like echostar 10 or something...

It would seem that irregardless of my entering the correct pin # my new hot water boiler is fixin' to xplode! eh?

[BrainDamage]

Originally posted by eeprom7777
Elk, I think Brain meant to post that in the "Build a sentence, a few words at a time" thread ?

Hey, I just got my new satellite! ... You did WHAT!?!
OOOOhhhhh, you mean you just got a satellite ANTENNA!!!!!
I thought you actually had a satellite, like echostar 10 or something...

It would seem that irregardless of my entering the correct pin # my new hot water boiler is fixin' to xplode! eh?

Hey eeprom7777! Glad you could stop in to say hello. I wondered where people would store a satellite anyway... would it fit in a standard entertainment center?

Interesting concept.

[elk32170]

Originally posted by eeprom7777
Elk, I think Brain meant to post that in the "Build a sentence, a few words at a time" thread ?

Hey, I just got my new satellite! ... You did WHAT!?!
OOOOhhhhh, you mean you just got a satellite ANTENNA!!!!!
I thought you actually had a satellite, like echostar 10 or something...

It would seem that irregardless of my entering the correct pin # my new hot water boiler is fixin' to xplode! eh?

Hahaha! What do homeowners' insurance premiums run on a satellite, anyway?

And I'm actually in the market for a new "hot water heater". ;) My twin brother nearly beat me over the head with a stick when I said "hot water heater" instead of just "water heater". He asked me why I would need to heat the water if it was already hot? :gg

Of course, I punched him. ;)

.elk

[dsscircuits]

I must be stuttering

[BrainDamage]

Originally posted by dsscircuits
I must be stuttering

H-H-H-uh? I I I d-d-d-don't g-g-g-get it.

Elk - Heating hot water is not all that uncommon. For example, my wife served me a cup of hot coffee this morning.. I wanted it hotter. I had to heat my hot water... So, I squeezed the udders and got, wait, that was from a different story.

I took some painkillers this moooring, so I am in a strange mooood. I am surprised my fingers are still mooooving so that I can type this.

L-L-L-Later D-D-Dsscircuits.