The "hated words" thread

[SadieKate]

Do I get a waiver? I've used it for 30+ years.

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...ate#post202387

[stacie]

I'm fixin to go to the store.

[Zen]

I'm fixin to go to the store.

I like fixin.
Since you're fixin to go to the store, get me some orange pop, ya hear?

It's a southern thing.

[crazycanuck]

Heee heeee..Pop..heee heeeee..

I don't hear that word very often..It's hilarious! When Ian arrived in Canada he visted a local fast food joint. She asked him "what pop do ya want with blah blah" . It took a while for both of them to understand eachother..It eventually dawned on him that she wanted to know what soft drink he wanted..

Goes to show that although most of us speak english, it's not always the same english..

C

[bmccasland]

There's soda and pop, and then when I returned to the south, I rediscovered the universal "coke". "Want a coke? What kind of coke do you want? Coke, Sprite, Mr. Pib...?"

[Lise]

I just discovered this thread, and am soooo looking forward to reading it! No time now, must zip over to the Y to swim before the guppies invade (little kid swim time). But I'll throw out some of my most loathed words:

Operationalize. NO! WRONG! NOT A WORD!

Impact. Correct if you mean "one object hit another. There was an impact." Or, "the patient can't poop."
BUT NOT TO BE USED AS A VERB! "It really impacted me." NO! WRONG!

Thank you. Having thus vented my spleen, I'm off to swim.

[slinkedog]

Heee heeee..Pop..heee heeeee..

I don't hear that word very often..It's hilarious! When Ian arrived in Canada he visted a local fast food joint. She asked him "what pop do ya want with blah blah" . It took a while for both of them to understand eachother..It eventually dawned on him that she wanted to know what soft drink he wanted..

Goes to show that although most of us speak english, it's not always the same english..

C

LOL! My husband's whole family says, "pop" for soda and we tease them mercilessly about it.

[Thorn]

I second utilize when use will work just fine....it doesn't add meaning or subtlety so why not just use use?

And pronunciations that grate on me....mute for moot as in moot point. The point is not silent.

And pitcher for picture. There may be a picture on the pitcher or a pitcher in the picture, but they are not pronouced the same! The boss uses this one all the time and I have to restrain myself from leaping over the table and throttling him.

[PinkBike]

i hear "pro-nounce-i-ation" instead of pronunciation

and "lair-nyx" instead of larynx

i love words. i do the daily crossword puzzle in about 7 minutes.
but i cant do sudoku (soduku? suduko? sokudu? sukudo?) to save my life!

[SadieKate]

Marketing director in a presentation yesterday - "I had them electronic-fy the print media so that . . . . . ."

Did you notice that all of us in the back row were rolling on the floor in gales of laugher? Some of us were already disgusted because you had already forgotten to mention our product (which the bigger revenue stream) as part of this incredibly important integration plan for our new business unit. Did you actually listen to any of the VPs talk about our unit's product vision? Then you went 20 mins over as the last presenter before dinner when we had been right on schedule all day. During the team building exercise last night your team voted you off the team because they, incorrectly, thought you were the mole in our Secret Agent/Spy exercise. You might want to think about why that happened and "electronick-fy" your observation and respect skills.

[IFjane]

Y'all have hit on every word that I can think of - especially the "seen" thread & the "alot" thread.....both really drive me up the wall! The biggest problem for me is that my SO - easily the sweetest, kindest man I have ever known - says "seen" sometimes. He grew up (Pacific Northwest) saying it and now it is such a habit that he sometimes does it without thinking. I remind him every time he does it & he sweetly corrects himself. Still, it is like fingernails on a blackboard.

On a lighter note, when my son (now 31) was about 4 or 5 & was just learning to read, he saw a "Pedestrian Crossing" sign & said, "Mommy, what is a pedesteranian?"