words that make you grit your teeth

[OakLeaf]

Funny how a lot of the things people are posting are just regional variations in pronunciation. I mean, really, repeat this sentence and the last one using phonetic pronunciation. I don't consider anyone's accent to be "ignorant," although sometimes it can be hard to ignore my own cultural biases. What's the difference between "nucular" and "iern," except that the latter is the majority pronunciation?

I go overboard with the ellipsis okay... I admit it... since we've digressed into punctuation with the apostrophes.

But to me (another overused phrase), I think slang is all about the context. E.g., the only time I write "ain't" is to make a point, and obviously I'd never have used that word in court when I was practicing, but I use it in casual conversation all the time, as do my peers.