words that make you grit your teeth

[nancielle]

Prolly for probably. Makes me crazy.

I agree with the posters upthread with the inappropriate uses of apostrophes or homonyms (there, they're, their; your/you're; no/know; to, too, two) Or using "then" for "than".

Ok, I feel better now.

[Eden]

Pedle for pedal.

And, yes, nucular. I heard it from an engineer supposebly (haha that one is funny) trained in "nucular engineering," couldn't believe my ears.

Somehow my husband has inadvertently picked this up, but the most frustrating part is that he cannot hear that he is saying it incorrectly.... He insists he is saying nuclear and will get very angry if you tell him he said nucular.... but I'm not nuts, someone else heard it too....

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Prolly for probably. Makes me crazy.

That reminds me....I cringe when people say "addy" instead of "address".

Yes we are all different.
I think 'the P word' is only derogatory if it's used in a derogatory manner. It can also be a loving term.
What's that Eleanor Roosevelt quotation?-
'No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.'

[carpaltunnel]

[QUOTE=carback;348137]

I seen (instead of saw) them.
QUOTE]

Just the other day I was wondering if I'm overly sensitive, or if people who "seen" things spend more time telling others what they "seen" than people who "saw" things do. (I really was!)

[Aggie_Ama]

My father had a rough early childhood (pushed through foster system) and struggled in school. When he is talking he says:

secetary
"I says" instead of "I said"

And his spelling is terrible probably the worst I have seen. When I first got to college AOL IM was very popular and I would talk to my dad on it often, my roommate and I would laugh at some of his spelling. At the same time it hurt me because he loves educational programs but because of where he started he can sound ignorant.

[salsabike]

My father had a rough early childhood (pushed through foster system) and struggled in school. When he is talking he says:

secetary
"I says" instead of "I said"

And his spelling is terrible probably the worst I have seen. When I first got to college AOL IM was very popular and I would talk to my dad on it often, my roommate and I would laugh at some of his spelling. At the same time it hurt me because he loves educational programs but because of where he started he can sound ignorant.

Just goes to show that how people sound isn't necessarily how they ARE. I know plenty of learning disabled people who can't spell but who are smart as hell, and not just smart, but wise as well.

PS I sure wish someone could tell me what "utilize" adds that "use" does not include.

[crazycanuck]

I know this is part of Aust language but it drives me crazy.. Every word seems to be shortened. It's especially true in Perth..

People will say: Go to the servo or Need to check your rego..

AGHG..

[Kano]

feb-you-airy
cran (cray-on)

OF -- used in place of "have" or the contraction " 've," as in "I should of" rather than "I should have." Even worse, "I was embarrassed OF my stretch marks." Good grief, one might be embarrased by or about something, but...

Karen in Boise

[Geonz]

I'm sorry, I don't know the correct name of the hospital. A google seach reveals that there is a John Hopkins hospital in Baltimore.....

It's Johns Hopkins... I'm sure there are sites google will find that get it wrong, too (or, *if* there were a plain ol' john hopkins, then the guy had the wrong hospital.).

It's the errors aand variations that make the language unclear and confusing that bother me (so I prefer tenacity to stick-to-it-ive-ness, too).

[csr1210]

I seen (instead of saw) them.

And messing up your/you're, they're/their/there and too/to.

ooh - me too!

My boss always says, "I seen..."! Makes me nuts -- I can hardly bring myself to use the word "seen" now -- even when it is gramatically correct!

(Though I hope my weird sentence structures do not make other people crazy -- I tend to use excessive "--", "....", and such on emails or boards, but I really (really) do know how to write correctly!)

[Eden]

(Though I hope my weird sentence structures do not make other people crazy -- I tend to use excessive "--", "....", and such on emails or boards, but I really (really) do know how to write correctly!)

I tend to use "....." and a few other things on message boards too, that I would never use if I were writing say, a research grant, or a term paper. I think it is because we are trying to recreate conversation when here. A little judicious use of devices like smilies or "...." or italics hopefully convey a lot of emotion that can otherwise be difficult to get across when writing informally. "I suppose, if it were preferred, we could add a narrator" said the writer, who winked and paused meaningfully.

[Crankin]

Well, I use the ellipses and semi-colons a lot on here, but not in formal writing. It's more for emphasis. I admit to using "frickin" and friggin', along with god. But I also use the real f word more than I should, too. Not at work, though!
CrazyC, they abbreviate everything here in Massachusetts, too. When I moved to Florida at age 15, I asked directions, something like, "How do you get to 77th Ave?" Here in MA, you never say avenue. The name of the street is Massav, Commav, etc. Man, I was laughed at for using that abbreviation in speech. Every school I worked at here called the lunch room the caf and when I was a special needs teacher, I didn't know what the heck they were talking about when they kept referring to "sped."
I use wicked once in awhile, as in the New England-ism Veronica refers to. When I used wicked-pissa once, when my kids were teens, it sent them over the edge. No one says that anymore, at least from what I can tell.
Ain't, I seen, dint, prolly

[indigoiis]

"these ones"
It's technically correct, but it is just so wrong.

[SadieKate]

I have a question for those of you who dislike certain words like "prolly." Do you hate every instance of it or do you recognize that it can be used in jest? I would never use the word in a formal situation, but to friends and family with the right inflection, it's just a figure of speech. Like times one uses the word "ain't". When I am speaking with someone, I can generally tell by the speaker's inflection whether she knows the difference between proper and poor grammar.

Out fishing with my brother once, he stumbled around for the name of young turkeys. He conjured up "turklets" and it's stuck. Not a real word, but who cares? He's not going to use it in a research paper.

Language is such a fluid thing and humor can come in many forms.

[Aggie_Ama]

Out fishing with my brother once, he stumbled around for the name of young turkeys. He conjured up "turklets" and it's stuck. Not a real word, but who cares? He's not going to use it in a research paper.

Language is such a fluid thing and humor can come in many forms.

I call a herd of moose MEESE. We are planning a trip to Alaska and were talking about seeing Moose. I told my husband, why is the plural of goose Geese but the plural of Moose isn't Meese? We got a good laugh and now we say it. Prolly would piss a lot of people off to hear it.

I think what annoys me is over use of words. My brother-in-law uses ain't all the time. Any my cheek tingles when I hear it remembering getting slapped for saying it over and over just to piss off my mom.