weegegirl 2 #26 May 14, 2004 Okay... I'll bite. Here's mine... People... what is the past tense of the word STEAL??????? Sorry, but STOLD is not a freakin word!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #27 May 14, 2004 People who pronounce advertisement incorrectly. It’s pronounced ad-ver-TIS-ment NOT ad-ver-TIZE-ment. Yes you “advertIZE” things but you do NOT do it with an ! There is no such thing as an adverTIZEment. (sp intentional) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Laurel 0 #28 May 14, 2004 Yeah - but you are British. In America, it's Ad-ver-TIZE-ment. THere are a lot of differences between the Queen's English and the American Bastardized version. i.e. A "faggot" in America is not a cigarette. ..................................................................... PMS#28, Pelogrande Rodriguez#1074 My Pink M Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #29 May 14, 2004 OOHhh....more. "Fustrated" or "frustERated". Neither exist, and it frustrates me no end when I hear that. And RealAtor. I don't know what that is. I'm a Realtor, though. Good grief, I hear this more from realtors than from the general public, too. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christelsabine 1 #30 May 14, 2004 QuoteSupercalafragilisticexpealadocious I remember this as fllws: superkallifragelistischextraallegorisch..... learned it from other fools in school and much to my surprise, never forgot this. in ancient times, this was a German song (for sure, not a No. 1) It's like a worm in brain, how could this survive? dudeist skydiver # 3105 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #31 May 15, 2004 QuoteYeah - but you are British. In America, it's Ad-ver-TIZE-ment. THere are a lot of differences between the Queen's English and the American Bastardized version. i.e. A "faggot" in America is not a cigarette. It's not a cigarette in UK (or OZ) either Faggot in UK is food, a Fag on the other hand is a Ciggy it is also slang for a male homosexual, (i.e. Fag & Faggot)You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,596 #32 May 15, 2004 QuoteI know we all want to marry a parachute, but the correct word for the thing between the PC and the canopy is a bridle People who use their break lines to flair often amuse me. For one thing, I'm not going to fly a parachute with ANY broken lines and hey, I always land with style. Goes without sayingDo you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aprilcat 0 #33 May 17, 2004 Michele and I discussed this - it's a nonstandard word a.k.a. the dictionary folks giving in to bad grammar and word usage. It is just like the word "ain't"; it's in the dictionary but should only be used for effect, not in intelligent conversation. I agree with you ..but it IS a word kinda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Its a Colloquial term. Now show me where the Colloqus live and I'll be more than happy to go there and YELL at them. 'Irregardless' is NOT a word. Its as much a word as 'Unbleed'. Another one 'Could Care Less'...what does that MEAN? That the speaker wants MORE triva to think of?~~April Camelot II, the Electric Boogaloo! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #34 May 17, 2004 Pronunciation errors go all the way to the top, in that they issue from people who pronounce for a living! I'm talking about newscasters! These people are idiots. I constantly hear them saying that, "Coming up, we'll have deTAILS"! WTF is that?! It's "DEtails." Here in Florida, we get a lot of the "realuhtor" instead of "realtor." But we also get "car INsurance," instead of "inSURance." Drives me crazy. Have you ever wanted to strike someone for saying "irregardless"?! --Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #35 May 17, 2004 I'm surprised no one has yet mentioned the rampant misuse of "could care less" when one does not care, and clearly should say, "couldn't care less." There's even a song by some stupid group my brother liked called "The Battle of Who Could Care Less." I mean, to not even get that checked before you produce your album with a song called that?! --Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #36 May 17, 2004 Cops are notorious for trying to "pretty-up" their speech when the local news interviews them on the scene. How many times have you heard this: "Myself and my partner apprehended the suspect..." For cryin' out loud, "myself" is supposed to be used reflexively, i.e. in self-reference -- NOT as a SUBJECT! "I laughed so hard I nearly pissed myself!" "I'm going to get myself a soda." You would not say, "Myself drove to the supermarket," would you? And cops are always calling people of the worst imaginable nature "gentlemen." WTF is up with that? "We arrived on the scene as two gentlemen were bashing the skull of the victim against the curb with bricks." Um, this is the behavior of "gentlemen"!? --Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Laurel 0 #37 May 17, 2004 QuoteI'm surprised no one has yet mentioned the rampant misuse of "could care less" when one does not care, and clearly should say, "couldn't care less." Oy vay! I agree! That one drives me nuts, too. Or shall I say, "It drives myself nuts." I just had to laugh at that other post...................................................................... PMS#28, Pelogrande Rodriguez#1074 My Pink M Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
