Wreck havoc instead of wreak havoc.
Ratchet(urban slang) instead of wretched. A new word, it seems, for the many years people got it wrong (mishearing) until it morphed today into meaning the same thing.
Pronounciation instead of pronunciation- It could be due to some people remembering the word ''pronoun'' and, for some reason, have mixed up the words. Pronouns indicate identity ( I, she, he, it, you) while pronunciation focuses on the sound of the word and verbalizing the word correctly. Not the same, but similar to the word enunciate, which means the articulation of words in a clear and precise manner.
Taken for granite instead of taken for granted- another case of mishearing words....that is, of course, unless someone mistook you for being a stone lol
Ratchet(urban slang) instead of wretched. A new word, it seems, for the many years people got it wrong (mishearing) until it morphed today into meaning the same thing.
Pronounciation instead of pronunciation- It could be due to some people remembering the word ''pronoun'' and, for some reason, have mixed up the words. Pronouns indicate identity ( I, she, he, it, you) while pronunciation focuses on the sound of the word and verbalizing the word correctly. Not the same, but similar to the word enunciate, which means the articulation of words in a clear and precise manner.
Taken for granite instead of taken for granted- another case of mishearing words....that is, of course, unless someone mistook you for being a stone lol
rinkydinkydoink · M
@rinkydinkydoink Awwww..it's okay, you were a kid☺ It's the grown-ups using it that makes it a little bit silly😄
JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
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FoxyQueen · 51-55, F
@Richard65 That's a colloquialism based on region. I try not to be too biased about that, tbh. Sometimes, it actually ends up following standard english rules, but because grammar teachers don't teach that, it's considered "wrong" when it actually isn't.
Though, I know what you mean. I have a coworker who says, "How's come?" And honestly, I laugh everytime because when I was in my 20's, a friend used to tease a friend mercilessly about a woman (a very weird and bizarre woman at that) who was dating his dad and she'd say that. So occasionally at random points, my friend would turn to the other and ask, "How's come, Pat? How's come?" And i just laugh lol
Though, I know what you mean. I have a coworker who says, "How's come?" And honestly, I laugh everytime because when I was in my 20's, a friend used to tease a friend mercilessly about a woman (a very weird and bizarre woman at that) who was dating his dad and she'd say that. So occasionally at random points, my friend would turn to the other and ask, "How's come, Pat? How's come?" And i just laugh lol
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@Nanori If you intend to police English usage then you should make sure that you actually have jurisdiction. What is correct and idiomatic in one dialect is wrong or stilted in another.
Also, English like any other living language is in continual flux, what was regarded as absolutely wrong a century ago, might have been merely bad form fifty years later, and perfectly acceptable now.
Also, English like any other living language is in continual flux, what was regarded as absolutely wrong a century ago, might have been merely bad form fifty years later, and perfectly acceptable now.
rinkydinkydoink · M
rinkydinkydoink · M
tobynshorty · 51-55, F
I don’t know 🤷🏾♀
JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@JimboSaturn One of the negatives in a double negative is usually just an intensifier despite what the MIT professor in the following quote is reputed to have said. It's double positives that you have to watch out for
:-)
An MIT linguistics professor was lecturing his class the other day. "In English," he said, "a double negative forms a positive. However, in some languages, such as Russian, a double negative remains a negative. But there isn't a single language, not one, in which a double positive can express a negative."
A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."
https://www.ling.upenn.edu/~beatrice/humor/double-positive.htmlA voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."
:-)
JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
The expression "I was one day old when I learned this.." or however they say it.
I pretty much feel this inaccurate language is a sign of the coming apocalypse.
I pretty much feel this inaccurate language is a sign of the coming apocalypse.
JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
rinkydinkydoink · M
Here bes me
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
DunningKruger · 61-69, M
People who use "gotta" and "gonna" as if they're actual words.
JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
@DunningKruger Honestly. My in casual conversation, I lapse into those pronounciations, people do it where I live.
Like we pronounce Toronto as Tronno
Like we pronounce Toronto as Tronno
FreddieUK · 70-79, M
@DunningKruger Because I use dictation very often on here, I am afraid that occasionally contractions like those which you mentioned creep in and I don't bother to correct them. I would never allow that in formal communication. In fact, in dictating this 'in formal' was reproduced as 'informal'. It may be artificial, but it's certainly not intelligent.
DunningKruger · 61-69, M
People pronouncing the t in "often."
JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
@Nanori Hey I admitted I was wrong with fast. 🤣
JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
@DunningKruger I actually think I pronounce it both ways. Must be a Canadian thing.
Nanori · F
@JimboSaturn I didn't check the link, am lazy 🥹
FloorGenAdm · 51-55, M
JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
@FloorGenAdm I guess that's an idiom? I don't mind them if the make sense nowadays, but some have lost thier meaning like
burning the midnight oil
toe the line
burning the midnight oil
toe the line
rinkydinkydoink · M
@JimboSaturn @FloorGenAdm
"The buck stops here". That was the reminder on HST's Oval Office desk - it's a poker term.
"The buck stops here". That was the reminder on HST's Oval Office desk - it's a poker term.
SpudMuffin · 61-69, M
Monalisasmith86 · 41-45, F