Poor English

[ItsAlive75]

I like the phrase, "sour grapes".

[Gren the cake]

ive been watching too much 'ALI G' lately and have been tkaing away H's from words and adding H's to A words

as in....
"ey, avent u eard about the haccident e ad?"
"hactually, no..!"

^_^ me rikey hactually.

anyway. part of the skills with ebonics/slang/whatever is the fact that u can turn it on and off. same with cursing, then again, there are those people that CANT.

i been saying racialism a lot lately. i like that word.

[Marroe]

Originally posted by Vodstok
Okay, if it isnt your first language, i can understand people having a hard time with english. However, i work with way too many people who can't make a proper sentance to save their life, mispronounce words, make up words, and use words that they know are incorrect. examples:

A couple of people in this office say "de-select". Not a word. the word in "unselect". Shit, it's even easier to say..

Some mispronouciations that are rampant:
Expecially
Pacific (specific)
Libary
Nucular


One of my favorites: Irregardless... No matter how many times i tell these people its not a fucking word, they still use it....

Oh, and i love people who use acronyms and dont knwo what they mean. here are a few that drive me nuts:

Our resident moreon pc tech Jim always calls an ethernet card a "NIC Card". Nic means Network Interface Card. So he needs a network interface card card.

Or "PIN Number". This one is all over the place. PIN means "Personal Identification Number". You get the idea.

Some regional things that bug the shit out of me... No offense to newb if this is a Pan-New #England thing, but i hate the way people around here shorten everything. it's like a full word with morre than 2 syllables would overload their brain. So there are no caffeterias, its a "caff". No Mezzanine, it's a "Mez".

Is ground beef "Hamburger"? Nope, Hamburg! That one psisses me off to no end. Dont ask me why. On some level it represents laziness and stupidity (to me anyway) too deep to fathom... It seriously infuriates me.

And then there is the American tendancy to shorten or make an acronym out of everything.

KFC
BK
Micky D's
DQ


Why isnt Wendy's "W"
Subway should be "SW"

fucking ignorant bastards. Full words are just to hard these days i guess. Who knew words liek "Kentucky" and "Fried" (not to mention "chicken"... What an unusual and esoteric word that is...) could be so hard to say...


Last and certainly not least is the acceptability of slang in advertising now. McDonalds is the absolute worst...

"I'm Lovin' It"
"Get a fruit Buzz"
"Yeah, we take 'em"

Jesus... It's liek the marketing companies are hring lazy teenagers to come up with their slogans....

I get why this bugs some people..not me however. I DO know how to speak properly, but I choose to speak comfortably, always have. I say things like "nuthin" "hadda" "gotta"...you get the picture. I just don't care, I say it how it comes out and still am able to sound intelligent and get my point across. But if I ever need to speak properly for a job interview, ect., ect. I am able to do so.

The one thing that you listed the DOES bug me is the PIN number thing...same with VIN number, and ATM machine.....the "M" stands for machine people!!!!!

[ItsAlive75]

I agree on the whole McDonalds thing... "I'm lovin' it". But I also just absolutely HATE McDonald's. They have a commercial with three young adults (one white, one black, one asian of course) and they're all playing golf in the street at night.

Ooh, I'm rebellious, but also mature and safe enough to do this sober and with a wide array of culturally diverse friends! Let's go to Mickie D's, y'all!

[urgeok]

Originally posted by ItsAlive75
Ooh, I'm rebellious, but also mature and safe enough to do this sober and with a wide array of culturally diverse friends! Let's go to Mickie D's, y'all!

Asian guy : 'this vely good game - harrow'

black guy : 'yo - hit that shit and shut the fuck up'

white guy : 'golly gee - we have to play on the street because my dad wont let us walk on the lawn'

[taylorsmommy]

Two of my pet peeves:


"I seen it". No, you didn't - you "saw" it!

I've only heard this in Philly, but it could be elsewhere: pronouncing Charlie as Chahlie. God, that bugs me!

[urgeok]

i ain't got no like for double negatives

[ShankS]

I aint sayin nothing.

[Vodstok]

great one i heard on peoples court today:

i didnt do nothin' nohow.

[DraculaInDallas]

Originally posted by Vodstok
A habit i cant stand, people who use "You know" like a punctuation mark....

That would be the entire NBA and 3/4 of the NFL......I counted 14 "you know's" in one sentence by a basketball player talking on tv after the game......drives me crazy