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Post by littlemama on Jul 24, 2022 0:53:41 GMT
Ok I’ll add one. The overuse of TLAs (three letter acronyms lol) - often I have no idea what they stand for - or it takes me a minute - including several above! I also find the misuse of the word “literally” amusing. I’m one to talk though - I’m an atrocious speller and very prone to typos… This one, too. I dont know why everything is being made into an acronym. Makes it hard to understand, especially for non-native speakers
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Post by AussieMeg on Jul 24, 2022 1:43:27 GMT
I'm irrationally irritated by people who pronounce February with only one R and those who use 'less' for countable items. 🙋♀️ That's me! Feb-ree. Sorry! 🙋♀️ Me again! Libe-ree. Sorry. I hate with a burning passion things that say… “My kinda ____” KIND OF!!!! 🙋♀️ Guilty! Now I'm feeling really attacked hahaha!
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Post by Jili on Jul 24, 2022 1:47:04 GMT
It bugs me when people, usually a principal or elementary teacher, call the lower elementary kids “littles”. “Let me go get the littles from recess.” I don’t know why it bugs me but it does! I dint hear this often at all, but I’m not a fan. I also hate ‘little man’, which is very common to use when referring to little boys. Maybe it’s because I don’t have boys, I don’t know, but it grates on me.
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Post by librarylady on Jul 24, 2022 1:51:08 GMT
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Post by librarylady on Jul 24, 2022 1:53:59 GMT
affect vs effect
So many do not know which word to use in their sentence.
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Post by AussieMeg on Jul 24, 2022 1:55:34 GMT
And now that I've admitted to all my crimes against grammar, I'm going to add my list of hates. And I have to say, I've only really heard or read these from *Americans. I would love to know whether English teachers from the US are as annoyed by these as I am. Or are they acceptable now in US English?
I got bit by a spider. NO! You were bitten by a spider. I drug it across the floor. NO! You dragged it across the floor I wish I would have known. NO! You wish you had known. It fell off of the table. NO! It fell off the table. I would have went with them. NO! You would have gone with them. I will bring it to her. NO! You will take it to her. I should have went with her. NO! You should have gone with her.
Like freakin nails on a chalkboard.
I am surprised at how often I hear some of those butcherings on TV shows!
*I did actually hear an Australian girl on Tik Tok say something like "It fell off of the table" the other day. Grrrrrrr.
And don't worry, Australians say some even more annoying things, such as "I seen her last night" and "I should of gone too." Makes me punchy!
For some reason, American and Australian grammar errors annoy the #$@% out of me, but I find it rather endearing from a Brit: "I was sat over here at the bar." Cute!!
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Post by Zee on Jul 24, 2022 2:01:25 GMT
Ok I’ll add one. The overuse of TLAs (three letter acronyms lol) - often I have no idea what they stand for - or it takes me a minute - including several above! I also find the misuse of the word “literally” amusing. I’m one to talk though - I’m an atrocious speller and very prone to typos… This one, too. I dont know why everything is being made into an acronym. Makes it hard to understand, especially for non-native speakers The acronyms in healthcare are insane. I have to look up some of them when reviewing progress notes and they'll be the stupidest thing (CTO, "chronic total occlusion"). CHF charts are the worst. One day the entire chart will be nothing but acronyms.
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Post by Zee on Jul 24, 2022 2:02:46 GMT
I'm irrationally irritated by people who pronounce February with only one R and those who use 'less' for countable items. 🙋♀️ That's me! Feb-ree. Sorry! 🙋♀️ Me again! Libe-ree. Sorry. I hate with a burning passion things that say… “My kinda ____” KIND OF!!!! 🙋♀️ Guilty! Now I'm feeling really attacked hahaha! Feb-you-ary Lie-brary
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Post by AussieMeg on Jul 24, 2022 2:18:50 GMT
Feb-ree Lie-bree
I'm lazy.
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Post by vpohlman on Jul 24, 2022 2:36:11 GMT
It bugs me when people, usually a principal or elementary teacher, call the lower elementary kids “littles”. “Let me go get the littles from recess.” I don’t know why it bugs me but it does! I dint hear this often at all, but I’m not a fan. I also hate ‘little man’, which is very common to use when referring to little boys. Maybe it’s because I don’t have boys, I don’t know, but it grates on me. Oh man, we have a boy, going into the 8th grade, who’s whole (very large)family calls him little man! Still!!! And he doesn’t seem to care!
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Post by vpohlman on Jul 24, 2022 2:37:37 GMT
But if you say it with an Australian accent it probably sounds really cool!
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Post by brynn on Jul 24, 2022 2:41:31 GMT
Early in my university career, I met a student named Chrry. Why would a mother sentence a child to a lifetime of being asked "Is your name misspelled?"
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Post by Bobomommy on Jul 24, 2022 2:48:27 GMT
You are my people! I wholeheartedly agree with all the above posters.
One that I see all the time on my local Facebook pages is wondering instead of wandering.
”Is this your dog? He has been wondering around my neighborhood.”
Kids at school say, “He cutted in line.” I tell them to say it correctly - “He cut in line.”
sale/sell saw/seen loose/lose defiantly/definitely me/I/myself wrought iron/rod or rot iron chester drawers/chest of drawers could of/could have
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Post by AussieMeg on Jul 24, 2022 2:49:33 GMT
Zee I just posted a poll on Facebook asking my friends how they pronounce library and February. Only one person has answered so far, and he also pronounces them lie-bree and Feb-ree. I'll report back when more have answered. I *need* to know that I'm not in the minority hahaha!
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Post by Zee on Jul 24, 2022 2:52:41 GMT
Zee I just posted a poll on Facebook asking my friends how they pronounce library and February. Only one person has answered so far, and he also pronounces them lie-bree and Feb-ree. I'll report back when more have answered. I *need* to know that I'm not in the minority hahaha! Well I'm sure in your area that's how it's pronounced But here that's the usual, judging from places I've lived and TV and movies.
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Post by dizzycheermom on Jul 24, 2022 3:08:33 GMT
Creami. It just bugs me. It seems way too cutesy for a product where the other word is Ninja. And since we haven’t had a thread in a while listing words/phrases we wish would stop, I’ll add my hatred of “crime scene period”. Please. I think that’s it. When people were mentioning it for prime day I kept reading cream. I was thinking it was an amazing face cream that everyone loved!
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Post by Just Beth on Jul 24, 2022 4:04:15 GMT
No one uses weary and wary correctly. You are not weary of online scammers. I mean, maybe you are but the context definitely indicated you are wary.
Also, “I’m bias because…” no, you are biased!!!
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Post by quinlove on Jul 24, 2022 4:14:39 GMT
There’s one that really bugs me, a lot.
The people *that* came. - no
The people *who* came. - yes
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2022 7:34:22 GMT
Mine is the political use of “good paying jobs”.
I’d probably vote for any candidate of any party that would use well-paying jobs.
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Post by gar on Jul 24, 2022 7:39:14 GMT
There’s one that really bugs me, a lot. The people *that* came. - no The people *who* came. - yes Yes!! That happens a lot!!
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Post by gar on Jul 24, 2022 7:40:49 GMT
I hate when people say they “balled their eyes out” But how do you know they’re saying balled and not bawled - they sound the same to me.
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Post by AllieC on Jul 24, 2022 9:21:42 GMT
And now that I've admitted to all my crimes against grammar, I'm going to add my list of hates. And I have to say, I've only really heard or read these from *Americans. I would love to know whether English teachers from the US are as annoyed by these as I am. Or are they acceptable now in US English? I got bit by a spider. NO! You were bitten by a spider. I drug it across the floor. NO! You dragged it across the floor I wish I would have known. NO! You wish you had known. It fell off of the table. NO! It fell off the table. I would have went with them. NO! You would have gone with them. I will bring it to her. NO! You will take it to her. I should have went with her. NO! You should have gone with her. Like freakin nails on a chalkboard. I am surprised at how often I hear some of those butcherings on TV shows! *I did actually hear an Australian girl on Tik Tok say something like "It fell off of the table" the other day. Grrrrrrr. And don't worry, Australians say some even more annoying things, such as "I seen her last night" and "I should of gone too." Makes me punchy! For some reason, American and Australian grammar errors annoy the #$@% out of me, but I find it rather endearing from a Brit: "I was sat over here at the bar." Cute!! I will save myself some typing and say ditto!
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Post by CarolinaGirl71 on Jul 24, 2022 11:34:36 GMT
I think Creami is creepi. Me too! I appreciate this post so much, today. I was recently looking for a new place to get my hair cut. There is a FaceBook group for our area, so I asked the group for suggestions. One particular place is recommended by many people. The name is : Hair E mvy. It drives me nuts. I cannot determine if that is how the person that named the salon thought envy was spelled, or maybe her name is Emma or Emily..... I just can't deal with it! Julia Sugarbaker described it as "a man who has based his entire career on illiteracy" (substitute woman)
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Post by camcas on Jul 24, 2022 11:48:03 GMT
Apostrophes used in plurals -please please dont
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Post by J u l e e on Jul 24, 2022 11:49:28 GMT
There’s one that really bugs me, a lot. The people *that* came. - no The people *who* came. - yes While this stands out to me a lot as well, either is correct. I am constantly changing it out on things I edit for a girl at work. She knows I do that but she has yet to change the usage when she writes. So I finally looked it up to see if I was wrong, and I hated when I found it doesn’t really matter. I’ve been meaning to say, I’m sure I use language in a way that bugs people. I say ‘totally’ way too often. My daughter says ‘sammy’ for sandwich like Jili mentioned earlier. I’ve had to make friends with that one. I’m not changing my mind on Creami though.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Jul 24, 2022 12:14:20 GMT
I can’t believe no one has mentioned either of these. People seem to choose the wrong spelling option on them frequently.
Heels vs heals
Aisle vs isle
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Post by littlemama on Jul 24, 2022 12:21:08 GMT
I hate when people say they “balled their eyes out” But how do you know they’re saying balled and not bawled - they sound the same to me. Verbally, we don't know, but we see it in writing often (usually on social media)
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Post by finsup on Jul 24, 2022 12:53:46 GMT
You are all correct about (mostly 😄) everything. I’ll add: Lightening vs lightning And speaking of vs, it’s versus not verse when you say it out loud.
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Post by stine on Jul 24, 2022 12:53:53 GMT
I'm going to have to go with 'gonna' as my least favorite of the moment. I also just got an email from someone saying, 'we would love to be apart of your organization'. Well I wasn't asking you to join anyway, just to make a donation.
Some of these are making me cringe but I also agree that if you say something with an accent I'm going to let it go, especially if you're Scottish!
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Post by Skellinton on Jul 24, 2022 13:41:09 GMT
One that I see here, at least once per week, is “loose” when people mean “lose.” You do not, not will you ever, loose weight. You will lose weight and your clothes will become loose on you. That one always makes me think of some chalk graffiti some left on our playground at school that read "Sarah is a looser". Obviously the kid meant to say loser, but it cracks me up everytime I see that misspelling.
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