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Post by femalebusiness on Jul 9, 2019 0:35:18 GMT
The one that I don't get is your and you're. If you can't remember it, just use you are where it is appropriate and you will never be wrong. Your won't fit in a sentence where you are goes and you are sounds wrong in a sentence that calls for your. Simple, don't ever use the contraction you're. Same amount of key strokes for you are.
It is sometimes hard for me to remember when to use lying vs laying. Anyone have an easy way to remember that?
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anaterra
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Post by anaterra on Jul 9, 2019 1:08:09 GMT
One that really bugged me in Project Runway this last series..."sequence"...as in a "sequence" dress. Gah. The sparkly thing on a dress is a sequin, the plural is sequins. They are never sequence. I'm making a sequence dress. FFS if you want to be a fashion designer, get the terminology right!! I've heard it at other times but it's particularly grating when it's by people who make clothes for a living. These words sound exactly the same the way I say them... I dont know how to make it sound different.. |
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Post by Delta Dawn on Jul 9, 2019 1:24:03 GMT
It will always be DIABEETES not DIABEETUS!!!
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wasil
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Post by wasil on Jul 9, 2019 1:32:59 GMT
The one that I don't get is your and you're. If you can't remember it, just use you are where it is appropriate and you will never be wrong. Your won't fit in a sentence where you are goes and you are sounds wrong in a sentence that calls for your. Simple, don't ever use the contraction you're. Same amount of key strokes for you are. It is sometimes hard for me to remember when to use lying vs laying. Anyone have an easy way to remember that? Some time ago, someone told me to remember that chickens lay eggs and people lie down. |
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Post by Delta Dawn on Jul 9, 2019 1:41:56 GMT
Warshington that BFF amblet says Warshintonians don’t say. Hint:you do! Eh? |
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freebird
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Post by freebird on Jul 9, 2019 2:00:46 GMT
Crayon.
It's CRAY - ON
Not Crane or crown.
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Post by kelbel827 on Jul 9, 2019 2:11:06 GMT
I have so many.
Touch basis
Ax
Liberry
Sale vs sell. Are you saleing that? Is that for sell.
Calcoolate
Configir for configure
Mammiogram
Prostrate
Mastrectomy
Massectomy
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Country Ham
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Post by Country Ham on Jul 9, 2019 2:34:58 GMT
I hope all of you reading this can spare some thoughts and prayers for us Canucks in the crowd - we spell like the Brits but hear US pronounciations and once you toss in our french side, well it's just crazy-making.  I have played some Newfie videos for folks here in the south. They couldn't understand a thing. There are folks here in the south I can't understand.
Aren't we a beautiful world? If we took everything mentioned here and erased it, we would erase so much personality out of our regional dialects.
soon we would be a world/culture of androgynous stepford people all sounding looking/the same.
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Post by pjaye on Jul 9, 2019 4:50:04 GMT
hese words sound exactly the same the way I say them... I dont know how to make it sound different. They shouldn't! one has "quin" at the end and the other has "quence" - like the difference between the words sin and sense. so the plural is se-QUINS not se-QUENCE...and definitely NOT se-queneced. A dress covered in sequins is a se quined dress, not a se quenced dress. |
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Post by lauradrumm on Jul 9, 2019 5:36:46 GMT
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Post by oliquig on Jul 9, 2019 10:08:19 GMT
It’s voilà, not walla. Unless you are referring to onions. LOL If you don’t say “wiolin” for violin, then don’t say “walla” for voilà. THANK YOU! |
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Post by artbabe on Jul 9, 2019 13:31:59 GMT
Jag-wire for Jaguar. That is our school mascot and it makes me insane how often I hear it mispronounced. Ugh.
Also, my grandfather grew punkins and squarsh. That doesn't bother me, though. It is just a fun thing I remember about grandpa.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Jul 9, 2019 14:36:08 GMT
It is sometimes hard for me to remember when to use lying vs laying. Anyone have an easy way to remember that? People lie. Objects lay. |
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Post by femalebusiness on Jul 9, 2019 15:48:05 GMT
It is sometimes hard for me to remember when to use lying vs laying. Anyone have an easy way to remember that? People lie. Objects lay. Perfect! That I can remember and it makes sense. |
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scrapaddie
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Post by scrapaddie on Jul 9, 2019 17:31:58 GMT
The A ter for theater
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Dalai Mama
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Post by Dalai Mama on Jul 9, 2019 18:52:51 GMT
This one is quite common but it still drives me nuts - bruschetta is Italian - there is no soft sh sound.
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Dalai Mama
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Post by Dalai Mama on Jul 9, 2019 18:56:09 GMT
I hope all of you reading this can spare some thoughts and prayers for us Canucks in the crowd - we spell like the Brits but hear US pronounciations and once you toss in our french side, well it's just crazy-making. I have played some Newfie videos for folks here in the south. They couldn't understand a thing. There are folks here in the south I can't understand.
Aren't we a beautiful world? If we took everything mentioned here and erased it, we would erase so much personality out of our regional dialects.
soon we would be a world/culture of androgynous stepford people all sounding looking/the same.
Newfoundland English is a beast all its own. One I speak fluently.  My DH can't understand it either and he's been part of my family for 25 years. |
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Country Ham
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Post by Country Ham on Jul 9, 2019 23:17:31 GMT
Newfoundland English is a beast all its own. One I speak fluently. My DH can't understand it either and he's been part of my family for 25 years. It probably doesn't help that I share NFLD comedy with folks. That's even extra if you know what I mean. I think I may have told you this before, when my dad was out on the draggers when I was younger he landed many many times in Dildo and of course as kids we used to giggle so much. |
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Post by femalebusiness on Jul 9, 2019 23:21:26 GMT
Every time that I see Dali Mama's avatar I want that sign for my front lawn and have it pointing at my neighbor's house. |
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sassyangel
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Post by sassyangel on Jul 11, 2019 0:41:35 GMT
This one doesn’t hurt my ears, but greviously offends my eyes - defiantly for definitely. Although, it’s often unintentionally amusing - so there’s that. 😂  |
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Post by scrappintoee on Jul 11, 2019 5:59:26 GMT
It’s voilà, not walla. Unless you are referring to onions. LOL If you don’t say “wiolin” for violin, then don’t say “walla” for voilà. Yesssss !!!! "Walla" makes me stabby !!!  |
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Post by lesserknownpea on Jul 11, 2019 9:07:18 GMT
 This for me |
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My DH can't understand it either and he's been part of my family for 25 years.
