Friday Funnies: 10 Misspoken Words

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We all know that person. The one who makes us cringe every time they say a word wrong or mangle it in the process. There are quite a few phrases, but here’s a sampling of ten common terms:



From: 10 Misspoken Phrases

And yes, I admit it. I used to say "irregardless" a lot, until someone came along and threatened to chop my head off if I ever did it again. Fortunately, there are several online dictionaries that include a spoken pronunciation of multisyllabic words if there is ever any doubt.

But how about you? Are there any common phrases or words that drive you nuts? Feel free to share them in the comments!

Comments

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

Irregardless doesn't ping with me as a crime. It's sort of like how "flammable" and "inflammable" both work fine. I know it's a double-negative, but it's usage is too widespread — and it's sort fun and vernacular, which I always appreciate — for it to be flat-out wrong.

This language writer guy agrees with me: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathon-owen/yes-irregardless-is-a-wor_b_4434749.html

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

It's not the double negative bit that bothers me with 'irregardless.' It's that it doesn't sound like a damn word. It's like someone just threw that 'ir' on for no apparent reason.*


*I am well aware this is completely irrational.

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

I saw what you did there!

Apparently, the "ir" in this case is a reference to "irrespective", which is probably the word that people were going for, but missed. Heh.

[http://users.livejournal.com/traycer_/]

I don't know if it's because of my experience with "irregardless" or what, but "irrespective" always sounded completely wrong to me. Crazy, I know. But I am learning a lot here, so that's a good thing!

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I hadn't thought of it as a double negative, but now that you've thrown that out there... :)

And thanks for the link!! It helps to know that I wasn't completely wrong about using that word!!