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

[bluewolf458.livejournal.com]

I already told Traycer, but purposefully instead of purposely drives me nuts. And something that has been creeping in a lot recently is something like 'you coat' instead of 'your'...

I shrug philosophically over 'I seen it' (and 'I have went') - I've been hearing those all my life and I suspect they've been around since grammar began.

Of the ones here, lay down (and all its cousins) is my biggest hate. I can understand where confusion can arise, but...

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

All the ones you've pointed out are enough to make me boil over, but the "you coat" one? Seriously, I already go ballistic over the misuse of "your" and "you're", as well as the well-used "yo" instead of "your", I'm not sure I can handle yet another variant. Still, they're used so often that you'd think I'd be used to them by now!

And a little off topic, but not by much... this reminds me of those who like to say, "I be waiting..." or "I be sitting..." Hee! Grammar nerds unite!! :)

[bluewolf458.livejournal.com]

He was sat beside the fire. (I can always find another one...)

Some of them are probably dialect terms that possibly evolved from old/middle English in a different direction from the one we're used to. In Scots, th, y and z could be used interchangeably - there's a stone I saw in an old graveyard years ago marked to 'Ye zounger dochter of... ' It was dated somewhere in the 1400s. In dialect 'ye' or even just 'ee' is still used quite often for 'the'. I suspect 'I could care less' came from a TV comedian.

But what gets me more than bad grammar is misused homophones...

[starwatcher]

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With 'you coat', I always figure someone (and I just typed somewon -- for real! -- because I listen mentally as I read/type) was typing too fast and just missed the 'r' at the end. Unless it appears more than a couple of times in a fic, but I've never seen it misused consistently. So my beta eyes notice, but my reader brain shrugs and continues with the story.
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