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| Posted By | Discussion Topic: Supposably Misused Words and Phrases... | ||||
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| Kid Afrika | posted on 10-31-2001 @ 8:52 AM |    | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 70  | "I could care less..." - WRONG The proper phrase is, "I COULDN'T care less...". The insult being that there is no possible way that you could care less about something. "Supposably" - WRONG The word is "supposedly". "Draw" (as in "put your clothes in the draw") - WRONG The word is "drawer". I left my "driver's license" at the house, can you take me there to get "THEM" - WRONG "License" is not plural. Sorry, these types of stupidity just piss me off to no end. Carry on.
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| av8er OA.com's taint with wings. | posted on 10-31-2001 @ 8:59 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | I concure, one that really gets to me is the phrase "same difference". Why can't people just say "same thing".  Av8er Radio [ AIM ] [ ICQ ] [ E-Mail ] "Ahahahhahaha...How sweet...Fresh meat!" - Robert Englund "Could you bend me over the console & say that?" - Jim Norton | ||||
| Scrappleking | posted on 10-31-2001 @ 9:03 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Aug. 01 | this one isn't as bad as kid's but "entitled" used as in, the book was entitled "The Hobbit". The word means to be owed something, or to have a right to something. Some dictionaries include both versions, but I think thats only because its so widely misused. Also, Southerners have so many fucked up phrases, it would be impossible to list them. "Somebody took my phone number and called Afghanistan. Afghanistan! I've never talked to anyone in Afghanistan, I don't know nobody in Afghanistan, and even if did know anyone, I wouldn't talk to that Afghan ass for three hours! I won't talk to my daddy for three hours." | ||||
USA Autoban Head Slap... Swim Move... | posted on 10-31-2001 @ 9:07 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Oct. 00 | Damn, I was brought here under false pretenses. I thought this was Ebonics 101.  | ||||
| Ken'sPen [Sarcasm] Doesn't Live Up To The Hype [/Sarcasm] I should have stayed OVER THERE | posted on 10-31-2001 @ 9:07 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Aug. 01 | One thing I really hate is when people use the word goes for said. IE. And then she goes "blah blah blah" hate that. | ||||
| o&aswallow | posted on 10-31-2001 @ 9:38 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | It drives me crazy when people pronounce the word ask as axs. Oh wait, Buttmunch already made the point that this wasn't the eubonics thread. Nevermind. American Patriot, Pennsylvania resident, but original NYC listener. | ||||
| Mike Rotch | posted on 10-31-2001 @ 9:40 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Apr. 01 | Thanks to Geoge Carlin, I now hate when people use the word impacted when they mean affected. Also, I can't stand it when people screw up the spelling of your/you're. ex. Your being a complete asshole. <--WRONG! You're being a complete asshole <--Correct  "Beliefs are dangerous. Beliefs allow the mind to stop functioning. A non-functining mind is Clinically dead. Believe in nothing..." | ||||
| hornygoatweed I've Got A Vagina With Teeth. G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Dragoon Battalion My friends call me Weed | posted on 10-31-2001 @ 9:43 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | How about when people use the word "irregardless". Last time I checked, that wasn't a word - its "regardless". While most times grammatical errors don't bother me, this one seems to stick out whenever I hear it. You can reach me through AIM or email. Don't be shy, drop a line and say Hi! | ||||
| Arthur Dent | posted on 10-31-2001 @ 9:44 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Nov. 00 | quote: That's not a misuse, its an ACCENT. One that bothers me because my college professor drilled it into my head is the misuse of the word "WHICH". Ex. I want the the computer WHICH has the bigger harddrive. NO, if you can replace it with "THAT" than you do. I want the the computer THAT has the bigger harddrive. People use "WHICH" to look more intelligent writing reports and just look dumb. | ||||
| King f-tard | posted on 10-31-2001 @ 9:45 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Feb. 01 | quote: Must be a black thing, I always call it a drawer. Hey K1d, do you see what people say, cause I cant tell a difference if someone uses a ' while speaking?  IM me Or E-Mail Me | ||||
| Kid Afrika | posted on 10-31-2001 @ 9:52 AM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 70 | quote: Actually, it's not an accent to mispronounce a word, it's stupid. You can't just completely ignore the "ER" in drawer, and blame it on an accent. Shit, if was all did that, we'd sound like the fucknuts up in bahston do when they talk about their cahs.
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| YerMomsBox | posted on 10-31-2001 @ 10:07 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | You don't hear this one very often, but I've heard a few people screw up the use of the phrase "per se". Instead, I've heard a person say "for say". Another thing that really bothers me is that people make contractions out of more and more words (aside from the usual don't, didn't, won't usages) these days. Here are a few examples: Jim's going to the store (instead of Jim is going to the store or Jim went to the store) and Something's wrong with my car (instead of Something is wrong with my car). These contractions are used mostly in common usage but are making their way into written language. Josh  | ||||
| Old Dirty Sanchez | posted on 10-31-2001 @ 10:08 AM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Oct. 01 | ATM = ATM Machine... I know I won't be popular for this, but the Long Island accent gets to me sometimes. drawer....not what you put your close in, but to drawer a picture. saw....I sawer U2 last night... | ||||
| YerMomsBox | posted on 10-31-2001 @ 10:18 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | I rememberd another one. I hear a lot of people say "Air on the side of caution" instead of "Err on the side of caution". Josh | ||||
| Kid Afrika | posted on 10-31-2001 @ 10:20 AM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 70 | ods, you hit on a great point here... Automated Teller Machine - ATM not ATM Machine Light Emitting Diode - LED not LED Light Network Interface Card - NIC not NIC Card Scholastic Aptitude Tests - SATs not SAT Tests
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| Lord Duvious | posted on 10-31-2001 @ 10:53 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jul. 01 | Please don't forget... Human Immunodeficiency Virus=HIV NOT HIV Virus People who use double negatives piss me off to no end. If I didn't have this annoying thing called a "conscience", I would have killed many, many people by now.  Email Me UNITY This message was edited by Lord Duvious on 10-31-01 @ 11:07 AM | ||||
| barch97 BBTB The barch gots lots a dick I kind of enjoy my anonymity on the board WOW Forum Ambassador | posted on 10-31-2001 @ 10:53 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Jul. 00 | Please STOP. You're killing me here... Yes, these things drive me F-in' crazy too but, what really pisses me off is when I do it. btw... do they maybe just teach Po-Hahn-Nicks different in different parts of the country? I lived in Georgia for 4 years(while in college)and never could get used to "IN-surance"  Long Live the "Syndication Underground" | ||||
| Sir Okonkwo | posted on 10-31-2001 @ 10:54 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jun. 01 | literally "I literally punched a hole in his chest." "She literally has a vagina as wide as the Grand Canyon."  "My political opinions lean more towards anarchy....The most improper job of any man, even saints, is bossing other men."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, 1981 "Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker and Tits"-George Carlin "Now you listen here to me, you horrible little creature"-William Regal to X-Pac | ||||
| kindredbabe | posted on 10-31-2001 @ 11:03 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Aug. 01 | Irregardless was already mentioned, but the use of that word makes my skin crawl. Also when referring to Fiscal Year, I have heard many times "physical year"... Another thing that drive me crazy is when people use "You know what I mean" incessantly... You know what I mean? ;)  | ||||
| barch97 BBTB The barch gots lots a dick I kind of enjoy my anonymity on the board WOW Forum Ambassador | posted on 10-31-2001 @ 12:01 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Jul. 00 | good one kindredbabe Like, the ebonics... "yaseewhatumsayin" at the end of every sentence. Long Live the "Syndication Underground" | ||||
| Numb Nutts | posted on 10-31-2001 @ 12:55 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Aug. 01 | Supposably our education system is to blame. The real problem is that parents are more interested in how much money they can withdrawer from the ATM machine. Irregardless it is all the same difference. Maybe kids should be forced to study a book entitled "Websters Dictionary" Your all poeople with way too much time on you're hands. One maybe we will live in a world in which people speak correctly. Until then dont get your drawers all bunched up. Try to relax.  | ||||
| barch97 BBTB The barch gots lots a dick I kind of enjoy my anonymity on the board WOW Forum Ambassador | posted on 10-31-2001 @ 1:03 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Jul. 00 | alright, this one's gonna make me sound really anal but what the hell... when people say "continuously" and really mean "continually". couldn't ya just puke? Long Live the "Syndication Underground" | ||||
| kindredbabe | posted on 10-31-2001 @ 4:08 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Aug. 01 | Thought of another one... NIGGA PLEASE know what I mean?  | ||||
| Noellevious Teh cute. Look at that. You could bounce quarters off of it. Incredible. | posted on 10-31-2001 @ 4:12 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 01 | I'm betraying everyone in Brooklyn right now, but has anyone noticed that the phrase "Not for nothing" doesn't mean...anything? One Nation...Indivisible. Heaven is missing angels - NYPD & FDNY...Thank you. "The first Jewish guy I ever really loved was Christ. And then came Lewis Black." | ||||
| barch97 BBTB The barch gots lots a dick I kind of enjoy my anonymity on the board WOW Forum Ambassador | posted on 10-31-2001 @ 4:16 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Jul. 00 | touche... LMAO, very good. Long Live the "Syndication Underground" | ||||
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