Ruins of the English Language

Originally Posted by Slur

I know a girl who says "legitly". It drives me crazy.

You can't be serious. It got even more stupid?

"foederal"

I call bull♥♥♥♥, you made that one up.
I don't care what country people come from, nobody can say that's a good spelling of the word. Or maybe I should just spell words like "dead" as "doeadde".

I also thought of one more-- when people use "young" as "old".
"Billy here's 80 years young." How afraid of death can you be to use, as George Carlin said, an ANTONYM?!

I also thought of one more-- when people use "young" as "old".
"Billy here's 80 years young." How afraid of death can you be to use, as George Carlin said, an ANTONYM?!

This always pissed me off. I'm glad George Carlin did a bit on it.

Initiate.

"Initiate a bag of potato chips."

I'm adding people who say, "Like" way too much.

Originally Posted by Radek

Pretty much anything an Australian says.

Originally Posted by Slur

*smiles and tries not to get killed by his Aussie friends*

I hate when people pronounce "Aussie" as "Aw-see" as opposed to "Aw-zee".

Gah. "Aw-zee" is also wrong. Try "Ozzie"/"oh-zee". ("oh" as in the word "on")

Originally Posted by GECK~101

Initiate.

"Initiate a bag of potato chips."

...I can't even tell what word that's meant to be. <_>

Originally Posted by Sabbo

Gah. "Aw-zee" is also wrong. Try "Ozzie"/"oh-zee". ("oh" as in the word "on")

Both of those are pronounced the same. :<

...I can't even tell what word that's meant to be. <_>

I thought it stood in for "Give me". <_<

I hate it when people slang. It seems when I'm getting annoyed at someone for not even speaking in a way that I can actually understand(slang), the more they do it.

Originally Posted by Tonchiki

You can't be serious. It got even more stupid?

Indeed it did :/

I call bull♥♥♥♥, you made that one up.
I don't care what country people come from, nobody can say that's a good spelling of the word. Or maybe I should just spell words like "dead" as "doeadde".

I swear I'm not making it up. Though technically it would be "fœderal". It's the archaic way of spelling "federal". Just like "fœtus" for "fetus", "œconomics" for "economics", and my favourite "œstrogen" for "estrogen".

Other words like ecology and amoeba use the letter "œthel". "oe" functions the same as "œ".

Originally Posted by Sabbo

Gah. "Aw-zee" is also wrong. Try "Ozzie"/"oh-zee". ("oh" as in the word "on")

The lady on 4MMM says "aw-zee". "Oh-zee" and "Aw-zee" sound nearly identical to me.

I like to use the variants and archaic forms of the words. Using "oe/œ" and "ae/æ". By the way, "æ" is called "æsc". I haven't gotten marked down for it yet on any of my papers. Probably confused looks from teachers though...

Originally Posted by Ringo Starr

Both of those are pronounced the same. :<

No they aren't. "aw" is in the word "awful", while "oh" is in "waffle". They're different.

I thought it stood in for "Give me". <_<

But... "initiate"? To initiate something means to start it. :/

Originally Posted by Sabbo

No they aren't. "aw" is in the word "awful", while "oh" is in "waffle". They're different.

What the fffffffffff....... ;___;

"oh" as in "waffle"... Are you trying to tell me "waffle" is said the same way as "woeful"?

What I hate about using words as pronunciation examples is that everyone has different accents, so it's incorrect half the time.

Originally Posted by Sabbo

No they aren't. "aw" is in the word "awful", while "oh" is in "waffle". They're different.

I think here is where our accents differ. Take away the 'w' and waffle sounds exactly the same as awful.

But... "initiate"? To initiate something means to start it. :/

I'm not the one who made the phrase. :<

Another thing that gets to me: towards, backwards, afterwards, etc. THERE IS NO EXTRANEOUS 'S'! It's simply toward, backward, afterward, and so on.

While we're on the subject of superfluous S's, I also really get annoyed when certain store or brand names are suddenly made possessive. Consider: Kroger's, Barnes & Noble's, and many others. But there's no S, nor is there an apostrophe. They're simply Kroger, and Barnes & Noble.

"Irregardless" is another one, as mentioned above. It bothers me, and I'm told it really irked my grammar nazi of a mother too back in the day. It's a bastardized hybrid of "irrespective" and "regardless"--two words with similar meanings but used in different contexts. People try to use the hybrid as a way of making themselves look sophisticated, but to those in the know, they simply come off as ignorant.

Originally Posted by Slur

What the fffffffffff....... ;___;

"oh" as in "waffle"... Are you trying to tell me "waffle" is said the same way as "woeful"?

Um... no. "waffle" is weird because it's pronounced "woffle".

Maybe I'll record my voice so you lot can hear what I mean. :/

Originally Posted by Rew

Another thing that gets to me: towards, backwards, afterwards, etc. THERE IS NO EXTRANEOUS 'S'! It's simply toward, backward, afterward, and so on.

It's actually considered a correct way of saying it. I don't know if it evolved that way or what, but it's correct. (Also, I say them that way a lot.)

While we're on the subject of superfluous S's, I also really get annoyed when certain store or brand names are suddenly made possessive. Consider: Kroger's, Barnes & Noble's, and many others. But there's no S, nor is there an apostrophe. They're simply Kroger, and Barnes & Noble.

I hate this. Although it also works the other way around (people calling Chuck E. Cheese's "Chuck E. Cheese").

"Irregardless" is another one, as mentioned above. It bothers me, and I'm told it really irked my grammar nazi of a mother too back in the day. It's a bastardized hybrid of "irrespective" and "regardless"--two words with similar meanings but used in different contexts. People try to use the hybrid as a way of making themselves look sophisticated, but to those in the know, they simply come off as ignorant.

I don't usually ever hear people say "irregardless", and I've never said it myself.
It's worth noting that it's in my dictionary, though...

Originally Posted by Tonchiki

It's actually considered a correct way of saying it. I don't know if it evolved that way or what, but it's correct. (Also, I say them that way a lot.)

While it may be technically correct, to me it's always sounded better to leave off the S.

Originally Posted by Sabbo

Um... no. "waffle" is weird because it's pronounced "woffle".

There's that Aussie accent!

I thought of another one... People who replace silence or "um" in their sentence with "f***in'". For instance, "It was about... f***in'... nine thirty."

Originally Posted by Rew

While it may be technically correct, to me it's always sounded better to leave off the S.

Same with me and "colour"/"color".

Originally Posted by Ringo Starr

There's that Aussie accent!

And you Americans are weird with your accent(s) because you pronounce "aunt" like how you say "ant". :<

There. Even.

Originally Posted by Sabbo

And you Americans are weird with your accent(s) because you pronounce "aunt" like how you say "ant". :<

There. Even.

Actually, that's only some parts of America. I say aunt how it should be said.