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Title: Calling all grammar Nazis
Post by: linderlizzie on December 21, 2021, 05:58:07 pm
What words do other people mess up that drive you crazy?  ::)

Some of mine are realtor (when it's pronounced realator), nuclear (when it's pronounced nucular), etcetera (when it's pronounced eckcetera) and ask (when it's pronounced aks). I could go on, but I would rather see if I have some compadres in my a-n-a-l  literary world.  :peace:

(Oh, censors; a-n-a-l is not a bad word in this context. It's a personality characterized by meticulous neatness and suspicion and reserve). Get a grip.



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Title: Re: Calling all grammar Nazis
Post by: 1imaginarygirl on December 21, 2021, 06:49:47 pm
It's not a pronunciation thing, but I cannot stand when people use "ask" as a noun. When someone says, "I have an ask of you" or "that's a big ask", I want to scream and break something.
Title: Re: Calling all grammar Nazis
Post by: linderlizzie on December 22, 2021, 07:19:12 pm
It's not a pronunciation thing, but I cannot stand when people use "ask" as a noun. When someone says, "I have an ask of you" or "that's a big ask", I want to scream and break something.

I feel very blessed that I have never experienced that particular annoying question.  :angel11:

Your response (I want to scream and break something) seems appropriate to me.  :highfive:
Title: Re: Calling all grammar Nazis
Post by: linderlizzie on December 23, 2021, 02:55:03 pm
I just thought of another one that irks me a great deal. There are many jewelry stores that have commercials on them where the person says jewlery instead of jewelry. How come they can say jewels but not jewelry?

You're probably thinking I should just get over it and you're right, but I've had this issue since I was a child. Perhaps I should start a Go Fund Me site for my problem.  ::)
Title: Re: Calling all grammar Nazis
Post by: linderlizzie on January 25, 2022, 04:11:25 pm
Okay. How many people say imporant rather than important? Not right. There's a "t" in there. Think about it. 

Grammar queen says, no, no, no. :angry7:

I can go on. And I probably will. As you well know.

It's pretty funny that I'm practically the only one who comments on this thread. It's the "linderlizzie" show.  :confused1:

I think maybe she should be cancelled.
Title: Re: Calling all grammar Nazis
Post by: stevensm4 on January 25, 2022, 08:45:34 pm
(Oh, censors; a-n-a-l is not a bad word in this context. It's a personality characterized by meticulous neatness and suspicion and reserve). Get a grip.


And here I was thinking of something different ;D. 

Pronunciation doesn't really bother me that much and I got to say I mispronounce words here and there like the jewelry example.

And Linderlizzie, your fine, you don't need to be cancelled.
Title: Re: Calling all grammar Nazis
Post by: plennis on January 26, 2022, 07:56:39 am
The word  AMBULANCE.     I hear amblance and other ways to say. 
Title: Re: Calling all grammar Nazis
Post by: potluck6 on January 26, 2022, 11:01:44 am
See  a lot writing  that   is wrong,like  leaving  out a    word.
Title: Re: Calling all grammar Nazis
Post by: sfreeman8 on January 27, 2022, 08:38:22 am
Kindergarten pronounced kindergarden.
Title: Re: Calling all grammar Nazis
Post by: UGetPaid on February 01, 2022, 02:58:05 am
The word  AMBULANCE.     I hear amblance and other ways to say.
My older daughter could never say that word - and I am not talking as a young child. I am talking even as a teenager and young adult! She would try really hard to say it right, but it always came out AM-BLI-ANCE.
Title: Re: Calling all grammar Nazis
Post by: linderlizzie on February 02, 2022, 09:25:48 pm
So I heard on conservative radio today that using the term N-a-z-i in a reference such as this cheapens or negates the true meaning of the word. I now hereby apologize and will not use this terminology because I don't want to be disrespectful in any way to the suffering of the Holocaust victims under Hitler's regime.

I'm serious when I say I didn't know it was disrespectful, but upon reflection, I think that may be correct.

However, I don't understand why the word is bleeped. It's not a bad word in itself.
Title: Re: Calling all grammar Nazis
Post by: UGetPaid on February 03, 2022, 06:18:03 am
*bleep* isn't a bad word either, but it gets bleeped to I think.
Title: Re: Calling all grammar Nazis
Post by: linderlizzie on February 03, 2022, 09:24:21 am
Anyway; to add to the list. Why do so many people say imporant, leaving out the all important "t" in the middle of the word? ??? This even happens on television and radio.

Wait for it . . . . you'll hear it everywhere.  ::)
Title: Re: Calling all grammar Nazis
Post by: linderlizzie on February 03, 2022, 09:26:57 am
*bleep* isn't a bad word either, but it gets bleeped to I think.

What is your bleeped word, UGetPaid? It's bleeped.

You need to hyphenate it because that takes away all the bad karma from the posted word.  :monkey:

Or do you just mean the word bleep?  :-\


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Title: Re: Calling all grammar Nazis
Post by: UGetPaid on February 05, 2022, 08:36:18 am
*bleep* b-a-l-l-s
Title: Re: Calling all grammar Nazis
Post by: linderlizzie on February 06, 2022, 07:48:54 pm
*bleep* b-a-l-l-s

That is absolutely shocking. I am soooooo offended!  :-[ No wonder you were censored.
Title: Re: Calling all grammar Nazis
Post by: linderlizzie on March 20, 2022, 02:55:54 pm
Kindergarten pronounced kindergarden.

I think I do this so I give it a pass. It actually should be spelled with a "d" since that makes it easier to say.  8)
Title: Re: Calling all grammar Nazis
Post by: alina6 on March 27, 2022, 08:01:52 am
My issue is there/their and her/hear. Unfortunately I do it wrong all the time.
Title: Re: Calling all grammar Nazis
Post by: linderlizzie on July 26, 2022, 08:35:18 am
My issue is there/their and her/hear. Unfortunately I do it wrong all the time.

alina6, you're talking about a spelling issue, not a grammar one.

That being said, I am also a spelling N-a-z-i [hyphenated for the censors who are on guard at FC)  :-[. Misspelled billboards make me crazy at first, and then I laugh because it's so ludicrous. They pay people to make billboards. Who misspelled the words on there? Do they not get paid if it's misspelled,or maybe just deduct a small fee for the aggravation? :o
Title: Re: Calling all grammar Nazis
Post by: linderlizzie on July 26, 2022, 08:39:34 am
The word  AMBULANCE.     I hear amblance and other ways to say.
My older daughter could never say that word - and I am not talking as a young child. I am talking even as a teenager and young adult! She would try really hard to say it right, but it always came out AM-BLI-ANCE.

And isn't it kind of sweet and fun when they mispronounce things?  :in-love: I kind of really liked hangeber, instead of hamburger, from my youngest son when he was really little.
Title: Re: Calling all grammar Nazis
Post by: UGetPaid on July 28, 2022, 03:30:42 am
And isn't it kind of sweet and fun when they mispronounce things?  :in-love: I kind of really liked hangeber, instead of hamburger, from my youngest son when he was really little.


Your remark then reminds ME of our younger daughter's excitement as a child of seeing a "hep-a-cher" flying in the sky. We live nearby the local hospital and those life-flight hepachers could be pretty loud flying over our house when bringing patients in and out!
Title: Re: Calling all grammar Nazis
Post by: linderlizzie on July 29, 2022, 05:10:46 pm
And isn't it kind of sweet and fun when they mispronounce things?  :in-love: I kind of really liked hangeber, instead of hamburger, from my youngest son when he was really little.


Your remark then reminds ME of our younger daughter's excitement as a child of seeing a "hep-a-cher" flying in the sky. We live nearby the local hospital and those life-flight hepachers could be pretty loud flying over our house when bringing patients in and out!

Adorable!  :in-love: