by exwitless 107 Replies latest social humour
Oh my.. I just happened to read this post from Jeffro which he posted yesterday:
If you could care less, then why don't you? The correct expression is "I couldn't care less", as in 'my degree of caring is already as low as possible'. It wouldn't bother me, except that the illogical and incorrect mangling of the phrase seems to be growing in popularity.
Thank you so much!!!
I happen to be "pretty good" at spelling, so I like to "pick apart" mispelled words, just for laughs. However, I'm not immune to making spelling mistakes, and have a bad case of "comma-itis".
It's fun, anyway.....or is it anyways?
Hubert
It's fun, anyway.....or is it anyways?
"Irregardless" of how you say it, the point is "mute". "Anyways", "I could care less"!
My father-in-law, (rest his soul), was a french-canadian. Along with his strong french accent, he had his way of putting the "accent" on the wrong syllable, a common thing for older french people, I believe, because of the french to english translation that they would come up with.
For Medicine... he would pronounce it ....Mediseen.
For wagon....he would say Woegan. and so on.
I loved it !! It was unique to him, and I occasionally say these words as he used to, just to remind me of him. (I hope I didn't insult any cannucks out there. I am french, too, but can't speak a word of it). Sure wish I could. I love the language, and the people, too.
Oh Canada, Oh Canada !!
Merci.......Hubert
More times than I have been able to keep track, I have seen signs at the grocery store like this:
Egg's $1.99/doz
What can an egg possess??? (besides a shell, a "white" - shouldn't that be "clear", or a yolk?)
If the head of state makes such blunders you can hardly expect ordinary citizens to be any better
http://www.dailyhaha.com/_vids/Bush_Speech_Mishaps.htm
By the way, whom do you think Homer was quoting?
I will often use "their" or "them" when I am referring to an unnamed singular subject so as guard the anonymity of the person to whom I am referring. It seems to be a more popular (and less awkward) way to maintain a gender-neutral subject, in this current age of gender equality.
Irregardless of what anyone says, I am impressed.
Egg's $1.99/doz
What can an egg possess??? (besides a shell, a "white" - shouldn't that be "clear", or a yolk?)
I see this mistake quite often, and it makes me upset every time I see it. Correcting grammar and spelling are two of my pastimes because I used to edit the school newspaper. At times I wonder if I could've been a proofreader; it would've been a cakewalk due to my occasional perfectionism.
one that always kills me, (and I see it a great deal in my profession), is prevenTATive. It's preventive, people! arrghh!
I was working with a colleague today and she said "member when you did such and such". When did we stop saying "remember", its not like it gets us quicker to our destination if we say "member" instead of "remember". I catch myself saying it as well. But of course when I gave my friend grief, I never fessed up to that.
Also, when did "funner" become a word. WTF! I know I have been out of school for a while, but when news agencies start using it in story lines, I am greatly disturbed!
