Word lessons or what misuse of a word drives you crazy?
- Thread starter Ace Boobtoucher
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Holy ****! You have a shift key on your keyboard!!! :surprise:
squallumz
knows petras secret: she farted.
dont remind me. perhaps it to make up for the fact i write in mostly caps.
The "then" and "than" mix up drives me bat **** crazy. The most common misuse is for people to use the word "then" instead of "than", but can you believe that people do it the other way as well?! How fucking stupid do you have to be?
Also,something that I find rather annoying is when people say "I could care less", when it's " I couldn't care less".
Also,something that I find rather annoying is when people say "I could care less", when it's " I couldn't care less".
Ace Boobtoucher
Founder and Captain of the Douchepatrol
If I'm speaking with someone and they use the word "warsh," I immediately stop the conversation and smack them with Dirl's used colostomy bag.
squallumz
knows petras secret: she farted.
what about terlit? those same people say that fucking **** too.
I can tolerate misuse of ACTUAL words, what really gripes me is making up words. The media and advertisers are good for that. For example: Febuany (Subway)
YOLO is another. Or misuse of a real word as slang like "ratchet." I want to round house kick people hard in the face Chuck Norris style everytime I hear someone say that ****!
YOLO is another. Or misuse of a real word as slang like "ratchet." I want to round house kick people hard in the face Chuck Norris style everytime I hear someone say that ****!
Except and accept. Someone just did that in the talk section. It took a lot of will power not to **** on them.
larss
I'm watching some specialist videos
So you like don't like like like, then?
I am seeing gladiator spelled wrong a lot lately as: gladyator 
takeeleven
Pornstar poolboy for hire!!
buffet pronounced bufit, same with filet!
Ace Boobtoucher
Founder and Captain of the Douchepatrol
People generalizing the word "retard" for stupidity. After working with Special Olympians for a while I grew to appreciate the difference. "Stupid" "Moronic" "idiotic" or "Liberal" get the point across without offending as much.
That, and the use of "Jew" as a verb. I actually called my *** out on that one a couple times.
That, and the use of "Jew" as a verb. I actually called my *** out on that one a couple times.
Tautological phrases bother me, such as when someone says "ATM machine" - the 'M' in ATM stands for 'Machine', so they are essentially saying "Automated Teller Machine Machine." Other phrases that I hear ****** in that manner are "SAT test" and "PIN number" and they all kind of grate on me.
Ain't
Ill (I'll)
Ill (I'll)
There's something fucking wrong with this guy.
Ain't
Ill (I'll)
Ill (I'll)
That drives me insane. I'm powerless not to correct my friends on Facebook when they do that. My thick friends.
Tell me about it. Completely sodding illogical.
I worked in retail banking and "ATM machine" and "PIN number" drive me crazy too.
Sure, anyone incorrectly pronouncing "buffet" needs a good slap. But I can't agree with "filet" because unlike buffet which is just a French word which the English-speaking world adopted, people are actually meaning to say "fillet" which is an English word merely adapted from the French word "filet." The only time I consider it appropriate to use the French pronunciation is if you're actually speaking French, or having to because McDonalds made you. I've never met anyone on my backwards isle who pronounces fillet the way they would correctly pronounce buffet.
Fillet : http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fillet
Filet : http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/filet
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