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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2014 20:46:17 GMT -5
I be shocked beyond repair!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2014 21:16:22 GMT -5
Pretty sad. It's what happen when people don't read. I've known some pretty smart people who can't spell, but this goes beyond that.
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Post by Angel! on Oct 15, 2014 22:35:06 GMT -5
Reminds me of a funny story...
We were ~15 yrs old. A bunch of us were being a little loud & an adult told us to calm down. One girl says, "Hey, I am being have (pronounced to rhyme with Dave)" Everyone is confused so she says it again. Finally she explains, "You know how your parents always tell you to BEHAVE, well I am being have"
The sad thing is we were all so shocked (and trying not to laugh) that someone in high school would not know the word behave, that I don't think anyone corrected her.
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Oct 15, 2014 22:50:37 GMT -5
I've only read the OP so far, but WTE?? Is this what our future has to look forward to? A world of illiterates in a land that offers some of the highest education in the world? Le Sigh!
Now I have to get caught up on subsequent posts.
(Note: I made no spelling errors in this message).
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Oct 15, 2014 23:18:43 GMT -5
Any clue what #2 is? I'm lost on that one. The word they should have used was "epitome".
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Post by steff on Oct 16, 2014 0:58:41 GMT -5
Reminds me of a funny story... We were ~15 yrs old. A bunch of us were being a little loud & an adult told us to calm down. One girl says, "Hey, I am being have (pronounced to rhyme with Dave)" Everyone is confused so she says it again. Finally she explains, "You know how your parents always tell you to BEHAVE, well I am being have" The sad thing is we were all so shocked (and trying not to laugh) that someone in high school would not know the word behave, that I don't think anyone corrected her. I'm that girl. but I say it as a funny play on the phrase...not because I'm a dingbat. Even though, I'm a dingbat.
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Oct 16, 2014 1:31:21 GMT -5
Sometimes I find my teeth starting to grind - when people say things like "youse" instead of "you"....
or "I don't want no"... (this is where the migraine starts forming)..
"I cant hardly believe it"... (ok -my migraine is about to turn into a tumor)..
"Anna and Mike is going skiing" ... (BLAM! - my head just exloded).
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2014 7:52:50 GMT -5
I 'm on FB with a former HS classmate who uses the phrases "could of" and "would of". It's like chalk scraping in a blackboard.
I've noticed that now it's acceptable for BBC announcers to use, "me and (other people)" as the subject of a sentence. The BBC! The English-speaking world is going to hell in a handbasket.
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Post by Tennesseer on Oct 16, 2014 8:27:07 GMT -5
"Apidimi" would appear to be an attempt to approximate "epitome." Ah! Yes, that fits. I was sitting her trying to phonetically figured it out and was lost. As a young kid I knew how to spell the word and knew its meaning. But never having ever heard to word said, I thought it was pronounced epp-ih-toe-may.
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Post by billisonboard on Oct 16, 2014 8:56:29 GMT -5
... Is this what our future has to look forward to? A world of illiterates in a land that offers some of the highest education in the world? Le Sigh!
... Yes. One should realize, however, that the only real change is exposure to the larger world of the illiterates through modern technologies.
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Post by Firebird on Oct 16, 2014 12:42:56 GMT -5
My womb hasn't healed yet... someone give me back my Lewbuttons (whatever those are).
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Post by dannylion on Oct 16, 2014 12:56:14 GMT -5
... Is this what our future has to look forward to? A world of illiterates in a land that offers some of the highest education in the world? Le Sigh!
... Yes. One should realize, however, that the only real change is exposure to the larger world of the illiterates through modern technologies. Yeah. It's likely that the proportion of the population represented by stupid and/or ignorant people has not really changed; it's just that they have so many more options and opportunities for displaying their stupidity and/or ignorance now.
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Post by Firebird on Oct 16, 2014 12:58:33 GMT -5
As a young kid I knew how to spell the word and knew its meaning. But never having ever heard to word said, I thought it was pronounced epp-ih-toe-may.
When I was a kid, I constantly mispronounced words. I can't remember any specifics but I do remember once using one in class on the first or second day of school. My teacher smiled at me and asked me if I read a lot - I said yes, and she said that she could tell because one of the hallmarks of a reader was that they had a large vocabulary but hadn't heard all of the words actually spoken.
The word I remember having trouble with most recently is detritus. I know exactly what it means but I still have to stop and think about how to pronounce it, so I probably wouldn't use it in conversation.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Oct 16, 2014 13:23:37 GMT -5
As a young kid I knew how to spell the word and knew its meaning. But never having ever heard to word said, I thought it was pronounced epp-ih-toe-may.When I was a kid, I constantly mispronounced words. I can't remember any specifics but I do remember once using one in class on the first or second day of school. My teacher smiled at me and asked me if I read a lot - I said yes, and she said that she could tell because one of the hallmarks of a reader was that they had a large vocabulary but hadn't heard all of the words actually spoken. The word I remember having trouble with most recently is detritus. I know exactly what it means but I still have to stop and think about how to pronounce it, so I probably wouldn't use it in conversation. That would be Sargent Detritus. Sigh. I'm going to have to go back and re-read the City Watch novels soon.
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Post by dannylion on Oct 16, 2014 13:31:25 GMT -5
As a young kid I knew how to spell the word and knew its meaning. But never having ever heard to word said, I thought it was pronounced epp-ih-toe-may.When I was a kid, I constantly mispronounced words. I can't remember any specifics but I do remember once using one in class on the first or second day of school. My teacher smiled at me and asked me if I read a lot - I said yes, and she said that she could tell because one of the hallmarks of a reader was that they had a large vocabulary but hadn't heard all of the words actually spoken. The word I remember having trouble with most recently is detritus. I know exactly what it means but I still have to stop and think about how to pronounce it, so I probably wouldn't use it in conversation. That would be Sargent Detritus. Sigh. I'm going to have to go back and re-read the City Watch novels soon. Yay! Another Terry Pratchett fan!
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Post by cktc on Oct 16, 2014 13:38:35 GMT -5
As a young kid I knew how to spell the word and knew its meaning. But never having ever heard to word said, I thought it was pronounced epp-ih-toe-may.When I was a kid, I constantly mispronounced words. I can't remember any specifics but I do remember once using one in class on the first or second day of school. My teacher smiled at me and asked me if I read a lot - I said yes, and she said that she could tell because one of the hallmarks of a reader was that they had a large vocabulary but hadn't heard all of the words actually spoken. The word I remember having trouble with most recently is detritus. I know exactly what it means but I still have to stop and think about how to pronounce it, so I probably wouldn't use it in conversation. Mine was tête-à-tête. Learning about IPA in a linguistics class briefly opened up a whole new world, of pronunciation. Unfortunately I haven't retained much.
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Post by movingforward on Oct 16, 2014 13:39:45 GMT -5
I 'm on FB with a former HS classmate who uses the phrases "could of" and "would of". It's like chalk scraping in a blackboard. I've noticed that now it's acceptable for BBC announcers to use, "me and (other people)" as the subject of a sentence. The BBC! The English-speaking world is going to hell in a handbasket.I have noticed the past couple of years that almost everyone seems to be saying "me and X" People that actually seem to speak proper English otherwise are using this phrase. I used to think it was just the people on Judge Judy - LOL, but then I noticed many others were saying it as well. WTH? Seriously, is "X and I" no longer considered to be proper English?
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Post by Rocky Mtn Saver on Oct 16, 2014 13:58:11 GMT -5
I 'm on FB with a former HS classmate who uses the phrases "could of" and "would of". It's like chalk scraping in a blackboard. I've noticed that now it's acceptable for BBC announcers to use, "me and (other people)" as the subject of a sentence. The BBC! The English-speaking world is going to hell in a handbasket. Hey, as long as it's said with a British accent, it's all okay.
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Post by Icelandic Woman on Oct 16, 2014 14:03:25 GMT -5
LMAO!!! I seriously had to pause for a moment to decide if I was going to open this thread based on the title. One that has always bothered me is the mutilation of the simple 3 letter word "ask" with "axe".
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Post by Firebird on Oct 16, 2014 15:38:31 GMT -5
Moot versus mute?
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Post by lexxy703 on Oct 16, 2014 15:56:36 GMT -5
LMAO!!! I seriously had to pause for a moment to decide if I was going to open this thread based on the title. One that has always bothered me is the mutilation of the simple 3 letter word "ask" with "axe". This times a thousand. My 10th grade English teacher said axe. It drove me so crazy I finally corrected her one day.
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Post by billisonboard on Oct 16, 2014 16:30:02 GMT -5
I was talking with someone once about Catch 22 and referenced, "the main character." They asked what was the character's name. I realized I had no idea beyond it starting with a "Y", had a couple of "s's" in the middle and ended in a "n". I had never bothered to convert that visual to sound.
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Post by justme on Oct 16, 2014 16:43:59 GMT -5
As said earlier in the thread - it's moo.
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Post by Malarky on Oct 16, 2014 16:45:00 GMT -5
I was talking with someone once about Catch 22 and referenced, "the main character." They asked what was the character's name. I realized I had no idea beyond it starting with a "Y", had a couple of "s's" in the middle and ended in a "n". I had never bothered to convert that visual to sound. I think his name was Yosarian. At least that's what I named him. I haven't read that book since high school. Now I'm going to go look up what his name really was. Detritus <--- I've also been pronouncing this incorrectly. I was close: Yossarian. I probably learned it because I had to write a paper. But I often have no idea of the names of characters in books I'm reading, or shows I watch.
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Post by Angel! on Oct 16, 2014 16:48:54 GMT -5
I have a question. How do you pronounce 'niche'?
The other day someone at work said it as 'neesh'. My immediate thought was "OMG, I have been saying that word wrong my entire life". I am a little like angrybird in that I have read a lot of words I have never heard said. But, now I am thinking maybe it was the co-worker that said it incorrectly because I find it hard to believe I have never heard it pronounced before now.
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Post by billisonboard on Oct 16, 2014 16:50:01 GMT -5
I was talking with someone once about Catch 22 and referenced, "the main character." They asked what was the character's name. I realized I had no idea beyond it starting with a "Y", had a couple of "s's" in the middle and ended in a "n". I had never bothered to convert that visual to sound. I think his name was Yosarian. ... I am pretty confident there were two of those swiggly things in the middle of the block of letters.
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Post by Firebird on Oct 16, 2014 16:50:55 GMT -5
I have a question. How do you pronounce 'niche'?
That might be a regional thing, because I've heard it pronounced both "neetch" and "nitch."
(Or there just might be more than one right way to pronounce it, like the word "schedule.")
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Post by Angel! on Oct 16, 2014 16:56:11 GMT -5
I have a question. How do you pronounce 'niche'?That might be a regional thing, because I've heard it pronounced both "neetch" and "nitch." (Or there just might be more than one right way to pronounce it, like the word "schedule.") How about without the 't' sound? They made the word rhyme with 'leash'.
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Post by Firebird on Oct 16, 2014 16:57:41 GMT -5
That's basically how I meant the first one Neash as in rhyming with leash or teach. I'm honestly not sure though.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2014 16:59:51 GMT -5
My Mom use to use the word "facetious" and I knew what it meant when she would say it. For years, I would see that word written and understand the meaning from the context, but never realized it was the same word my Mom would say.
There are quite a few words that I can spell correctly and I know what they are/mean, but I'm not sure how to pronounce them because I see them written more than I hear them spoken.
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