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Post by 8 Bit WWBG on May 21, 2011 13:22:37 GMT -5
Do you know anyone that makes common mispronunciations, or spelling mistakes no matter how many times you correct them? How much of an effect (not affect) do you think this has on their careers?
Does it grate on you when someone axes you if you want an expresso? I could actually see that combination being quite common in our coffee drinking culture.
Money related... it reminds me of that thread about "ethnic" names on resumes. The guys wife had a ghetto name and she was sure it was getting her (impressive) resume tossed. I wonder how that ever worked out?
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Post by gsbrq on May 21, 2011 13:34:03 GMT -5
Judging by the posts I've read on this board, 80% of people don't seem to know the difference between "averse" and "adverse". Drives me nuts.
The term is "risk averse". Not "risk adverse".
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Post by lulubean on May 21, 2011 13:37:46 GMT -5
I am somewhat OCD about correct pronunciation and what not but I know I am prone to it myself. Advice/advise ugh drives me nuts. I grew up in England and it was moscoe, I am in UShist at HS and now it's mosCOW. WHT do Americans get to choose how they say things. Not bashing, just observation.
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Post by 8 Bit WWBG on May 21, 2011 13:42:18 GMT -5
I spent time in Europe. I still use -gue for words that are spelled with just -g. Let me check my catalogue.
Much more elegant.
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Post by lulubean on May 21, 2011 13:44:02 GMT -5
hahah I wrote WHT, how ironic.
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Post by lulubean on May 21, 2011 13:44:45 GMT -5
Yes, very elegant wWGB.
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Post by phil5185 on May 21, 2011 13:45:17 GMT -5
prostate & prostrate. calvary & cavalry.
But 'axed' isn't incorrect, just a ghetto pronunciation.
Like the word 'drive' - the southern pronunciation is 'drahv'. 'Nine' is 'nahn'. And 'oil' is 'ohl'. Not incorrect, just southern.
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Post by gsbrq on May 21, 2011 13:55:21 GMT -5
Phil makes a good point.
Nobody calls the Brits incorrect when they call Magdalen College "Maudlin", or say "SinJin" for the name "St. John".
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2011 13:59:52 GMT -5
If I wrote here the same way I talk in casual conversation IRL, I'd probably drive all of you nuts. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) I can speak/write proper English, but with friends and family it's a bit of Ebonics with a southern drawl. I do correct my children's speech though. I want them to be aware of the difference and be able to sound like they have some sense when they need to. That's part of what I call *playing levels*. ETA: my pet peeve is referring to children as kids, even though I use it sometimes. Kids are baby goats.
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Post by illinicheme on May 21, 2011 14:08:15 GMT -5
I was just at a large off-site meeting for my entire research organization (1300+ people) and one of the featured speakers said "irregardless" at least five times in 25 minutes. Drove me nuts.
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Post by midjd on May 21, 2011 14:09:03 GMT -5
Lose v. loose and alot are two of my big peeves. Also they're/there/their and its/it's. I would think that the fact that 90% of my coworkers and people with whom I correspond via email are attorneys would limit these errors, but nope! If someone repeatedly makes common mistakes, it does impact my opinion of their skill/intelligence a bit. Whether it has a career effect, I'm not sure. Guess it depends what kind of spellers the high-ups are ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png) (ETA yesterday I saw a billboard sign for "ANITQUES EXIT 80". How the eff does that get through the system?)
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2011 14:20:11 GMT -5
We have some fun around here with how francophones have slaughtered some things. They open and close the lights, not turn them on and off. And they dethaw food. Irregardless is common around here. Personally I have no idea when to use the apostrophe for its and it's.
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Post by gsbrq on May 21, 2011 14:39:24 GMT -5
Personally I have no idea when to use the apostrophe for its and it's. That's an easy one. You only use the apostrophe for contractions of "it is" or "it has". Nothing else gets the apostrophe. its-not-its.info/
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Post by busymom on May 21, 2011 14:40:50 GMT -5
A lot of words are regional pronunciations. I'm a midwesterner, married to a midwesterner from another state. We laugh because just between our two states quite a few words are said differently. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by schildi on May 21, 2011 14:56:47 GMT -5
I don't know, English is my second language, so I probably should not really open my mouth here.
But anyway, what always gets me is: - "do to ..." instead of "due to ..." - "I should of ..." instead of "I should have ..." - "there" instead of "their"
It does show their level of education IMO, and it does influence my confidence in their ability to do a demanding job well.
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Post by phil5185 on May 21, 2011 15:00:02 GMT -5
I don't like to hear car salesmen say 'hunnert' for hundred. And I just heard 'liberry' for library on the TV.
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Post by lulubean on May 21, 2011 15:04:27 GMT -5
Magdalen College "Maudlin" How the heck did that occur?
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Post by tloonya on May 21, 2011 15:11:59 GMT -5
I spent time in Europe. I still use -gue for words that are spelled with just -g. Let me check my catalogue. Much more elegant. WHEW! No it is not!
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Post by tloonya on May 21, 2011 15:14:32 GMT -5
...But 'axed' isn't incorrect, just a ghetto pronunciation. Yeah? How come my 50 y/old Irish to the bone neighbor using it? I don't like to hear car salesmen say 'hunnert' for hundred. And I just heard 'liberry' for library on the TV. Are you sure it wasn't for 'liberty'?
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Post by gsbrq on May 21, 2011 15:30:23 GMT -5
Always cracks me up when someone writes "walla" when they mean "voila"...
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Post by nalto on May 21, 2011 15:34:44 GMT -5
Not a pronunciation, but "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less" bugs me the most.
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Post by gsbrq on May 21, 2011 15:36:08 GMT -5
Magdalen College "Maudlin" How the heck did that occur? Same way Bethlehem became "Bedlam"... Worcestershire became "Wooster"... Fotheringay became "Fungy"...
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2011 15:55:08 GMT -5
I mispronounce things all the time. I read a lot and it's not the best way to learn how to say things correctly. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) DH reads very little and his vocabulary is much smaller than mine. However his private HS had a required elocution class. I think I'm probably better educated - DH is better polished.
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Post by bobbysgirl on May 21, 2011 16:19:47 GMT -5
The one thing that gets me, but I don't say anything, is the use of among when someone is referring to 2 people or a small group of 2. It is done so often, it may be the new norm. Is it?
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Post by Regis on May 21, 2011 16:25:43 GMT -5
I'm with schildi.
It's not "would of", "could of" or "should of"!
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Post by Malarky on May 21, 2011 17:06:26 GMT -5
Always cracks me up when someone writes "walla" when they mean "voila"...
We do that all the time on EE because we know how much laterbloomer likes it when we do. ;D
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Post by happyscooter on May 21, 2011 17:20:39 GMT -5
How about 'her and I went to the store.' or 'she went to the store with John and I.' It's John and me. Take away John. 'She went to the store with me.' I know when they are using I at the end they are trying not to say 'me and John went to the store.' I call someone on the phone. 'May I speak to Jane?' 'This is her'. NO IT'S 'THIS IS SHE'.
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Post by TheOtherMe on May 21, 2011 18:43:38 GMT -5
There are definitely regional differences in the US in how words are pronounced. I found that out when I moved to another part of the country after college. I had no idea that some of the things I said were not correct.
My 3 year old great niece mispronounces lots of words, but I forgive her. She is still learning. For some reason, she says things like "I dided this". She adds the "ed" to lots of words. She also says "aminal" for animal. I figure she will learn.
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Post by lulubean on May 21, 2011 20:08:34 GMT -5
Same way Bethlehem became "Bedlam"... Worcestershire became "Wooster"... Fotheringay became "Fungy"...
Worcestershire in England is NOT wooster. I don't see how any of these examples came about.
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