Incorrect phrases you often hear

[Saint Nick]

Well... then Little Jacob is saying it all wrong!

I an' I needs a lift, make ze dweet (??)

 

[alkemyst]

I need patients [patience] and My car needs breaks [brakes]

 

[jman19]

Originally posted by: RKS

Originally posted by: JS80
Worst is when people try to sound smart and use "I" incorrectly (instead of "me").

Me never make mistakes like that. Me always sound smart.

Um, you can avoid that problem by always using "me" instead of I.

God you people are such idiots. Me don't know why me keeps coming back here :roll:

 

[sierrita]

Originally posted by: Atheus
someone told me they used to think 'scapegoat' was 'escape goat'... like an escape car but a goat...

Some friends and I thought that was so funny, we adopted it for use among ourselves.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

DOH!

The phrase "Incorrect phrases you often hear." is grammatically correct.

 

[feralkid]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
DOH!

The phrase "Incorrect phrases you often hear." is grammatically correct.

Come again?

 

[bolomite]

Somebody set us up the bomb

Main screen turn on

seriously now, living in SoCal, I get annoyed when people pronounce Tijuana (city in Mexico) as 'tee-a-wanna'. It should be 'tee-hwa-na'. Even Mexicans I know are guilty of this.

also, political 'pundints', should be pundits

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: E equals MC2
irregardless
nucular (our dumbass president)

I stopped listening to GWB a long time ago. I couldn't stand it. I mean it 100%. It won't be long before I'll have to tune him out a whole lot less, fortunately.

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: hanoverphist

Originally posted by: Anubis
statue of limitations

also

moo point

i hate it when people tell me its a mute point. and irregardless was added to the dictionary, but it is still incorrect. the incorrect use of I bugs me as well, and i know my kids are getting sick of me correcting them.

I was informed a long time ago that we can thank (or damn) the Amos and Andy show, presumably the radio version (I think there was a TV version for a while) for the invention, promulgation, etc. of the word irregardless. I can still hear it in my head, "irregardless, Andy...."

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Kadarin
peaks my interest
loosing vs losing
take it for granite
should of

The problem, I believe, is that people don't read anymore, so they've never actually seen the proper way to use these expressions. When they type out an expression they've heard, they then do so as it sounds, rather than how it's correctly used.

even with knowing the proper way to use them the human brain interperates them fine when used incorrectly

Yeah, the main thing. Since we are typing about this stuff, spelling is taking a front seat whereas in conversation, of course, spelling isn't particularly involved (although it isn't uninvolved!). I came across a quote of Mark Twain recently, that got my attention concerning spelling: "I have no use for a man who can only spell a word one way."

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: SirStev0
I was guilty for pronouncing "faux" as "fox"... but in my defense... French is a stupid language.

OK, I must know, are you being flippant here or are you being serious?

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: rdubbz420
"for free" or "next weekend" to describe the weekend after next.

OK, this is idiomatic and I'm not sure there's a clear distinction. However, if it's Thursday and you say next Saturday you are referring to 9 days away. Otherwise you say this Saturday. Same with next weekend. However, if it's Monday, it's pretty unclear if you say next weekend. In fact I'd say you shouldn't use that term if it's Monday or Tuesday but instead say "this coming weekend." I think this is kind of obvious.

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: daveymark
it's a doggy dog world out there

Can I axe you a question

Lactose And Tolerant

and of course....

super nintendo chalmers

Look, people, admit it... in a lot of circles it's trendy to be incorrect in your speech mannerisms!

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy

Originally posted by: sirjonk

Originally posted by: rdubbz420
"next weekend" to describe the weekend after next.

There's a thread on here like 6 pages long about that.


Also, strangely, inflammable = flammable, not non-flammable. This one is actually understandable due to the prefix throwing everyone off.

The inflammable = flammable thing pisses me off. Not because the two words mean the same thing, just because we don't need both words. Plus, what the hell is "flammable." Able to be flammed? I've never flammed anything in my life. I've blown shit up. Maybe they should just put "This shit blows up" on flammable stuff. Or better yet "explosive." There is absolutely no doubt in anyone's mind what "explosive" means. It means that it explodes. Better not light it on fire!

One that was pissing me off as I drove down the highway yesterday was illegal vs. unlawful. Is there any difference in these two words at all? "Drinking and driving is illegal," "driving without a seatbelt is unlawful." Well what the hell? Is illegal worse? Would I rather do something that is full of unlaw? And then, just to fuck with you, they'll throw out "Unmuffled engine braking prohibited." Now we have three words, and they all mean the exact same thing: No. "No drinking and driving," "no driving without a seatbelt," "no unmuffled engine braking." Pretty damn self-explanatory to me. Try getting pulled over and telling the cop you didn't understand what "no" meant. Why must we attempt to obfuscate our meaning with superlative, brobdingnagian vocabulary?

I think it's because certain folks don't want to deny you the right to remain hopelessly compartmentalized. If you did not remain so, you might make trouble. You might actually throw off the yoke of tyranny and demand your freedom, your sanity, your birthright.

Originally posted by: JS80


My chemistry teacher in elementary school thought inflammable was not flammable. I pwned her by pulling my pocket dictionary i had just got for my birthday that I had in my backpack and showing her. Not too bright that one.

Congrats. That must have been a good day for you!

My chemistry teacher (it was high school) was awesomely accurate. He totally knew his stuff.

 

[XxPrOdiGyxX]

Originally posted by: sirjonk

Originally posted by: Jdo

Originally posted by: sirjonk

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: sirjonk
So my bud was like "for all intensive purposes..." I'm like, what? You mean "intents and purposes"? He's like, yeah. He then reprimanded me for "towing the line" and I could hear the "tow" instead of "toe" in his voice. He was getting annoyed at me now and threatened to "duck tape" my mouth shut. I told him that wouldn't make him correct but he said he'd do it "irregardless". I was only trying to help but he said he "could care less". So I took a queue from him and segwayed to another topic.

You forgot to put "queue" & "segwayed" in quotes.

No, that was me attempting to be ironic after criticizing someone for messing up a phrase and then doing it myself, but perhaps I was too suttle.

"Suttle"? hahahhaha. This thread delivers!

I refuse to explain more than one joke/use of sarcasm per thread. Misunderestimate me at your own risk.

Good cover.

 

[Lola]

Don't know if it has been said but SEEN.
"I seen that yesterday". It is my number one gripe.
The other two that have been said: supposably and expecially.

 

[RightIsWrong]

I've often heard people saying that something "wrecked havoc".

 

[0roo0roo]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tautology_%28rhetoric%29

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante
The thing that annoys the fuck out of me - and it appears everywhere - is when people use "all but." For example (and this is used often in newscasts and stuff):

"New Orleans was all but destroyed by Katrina."

IT WAS DESTROYED! WTF??!?!?!

It annoys me when people say "could care less" too.

Eh, it wasn't totally destroyed. All but destroyed implies that there is a little left. Partially destroyed would be a better term for New Orleans. Waveland, Mississippi were all but destroyed.

<---Katrina "Ground Zero" resident

Fixed.

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: daveshel
Someone got off 'Scotch free.'

You guys must be hanging around idiots. 1/2 of the ones I see here I've never heard.

 

[Full Monty]

"Where are you at?"

This one grates at me like no other, yet has become so prominent in speech that I hear almost everyone say it.

One weird thing I've only heard my girlfriend say has to do with the word "across." She's got this impression that it's pronounced "acrost" and will only use it as such. Every time I mention it, the notion seems to just go right over her head.

 

[Muse]

The ones that I notice are:

Febuary (you hear announcers use that, even).

nucular

 

[pontifex]

edit: bah, old thread...

 

[jonks]

Seeing this one a lot lately: persay

 

[Muse]

Don't ax me...