Other linguistic pet peeves of mine that have made their way into popular usage:
"Forte" really is pronounced "fort", not "for-TAY".
"Irregardless". URRGG!!!
"Drowneded". Oh my God.
"Blowed up".
"Axe" vs. "ask".
If I had my way, we'd all still be speaking like characters in Shakespearean plays. I watched the delightful "Much Ado About Nothing" the other day for the umpteenth time, and raised my tiny fists to the heavens shouting "My queendom to hold one conversation in this beautiful, lyrical language!!"
Well, I didn't really.
I also lament the death of the semicolon in modern literature, to give one an idea of my linguistic geekery.
I'm a poor speller... but my grammar is excellent... it's difficult to be an English Geek with dysgraphia, I swear, lol!
some things just make.me.twitch. Not a good thing when one is an English teacher for emotionally disturbed youth (who primarily come from backgrounds of disadvantage and trailor parks.... wow, the versions of the English laungauge I've heard over the last decade...)
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"Forte" really is pronounced "fort", not "for-TAY".
"Irregardless". URRGG!!!
"Drowneded". Oh my God.
"Blowed up".
"Axe" vs. "ask".
If I had my way, we'd all still be speaking like characters in Shakespearean plays. I watched the delightful "Much Ado About Nothing" the other day for the umpteenth time, and raised my tiny fists to the heavens shouting "My queendom to hold one conversation in this beautiful, lyrical language!!"
Well, I didn't really.
I also lament the death of the semicolon in modern literature, to give one an idea of my linguistic geekery.
no subject
"I could care less"
then WHY are you bothering me about it??????
*sigh*
I'm a poor speller... but my grammar is excellent... it's difficult to be an English Geek with dysgraphia, I swear, lol!
some things just make.me.twitch. Not a good thing when one is an English teacher for emotionally disturbed youth (who primarily come from backgrounds of disadvantage and trailor parks.... wow, the versions of the English laungauge I've heard over the last decade...)