Just a small rant...

[CarolG]

You forgot to mention that "y'all" refers to one person; a group of people is "y'alls".

Actually, "y'all" is like the word "you" - it can be singular or plural depending on how it's used.

 

[rejobako]

Hi everyone! For me.....a pet peeve is when people type the word "desert" when they mean "dessert"! The meanings behind the two words are quite different! hehe

Here's a fun fact, however. When you're talking about someone getting what they deserve, it's "just deserts", not "just desserts". The word "desert" has a little-known alternative definition: "a deserved reward or punishment". I rarely see this spelled correctly. (I was among the guilty parties until recently.)

 

[rejobako]

I say, "juuree" for jewlery and my friends like to make fun of me for it, would that bother you?

I think you should be indicted and tried by a jewelry of your peers.

 

[ashjohnson80]

I think you should be indicted and tried by a jewelry of your peers.

no. you're thinking of a jery.

and i never use y'all as singular.

 

[CarolG]

...and i never use y'all as singular.

I don't either, but I've heard other people use it that way.

 

[rejobako]

and i never use y'all as singular.

Hey, I'm a life-long Floridian, and I'm with you all (not "y'all") the way on that one.

 

[Maleficent13]

My DH swears it's the CAT that called the Kettle black. I tell him there is no cat. He doesn't believe me because, in his words, "The Pot can't speak." It is very frustrating. He actually said, "Fine, then. What does the Cat say?" OMG! There is NO CAT!

AllyandJack, you are far and away one of my favorite posters!!

 

[MyGoofy26]

Thought of another one that gets me and I have this laugh in my head when I wonder if people realize what they're REALLY saying. . .

People who misuse the word "nauseous"

Nauseous is an adjective. . . nauseated is the adverb. So if you're saying, "I'm nauseous," . . .well, you've just insulted yourself, LOL! If you want to talk about feeling sick, you need to say, "I'm nauseated."

 

[rejobako]

Thought of another one that gets me and I have this laugh in my head when I wonder if people realize what they're REALLY saying. . .

People who misuse the word "nauseous"

Nauseous is an adjective. . . nauseated is the adverb. So if you're saying, "I'm nauseous," . . .well, you've just insulted yourself, LOL! If you want to talk about feeling sick, you need to say, "I'm nauseated."

I would definitely have a problem with that. Luckily, I usually just say I need to blow chunks or hurl.

 

[DMRick]

I might have missed these on the list:
bought/brought
there/their/they're
advice/advise (especially this one!)

I know I make spelling mistakes...but I like to think it's because I'm in a hurry

 

[Luvamouse]

Shoul I be scared that I can read this as quickly as if it were spelled correctly??

Try to read this. I'm sure you can....very interesting.


fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too
Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe can.



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I try to explain to people how I read so quickly. I do not "read" each word, I simply "see" them. Perhaps this bizarre exercise helps me understand why!!

5) It's a chaise longue, not a chaise lounge.

OK, had NEVER seen this!! But do I really want to hear people calling it a chaze long-u?? I think not. Likewise,

Here's a fun fact, however. When you're talking about someone getting what they deserve, it's "just deserts", not "just desserts". The word "desert" has a little-known alternative definition: "a deserved reward or punishment". I rarely see this spelled correctly. (I was among the guilty parties until recently.)

Wow!

Thanks rejobako!

For all the reading I do...

 

[Aimeedyan]

For me.....a pet peeve is when people type the word "desert" when they mean "dessert"! The meanings behind the two words are quite different! hehe

You got my biggest pet peeve! Dessert and desert aren't even pronounced the same yet people interchange them. Strange.

When I was planning my wedding, I cringed everytime someone posted that they were going to walk the isle. It's AISLE, people! AISLE!

 

[reesecup]

It's a regional thing. Some northerners drink "pop". How the heck do you consume a verb?

I love it!!! Well, I don't ever say "fixin" to do something. But I do eat chili on my hotdog on occasion. And even on my hamburger!!

OK. Here is one I hear frequently in this area and I don't think it's been mentioned yet.

Purty instead of pretty.
My sister is guilty of the jewelry mispronunciation. She also is guilty of purty. But I think I broke her from that one!

OT... but I thought I would share this. What about song lyrics???

My husband and I had a friend who thought "I'll never be your Beast of Burden" was "Never leave your pizza burning." We were floored one night when it came on and he started singing that!!

 

[dawnball]

Actually, "y'all" is like the word "you" - it can be singular or plural depending on how it's used.

I grew up in Oklahoma - where *everyone* knows that "y'all" is singular. The plural is "all y'all"

 

[jbbt]

I really like this thread a lot, not alot.

 

[J.C.&ALI'SMOM]

A few of the examples mentioned in this thread are more about dialect than error.

Most of the examples mentioned are errors because many people just don't pay attention! They hear and read words for years and years and still haven't picked up on the correct usage.

I have worked with several people for years and they still pronounce my name incorrectly even though they hear the correct pronunciation all the time!

 

[MyGoofy26]

Most of the examples mentioned are errors because many people just don't pay attention! They hear and read words for years and years and still haven't picked up on the correct usage.

I was in 3rd grade before I realized that there was no such word a "gernly" . . . my grandma says it ALL the time, at least a few times a day in place of "usually" in sentences. I still remember sitting in class in 3rd grade and my teacher said the word "generally" and it clicked in my head that THAT is what grandma has been saying all these years.

And I thought of another funny one. I live in WV and my old roommate at school told me a story once about how her dad (born and raised here) never says West Virginia. . . he pronounces it Wes' Birginia.

Oh! And two more phrases that make me cringe. . . "we was" and "I seen" . . . Those get to me, LOL!

 

[Otto's Doll]

Carla,
I laughed over this all night! Thanks for the smiles.

 

[JPN4265]

With everything going on in the world, you take time out to berate people for having a little laugh?



So I can't have a little laugh? How dare you berate me.

 

[luvflorida]

There is one mistake that I see all the time and it makes me want to pound my head against the wall. People will post a photo and put underneath it- This is Sue and I at WDW, or some variation. It is NOT Sue and I, it's Sue and me! A lot of the time people will use I instead of me probably because they think it sounds right.

Sue and I went to the store. Correct
Sue and me went to the store. Incorrect
Sue went to the store with Tim and I. Incorrect
Sue went to the store with Tim and me. Correct

This has been mentioned before, but it drives me nuts, too. Don't type would of, could of, should of. It's would have, could have, should have.

Here's another one that I hate to see. There is no reason to put of after off. Example- I stepped off of the curb. He jumped off of the chair. Simply say or type- I stepped off the curb. He jumped off the chair.

Also, between is used when talking about two things, and among is used when talking about more than two things.

I am not making fun of anyone, and would only point these things out on a thread like this. I know people type fast and it's easy to make spelling mistakes, but my grammar pet peeves aren't with spelling. I'm not perfect and I'm sure I make plenty of mistakes, but the ones I mentioned should have been taught in every English class.

edited for spelling-