Linguistic pet peeves

[Jennasis]

Scrimps...instead of Shrimp.

Heighth...just because width has a "th" on the end doesn't mean HEIGHT does.

 

[tzolkin]

I know a guy who seems to think "whom" is the "more educated"/grammatically correct version of "who". He's one of those people who constantly posts long rants on Facebook. He, of course, thinks his opinions are far superior but they are riddled with "whoms" which just makes him sound like an idiot.

 

[kimblebee]

The hubs
Hubby
Hubster

 

[SirDuff]

This comes up about once a month, but since we are doing it again I'll submit would "of" and could "of" as well as parenthesis used as "plural's".

I have never seen someone use parenthesis as plurals. How weird. Can you give an example? I cannot even imagine how it would work.

I work with many people for whom English is a second (or third or fourth or...) language. One (from Chile) referred to me as "Darling" in an email the other day (not sure what she going for). She also often writes "I am telling you...". I love her emails (she's a very lovely person and the quaint turns of phrase seem to match her).

 

[Pixiedustaway]

The hubs
Hubby
Hubster

This.. along with preggs, preggo and we're preg.

 

[mjkacmom]

The new Subway commercial for the Italian sub, where the actor, with his NY/NJ accent, says capicola, pronounced the way it's written. Everyone here pronounces it gabagool. It's like saying cavatelli instead of gavadeal.

 

[mi*vida*loca]

The word Prego. It's like nails on a chalkboard and I have a family member who will be starting a family soon and says it all the time. My neck twitches.

Grown women who call their SO/BF/DH "Daddy." Yuck!

 

[Stacy's a freak]

alot. Seriously. It's a lot.
ALOT bad.
A LOT good.

This says it all about "ALOT"
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html

I have a long list of pet peeves on this subject but here are just a few that are less obvious than apostrophe placement and the difference between you/you're and there/their/they're:

"Sense" being used in place of "since" in print! I have a very smart friend who does this so much and it makes my eyes hurt.
"I seen" instead of I saw!!
"Irregardless"!

These things make my eye twitch.

 

[L&Lfan]

The new Subway commercial for the Italian sub, where the actor, with his NY/NJ accent, says capicola, pronounced the way it's written. Everyone here pronounces it gabagool. It's like saying cavatelli instead of gavadeal.

I could never understand why some Italian Americans pronounce them that way. The words sound nothing like that in Italian. Also, the way some pronounce ricotta. I told a friend from Naples (Italy, not Florida) how some IAs pronounce these words and he was mystified.

I just guess over time the Americanized pronunciations became predominant among certain IAs.

 

[Liberty Belle]

Pronouncing words with "st" as if it's "sht" - for instance: shtreet, shtrong, shtraight. Drives me batty!

Saying I when it should be me and vice versa. It's not "Me and my husband are going to Disney World," or "This trip is just going to be just my husband and I"!

Apostrophes in plurals!

Oh, that drives me crazy! All three do, but that "sht" thing is so annoying.

 

[mjkacmom]

I could never understand why some Italian Americans pronounce them that way. The words sound nothing like that in Italian. Also, the way some pronounce ricotta. I told a friend from Naples (Italy, not Florida) how some IAs pronounce these words and he was mystified.

I just guess over time the Americanized pronunciations became predominant among certain IAs.

Here you go!

http://www.atlasobscura.com/article...agool-the-italian-new-jersey-accent-explained

 

[Liberty Belle]

I've never heard that. Street is pretty straight forward "st" here in Nashville. Where do you live if that isn't too much?

I'm in Kentucky (central) and hear it a lot. Didn't hear it while I lived in Michigan.

 

[Liberty Belle]

Another one is sale/sell. It's amazing how many people get it wrong around here.

 

[L&Lfan]

That was interesting. I was gonna say the only time I've heard these words pronounced as in your post was on TV shows! I'll have to pay more attention when I'm at the deli in south Jersey.

 

[L&Lfan]

In the South I hear a lot of people say "srimp" for shrimp.

And when I worked at Baskin-Robbins certain people would say "two scoops of scrawberry".

 

[Liberty Belle]

Pronouncing words with "st" as if it's "sht" - for instance: shtreet, shtrong, shtraight. Drives me batty!

Saying I when it should be me and vice versa. It's not "Me and my husband are going to Disney World," or "This trip is just going to be just my husband and I"!

Apostrophes in plurals!

Similarly, I'd never heard anyone say "sm" in replace of "schm" until I moved down here. I've heard several people pronounce "Schmidt" and "Schwartz" as "Smidt" and "Swartz."

 

[Liberty Belle]

In the South I hear a lot of people say "srimp" for shrimp.

And when I worked at Baskin-Robbins certain people would say "two scoops of scrawberry".

Yep! That goes along with my "Schm" comment.

 

[Micca]

"Right now." It is added to statements that have no need for it. "I am so busy right now", "I am very angry right now", etc. Also "For me." Getting a haircut the stylist says "Look to the left for me."

 

[Liberty Belle]

"Right now." It is added to statements that have no need for it. "I am so busy right now", "I am very angry right now", etc. Also "For me." Getting a haircut the stylist says "Look to the left for me."

That "for me" is so irritating. The rebel in me just wants to say, "I'm going to do it, but because I want to. Not, "for you."

 

[CdnCarrie]

People referring to their grandparents as Baba, Oma, Pops whatever when talking to me. No they are your grandparent or your mother. Not sure why but it irks me big time. Like big time.