Phrases that you are using incorrectly...

[Liberty Belle]

In the UK many people say 'He goes or she goes' rather than 'he said or she said' . It sounds awful. They also say 'I turned around and said' for everything they report to have said to other people. There is no physical turning around they just add it. So it sounds like they are constantly facing the wrong way lol...

One more petty detail.. When folk add very to a word when it is not required. For example 'It's very devastating' but the word holds a dramatic context anyway. It's very soul destroying...

How much more soul destroying can one get lol...

People here say "goes" instead of "said," too, though I'm hearing it a lot less than I used to.

The "turned and said " is funny. Reminds me of my dad, he always "sat there and said." Lol

I can't stand "very unique." I hate hearing/seeing unique misused at all.

Oh, and in some cultures here, people can't say "in" by itself. They say, "all up in," for example, "they were all up in the house" (or often, "they all up in the house) or "we have food all up in the cupboard."

 

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

People here say "goes" instead of "said," too, though I'm hearing it a lot less than I used to.

The "turned and said " is funny. Reminds me of my dad, he always "sat there and said." Lol

I can't stand "very unique." I hate hearing/seeing unique misused at all.

Oh, and in some cultures here, people can't say "in" by itself. They say, "all up in," for example, "they were all up in the house" (or often, "they all up in the house) or "we have food all up in the cupboard."

Omg yes very unique lol!

Lol re all up in. I will listen out for that. What happens when the person who turns around to say everything meets your Dad? He is always sitting down lol..

 

[DawnM]

I saw a T-shirt that made me laugh.

It said, "Misuse of 'literally' makes me figuratively insane!"

http://www.snorgtees.com/misuse-of-...ively-insane?gclid=CP3zq_T3qbgCFVRk7AodsFEApg

I'm shocked to see that literally vs. figuratively aren't on there. That is one that drives me nutty!

 

[DawnM]

That always reminds me of "Slowly I turned....." in the I Love Lucy show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCbXl-BR-9U

People here say "goes" instead of "said," too, though I'm hearing it a lot less than I used to.

The "turned and said " is funny. Reminds me of my dad, he always "sat there and said." Lol

I can't stand "very unique." I hate hearing/seeing unique misused at all.

Oh, and in some cultures here, people can't say "in" by itself. They say, "all up in," for example, "they were all up in the house" (or often, "they all up in the house) or "we have food all up in the cupboard."

 

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

That always reminds me of "Slowly I turned....." in the I Love Lucy show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCbXl-BR-9U

Lol

 

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

When we first started vacationing in America I did not understand the way in which you guys use 'get'. Being English I took it literally. So you might say 'Can I get a soda' which we since realise some of you use instead of 'May I have' but I thought you were asking yourself a question lol.

It sounded most odd!

'can I get a soda?' - American person
'I have no idea can you?' - innocent English reply.

We use 'May I have' .

 

[PigletsPal2]

I hear this one from TV broadcasters all the time: they say further when they mean farther and farther when they mean further.

Further means a follow-up, or additionally. If we take this thread much further, we'll all be grammar geniuses.

Farther refers to distance. Most of you probably live farther from WDW than I do.

 

[jenm2878]

Loose and lose makes me insane! I have seen so may posts about people loosing weight. You are losing weight and your pants then become loose. Seriously, it gets under my skin every time I see it.

 

[DawnM]

There is one phrase that I had never seen misused until I moved to the South.

It has to do with sale and sell.

The words seem to be interchangeable here for many.

"I need to sale this," or, "This is for sell."

I don't know if they actually talk that way or just list things on For Sale message boards that way, but it drives me nuts.

 

[Janepod]

Saw this for the first time today:

" ... let go of the mellow-drama ..."

 

[NotUrsula]

I'm not getting the literally vs. figuratively thing. Do people really get those two confused? I don't think I've ever heard anyone do that.

BTW, I simply cannot let this thread continue without the proper illustration:

 

[Pugsley]

I'm not getting the literally vs. figuratively thing. Do people really get those two confused? I don't think I've ever heard anyone do that.

I don't we're talking about people actually using the word "figuratively." We're just talking about people who use "literally" incorrectly (when they really mean "figuratively"). Like "I've gained so much weight that I'm literally as big as a house."

 

[EMom]

Chester drawers cracks me up every time.

Mellow drama is puzzling. Can drama BE drama if it is mellow? Doesn't the mellow aspect cancel the drama???

I refuse to use a realtor who calls himself a ree-luh-tor. If you cannot pronounce your profession, I don't have faith in your abilities.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

They also say 'I turned around and said' for everything they report to have said to other people.

OMG! My late mother used to say that all the time, whenever she was relating a conversation she'd had with someone else. As far as I know, nobody else in my family had that particular quirk but her.

I'm guilty of most of these grammatical errors that everyone's bringing up, like I said mostly when I'm speaking to someone from the old neighborhood-I like to think of it as a local dialect that I can drop when called upon to do so. One thing that gets to me is bad usage when writing. 'There' for 'their' and 'your' for 'you're,' etc.

 

[phamton]

The only time it gets confusing is with "it's/its." Possessive "its" never has an apostrophe. "It's" is always a contraction for "it is," never possessive.

(Not that it's confusing, but often used incorrectly because possessive usually uses an apostrophe.)

It is similar to he and she. The possessive for pronouns don't have apostrophes. We just use its, his, hers, yours, mine, ours, and theirs.

 

[Liberty Belle]

There is one phrase that I had never seen misused until I moved to the South.

It has to do with sale and sell.

The words seem to be interchangeable here for many.

"I need to sale this," or, "This is for sell."

I don't know if they actually talk that way or just list things on For Sale message boards that way, but it drives me nuts.

Yes! Drives me crazy! They talk that way, too.