Things people say that annoy you...

[Queen Quinnella]

"Where you at?" instead of "Where are you?"
I just want to hit them.

 

[Amberle3]

My friends use this all the time, and it makes me crazy. "Let me download for a while first."

Download? Are you a computer??

My DFi will use "download" occasionally, but more in this context:
"Gotta go download" and off he'll go to the bathroom.

 

[pearlieq]

Things that drive me nuts:

1.) People who add an "s" to the end of every restaurant name, regardless of whether that's the actual name of the restaurant. It's Palo, not Palo's, 'Ohana, not 'Ohana's! Drives me batty!

2.) The whole I could care less thing drives me nuts too. I watch the show The West Wing and the character Toby Ziegler, who is supposed to be the Director of Communications and a legendary speech writer, says this all the time. My DH is sick of hearing me rant about this.

3.) Speaking of DH, he constantly ends sentences in prepositions and says acrosst all the time. I try not to pick on him too much, but a girl can only take so much!!!

On the other hand, I find some of the regional words/differences to be kind of charming. I'm from Chicago, so hearing "sammich", "pop", or "saahsage" makes me feel at home. Same with hearing "warsh" in certain areas and "please" instead of "could you repeat that?" in the Cincinnati area. Those little quirks give us color and spice, in my opinion.

 

[minmate]

I definitely notice most of these "errors in speech," but I don't necessarily go crazy about it. I do find that there are regional differences... (coupon= koo-pon or Q-pon, and hanger = Hanger or HanGGGer, and Aunt= ahnt or ant). These, and more have been debated in my household on occasion. I'll throw a few in here for you though.

A former roommate would tell me she was going to look at a little t.v. (as opposed to watch a little t.v.) or go look at the college's football game (instead of go watch the college's football game) -- that was odd to me. I mean, I know you Look at it, but aren't you going to watch it (thereby process) what is happening too?

People say, "I put that in the draw" instead of "I put that in the drawer."

"Cuz" instead of "because" and overusing, "ah" and "um"

"pellow" for "pillow"

It bugs my dd (who is only 6) when people always add -y to everything... i.e., "Where's your nose-y, where's your little leggies, look at your toesies, take a drink from your cuppy... etc."

I think she's just realizing that is baby talk and not how you really say things. (NOTE: we still have a baby in the house... we don't talk like this to our 6 yo directly anymore!)

 

[jrydberg]

From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.

 

[Amberle3]

1.) People who add an "s" to the end of every restaurant name, regardless of whether that's the actual name of the restaurant. It's Palo, not Palo's, O'Hana, not O'Hana's! Drives me batty!

Actually I think it's 'Ohana - if it were O'Hana it would be Irish!

The 's' thing bugs me too, but I hear it more often with store name. I'm going to "Walmarts". There used to be a store here called "Woolco" and I'd often hear people say "I went to Woolcos last night and bought..."

Irregardless is a major pet peeve of mine.

"Like" is SO overused. "So, I was, like, talking to, like, Dennis, y'know? And he, like, said he, like, wanted to, like, go out or something, y'know? Like, isn't that great?"

 

[Beherenow]

One time I greeted someone by smiling and saying "Hey".

They told me "Hay is for horses". I think that is so rude. The words have different spellings and meanings. They are not the same thing.

 

[Deb & Bill]

Thought of two more:

Pacific instead of specific. I hear this all the time at work.

Mute instead of moot, as in moot point. Another one I hear at work all the time.

 

[btass]

my DS6 starts everything with "and do you know mommy" it grates on my nerves! I am trying to break him of it. I tell him that I know lots of things and he says oops, I'll try not to say it again.

 

[ktink]

I hate the whole s thing too. Like when people refer to their checking account as a checkings account. And the wal marts thing drives me nuts along with ha why a for hawaii and I tal yun for italian.

 

[Molly Meow]

I'm not sure if this is regional, but my grandmother says "outen." As in "it's too bright in here, will you outen that light?" It drives me insane. She lives in Indiana, if it is regional.

This one I'm not sure about. You know that date past which you can't use your credit card? I call it the expiration date. Lately I've been hearing "expiry." I'm not sure which one is correct. Either way, it irritates me!

 

[chadfromdallas]

aint

If I ever said this in front of my mother when I lived with her, I would have received a slap on the back of the head. I wish I could do the same.

 

[MinnieM21]

"My bad" and double negatives.

 

[Amberle3]

I had a friend who was fond of "didn't hardly <word>". I didn't hardly never touch him! She was telling me about a concert she went to, and she screamed so much at the concert that the next day she "didn't hardly have no voice left".

I have to add 2 more to the list:

"of" instead of "have". As in should "of", could "of", instead of should have and could have. Just because people mispronounce it doesn't mean that's how it's spelled.

And using "worse" instead of "worst". I had the worse headache last night. It was the worse meal of my life. Ugh.

 

[becjlek]

I have a co-worker who says "most journally" all the time. Drives me crazy.

 

[Sparx]

pacific, and specific... that kills me!!!

 

[sweet angel]

I have a co-worker who says "most journally" all the time. Drives me crazy.

What is that even supposed to mean? Generally?

 

[Annette_VA]

Then, of course, there are certain doctors who like to pronounce "centimeter" as "sauntimeter", which sounds kind of weird to me, but, I guess it's an East coast thing, since this person is from Harvard. And far be it from me to criticize people from Harvard when I am a little peon from Ohio State.

The lady that taught my childbirth class said it that way & it grated on my nerves in the worst way! And, of course since it was about childbirthing, she said it about every 10 minutes. Oh, it made me crazy!

 

[lissawynn]

"Hamburg" instead of "hamburger"

 

[Happy Homeschooler]

I agree with most of those already posted. I get annoyed at misuse of grammar very easily. LOL. My big one, though, is when people teach their kids baby talk. It annoys the heck out of me to hear a little kid talk about his "sockies" or "kitty" or "nookie." UGH! Why is it so hard to just say "socks" or "cat" or "pacifier?"

Kids aren't stupid. They'll understand us if we speak properly to them, and they'll learn how to pronounce words correctly, too.