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[da-winnie-pooh]

do people say proud when they mean glad? As in, I'm proud it stopped raining.

Does it bug you, or would it????

 

[Daxx]

I have never heard that! It sounds rather odd! Would it bug me? I don't know ... maybe at first, then I'd prob. get used to it!

 

[pearlieq]

Never heard it. How bizzare!

It makes it sound like they had a personal hand in stopping the rain. As if they climbed up and turned the faucet off or something...

 

[Mrs.Toad]

Nope, never heard it, either. Yes, it would probably bug me because it makes no sense.

 

[pozey]

Never heard it used in that connotation either.

 

[stinkerbelle's mom]

Nope, never heard it, either. Yes, it would probably bug me because it makes no sense.

DITTO!

 

[Mercy]

I've never heard that either. Is that what they say in Tennessee?

 

[Sthronds]

I've never heard it but it would drive me insane!

 

[Chattyaholic]

I've never heard of it either. It wouldn't actually "bug" me, I just think it's different, that's all.

I had a friend once in Tennessee and she would say some "different" things that I thought were a big strange. Like "of a morning" when she was talking about doing something "in the morning", or "touch wood" instead of the way I've always heard it "knock on wood." Just different. Regional maybe?

 

[ElizaB39]

It would bug me, I am very picky about grammar -

 

[Uncle Remus]

Yep, I've heard that and nope, don't (should be doesn't) bother me!

 

[MariDisney]

Yikes, that would drive me batty..never heard it though. Good thing, I'm the grammar police around here!

 

[UKVermonter]

Being an a American living in England I get a lot of stick with some of my ways of speech, but when my wife says something that is a English saying I poke fun at her and then remind her of something I have said and she made a joke about it. One that I think is funny is when you want to go visit someone they will say "can I knock you up tonight" and the various parts of a car "bonnet", "boot", "wing mirror" and "windscreen". The list can go on.

When I first meet my wife when she would say something I would say "really" and she would say "no I was joking" so I have had to try and be careful how I talk. Well there is the word they use for a cigarette which has a completely different meaning in the states that I won't say out of respect of those that might take it offence to.

 

[horseshowmom]

I've heard it many times (mostly in older adults), and it doesn't bother me at all.

 

[pearlieq]

One that I think is funny is when you want to go visit someone they will say "can I knock you up tonight"

That one does always crack me up! Most folks aren't polite enough to ask...

 

[olena]

No. I've never even heard of that.

 

[thewishfire]

I've never heard of that either. It might drive me a little kooky though, I can be a bit of a grammer nut at times.