Friday OT #2 - That's Not A Thing

[jbindm]

None of this matters, guys. It's a mute point.

 

[I-stateTheTruth]

I seen you at Hy-Five last night too Coach Prohm!

I shoulda went, too.

 

[cyhiphopp]

None of this matters, guys. It's a mute point.

Better than a moo point.

 

[I-stateTheTruth]

YOUR all a bunch of elitist, word snobs.

(How do you not see that there's no verb in that?)

 

[SCyclone]

I have a co-worker who uses the (non)word "supposively" all the time. And since it's sort of a grammar thread, when people use "have got", it's like fingernails on a blackboard to me. As in CMC saying "We've got to do a better job of tackling."

 

[Ms3r4ISU]

I have a co-worker who uses the (non)word "supposively" all the time. And since it's sort of a grammar thread, when people use "have got", it's like fingernails on a blackboard to me. As in CMC saying "We've got to do a better job of tackling."

AOL started it. (You've got mail.)

 

[Doc]

Words
Re-la-tor -- person who sells houses
Jew-la-ry -- the fancy, shiny stuff some people wear

I realize this is more mispronunciation than non-real words, but this is Friday.

Phrases
one in the same --> one and the same
for all intensive purposes --> for all intents and purposes
Gee people, do you even think about what you're saying?

Theoretically, as a communication person I do understand that many of these probably arise from poor diction or enunciation. Still, they grate on my ears.

I use for all intensive purposes sometimes as a malapropism, I guess? Like you m************s had better believe my purposes are intense.

 

[FOREVERTRUE]

Here is one I do, and it started an argument between a northeasterner and me. The way I say roof pronouncing the oo like foot instead of like tooth. Then there is also the breakfast, dinner, supper vs breakfast, lunch, dinner debate.

 

[cmjh10]

Hey guys, I need to ax you a question

 

[NickTheGreat]

Wrong.

The full correct term is Soda Pop. Soda is the adjective describing the kind of pop (the noun) you're talking about. It's like red barn. Red is describing the kind of barn. You wouldn't say,
"The cows are in the red."

If 'soda' is the adjective for 'pop,' what are the other kinds of 'pop?'

 

[Ms3r4ISU]

If 'soda' is the adjective for 'pop,' what are the other kinds of 'pop?'

"hop on"
"mom and"

 

[jcyclonee]

If 'soda' is the adjective for 'pop,' what are the other kinds of 'pop?'

I guess it's kind of like using the adjective "inbred" to describe a Hok fan. It's still an adjective even though it applies to all nouns of that type.

 

[cycloner29]

Hey guys, I need to ax you a question

Sorry we are too busy "warshing" our clothes right now!!

My grandma used to call a helicopter a "helichopper". This is the only Davenport I know of:

 

[MeanDean]

If 'soda' is the adjective for 'pop,' what are the other kinds of 'pop?'

Tootsie pops
Lolly pops (consolidated into the word lollipops)
Freezer pops
Sugar pops (are tops!)

 

[coolerifyoudid]

A co-worker says Wal-Mark instead of Wal-Mart. I have no clue where that comes from.

Until fairly recently I did not know that during the French guard's taunting in Holy Grail, he was saying "k-nig-hts" instead of connigits. I always thought 'connigits' was some British slang I was unfamiliar with. I felt really dumb when I found that out.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Until fairly recently I did not know that during the French guard's taunting in Holy Grail, he was saying "k-nig-hts" instead of connigits. I always thought 'connigits' was some British slang I was unfamiliar with. I felt really dumb when I found that out.

same here...

 

[ISU_phoria]

"Will somebody please borrow me some money!"

My hair stands on end when I hear that.

 

[cyclones500]

A co-worker says Wal-Mark instead of Wal-Mart. I have no clue where that comes from.

I think I've heard Wal-Mark once or twice.

More commonly, I hear "S" attached when it isn't there. Wal-Marts, Kmarts, Meijers Krogers ... etceteras.

(Then again, when I was young, everyone called JCPenny "Penney's" and I knew no better for quite a few years).

 

[ISpyCy]

Hey guys, I need to ax you a question

'juno the answer?

 

[cowgirl836]

I read a book once when I was a little kid and it was the first time I saw the word colonel in print. Needless to say I read that word throughout the whole book as "cola nel"

I still read it that way.