None of this matters, guys. It's a mute point.
I shoulda went, too.I seen you at Hy-Five last night too Coach Prohm!
None of this matters, guys. It's a mute point.
AOL started it. (You've got mail.)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."
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.
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?'
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.If 'soda' is the adjective for 'pop,' what are the other kinds of 'pop?'
If 'soda' is the adjective for 'pop,' what are the other kinds of 'pop?'
same here...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.
A co-worker says Wal-Mark instead of Wal-Mart. I have no clue where that comes from.
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"