My sister pronounces creek as "crick". I want to slap the **** out of her every time.
but that's like a real thing to me. A creek is smaller than a river. A crick is smaller yet. Like a trickling creek. A crick.
My sister pronounces creek as "crick". I want to slap the **** out of her every time.
I was born in Cincinnati where my mom was raised. She called green peppers mangoes. When I was in eighth grade while living in the Detroit area, I got into quite the argument with a teacher over what a mango was.
I have since verified on the Internet that people in Cincinnati and other Midwestern areas call green peppers mangoes.
@cyclones500 gave me this great idea. We had the misheard lyrics a few weeks ago - this is similar, but not the same.
What are some words that either you or someone else have misheard and/or misused either as a child or an adult?
I have several grown-ass adult coworkers who say "leg-ins" instead of "leggings." One of them also says "at nauseum" instead of "ad nauseum" (which is understandable, but don't say it if you don't know what it is) and "alt-a-nator" instead of "alternator."
I remember that I had read the word "reverie" when I was about 8 or so, and liked it so I started using it appropriately. Except I had never heard it aloud, so I kept saying "rev-i-erre."
What are some of yours?
I had seen "epitome" in books many times before I decided to use it in real life. My mom still jokes about my use of "ep-i-tome" and subsequently DH as well
"Whole nuther" it a verbal pandemic and grossly lazy English...
I don't want to hijack the thread. I would PM to Angie but don't know how....
....Trump
How can you get something "for" free? You can get something for a dollar, or two dollars, but please explain how I can give free in exchange for something?
It annoys me when an announcer says a pass was too tall instead of too high.
Also, anytime less and fewer are used incorrectly...
"This defense have given up less than seven points a game."
There is a class of misuse that I call homophonic malaprops. The most basic is just simply using the wrong word.
"Hopefully Talley can be a good teammate and tow the line."
(this could easily be a typo - e<>w) It also could make a bit of sense as in doing one's part.
Then there is the cultural misunderstanding. "Beyond the pail". A pale is a vertical stake in a palisade wall and the term "beyond the pale" means outside the accepted bounds.
Trump mocking the disabled reporter was beyond the pale.
I have others, most from this "sight".
it pains me to reference a hawk but bare with me
I had seen "epitome" in books many times before I decided to use it in real life. My mom still jokes about my use of "ep-i-tome" and subsequently DH as well.
We shouldn't suffer mockery just because we were well-read children, harrumph!
You will need to "site" your sources for this one please...I have others, most from this "sight".
it pains me to reference a hawk but bare with me
You will need to "site" your sources for this one please...