English....

NovakOmaha · Post by **NovakOmaha** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 4:29 pm

Ok, so I went to Omaha Central High School and can't help it. Â If it's possessive, it's your. Â If not, it's you're. Â Take the extra miisecond and type the ' and the extra e. Â It may help you get a job. Â <rant off>

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 6:59 pm

Or just spell them all "ur" and save me the trouble of reading your resume. Â

ShawJ · Post by **ShawJ** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 7:48 pm

Thanks for ur opinions, everyone! I drove by the other day - seems like a nice area for the most part (minus the giant gravel place).

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 9:14 pm

the one that gets me is "irregardless" when it is just "regardless." Â The prefix "ir" means "not" which is a negative. Â The suffix "less" is also a negative. Â So the correct use of regardless would be like 'without regard to.' Â the only proper way to use "ir" with "regard" in any way would be "irregard," which isn't an actual word. Â The problem with "irregardless" is that the suffix and prefix denote a double negative, which is why its not grammatically correct or accepted as correct in proper English. Â (i'm a loser for putting that much effort into saying why i hate that word).

Now when someone tells you that you're spending too much time on the forum, you can say it's for educational purposes

justnick · Post by **justnick** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 9:28 pm

thenewguy wrote:the one that gets me is "irregardless" when it is just "regardless." The prefix "ir" means "not" which is a negative. The suffix "less" is also a negative. So the correct use of regardless would be like 'without regard to.' the only proper way to use "ir" with "regard" in any way would be "irregard," which isn't an actual word. The problem with "irregardless" is that the suffix and prefix denote a double negative, which is why its not grammatically correct or accepted as correct in proper English. (i'm a loser for putting that much effort into saying why i hate that word).

Now when someone tells you that you're spending too much time on the forum, you can say it's for educational purposes

And the certain regional use of "everygardless" is even worse.
Unfortunately my Mother is one of those.

NovakOmaha · Post by **NovakOmaha** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 9:47 pm

I'll give you one more. Â MAJORLY. Â Discuss.

Omababe · Post by **Omababe** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:43 am

NovakOmaha wrote:I'll give you one more. Â MAJORLY. Â Discuss.

ma·jor·ly Â (mjr-l)
adv. Slang
To a great or an intense degree; extremely: got majorly depressed when she saw her test scores.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights

I admit I use this one occasionally.

My pet peeve, which seems to be common in Omaha, is the "greengrocer's apostrophe" (use of the apostrophe for plurality).

cdub · Post by **cdub** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:18 am

NovakOmaha wrote:Ok, so I went to Omaha Central High School and can't help it.

I know you can't help where you went to HS. We won't hold it against you.

I just found out that the phrase, "all of the sudden," is really supposed to be ,"all of a sudden." I'll be damned.

Anyway, there are still some others that grate my nerve - insure when you mean ensure

supposebly, ugh

and I have a friend on another forum who insists on using aught instead of ought.

"You keep saying that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
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Stargazer · Post by **Stargazer** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:41 am

I've spent hundreds of hours writing code to enable a computer to phonetically interpret what a person means when they've typed something. Â Yet, the human brain is an amazing thing, able to immediately discern the intended meaning of improper language use (as demonstrated by our continually ranting about it here). Â 99% of the time, we all know the idea someone is attempting to convey regardless of syntax. I overlook personality 'flaws' in people all the time. Â Given the triviality of this, I'd suggest people merely relax and do the same when this type of flaw is encountered (although more often than not, I realize it's an important means of undermining credibility).

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:54 am

One of my favorites is "alot".

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:54 am

Ooh, and don't forget "supposably".

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:57 am

zomg, for realsies???!

StreetsOfOmaha · Post by **StreetsOfOmaha** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:07 am

I find the best thing to do is to lead by example.

Garrett · Post by **Garrett** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:07 am

Or spell them Din and Du er and have them get a translator.

justnick · Post by **justnick** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:18 am

I'm going to Axe you a question.

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:33 pm

another is "ansty," when it's "ancy." Â

(at any rate, ancy is in the dictionary as a suffix, though the common usage of this word relates to be anxious)

Zilla · Post by **Zilla** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:47 pm

This thread needs some LOLCats....

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:11 pm

Did anyone ever see the Mexican restaurant at the Crossroads called "Taco's"? (note the apostrophe) Â This one always drove me nuts! Â It insinuated that the restaurant was owned by a person named "Taco", which I highly doubt!

ricko · Post by **ricko** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:57 am

....or "orientated" instead of "oriented".

S33 · Post by **S33** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:04 am

Big E wrote:One of my favorites is "alot".

That one doesn't bother me so much. It's very similar to the "Kinda" which is very common. Heck, I think I've used both of those a time or two.

Isn't the word "anyways" wrong? Shouldn't it be "anyway"? I would guess that is the most common improper usage. (assuming it's wrong, idk. I'm definitely not an English major)

ricko · Post by **ricko** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:08 am

I treat "majorly" and "kinda" as slang, so I'll accept and use them in personal conversations or in informal writing (personal e-mails, forums, etc.).

One phrase that always stumps me is: "I could care less." Shouldn't it read: "I couldn't care less"?

joeglow · Post by **joeglow** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:24 am

I was going to post that I could not care less. Â Then, I realized how much I HATE it when people leave out the "not."

NovakOmaha · Post by **NovakOmaha** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:46 am

Early in my career I went through a period where I was hiring quite a few people for line staff positions. Â I always enjoyed hearing that someone wanted to "applicate" and offered me his or her "resume"(pronounced rezoom). Â I was also encouraged that they wanted me to know they were willing to learn and liked people. Â

One of my favorite new hires was the woman who was hired and scheduled for her first training sessions. Â I called her 30 minutes after the time she was to show up and she said "Oh yeah. Â I knew I had something to do but couldn't remember what it was". Â I told her not to bother.

Post by **nebugeater** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:53 am

How about Â " YOU KNOW" Â If "I Know" then you don't need to tell me.

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:59 am

Job applications... Â holy smokes, I have the end all be all in my drawer. Â It might be the single greatest thing I've ever seen in my life. Â

I'll get it posted here one of these days. Â I need to edit out some names, etc, to protect the certifiably nuts.

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:10 am

this guy named Taylor Mali, who appeared a long time ago on Def Poetry Jams on HBO, wrote a poem called What Teachers Make. In it, there's a line he uses that says he makes them spell "definitely, beautiful; definitely, beautiful; definitely, beautiful, until they never misspell either of those words again." Good poem. You can find it on youtube or at taylormali.com.

At any rate, those 2 words always pop out at me when looking at applications...or proof reading papers. Â Those and incorrect punctuation always get people.

Blade1655 · Post by **Blade1655** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:22 am

Another one I hear too much: Â "I seen a dog the other day"

Makes my blood boil for some reason.

Post by **Brad** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:29 am

911 call : "She Say She Are The Manager"

About a 1:10 in
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TitosBuritoBarn · Post by **TitosBuritoBarn** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:45 am

I'm willing to bet that I'm the only person who, contrary to the norm, will type "you're" when I meant to type "your"

All of my grammar and spelling pet peeves have pretty much been touched on. I'll add one that I'm probably alone in drawing annoyance from...

As a car fanatic, it really irritates me when I'm reading a magazine or the paper or something and someone has spelled the car brand Infiniti as you would the number (Infinity).

cdub · Post by **cdub** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:48 am

thenewguy wrote:another is "ansty," when it's "ancy."

(at any rate, ancy is in the dictionary as a suffix, though the common usage of this word relates to be anxious)

You say ancy is correct? Â Huh?

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:21 pm

cdub wrote:
thenewguy wrote:another is "ansty," when it's "ancy."

(at any rate, ancy is in the dictionary as a suffix, though the common usage of this word relates to be anxious)
You say ancy is correct? Huh?

only loosely "correct." Â You can use antsy or ancy, even though they are both slang. Â the correct usage would be "I'm anxious to get to the show" instead of "I'm getting [antsy/ancy] to get to the show." Â After doin some more looking, both versions are used (depending on the urban dictionary you use), even though neither are actual words.

cdub · Post by **cdub** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:41 pm

thenewguy wrote:
cdub wrote:
thenewguy wrote:another is "ansty," when it's "ancy."

(at any rate, ancy is in the dictionary as a suffix, though the common usage of this word relates to be anxious)
You say ancy is correct? Huh?
only loosely "correct." You can use antsy or ancy, even though they are both slang. the correct usage would be "I'm anxious to get to the show" instead of "I'm getting [antsy/ancy] to get to the show." After doin some more looking, both versions are used (depending on the urban dictionary you use), even though neither are actual words.

What does it take to be a real word. Â Its in Merriams and dates back to 1838. Â (Antsy that is)

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:48 pm

cdub wrote:
thenewguy wrote:
cdub wrote:
thenewguy wrote:another is "ansty," when it's "ancy."

(at any rate, ancy is in the dictionary as a suffix, though the common usage of this word relates to be anxious)
You say ancy is correct? Huh?
only loosely "correct." You can use antsy or ancy, even though they are both slang. the correct usage would be "I'm anxious to get to the show" instead of "I'm getting [antsy/ancy] to get to the show." After doin some more looking, both versions are used (depending on the urban dictionary you use), even though neither are actual words.
What does it take to be a real word. Its in Merriams and dates back to 1838. (Antsy that is)

Idk---i was looking it up online and different sites said that it wasn't. Â If it is, i'll retract my b!tch about the word and sit frustrated

Â For some reason, too, i always thought it wasn't the correct form.

joeglow · Post by **joeglow** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:51 pm

Big E wrote:Job applications... holy smokes, I have the end all be all in my drawer. It might be the single greatest thing I've ever seen in my life.

I'll get it posted here one of these days. I need to edit out some names, etc, to protect the certifiably nuts.

A friend of my wife works for a government funded social agency in Chicago that helps people get jobs. Â I loved the resume she had where the guy put his e-mail address - knifeslasher69@_____.com

Garrett · Post by **Garrett** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:04 pm

I hate it when people say "Brang" instead of brought.

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:46 pm

I seen him at the store yesterday.

OmahaBen · Post by **OmahaBen** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:41 am

You guys have missed two of my big pet peeves.

"We'll try and ______ (as in "I'll try and fix that," or "I'll try and watch that movie when I get a chance."
No, you won't try and do anything. You'll try to do something.

Also, people who f' up the idiom, "for all intents and purposes" annoy me to no end. How do they screw it up? By saying "for all intensive purposes." What the heck is an intensive purpose?

DTO Luv · Post by **DTO Luv** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:46 am

OmahaBen wrote: What the heck is an intensive purpose?

It's usually when one has the house to themselves while their significant other is gone and they only have so much time to check out nasty internet p0rn before said signifcant other gets back. And that my friends is an intensive purpose.

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:55 am

DTO Luv wrote:
OmahaBen wrote: What the heck is an intensive purpose?
It's usually when one has the house to themselves while their significant other is gone and they only have so much time to check out nasty internet p0rn before said signifcant other gets back. And that my friends is an intensive purpose.

that's a |expletive| mission!

DTO Luv · Post by **DTO Luv** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:03 am