Things people say that annoys you...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Myself" instead of "me" or "I." As in, "she gave it to myself" or "Bob and myself went to the park today." It should be used only for reflexive verbs, as in "I spend all day muttering to myself about prescriptive grammar."

YES! And so easy to remember that you only use "myself" when you have already referred to yourself in the sentence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People who say asshat.

But I think people from PA pronounce it ars-hat, which is that much more annoying.

Arse is German for ass so that would make sense.

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Hilarious how untraveled the folks on this thread are and how rigid you are with pronunciations considering we're in DC. All of the US doesn't speak just like you. My goodness.

It's called a dialect.

[Anonymous]

Ruff instead of Roof

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who say asshat.

But I think people from PA pronounce it ars-hat, which is that much more annoying.

Arse is German for ass so that would make sense.

xoxo
Hilarious how untraveled the folks on this thread are and how rigid you are with pronunciations considering we're in DC. All of the US doesn't speak just like you. My goodness.

It's called a dialect.

Ok. But get the stick out of your arse and warsh that mouth out with soap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ruff instead of Roof

Midwest pronunciation. Get over it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who say asshat.

But I think people from PA pronounce it ars-hat, which is that much more annoying.

Arse is German for ass so that would make sense.

xoxo
Hilarious how untraveled the folks on this thread are and how rigid you are with pronunciations considering we're in DC. All of the US doesn't speak just like you. My goodness.

It's called a dialect.

Ok. But get the stick out of your arse and warsh that mouth out with soap.

I need help pulling the stick out. Lend a hand?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I often hear the grammatically INCORRECT statement:

"Jenny gave the gift to Henry and I."

"Katie talked to Joe and I."

It should be Henry and ME.

Joe and ME.

Sabrina Soto makes this mistake frequently. HGTV needs to hire some English majors.

This is creeping into everything, it's on scripted dramas all the time now. Nothing makes me crazier than someone who's supposed to be a judge/lawyer/doctor/detective/scientist making this mistake. I can suspend my disbelief around surgeons being anorexic ditzes, but this just kills it!

Easy way to remember is to always keep the pronoun next to the verb (assuming you are capable of subject-verb agreement, of course): Jane and I went to the store. The cashier gave the bag to me and Jane.

oh, but "me and ___" makes my skin crawl.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is mineS.

The word is 'mine' not 'mines'.

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My 3yo says this, I assume because we say yourS so he thinks that the opposite is mineS -- but you know adults who actually say this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Using "it's" when you are supposed to use "there is" or "there are." For example, "It's gonna be a lot of people there."

This one seems to be gaining in popularity among black people, and it horrifies me.


I hate when people (EVERYONE) describes something as "cliche" instead of "cliched."

[Anonymous]

*describe

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ruff instead of Roof

Midwest pronunciation. Get over it.

It's 'ruhf'.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Using "it's" when you are supposed to use "there is" or "there are." For example, "It's gonna be a lot of people there."

This one seems to be gaining in popularity among black people, and it horrifies me.


I hate when people (EVERYONE) describes something as "cliche" instead of "cliched."

That's not correct? Guilty.

[Anonymous]

Everything anyone from Boston or Minnesota says. Those freaks garble everything that comes out of their mouths.

[Anonymous]

And the plural of roof? It's not rooves!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And the plural of roof? It's not rooves!

ITA! It's rhufs!