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Do you ever correct people's English?
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Anonymous
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The only person I correct is my 4 year old. If he uses a word correctly, I will kindly tell him the right word. But he is the type of kid who will ask me how to use a word. Poor kid, I'm a horrible role model for grammar.
But I'd never correct and adult, unless they could possibly offend someone with the missuse of a word. I don't mean offend the grammer police, I mean use a word like faggot. Or if I was having trouble understanding the actual meaning. Then I may ask several questions to get to the meaning. Would I want someone to correct me? Only if I was using a word so incorrectly that the meaning was confused or offensive. |
Anonymous
wustah and forked rivah -- wicked good |
Anonymous
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Months ago a friend was talking about baby wipes she had purchased. I had no idea what she was talking about until I glanced at the box.
She said that they had "shee-ah" butter in them. I wasn't about to correct her mispronunciation of shea butter. |
Anonymous
| I'm an editor, so I WANT to correct everybody. But I do it only with my husband and my parents. Especially pronunciation of proper names--the person will hear it enough times and get it eventually. I think I might have corrected a close friend who had just moved here and pronounced Clarendon "clair-EN-don." |
Anonymous
Only on DCUM where there are grammar and spelling police. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
| I think it depends on a situation. If DH and I are in the car and I say something grammatically incorrect and he corrects me, it's no big deal. I do it to him too. If we are at a dinner party among 20 friends and he makes a point to correct me in front of everyone, I'd chomp one of his testicles off. |
Anonymous
Lol, yes agreed. |
Anonymous
| I have a co-worker who says "blase, blase, blase" instead of "blah, blah, blah." We're feds and when we're on-site meeting with state officials, she gets looks. She also says "from the gecko." That gets looks too. |
Anonymous
Oh. my. god. That would drive me nuts. A past boss of mine (hideous stupid bitch) called Chick-Fil-A "Chick a Flick". Wouldn't be so bad but she loved the damned place and wanted to eat there every day. |
Anonymous
| I correct my husband because I don't want my kids to learn his mistakes. |
Anonymous
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My old boss used to call the Georgetown store "Little Candlelonia" instead of Little Caledonia. It still makes me chuckle.
This is an interesting thread. I wouldn't be offended at all if someone corrected me one-on-one, but it's different if you're in a group. My mom corrected me for my entire childhood, so I guess I got used to it! I figure it's better to be corrected by a pal than to repeat the offense in front of a group at work. |
Anonymous
| I also correct my 4 y.o.'s double negatives - can't stand hearing it even if it is wrong to correct. Beyond that, no. |
Anonymous
| It doesn't count if you correct your child. They are still learning to speak. Correcting a 40 year old is much different. |
Anonymous
| No. It's rude. Plus, I don't care. |