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Post by RybackV1 on Oct 6, 2014 20:25:06 GMT -5
I grew up outside of Trenton , NJ. A lot of people used to regularly use the phrase "Mines well" when in reality they meant "might as well". Then I started seeing people use it when using text as well , I figured it was just my area.
Then I moved to Boston. And I still hear people say "mines well". I'm here to ask. Does anyone else hear this horrifying English error in their area? Or do you even say it yourself? It's kind of a pet peeve of mine. And I would like to educate those who don't realize how stupid it sounds when they say the illogical "mines well" that it is MIGHT AS WELL!
Don't even get me started on "ValentiMes day"
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Post by Prophet of Ash on Oct 6, 2014 20:54:24 GMT -5
pillow does not have an R in it.
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Oct 6, 2014 21:15:11 GMT -5
It's definitely a Jersey/Pennsylvania thing. So many words need deciphering. Fie dollars= Five dollars Cousint= cousin Dat girl gave me da coat showder= That girl gave me the cold shoulder pasgeddy= spaghetti calley zone= calzone idear= idea Mondee, Tuesdee, Wenzdee, Thursdee, Fridee Saddurdee, Sundee= Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday cur= car puh-hortee= party sodee or soder= soda
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Post by RybackV1 on Oct 6, 2014 21:30:00 GMT -5
I am not talking about when people say words with a twang or slang. People know they mean "cousin" when they say "Cuh" it's just a shortened slang way of saying it "por tayy" is just a silly way to say party.
I am talking about when people literally do not know that they are saying the wrong words and don't have the common sence to realize it. It's not a general group of people who do it. I've seen people who don't speak with any sort of twang or accent say "I mines well do this " and it's like. Wtf. Those words don't make sence next to each other. And people say it anyway. Not because they wanna sound cool or use slang. But because they are literally too uneducated to realize it's MIGHT AS well
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Post by Evil Abed on Oct 6, 2014 21:31:59 GMT -5
It's definitely a Jersey/Pennsylvania thing. So many words need deciphering. Fie dollars= Five dollars Guilty as charged. Half the time I don't even realize im doing it.
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Post by JC Motors on Oct 6, 2014 21:43:42 GMT -5
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Post by Self-Savior on Oct 6, 2014 21:49:25 GMT -5
Only thing I hate the most is "Can I axe you a question?"
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Post by Nivro™ on Oct 6, 2014 21:53:30 GMT -5
I have to deal with the "dumb redneck" stereotype everyday at work. Do you know how many times in a week myself or the company I work for is referred to as "yournses"
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Post by ~ Cymru ~ on Oct 6, 2014 22:34:42 GMT -5
I'm from Wales so.... I'm not sure how many of our 'Murican people would have heard the Taffy accent but I'm sure the rest of the UK can vouch for me on this one, Welsh people can be tricky to understand, lucky I'm from cardiff so my accent isnt that strong. I think the weirdes't Welsh saying would be "I'll be there now in a minute" doesnt make sense really but I only picked up on it back last year and didnt even realise it was a Welsh thing..
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2014 23:18:53 GMT -5
On Li I would always hear coffee said as "cawfee" instead of "cough-e"
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Post by Duck Holliday on Oct 7, 2014 2:01:25 GMT -5
Not really used in Ca, or at least not in the SF Bay Area.
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Post by The Mask of Truth on Oct 7, 2014 4:44:53 GMT -5
Only thing I hate the most is "Can I axe you a question?" I'd rather listen to nails grinding against a chalkboard. Definitely one of the most annoying pronunciation errors I've heard. "Axe" and "Ask" are two different words.
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Post by Mr. PerpetuaLynch Motion on Oct 7, 2014 4:53:46 GMT -5
A couple annoying quirks that I myself have developed mainly because it started as a way to annoy my friends but it subsequently has slipped into my everyday speech is pronouncing vitamin phonetically (vit-a-min) and saying Macdonalds instead of McDonalds.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2014 5:33:36 GMT -5
I'm from Tennessee and have been told by outside people that I talk funny, so uhh... I guess I can't complain about anyone else's lingo.
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Post by AdamBomb on Oct 7, 2014 5:42:41 GMT -5
I can stand most dialect from nearly anyone, no matter where they are from what I can't stand are people who say **** and actually have no idea that what they're saying is wrong. Like, for example the phrase "same difference". No, you ing oxymoron. No.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2014 6:07:07 GMT -5
Didn't offend me directly at all, but that phrase isn't entirely "politically correct." It's cool man. You need to lay off people sometimes. You're so quick to jump down someones throat when they do something little wrong that it really hinders threads on here. I'm sure the post didn't offend anyone and it wasn't even terribly offensive.
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Post by ¡Twist Of Lime Green Jello! on Oct 7, 2014 6:26:24 GMT -5
Didn't offend me directly at all, but that phrase isn't entirely "politically correct." It's cool man. You need to lay off people sometimes. You're so quick to jump down someones throat when they do something little wrong that it really hinders threads on here. I'm sure the post didn't offend anyone and it wasn't even terribly offensive. A- ing-men.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2014 6:57:16 GMT -5
My personal pet peeves: When people say 'me' instead of 'my'. 'Init man.' 'That's peak.' 'So piff' 'Bruv' 'Mondee, Tuezdee, Wednzdee, Thurzdee, Fridee, Saturdee, Sundee.' Basicay any chavvy/ghetto language annoys me. I'm guilty of calling my friends 'cuh' a lot, though. That's because it's more of an inside joke, however.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2014 7:36:01 GMT -5
People who pronounce any word that has a 'th' in it that should be pronounced as such, but is instead been replaced with the letter 'f'; i.e. 'free' instead of 'three'...quite prevalent in Sydney.
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Post by CM Poor on Oct 7, 2014 7:54:54 GMT -5
You live in Boston and the thing that offends you most is what amounts to a slurred phrasing?
I applaud your tolerance, good sir.
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