So, there are common sayings that have two ways of wording them that rub me the wrong way when I hear the expression worded a particular way. Two cases: 1. Standing "online" instead of "inline". Most everywhere I've been there is no line painted on the floor to stand "on" and I'm certainly not standing on top of anyone. Instead, I am standing "in" a line of people. 2. A "bald" faced lie instead of "bold" faced. How does someone have a bald face when it comes to their intention, shave it? Instead I was taught bold face, as a person is being pretty bold to lie to your face. Yea, I'm being a bit grammar eccentric but makes me cringe a bit when I hear them. Anyone have others? And happy voting day! Sure glad the political ads will be over although they'll probably start up with the 2020 ones before we get a real rest from it.

For anyone that was involved in Government: "Physical Year" instead of "Fiscal Year"... this one drove me absolutely bonkers for decades. I'd face palm every time I heard it.

BirdDog, Standing "on line" is an east coast, especially NYC/DC expression, which is why you hear many east coast journalists use it. East coast sitcoms use it too. Jerry Seinfeld used to annoy me with it weekly, haha! To me, it sounds like someone painted a line on the floor and everyone's standing on it. To my daughter, it sounds like they are somehow standing on the internet, lol! On the other hand, standing "in line" is insufferable to those who grew up learning "on line."That reminds me of how jarring it is to my ears to hear anyone refer to a soft drink as a "pop," when obviously the correct term is "soda." ;-)maratsade, Let's all get with the British way and just "queue up" and be "in the queue!"GabeU, my mother, who was an English teacher, and even more of a grammar/spelling/pronunciation police officer than I, would have loved you and your list! Three terms I would add:•Frustrated, not fustrated•Library, not libary•February, not FebuaryThings I cannot abide seeing in print:•I need to loose weight.•I want to see that show to.•Anything with the word "prolly."•I actually saw this in a submitted academic journal article from a full professor: I like to have my students pier review each other's work. (What does this entail? Study groups sitting out on a pier? Critical analysis done at the local Pier One Imports?)•I wish I wouldn't of done that.•Your welcome!

GabeU, oh no! George W. Bush always said, "nukular"! In fact, there is a classic SNL skit where Bush and Tony Blair are holding a joint press conference. Blair says something about nuclear weapons and Bush corrects him and tells Blair, "It's pronounced NUK U LAR!"

Their never going too realize that its not two hard too use proper English.

Jay wrote:Their never going too realize that its not two hard too use proper English. s/English/American/ "proper English" is sooo much different than "proper American". (maratsade can thank me later.)

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maratsade
Distinguished Professor IV
7 years ago

---Standing "online" instead of "inline".
Never heard this one! (And it should be "in line")

Both bald-faced lie and bold-faced lie are correct -- they mean slightly different things. Bald-faced lie is the same as barefaced lie (which is used in the UK), which means the person is lying openly (and the bare in it refers to being uncovered, not to being hairless). Bold-faced lie is more of a lie that's more disguised and more impudent. Bold-faced is used in the sense of shamelessness and impudence.

BirdDog wrote:
So, there are common sayings that have two ways of wording them that rub me the wrong way when I hear the expression worded a particular way. Two cases:

1. Standing "online" instead of "inline". Most everywhere I've been there is no line painted on the floor to stand "on" and I'm certainly not standing on top of anyone. Instead, I am standing "in" a line of people.

2. A "bald" faced lie instead of "bold" faced. How does someone have a bald face when it comes to their intention, shave it? Instead I was taught bold face, as a person is being pretty bold to lie to your face.

Yea, I'm being a bit grammar eccentric but makes me cringe a bit when I hear them. Anyone have others?

And happy voting day! Sure glad the political ads will be over although they'll probably start up with the 2020 ones before we get a real rest from it.
- Reggie
  Teaching Assistant
  7 years ago
  Sometimes words have many meanings or overtime they change thier meaning.
  An example of this is the word "Bald". The Bald Eagle is not bald. Is anyone willing to explain this.
  
  Reggie
  - GabeU
    Distinguished Professor IV
    7 years ago
    Reggie wrote:
    Sometimes words have many meanings or overtime they change thier meaning.
    An example of this is the word "Bald". The Bald Eagle is not bald. Is anyone willing to explain this.
    
    Reggie
    It's not really that the word bald has an alternate meaning, it's that the word bald, in this context, is from the word piebald, denoting the white head.
    
    Edited.
- BirdDog
  Assistant Professor
  7 years ago
  maratsade wrote:
  
  ---Standing "online" instead of "inline".
  Never heard this one! (And it should be "in line")
  
  Oh, I hear it all the time even from news people. Guess my ears are tuned to detect it. And I debated the one word versus two thing and went with the single, my bad, agree the split is correct. I was joking about the shave thing, just sounds off to me and never use bald in that context.
  - maratsade
    Distinguished Professor IV
    7 years ago
    You got another thing coming
    It's a doggy dog world
    For all intensive purposes
Jay
Moderator
7 years ago
The only thing I can think of that bugs me at all is "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less".

This post makes me think of Weird Al's Word Crimes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc
- BirdDog
  Assistant Professor
  7 years ago
  Jay wrote:
  The only thing I can think of that bugs me at all is "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less".
  
  This post makes me think of Weird Al's Word Crimes.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc
  Lol, unless it is opposite day.
GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV
7 years ago
Like Jay, "I could care less" is one that bugs me. If you could care less that means you care, as you still have room to care less.

I hate the mispronunciation of commonly used words even more.

It's height, not heighth.
It's especially, not expecially.
It's escape, not excape
It's asterisk, not asterix.
It's ask, not aks.
It's jewelry, not jewlery.
It's realtor, not realitor. Actually, it's Realtor, but I can deal with people treating it as a common noun instead of a proper noun.
And for God's sake, it's nuclear, not nukuler, or however the heck you would spell that word. I thought pronouncing it as nukuler died out with the Reagan Administration. :p

That's just the tip of the iceberg.

Yeah, I'm kind of picky when it comes to pronunciation.
- BirdDog
  Assistant Professor
  7 years ago
  GabeU wrote:
  
  "I hate the mispronunciation of commonly used words even more."
  
  Agree, although the Brits and Aussies can be just as bad.
  - cuddlebug0
    Freshman
    6 years ago
    Hey BirdDog! How are you doing? Do you remember me? Cuddlebug0 is my online now, with Joyce being my actual. I use to chat back and forth with you on the board before we daughters and I moved. Yep...back again. This time, I did not know I had Hughes until I got their first bill...we were under another name at the time. No cable out in the country in this area either. I see Hughes has made some changes. I am checking them out a little at a time.
    
    Glad to see you are still on the boards,
    Joyce (Cuddlebug0)

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