Sayings that irk me
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". ...
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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.
GabeU wrote:
"I hate the mispronunciation of commonly used words even more."
Agree, although the Brits and Aussies can be just as bad.
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)
Sure I remember you cuddlebug0. I'm still here lurking, don't post near as much anymore, only when I have something to add to the conversation that might help besides what has already been gone over a hundred times in other posts. I've gotten tired of posting things that have been discussed so many times before over the years here. Becoming an old curmudgeon I suppose. :smileywink:
Anyway, glad to see you back and that you still have good old HughesNet to rely on for Internet where nobody else but satellite is willing to go. Wouldn't trade where I live for the highest speed fiber optic.
I'm glad to have a couple of friendly faces to chat with from time to time. I just posted a billing question. It's no doubt a silly question, but one I need an answer to. I have to watch for a reply now. Chat later.
cuddlebug0
