Irregardless, Grammar is our Friend

[electricmayhem]

I freaking hate when people mix up the words "loose" and "lose" (as in "I thought they were going to loose that.") Easy slip, I suppose, but...no. Just no.

Also, I know it's the correct pronunciation, but "eye-ther" instead of "ee-ther" always sets my teeth on edge. No clue why.

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I once saw a sign for a store that sold "chesse." I've never had that before...

[Karrit]

It drives me batty when I see compliment used when the correct word is complement.

Example: The color of that bag of Cheetos really compliments your can of Red Bull.

And I have never understood why people insert an 'r' when pronouncing a word that ends in a vowel followed by a word that begins with a vowel.

Example: "My bra is on backwards," becomes "My brar is on backwards."

[marmie]

Also, I know it's the correct pronunciation, but "eye-ther" instead of "ee-ther" always sets my teeth on edge. No clue why.

Sorry, Electric Mayhem, I pronounce it "eye-ther", always have. I'm in Toronto and I hear it pronounced both ways here. My parents were British and they said "eye-ther". Maybe it's a British thing?

[dwanollah]

I say "eye-ther" and "neye-ther" as well... and in fact, it's a big point of contention in my and The Husband-Type Man's marriage. Both pronunciations are correct, but each of us maintains that the OTHER is WRONG WRONG WRONG!

I also recently discovered that "puerile" can be pronounced as both "pyur-EEL" and "PWARE-eye-al."

And even though it's been an accepted word for almost 100 years, I will never ever ever use "normalcy." No.

[electricmayhem]

Marmie said:

Sorry, Electric Mayhem, I pronounce it "eye-ther", always have. I'm in Toronto and I hear it pronounced both ways here. My parents were British and they said "eye-ther". Maybe it's a British thing?

I don't know. I live in rural Ohio, and I hear as many "eye-thers" as I do "ee-thers." Preference, I assume.

[luckylexie]

What? No one has mentioned how much they hate it when someone misspells "clothes"? As in:

I bought some new cloths yesterday.

Bugs. Bugs. Bugs.

[aims]

Oh the double negative! Gets me every time. Makes my ears bleed.
I don't have no apples.

I had a boss once that pronounced "similar" as
"sim u lar". Drove me crazy.

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Karrit -- The adding the inappropriate "R" at the end of a word is very New England and I myself have to monitor my speech carefully to avoid it. For instance, I might say "The other day, Lindar and I went to a movie" when the person's name, of course, is Linda. It's when a word ending with a vowel comes before a word beginning with a vowel. I'm using a real example, by the way, and actually had someone say, "I've never heard the name 'Lindar' before." She wasn't being sarcastic, either, she really thought I was calling 'Linda' "Lindar.' Poor Linda.

Oh, and want to hear a very sexist grammar thing of mine? When I hear a guy say "ain't" I think it's vaguely sexy. When a woman says it, I think it sounds trashy. There! You can't attack me because I already admitted it was sexist!

[aims]

Has anybody mentioned when people use "seen" instead of "saw" like:

I just seen her at the mall yesterday.