I thought I'd move this post here. It seems to fit better. I added a few more, too!
Either it's a bad habit or OCD, but I find myself noticing grammar mistakes and colloquialisms all the time. I think I have a little of my mother in me. I'm going to keep a running list here just for laughs. Feel free to message me if you can think of any more and I'll list them.
- "A whole 'nother" - No. I've changed my mind. I'll have a half 'nother.
- "Insure" - Yes, it's a real word, but it is misused ALL THE TIME. I have noticed this on coffee pots, government doors, company emails, and news stories. Yeah, the Dunkin' Donuts' coffee pot said, "Empty every 16 minutes to insure freshness". I wonder what one would pay in premiums for coffee-freshness insurance.
- "Radiuses" - I get this quite often during engineering nerd talk. To be honest, "radii" sounds even more nerdy, but it's right.
- "Unthaw" - Screaming Utah classic.
- "Your/You're" - Holy shiz. It's not that hard. I love this T-shirt from bustedtees.com:
Yes, that is MY retarded.- "Then/Than" - This one is brought to you by every internet forum ever. C'mon!
- "Their/They're/There" - I've seen single sentences that have misused each one of these three words. There efficiency is amazing.
- "Fur" - Do you know that we often pray to trees? Yeah. "We thank thee fur..."
- ... Which brings me to the fact that many prayers are one fat run-on sentence: "[blaa]... and... [blaa]... and... [blaa]... and..." (I'm not belittling prayers, it's just something that I notice. I'm recovering, ok?)
- "Irregardless" - The antonym of regardless. © Travis.
- "All the sudden" - Yes, I will not leave any the sudden! © Travis.
- "Somewheres/Somewhares" - I have no idea where you get an 's' to stick at the end.
- "Come/Came" - Kelly™
- "Would of..." - Maybe it's a 'would' that belongs to the subject.
- "Supposubly" - No smart-ass comment for this one. Sorry.
- "Eck-specially" - Eck-citing!
- "Squoze" - hehe
2 comments:
On a side note: did you know that the Consitution has misspellings? You see "chuse" (choose) all the time - even in the preamble. I guess it was an alternate spelling back in the day.
They also used "insure" the wrong way. :)
Put that in your Jeopardy pipe and smoke it!
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Danna said...
A few of my favorites right of the papers I am grading:
1. My dad wasn't there cuz he was gone alot.
2. It was all cause the cars tire got aired out on a long hill. (I think it was a flat)
3. Like, everything we did we got in troble for.
4. So, we never done it again.
5. We alwees went and hunted on the opening day.
6. And, the cookies burned twice.
7. So thats my thout.
8. Now if you all know what crocae is you do a lot of ball moving.
9. That was the third time I went to the principle in one day.
10. The farther I got into the hills the further I knew I had to go.
I'M ONLY HALF DONE!
Nuthin'' beets the "arousal can."
October 14, 2008 12:33 PM
Annie said...
Your Awesome! haha Is it bad that when or if a get a text from a boy and they use their/there/they're or your/you're wrong it is an instant turn off?!?!?! No wonder I'm not married.
October 15, 2008 11:04 AM
Travis and Malea said...
I'll admit it. I'm a "fur" sayer. It drives me crazy to hear people say it but I know I do it all the time. Blasted Utah grammar.
Your hillarious Carson. Thanks fur all the funny jokes, their the best.
Welp, I better go unthaw the chicken for tomorrows dinner. Love you!
October 18, 2008 10:08 PM
Travis and Malea said...
Trav had these to add to the list...
-Irregardless.
-Alls (Alls I gotta do is...)
-All of the sudden...
-Come/Came (Ol' Joe come into the office today)
-Was/were (We was watching TV)
October 18, 2008 10:23 PM
The Bergy's said...
Waylon gots a few to add (hee)
says/said (I says to him...)
yabut/yes but
goonue/going to
*Waylon's favorite*
tret/treated
(They tret me real well.)
real/really
*disclaimer*
The Bergstrom family is willing to admit the daily use of some incorrect grammar. We do however try to stay away from the truly offensive ones.
Thanks for the laughs!
October 23, 2008 6:18 PM
Keegan said...
Supposobly there having a huge sell. I'm ginnew put my card in the ATM and enter my PIN (Personal Identification Number) number to get cash. My debit card is right next to my lye-berry card in my fake Louis Vuitton handbag
November 4, 2008 7:24 PM
Megs said...
The beauty of the English language does not usually come out in those who speak it. But at least we can usually figure out what it is they are trying to say. But I do have to admit that living with our most eloquent "grammar nazi" has kept my Utah-turned tongue from getting too lazy.
November 5, 2008 5:37 PM
Travis and Malea said...
So we are sitting here with Trav's sister and bro in law and we came across the subject of Utah lingo. We had a good laugh at on-going list and have some more to add...
-Sundee, Mondee, Tuesdee...
-Mount'n
-Crick
Three dee's ago we went upta the mount'n to the crick
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