phrases that puzzle me
12-01-2009, 12:06 PM
#111
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Location: Louisiana
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We Southerners have plenty of "slang" phrases --
happy as a dead pig in the sunshine;
she could make a preacher cuss;'
of course - Y'all come back now.
madder than a wet hen
slippery than a greased pig.
However, poor grammar does irritate me - esp. since I am a retired teacher. I esp. hate "I done it, I seen it," instead of did and saw!
No offense to anyone - that's just a couple of phrases I tried to make "sink" into my students' heads!
happy as a dead pig in the sunshine;
she could make a preacher cuss;'
of course - Y'all come back now.
madder than a wet hen
slippery than a greased pig.
However, poor grammar does irritate me - esp. since I am a retired teacher. I esp. hate "I done it, I seen it," instead of did and saw!
No offense to anyone - that's just a couple of phrases I tried to make "sink" into my students' heads!
12-01-2009, 12:17 PM
#112
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Location: Out searching for some sunshine :-)
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Originally Posted by bearisgray
I just noticed!
bands/strips/bars between the posts. YIPPEE!
bands/strips/bars between the posts. YIPPEE!
another phrase that annoys me...LOL but I do like that band between posts :D
12-01-2009, 01:33 PM
#113
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Location: Bristol, UK
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Living in England, I have found these pages fascinating because some of the irritations are just the same here! One that's annoying me is people writing "should of" instead of "should have".
I was brought up in the Midlands (Nottingham) and had to get used to my husband and his family (brought up on the south coast in Brighton) saying "Somewhen" which I had never heard before - I heard myself saying it the other day because it does actually have a use!
I lived more than 30 years in Edinburgh, Scotland and still use words like "swithering" which is what you do when you can't make up your mind, or "peely wally" which is when you look pale and unwell.
I struggled with the local dialect in Bristol when we first moved here, especially when for instance giving someone my address they would say "Where's that to then?" - meaning "where in Bristol is it?"
It all adds to life's rich tapestry!
I was brought up in the Midlands (Nottingham) and had to get used to my husband and his family (brought up on the south coast in Brighton) saying "Somewhen" which I had never heard before - I heard myself saying it the other day because it does actually have a use!
I lived more than 30 years in Edinburgh, Scotland and still use words like "swithering" which is what you do when you can't make up your mind, or "peely wally" which is when you look pale and unwell.
I struggled with the local dialect in Bristol when we first moved here, especially when for instance giving someone my address they would say "Where's that to then?" - meaning "where in Bristol is it?"
It all adds to life's rich tapestry!
12-01-2009, 02:22 PM
#114
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Location: North Fork Ca
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When I first moved to California, I often heard "Can I go with"' Go with what? Me? Still bugs me. Wouldn't "go along" be more appropriate? And See, Seen and Saw, are words that drive me up a wall. Fussy, aren't I?
12-01-2009, 02:31 PM
#115
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We moved to Texas from Pennsylvania just before I started third grade. Mom was helping me with my homework, and just about blew a fuse. I still remember her calling my teacher on the phone at home and saying:
"I don't care WHERE we are living, "TIN" and "TEN" and "TAN" are NOT homonyms!"
You see, with a proper southern or texan accent, they are all pronounced "Tayen"! LOL
"I don't care WHERE we are living, "TIN" and "TEN" and "TAN" are NOT homonyms!"
You see, with a proper southern or texan accent, they are all pronounced "Tayen"! LOL
12-01-2009, 05:03 PM
#118
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Originally Posted by dottientx
'Wordish' things drive me up the wall but misspelled words are just as bad and there's a lot of that. Didn't anyone learn how to spell during their 'schooling'?
thank god my 22yr old son can spell some words better than I
can.
12-01-2009, 05:06 PM
#119
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Location: SW Minnesota
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LOL, BNC! I also get (more than) a little irked when I see mispelled words, odd uses for punctuation marks, and poor grammar, to name a few. I've threatened that, in my next life, I'm coming back as an English teacher with an emphasis on grammar, spelling, and punctuation! (Currently, I'm a nurse, and it bugs the h*** out of me to see many of the medical terms mispelled...you get my drift. I'll quit venting...
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