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Please retire, "show nuff", "I migh...

2009-12-25T11:52:57.152-05:00

Please retire, "show nuff", "I might of could" and my favorite "I useta could"...grrrrr

I'm from the South (Florida) and I hear a lot ...

2009-12-24T20:59:48.319-05:00

I'm from the South (Florida) and I hear a lot of mispronunciations of the word "coach". It seems to turn into "CO-UTCH" a lot down here.

Thanks for another one Professor.

2009-12-23T22:07:25.605-05:00

Thanks for another one Professor.

Woman/Women: I see this misused all the time. The ...

2009-12-23T22:05:17.988-05:00

Woman/Women: I see this misused all the time. The sentence says I am a Goal oriented women...NO it's WOMAN!!!

cinco - Thank you. Me too. People look at...

2009-12-23T22:01:09.163-05:00

cinco - Thank you. Me too. People look at me crazy and ask why. There's something about it and you probably get the same feeling.

This isn't a mispronounciation, but it's m...

2009-12-23T20:42:46.436-05:00

This isn't a mispronounciation, but it's misuse/overuse of an adjective imothe word female. Over and over I hear a man described as a man, but a woman is too often described as a female (especially if it's a ]lack woman doing the describing). Nothing really wrong with it but I hate it.

And don't forget this one, no thanks to that d...

2009-12-23T18:15:12.628-05:00

And don't forget this one, no thanks to that damn Fabolous:

"artisses"

NO. It's "artists". And why the HELL did he spell his rapper name as FabOlous? It's FabUlous.

:-/

Here's my "black mispronunications" ...

2009-12-23T16:07:48.084-05:00

Here's my "black mispronunications" pet peeve: It's "tests." Not "tesses." And "ask," not "ax." Aaaargh!

It's like an alarm clock..you 'posed to be...

2009-12-22T21:55:34.986-05:00

It's like an alarm clock..you 'posed to be cooking breakfast...

Can someone, anyone, get to Jerry Rice (Hall of Fa...

2009-12-22T21:36:08.631-05:00

Can someone, anyone, get to Jerry Rice (Hall of Fame NFL Wide-Receiver SF 49ers, sit his ass down, and kindly explain to the brother that the word "with" is NOT spelled with an "F"! DAMMIT!

@ Nappy: Your 's' complaint reminds me of...

2009-12-22T21:04:38.173-05:00

@ Nappy:

Your 's' complaint reminds me of my job---I type up real estate ads from the rough copy clients scribble down. So many of these clients are semi-literate bulbheads who write things like "All utilitie's included, neighborhood in the ascent."

The best: Several times, someone has written that the air conditioning is "duckless."

"That's right, ma'am! The central AC is completely free of ducks!"

"I'll take it!"

Nappy Mind - ME TOO! I HATE that shit. :-/ &quo...

2009-12-22T20:59:42.169-05:00

Nappy Mind - ME TOO! I HATE that shit. :-/

"rose's" instead of "roses" or "their's" instead of "theirs". :-/

Thought this was a pretty nice read after this pos...

2009-12-22T19:52:12.649-05:00

Thought this was a pretty nice read after this post. I found it because I'd never heard of "conversate" not being a word.

http://ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/01/ask_the_expert_is_conversate_a_word.php

Ok, "being as though" (LOL) I had such a...

2009-12-22T18:15:24.716-05:00

Ok, "being as though" (LOL) I had such a hearty laugh at this a few hours ago, I felt the need to come back for another chuckle.

I won't reveal where I heard this, but a young man "learnt" that in school.......REALLY?

"Light skinded" - This still makes my sk...

2009-12-22T17:17:33.385-05:00

"Light skinded" - This still makes my skin crawl. It has to go.

"What had happened was..." - This was cute when the female characters on those failed UPN shows used it to begin an amusing half-assed excuse. But no more.

"Disrespect" - Yes, it's proper English but it is overused. I avoid it so I don't sound like a stereotype.

Man, words cannot explain how totally stoopid I fe...

2009-12-22T17:15:33.892-05:00

Man, words cannot explain how totally stoopid I feel that the new comment system wasn't activated for this post. Arggh.

Being as though, expect the new system too bee in effect tommorroe.

Piece.

ROTFL! I just want to assure you, AverageBro, tha...

2009-12-22T17:09:42.059-05:00

ROTFL!

I just want to assure you, AverageBro, that "Being as though" and "I feel as though" is not strictly in DC. I did not hear that until I moved to Philly. MY GOODNESS. It's the official "I'm trying to sound smart" contribution to the conversation. I am a teacher and students seem to be quick to use this. The dude I work with now (from Philly originally) LOVES to use this and other selections from your list and he considers himself to be quite the success story.

My parents are teachers and would nearly choke me and my sister if they though we said "I seen" so stuff like this makes my heart beat fast... waiting for my mother to jump in from another room or something.

@Marbles You would have had to live in southern M...

2009-12-22T16:22:14.120-05:00

@Marbles

You would have had to live in southern MD in the 80's to get a full appreciation of our cultural igorance! :-o
Drunk bikers from the strip club next door would come by to the Pizza Hut (where we worked) and see his name tag. They'd point and start screaming "Jesus. Look it's Jesus". It was funny once...but not much after that.
And Jesus was a bantam weigbht boxer so he probably could have put a real hurtin' on those dumb asses! He would just curse in Spanish under his breath.
And I used to say Quesadilla with the hard "L's" myself. But I never called Jesus--Jee-zus!!

Roland Martin said "irregardless" on his...

2009-12-22T16:08:14.266-05:00

Roland Martin said "irregardless" on his Sunday morning show on TV One.

When making a word plural in writing, some people add an "s" and an apostrophe instead of just the "s". I see this everywhere in the DC area.

martini's instead of martinis

Sho nuff.... grrrrrr

2009-12-22T14:44:28.586-05:00

Sho nuff....

grrrrrr

My favorite "englitch" word, from the fa...

2009-12-22T14:38:52.320-05:00

My favorite "englitch" word, from the famous pimp, Don "Magic" Juan.

QWI-Teria. (Criteria)

"Once you speak the English good, can't nobody change it."

--Lamont Grady Sanford

EG

your you're there their they're It drive...

2009-12-22T14:32:56.995-05:00

your
you're

there
their
they're

It drives me nuts when people mix those up. Nuts, I tell you!

@ Antonio:

People probably think typing like that looks cool, but it really just makes them look like preteens with epilepsy.

HAHA! I'm also in the DC urrea and at my haird...

2009-12-22T14:25:12.199-05:00

HAHA! I'm also in the DC urrea and at my hairdresser - they say Chipotle in the craziest way - it's like the 'l' is non existent and it sounds something like chip-oooo-ay. Oh it drives me crazy!

Here's another one: "every sinc...

2009-12-22T14:24:46.306-05:00
Here's another one: "every since..."

NO.

It's "ever since..."

:-/

ok, "being as though" (LOL)I had to set ...

2009-12-22T14:09:59.216-05:00
ok, "being as though" (LOL)I had to set my lunch aside to let you know that this is HILARIOUS.

I don't have anything else to add.

Oh, then again, how about when typing the correct usage of their, there and they're....or how about to, too or two.....really people!!!