phases that make me want to smack someone

[davidpizzica]

I often cringe when I hear some of my relatives who live in Oxford (which is, for those who are maybe unsure, in southern England) speaking to each other. Their pronunciation is just too proper for me, very stereotypical English accents. Like 'grass' and 'glass' are meant to be pronounced like you would say 'mass' and 'gas', but the 'a' is drawn out into an 'aahh' sound. Gah! I hate it! Yes, I'm a northerner through and through.

Having said that though, I suppose a lot of southerners are annoyed by northerners' accents, saying we are lazy in pronunciation.

Bu' nay, ahdunt fink tha's t'case attall! Ent nobbut cus-tum!

And KBlaix, I agree about the 'could care less' thing. I mean, if you could care less about a situation, that must mean it's pretty important to you, right?

Oh, and also, 'tongue' is pronounced 'tung'. It is! Nearly everyone I kn ow says 'tong'. For those of you who may not believe me, take a look at the pronunciation guide on dictionary.com. 'Tongs', as in the grasping instrument, is pronounced as it's spelt.

Miss Z, "bu' nay, ahdunt fink thas' t' case atall! Ent nobbut cus-tum!" sounds pretty much like how a person from Pittsburgh would pronounce them! We speak a form of english called Pittsburghese. I can PM you some samples.

[Alysser]

Let's just say I never got how "dog" sounds like "log". I guess I have a jersey accent?? My parents have a Brooklyn accent. I can't stand it and make fun of it often. They say "wata" instead of "water". They also say my brothers name weird. It's supposed to be "peter" not "peta". lol

[Jessika]

Let's just say I never got how "dog" sounds like "log".

How do you say "dog" then? The way I say it, it rhymes with "log" lol.

[Alysser]

I say it like "dawg", I guess lol. But it doesn't really sound like log?

[columbine]

I change my mind sometimes. For a while I thought it sounded dorky for people to use the term "dis" if they weren't speaking gangsta in general. But it turned out to be useful - I didn't really have a concise way of saying "speak of disparagingly." "Slam" was too strong, "insult" seemed more like saying it to their face, and neither applied gracefully to inanimate objects (e.g. dissing a restaurant or an idea). But I can dis a book without talking directly to the author or implying that nobody with any sense could ever like it, and I sometimes do.

Love, Columbine

[joycenalex]

[QUOTE=cassiesmom].

Pushback (noun): Pushback is not a noun. , well in xray it is, i do pushbach views on mammograms every day, it means the impant is pushed back from the field of view, so the radiologist can see the original tissue. otherwise i agree with you.

[Daisy and Delilah]

Marigold: Don't watch Paula Deen. She'll put you in a tailspin. If she can't use the word, y'all, she can't talk

[Marigold2]

HA HA I can not stand Paula Deen. Or I should rephrase that, I can not stand the way she speaks. I do understand she is a nice lady but I can not watch her with that accent.

I really like Sandra Dee or Sandra Lynn, semi- homemade. She is elegant, intelligent and very inventive.

The English accent, Scottish, Irish and Aussie are nice to listen to. French and Middle European can be somewhat annoying at times. Mexican and Spanish I am not fond of.

[mrspunkysmom]

Ok there are several phrases that really really make me want to slap someone.
1) y'all
Everytime I hear someone say that I look them in the face and say
"I don't see a U-Haul. The correct phrase please is all of you. I don't care if Dr. Phil says it. It is not correct and his IQ in my opinion just dropped 20 points.

2) Have a good one. Have a good what??

3) We're pregnant. Talk about dumb. No you are not. Your wife is but you are NOT. The baby is not growing in your body, you don't have heartburn, swollen legs, cravings and a million other things. You are both expecting a baby but your are not pregnant.

Okay y'all.

Colloquialisms are an accepted form of speech, informal though those may be. That doesn't mean the speaker is dumb or uneducated. Eccentric maybe or just proud of being Southerner.

When I interviewed for my current job, I was smart enough to not use Southernisms. Now that I am secure in the job, I use Southerisms since 1) I am from the South (where we are the lazy ones in the States), and 2) sometimes it helps to make a point.

To each his own. I sometimes imitate my mother's speech (New Jersey) to get their attention. Joyzee, Boyd, and turlet, get some strange looks.

Have a good one? Just current slang.

I agree with the third one, but at least some men are taking some ownership of their actions. Perhaps this psychology will foster the continuance of this responsilibity until the child's maturity?

As far as PC speech? I think that it can be more damaging than some of the original phrases, but that depends upon each situation.

[Marigold2]

You have a great sense of humor.

Okay y'all.

Colloquialisms are an accepted form of speech, informal though those may be. That doesn't mean the speaker is dumb or uneducated. Eccentric maybe or just proud of being Southerner.

When I interviewed for my current job, I was smart enough to not use Southernisms. Now that I am secure in the job, I use Southerisms since 1) I am from the South (where we are the lazy ones in the States), and 2) sometimes it helps to make a point.

To each his own. I sometimes imitate my mother's speech (New Jersey) to get their attention. Joyzee, Boyd, and turlet, get some strange looks.

Have a good one? Just current slang.

I agree with the third one, but at least some men are taking some ownership of their actions. Perhaps this psychology will foster the continuance of this responsilibity until the child's maturity?

As far as PC speech? I think that it can be more damaging than some of the original phrases, but that depends upon each situation.

[Glacier]

Yanno what makes me laugh.....you start a rant thread about other people's grammar and speech with a typo in your title!

[Lady's Human]

I have to admit something to y'all....

When I find out that something petty like an accent or the use of regional phrases irritates someone I have a tendency to remember to use the offending phrase in their presence.

Maybe I need sensitivity training.

[Scooter's Mom]

My husband uses the phrase, "I seen " all the time. I hate it.

I'm from Texas, so I admit that I freely use Ya'll in my sentences.

[Marigold2]

Did I make a boo-boo, LOL I can be such a goof?

Yanno what makes me laugh.....you start a rant thread about other people's grammar and speech with a typo in your title!

[jazzcat]

Hey y'all! The Tennessee Hillbilly is checking in!

You should live around here. Y'all (more commonly pronounced like yawl around here) is very common but some of the real "home folks" use the word you'ins. Oh gee does that one make me cringe.

One thing I've been guilty of saying is "fixin" to do something. For example (oh excuse me, Fer example), I'm fixin to take a shower or I'm fixin to start dinner. I guess we replace the word going with 'fixin'. I've worked on it and rarely say it now but if I spend much time around my in-laws it comes back.

I also dislike to hear someone say "axe" for ask - example "Let me axe you a question".

Give me some time and I can come up with a bunch but you really need to hear it with my Southern accent to really appreciate it.