"Whenever" and "Seen"

[Catlady711]

What really drives me up a wall is people who pronnounce words completely wrong.

I put the kickstandard down on my bicycle.

I warshed my clothes.

My cat was spayded, had her rabbies and distemperment shot.

That is a nice wotriller. (rottweiler)


Do you realize how difficult it is to even spell these words the way people pronnounce them? lol

[finn's mom]

I warshed my clothes.

hahahaha, my mom says that. i've learned to not be too irritated by pronunciation that has more to do with regional accents (although it still irks me sometimes) as opposed to mispronunciations altogether, like this other one you stated:

I put the kickstandard down on my bicycle.

That is just plain wrong. No accent there, it's just wrong.

[Sirrahsim]

My husband and I go back and forth about whether the word kitten should be pronounced "Kit-ten" with both t's pronounced sharply, or "Kit-en" with just one pronounced... It's the same with mit-ten versus mit-en
Let's see what other pronunciations get to me...
Orange vs Ornge
Crayon vs Cran

[sirrahved]

My husband and I go back and forth about whether the word kitten should be pronounced "Kit-ten" with both t's pronounced sharply, or "Kit-en" with just one pronounced... It's the same with mit-ten versus mit-en
Let's see what other pronunciations get to me...
Orange vs Ornge
Crayon vs Cran

Chris and Carole would say kit-ten and mit-ten.

I say cran, and I will NEVER back down from that! I never even met anyone that said cray-on until college.

One Jason and I go around and around over is tin-ten or pin-pen. For some reason he doesn't think they should be pronounced differently

[luckies4me]

What really drives me up a wall is people who pronnounce words completely wrong.

I put the kickstandard down on my bicycle.

I warshed my clothes.

My cat was spayded, had her rabbies and distemperment shot.

That is a nice wotriller. (rottweiler)


Do you realize how difficult it is to even spell these words the way people pronnounce them? lol

I work at a veterinary clinic and I can't tell you how many times a day I hear those! It's Distemper, not distemperment! Urrgh! K, was my first sentence correct? Lol.

The one that bugs me the most is when people get "too" and "to" mixed up, as well as "your" and "you're".

I am by no means perfect when it comes to spelling, grammar, or punctuation! This would be a good thread to learn from.

[luckies4me]

So what is correct? Through or thru? I thought thru was only used for "drive thru"? And what about tho, and though? Is tho just the shortcut for though?

[Daisy and Delilah]

I'm so glad to see this thread up again.

I haven't read all the way through it so I'm probably repeating what I'm about to say but it's worth repeating.

Lately I hear alot of people on tv, or otherwise, saying "fustrated" instead of "frustrated". What happened to the "r"???

The other one that I see everywhere is "lose" and "loose" used in the wrong way.

A person doesn't loose weight. A person loses weight.

Did she loose weight? , is incorrect.
Did she lose weight? , is correct.

These two words are so widely misused these days, I wonder if someone set out to get the words changed in the dictionary.
People from all levels of education and all walks of life, etc. are mixing up these words. Why???

[kokopup]

When it comes to the use of lose or loose I have to think about it because I think I have been guilty in the past and used loose when I should have used lose. I now use lost and moose to help me remember.

[Laura's Babies]

"at"....as in "where's it at?" "Where is it?" The "at" is useless, unnecessary and hurts my ears.

When we said that as kids, Mama use to say "between the "A" and the "T" every single time we said it.. We soon learned to leave "at" off of the sentence.