"Whenever" and "Seen"

[kimlovescats]

Ok, I've got one for you! My husband and I still joke about this one. Jerry's sister-in-law uses very poor grammer. A few years ago when the spaceshuttle exploded right after its take-off, the family got together for a dinner. We all met in our cars in a parking lot, to follow eachother to the restaurant. When sil pulled up, we rolled our windows down to say "hi" to eachother. The first thing out of her mouth was, "did ya'll see where that space shuttle blowed up?" It was all we could do to answer her without laughing or showing our shock. She is the sweetest lady you could ever want to meet, but that type of grammer just makes people look stupid, even if they aren't!

[finn's mom]

"did ya'll see where that space shuttle blowed up?"

Oh, yeah. I would have had to say something.

I'll catch David saying "boughten." He's becoming much more aware of some of his bad grammar habits (EVERYONE has a few!), and he'll correct himself now.

[Sirrahsim]

Ya'll.....
I love the term "Ya'll"
I wouldn't have been caught dead saying it before moving here but now I am getting used to it! It's kind of comforting. You can't say "ya'll" without a hint of a smile.

"Ya'll come back now, ya hear??"

[finn's mom]

Ya'll.....
I love the term "Ya'll"

I love it, too. Don't hate me, but one of my tiny pet peeves is the apostrophe in that word. The word is a contraction of you and all. So, it looks like this: "y'all". I almost didn't type this, but I think you'll smile about it instead of getting mad that I pointed it out at all. At least, I hope so! It's not meant to be negative.

I love saying it, too, although I will avoid saying "fixin' to" like my life depended on it.

[Sirrahsim]

I love it, too. Don't hate me, but one of my tiny pet peeves is the apostrophe in that word. The word is a contraction of you and all. So, it looks like this: "y'all". I almost didn't type this, but I think you'll smile about it instead of getting mad that I pointed it out at all. At least, I hope so! It's not meant to be negative.

I love saying it, too, although I will avoid saying "fixin' to" like my life depended on it.

*cough* excuse me. Y'all had best leave my spelling and grammar alone. This here is my thread and I'm a fixin' to throw a conniption fit!!

[finn's mom]

*cough* excuse me. Y'all had best leave my spelling and grammar alone. This here is my thread and I'm a fixin' to throw a conniption fit!!

hee hee, welcome to texas, purty lady.

[Sirrahsim]

hehe

[mrspunkysmom]

*cough* excuse me. Y'all had best leave my spelling and grammar alone. This here is my thread and I'm a fixin' to throw a conniption fit!!

Conniption fit. I love that phrase!

I first heard it while listening to a tape recording of a Bill Cosby routine. He was talking about his wife's conniption fits. For those of you youngin's, a tape is a means of electronically recording sounds.

My students do not know what a conniption fit is. Strange.

[Sirrahsim]

I still remember the first time that I said ya'll in an everyday conversation. I had just moved here to Texas and was at Lowe's looking for a dolly to move our washer and dryer... I walked up to the salesman and said "Do ya'll sell dollies?"
When I realized what I had said I was floored!! I'm about as Yankee as they come

[mrspunkysmom]

Ya'll.....
I love the term "Ya'll"
I wouldn't have been caught dead saying it before moving here but now I am getting used to it! It's kind of comforting. You can't say "ya'll" without a hint of a smile.

"Ya'll come back now, ya hear??"

I use y'all all (of) the time. I do have to watch the placement of the apostrophe. I have seen it as "ya'll" quite a bit, but since I can think, I know it's supposed to be "y'all".

[moosmom]

Here's one for you. "I axed my mother if I can go to the mall." That drives me up the wall!!!!

Another one is "irregardless". There is no such word. It's regardless.

[karyn674]

Insuriance instead of insurance drives me MAD! Obviously no one writes it that way but pronounces it...... on a TV program!?!?! Crazy!!

[finn's mom]

Another one is "irregardless". There is no such word. It's regardless.

Actually, it's in the dictionary, now. I think I pointed that out in this thread already at the beginning, but it stands repeating because it really does suck, haha. It sucks that it's considered acceptable, now.

Oh, and Leslie, my husband uses "tumped" to mess with me. He's from Louisiana and they say it down there, too. He doesn't use it "for real" but he does say it to rile me up.

And, my ex husband's family is from Indiana, and they ALL say "peenched" instead of "pinch" and "cooshion" instead of "cushion." It was crazy to hear all those people say that! The worst is "doberman peencher", hahaha, it just sounds so unintimidating.

[redbird]

I misuse the words "too" and "to" at times. There are times when I know I'm using those words correctly and other times, I'm just not sure.

[Randi]

"The patient is lying in bed... please don't write laying!" Hmm, I'm not sure I've quite got this... isn't "lying" also if someone is not telling the truth? And "laying" someone laying something on a table?