phases that make me want to smack someone

[shais_mom]

WOW! I can't really generate the type of animosity towards people for using incorrect speech that y'all can.

I agree - I just don't get this excited about what people say. And I am around a lot of ignorant people in my work.
I get annoyed when little woman call in a schedule a MAMM-EIO-GRAM -
its a MAMM-O-GRAM.... but violence????
Remind me not to open my mouth around some of you.....

[Karen]

I get annoyed when little woman call in a schedule a MAMM-EIO-GRAM -
its a MAMM-O-GRAM.... but violence????
Remind me not to open my mouth around some of you.....

Would you be annoyed if I called in to schedule my annual "squish-o-gram?" I got my reminder notice on my birthday this year - NOT a welcome present.

[shais_mom]

at least squish-o-gram would be pronounced
correctly!
and not adding and EI in it!

[Marigold2]

Nice to see you came too, you blacked out there for a bit.

well I say Y'all all the time, Smack me I dare you!

[critter crazy]

Nice to see you came too, you blacked out there for a bit.

Ha ha ha ha ha!!

I'm Ready now, y'all set for round 2???

[Marigold2]

Ha ha ha oh God I haven't laughed so hard in weeks. You have a great sense of humor. You are what makes PT special.

Ha ha ha ha ha!!

I'm Ready now, y'all set for round 2???

[cali]

there are 2 that drive me nuts.

the first is foyer, its french, and its pronounced FOY-AY not FoyER! this one drives me up the wall.

the second is Collie, I know a lot of people who pronounce it "koolie" like "oh, you have a Border koolie?" ...no I have a Border "KAW-LY", and Lassie was a "KAW-LY" not a "Koolie", a "koolie" is another breed of dog entirly.

Just a question: is "Hey!" a substitute for "Hello!" anywhere other than the Chicago area?

"hey" is used up here in the Canadian Prairies as well, I used it all the time, I very very rarly so "hello", I say "hey".
same with "yes" I never say "yes", I say "ya" or "yup". these words to me flow more naturally, for me to say "yes" or "hello" it stints my speach, and doesnt flow lol

[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.

[Karen]

Maybe it stems from being an English teacher/writer's kid, but I have always paid more attention to pronunciation than most people, I guess. I remember the girl next door getting mad at me when, in second grade, I tried to kindly tell her the word is church, not turch, as she pronounced it. Chimbley for chimney got the same reaction. After the buzghetti for spaghetti battle, I gave up on her pronunciation of anything.

We never discussed this at college - I went to Mass Art, where they were happy if we were literate. But one day, apropos of absolutely nothing, my Illustration teacher wrote on the chalkboard:
Bostin
Bosten
Boston
and said "Of everyone in the room, I bet Karen is the only one who would pronounce these three words differently."

One of those odd moments, where I was thinking "how could you NOT?" and everyone else was thinking "What the heck is he talking about?"

[finn's mom]

Bostin
Bosten
Boston
and said "Of everyone in the room, I bet Karen is the only one who would pronounce these three words differently."

One of those odd moments, where I was thinking "how could you NOT?" and everyone else was thinking "What the heck is he talking about?"

hahaha, I totally pronounced each one of those out loud, completely differently. That's great!

[Pam]

Okay y'all.
I sometimes imitate my mother's speech (New Jersey) to get their attention. Joyzee, Boyd, and turlet, get some strange looks.

Your examples are definitely NORTH Jersey. We don't speak that way down here in South Jersey.

My mother, who was born in Virginia, lost most of her accent over the years since moving to Pennsylvania and then New Jersey, but there are two words she still pronounces as she always did.

Cain't (can't)
Afred (afraid)

[Alysser]

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.

What area is that from?? I know North Jersey, but what cities? I have never heard anyone around here talk like that LOL. Sounds interesting though.

hehe, Zara I have to give you a video of my fake british accent. I want to see where I'm from in England.

[cassiesmom]

Just a question: is "Hey!" a substitute for "Hello!" anywhere other than the Chicago area?

[jazzcat]

Just a question: is "Hey!" a substitute for "Hello!" anywhere other than the Chicago area?

I say it all the time. It's pretty common around here.