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skymile
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Wed, Aug 31 2011, 10:44 pm
it took me over a year but I FINALLY got dh to stop saying bootses or stepses (plural of boots or steps). it drove me NUTS. every time he would say it- no matter where we were or who was there or how important the conversation was- I ALWAYS interjected with "bootses is not a word". I've actually caught him correcting his brother more than once!!! Score!
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allrgymama
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Wed, Aug 31 2011, 10:45 pm
@nicole81: my husband says supposebly also, and after three years of marriage I finally pointed it out to him and now he more or less expects me to correct him when he gets it wrong because he doesn't want to sound like an idiot.
(I wouldn't have said anything altogether, but heard him say it on a business call and I was like 'honey. That's not a word')
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chanahlady
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Wed, Aug 31 2011, 10:59 pm
"Axe" and "axed" instead of "ask" and "asked." I have a colleague who says this all day and it makes me want to scream!
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bluebird
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Wed, Aug 31 2011, 11:54 pm
chica wrote: | "So I says to him......"
for some reason everyone over 50 in my family speaks like this. It drives me crazy! |
My generation would say, "So he was like... and then I was like...". It annoys me and I say it too.
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daisy
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Thu, Sep 01 2011, 12:02 am
[quote="bluebird"] chica wrote: | "So I says to him......"
for some reason everyone over 50 in my family speaks like this. It drives me crazy! |
my grandfather A"H used to talk like that
Quote: | My generation would say, "So he was like... and then I was like...". It annoys me and I say it too. |
Or...so he goes... and then I go....
I also hate when people say pamper instead of diaper and (this bothers me less for some reason) kleenex instead of tissue.
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lamplighter
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Thu, Sep 01 2011, 12:17 am
"I was thinking in my mind" - really where else do you think?
"Davening to myself"- no davening by yourself to Hashem.
"Eating BY my mother"- what she's not going to let you in?
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Bella:D
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Thu, Sep 01 2011, 12:41 am
My husband pronounces postpone as perspone, I always correct him!
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hila
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Thu, Sep 01 2011, 12:51 am
"whatever" (mainly heard from teenagers) grrrrr
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shanie5
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Thu, Sep 01 2011, 12:59 am
"yous people" its YOU, not yous!
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hila
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Thu, Sep 01 2011, 1:47 am
that is because you are old !
Most of the current posters were hardly born when we had that thread. (or at least not married )
Notice how many posters there have disappeared
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leomom
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Thu, Sep 01 2011, 1:50 am
hila wrote: |
that is because you are old !
Most of the current posters were hardly born when we had that thread. (or at least not married )
Notice how many posters there have disappeared |
I know I'm old. But thanks for pointing it out!
Enjoy this thread, everyone - but reread the "old" one too, because it was good!
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hila
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Thu, Sep 01 2011, 1:51 am
yy wrote: | hila wrote: |
that is because you are old !
Most of the current posters were hardly born when we had that thread. (or at least not married )
Notice how many posters there have disappeared |
I know I'm old. But thanks for pointing it out!
Enjoy this thread, everyone - but reread the "old" one too, because it was good! |
Well so am I old - but I dont feel it . I did not meant to insult. I meant you are an experienced poster.
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leomom
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Thu, Sep 01 2011, 2:03 am
Hila, I definitely took your comment in the right spirit, don't worry!
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smiley:)
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Thu, Sep 01 2011, 2:22 am
"He has birthday"
"That's the long and the short of it" - pretty much a filler sentence with no meaning.
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invisiblecircus
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Thu, Sep 01 2011, 2:35 am
sushilover wrote: | invisiblecircus wrote: |
"could of" and "shoud of" instead of "could have" and "should have"
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maybe they're just saying could've and should've. unless theyre actually writing it |
I meant that seeing it written drives me crazy but with some British accents it is clear when "could of" is being spoken too.
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JOOC, who says "I was sat on a chair?" I never heard that one. |
I'm guessing you're American. In the UK I heard it all the time!
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Raisin
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Thu, Sep 01 2011, 5:07 am
herbs, when it is mispronounced as erbs by americans.
calm down - a surefire way to get someone nervous.
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myself
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Thu, Sep 01 2011, 5:44 am
Raisin wrote: | herbs, when it is mispronounced as erbs by americans.
calm down - a surefire way to get someone nervous. |
DH hates when I say that to the kids.
I've only heard the term 'I was sat on a chair' in the context of a doctor's procedure or similar, as in I was told to sit in the chair not the regular sitting in a chair.
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freidasima
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Thu, Sep 01 2011, 6:27 am
Actually Raisin it drives the Americans crazy when the english pronounce the "h" in Herbs!
And say "leftenent" instead of Lieutenant.
But we love you guys anyhow...
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cm
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Thu, Sep 01 2011, 8:47 am
shanie5 wrote: | "yous people" its YOU, not yous! |
An older relative's anecdote:
Overheard in early 1950's Brooklyn, "Don't say 'yous guys.' It's just 'yous.'"
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