SNUB, not SNOB | Imamother

Brownies

Thu, Jun 19 2014, 2:54 am

zaq wrote:

Thank you, Barbara, for saving me the bother!

The word "snub" always makes me think of somebody either pinching or turning up his or her nose. Probably because a "snub" nose is a small, upturned one. Which came first, d'you think?

There is also the expression to "turn up your nose" at something you disdain. (In British English - does it also exist in America?) Possibly they are related? Maybe in the past touching the tip of your nose was a way of showing contempt..

Raisin

Thu, Jun 19 2014, 3:52 am

MaBelleVie wrote:

Would have
Would of

Nothing drives me bonkers more than that one!

ha, was going to quote that one.

What about walla? is that a real word or a misspelling of voila?

Raisin

Thu, Jun 19 2014, 3:53 am

Amelia Bedelia wrote:

Custom jewelry instead of costume.
"Borrow me" a book
Confusing "then" and "than"
Stationary when referring to writing supplies

isn't custom jewelry a thing too? Like getting a ring custom made?

ewa-jo

Thu, Jun 19 2014, 4:13 am

Raisin wrote:

What about walla? is that a real word or a misspelling of voila?

In Israel, it is. It's derived from Arabic.. it means something like "really?" or "hey!" or "look at that" (which is what voila means in French)

Like you're standing at the bus stop talking about when the next bus should be arriving and you see it pull up, so you point and say "Walla... there it is"

A popular Israeli news site is www.walla.co.il

groovy1224

Thu, Jun 19 2014, 9:18 am

It's also shocking how many people (globally, not just on imamother) think the plural of 'sequin' is 'sequence.' I had never heard of sequence dresses till this phenomenon.

doughnut

Thu, Jun 19 2014, 9:22 am

watergirl wrote:

The two things I see on imamother which annoy me the most...

"Strept" and "in the mood of".

I don't remember much from 7th grade biology, but streptococcus leaves an impression on a 13 year old....Isn't strept correct?

Frumdoc

Thu, Jun 19 2014, 9:28 am

groovy1224 wrote:

It's also shocking how many people (globally, not just on imamother) think the plural of 'sequin' is 'sequence.' I had never heard of sequence dresses till this phenomenon.

Oh, that is what a sequence dress is!

I thought it was something to do with the order in which it was made LOL

Barbara

Thu, Jun 19 2014, 9:46 am

groovy1224 wrote:

It's also shocking how many people (globally, not just on imamother) think the plural of 'sequin' is 'sequence.' I had never heard of sequence dresses till this phenomenon.

I'm guessing that one is auto-correct.

Kitten

Thu, Jun 19 2014, 10:12 am

ewa-jo wrote:

In Israel, it is. It's derived from Arabic.. it means something like "really?" or "hey!" or "look at that" (which is what voila means in French)

No. "Voilà" (with an accent and pronounced "vwala"), in French, means something like "here" (is xyz/are your things/is what I know, etc.), "there you go" and other things like that. Some French people pronounce it "walla", which is incorrect pronunciation, but it still means the same.

Grandma 1

Thu, Jun 19 2014, 10:18 am

Eurogynecologists? Unless you're planning to go abroad for medical care, you're probably looking for a uro-gynecologist:
uro - prefix: related to the urinary tract.
I was so tempted to correct it on the original thread, but thought it might be considered rude.
So glad that this thread was started!

watergirl

Thu, Jun 19 2014, 10:21 am

doughnut wrote:

I don't remember much from 7th grade biology, but streptococcus leaves an impression on a 13 year old....Isn't strept correct?

Nope. Its known as strep. Like "strep throat".

groovy1224

Thu, Jun 19 2014, 10:24 am

Barbara wrote:

I'm guessing that one is auto-correct.

That's no comfort. . All that goes to show is that the creator of the auto correct dictionary doesn't know the plural of 'sequin' either!

Iymnok

Thu, Jun 19 2014, 12:04 pm

Prenatal
Postpartum

What is post-natal? I see it everywhere, it really bugs me. Why not prepartum? Is there postnatal depression? Post natal check-up?

Maybe I'll just stat using prenatal to get awareness up...

I really can't stand preteen texting on a mature foum

5*Mom

Thu, Jun 19 2014, 12:11 pm

Iymnok wrote:

Prenatal
Postpartum

What is post-natal? I see it everywhere, it really bugs me.

I think this term is used in Britain and Europe. Google it; it's a legitimate medical term.

mommyla

Thu, Jun 19 2014, 12:50 pm

"My daughter was not excepted into school."
"I literally jumped out of my skin."
"I should help you with that?"
"I scrame so loud."
"Excellent costumer service."

Like fingernails on a chalkboard!

(Oh, and the worst is definitely "could/should/would/may of.")

mommyla

Thu, Jun 19 2014, 12:51 pm

Frumdoc wrote:

I am in total agreement with my abovementioned colleagues in their frustration over the poor language and grammer skills of today and wonder whether the richness of expression inherent in written English is being inadvertently displaced by the use of text speak and similar written verbal contractions.

Grammar...

Brownies

Thu, Jun 19 2014, 1:30 pm

5*Mom wrote:

I think this term is used in Britain and Europe. Google it; it's a legitimate medical term.

5*Mom is right. It's also more common to say antenatal rather than prenatal in the UK.

ewa-jo

Thu, Jun 19 2014, 2:32 pm

Kitten wrote:

Incorrect.

"voir" is the French verb for look... if you want to conjugate it to say "you look" it is "tu vois"
"la" is the French word for there

Voila literally means "look there"