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WINDY

Wed, Aug 31 2011, 7:23 pm

"costed" instead of "cost"
"legible" instead of "eligible"
using a statement as a question- "ur baby is sleeping?" instead pf "is ur baby sleeping?"

Wed, Aug 31 2011, 7:53 pm

Staying "by" someone, as in "we will be staying by Bernstein" instead of "we will be staying at the Bernstein's house" or "we will be staying with the Bernsteins."

bluebird

Wed, Aug 31 2011, 8:05 pm

"Sammich" and "sammie" annoy me NO END. It's like fingernails on a chalkboard, especially as it's usually said by adults who think they're being cute--even when speaking to other adults. I dislike adults using "childisms" in speech in general, but that one in particular annoys me. "Birfday" ranks a close second. I was floored one day when a coworker in his 40s with no children told me it was his "birfday" and kept using that word repeatedly when discussing his plans.

I also hate figures of speech involving violence, with "I'm going to kill you! haha" being at the top of that list.

I also dislike it when people orphan prepositions at the end of a sentence by omitting the object. "Do you want to come with?" "Get me the glass cleaner from underneath." Underneath WHAT?!! The sink? The laundry? The cat?

Bleemee

Wed, Aug 31 2011, 8:14 pm

What in the world is sammich?

spring13

Wed, Aug 31 2011, 8:35 pm

Oooh, I hate when I see people type "laundry mat" instead of laundromat. Or "walla" instead of "voila!"

nicole81

Wed, Aug 31 2011, 8:48 pm

supposably

am I the only one that hears people saying this?

observer

Wed, Aug 31 2011, 8:53 pm

invisiblecircus wrote:

"could of" and "shoud of" instead of "could have" and "should have"

"literally" when it isn't (I literally killed myself laughing!)

"I was sat on a chair" instead of "I was sitting..." or "I sat"

the two bolded ones also drive me CRAZY!!!!

JOOC, who says "I was sat on a chair?" I never heard that one.

I also don't like phrases that are literal translations of yiddish but aren't proper use of the words/phrases in english, but have become the norm in certain circles, such as:

Put down the phone

It sounds like (instead of "it seems...")

mommalah

Wed, Aug 31 2011, 8:53 pm

NativeMom wrote:

open/close the light

Standard Brooklyn! Rolling Eyes

mommalah

Wed, Aug 31 2011, 8:55 pm

This thread is so funny....

sushilover

Wed, Aug 31 2011, 9:02 pm

invisiblecircus wrote:

"could of" and "shoud of" instead of "could have" and "should have"

maybe they're just saying could've and should've. unless theyre actually writing it

Dandelion1

Wed, Aug 31 2011, 9:07 pm

"it's all good"

drives me bananas-- I find it condescending, trite, and insincere....

yaakovsmom

Wed, Aug 31 2011, 9:15 pm

I hear this all the time: "For all intensive purposes."

bluebird

Wed, Aug 31 2011, 9:15 pm

Bleemee wrote:

What in the world is sammich?

Sandwich.

chica

Wed, Aug 31 2011, 9:24 pm

"So I says to him......"

for some reason everyone over 50 in my family speaks like this. It drives me crazy!

Dandelion1

Wed, Aug 31 2011, 9:29 pm

chica wrote:

"So I says to him......"

for some reason everyone over 50 in my family speaks like this. It drives me crazy!

I'm just guessing here... Brooklynites? Very Happy

jarussy

Wed, Aug 31 2011, 9:31 pm

"not for anything" there's always something coming after that line.

LiLIsraeli

Wed, Aug 31 2011, 10:18 pm

"Could of," "should of," "would of" (yes, in writing), are awful!

Something that's a real pet peeve of my family: mispronouncing "fifty" and "sixty" as "fivdy" and "sigsdy"!

I can't stand when people are trying to convey an important point, and they use the word "mention." By definition, "mention" is a sort of by-the-way! Like "I would like to mention that I feel really unhappy in our relationship..." Drives me nuts!

I also don't like when people use the word "but" at the end of a sentence. "I thought she was sleeping, but!" Grrrrr.

leah66

Wed, Aug 31 2011, 10:21 pm

"to be honest with you"
Oh, are you usually not?

"trust me"

justmarried

Wed, Aug 31 2011, 10:39 pm

Anyways. Its never supposed to have an "s" at the end. It gets me so nervous!

Happy18

Wed, Aug 31 2011, 10:41 pm

Anyways.
The word is ANYWAY!!!!

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