Does "your" instead of "you're" drive anyone else nuts?

Atheos · Apr 1, 2009

After that it's using "they" when one means he or she. I realize that that has become normal practice ( being politically correct somehow, I think) but it really bugs me.

Actually the usage of they IS considered correct.

The standard operating procedure is to utilize they as a neutral pronoun due to the lack of one. In some instances the singular gender specific pronoun is unacceptable. Utilizing they is far easier than someone agreeing on a new gender neutral pronoun.

RedhairedNurse, BSN, RN · Apr 1, 2009

Yes, it tends to get on my nerves, but I'm guilty of making the same mistake myself by just typing too fast. We have too many words in our English language that are way too much alike, IMO.

Too and to also drive me nuts when I see them misused. But oh well, like I said, I'm guilty too or is it to? I'm kidding, I know the difference, I think. Scratching head....LOL

azhiker96, BSN, RN · Apr 1, 2009

Yes, misuse of words and misspellings bother me. What scares me is when someone says "I want to ax you something." I don't know whether to expect a question or a sharp tool for cutting trees. :bugeyes:

~Mi Vida Loca~RN, ASN, RN · Apr 1, 2009

Yes, misuse of words and misspellings bother me. What scares me is when someone says "I want to ax you something." I don't know whether to expect a question or a sharp tool for cutting trees.

If it is Dexter that is telling you he wants to axe you something, RUN

I am totally guilty of correct usage of commas, colons, semi colons etc. Honestly I think our language is nuts and confusing. Some things end in IE some things end in Y, someone said, i before e except after C yet their was a word I came up on that didn't follow that rule.

I guess it's all preference in the end. I would rather someone have a handful of typos, then to not use paragraphs or simple sentence structure.

I saw one post on another thread, where a poster was talking about how unintelligent someone looks if they mispronounce a word, this person didn't use one paragraph or capital letter in their entire post :stone.

Anyway, it's funny to see what bothers people differently.

Atheos · Apr 1, 2009

What scares me is when someone says "I want to ax you something."

Well, that is NOT a misuse of of the word ask.

It's a verbal pronunciation dominant in a certain racial group.

Can't expect everyone to sound like you.

leslie :-D · Apr 1, 2009

Well, that is NOT a misuse of of the word ask.
It's a verbal pronunciation dominant in a certain racial group.

yet, it is still mispronounced.

leslie

Atheos · Apr 1, 2009

yet, it is still mispronounced.
leslie

It's no more an error than tomaHto is versus tomaYto.

Thats like saying the Chinese guy says his R's wrong is mispronouncing.

Mispronouncing is used for people that just say the word wrong in error. Not for people that actually have difficulty saying the word.

Otherwise, all the people from the South and many of those from places like New York and Minnesota and pretty much everyone not using standard diction are mispronouncing everything.

leslie :-D · Apr 1, 2009

It's no more an error than tomaHto is versus tomaYto.
Thats like saying the Chinese guy says his R's wrong is mispronouncing.
Mispronouncing is used for people that just say the word wrong in error. Not for people that actually have difficulty saying the word.
Otherwise, all the people from the South and many of those from places like New York and Minnesota and pretty much everyone not using standard diction are mispronouncing everything.

so you're saying that blacks have difficulty in saying "ask"?

never knew that.

well then, no in that case.

it wouldn't be mispronounced.

ftr, you don't have to wink w/me.

i get you.:)

leslie

Atheos · Apr 1, 2009

so you're saying that blacks have difficulty in saying "ask"?
never knew that.
well then, no in that case.
it wouldn't be mispronounced.
ftr, you don't have to wink w/me.
i get you.:)
leslie

My father can't say ask, he also can't say sausage.

I used to try and get him to say it.

He's got a Master's level and is a retired Colonel. I'd say it isn't mispronunciation.

sharpeimom · Apr 1, 2009

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Be careful, please. You can injure your rotator cuff with vigorous patting of your own back.

Well, that is NOT a misuse of of the word ask.
It's a verbal pronunciation dominant in a certain racial group.
Can't expect everyone to sound like you.

My father can't say ask, he also can't say sausage.
I used to try and get him to say it.
Are you actually saying different races are constructed using different parts?? I was under the assumption that that idea had been disproved decades ago... How about this premise instead? Certain races and geographically isolated populations get so accustomed to hearing words pronounced in incorrect ways or verbs being used in certain ways that it simply becomes too ingrained and thus proves to be impossible to change and change old habits.
sharpeimom
He's got a Master's level and is a retired Colonel. I'd say it isn't mispronunciation.

Atheos · Apr 1, 2009

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Different parts?

Lol not my point at all.

I am saying that when they majority of a group of people says the same word the same way it isn't a mispronunciation.

sharpeimom · Apr 1, 2009

Different parts?
Lol not my point at all.
I am saying that when they majority of a group of people says the same word the same way it isn't a mispronunciation.

I believe you mean not everyone speaks what the MLA calls "Standard English."

Just because a large population uses a given word or pronounciation does not make it correct. Many

people say, "ain't" or "ain't got no..." and that doesn't make it correct. Like it or not, our world still revolves around Standard English, French in Passe Compose etc.

sharpeimom:paw::paw: