Linguistic Pet Peeves

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Okay, y'all. In spite of what some people will say, your use of language will influence what people think of you, and how intelligent and/or competent they think you are.

My current number one: You don't LOOSE your license, you lose it. (If your license is loose, you need to capture it...)

Don't even get me started on loosing YOU'RE license...

What are other some other linguistic "nails on chalkboard" for folks?

"Literally."

Stop. Please just stop. We get it. Stop emphasizing points with poor word choices.

I do enjoy when my UK friends use it, though. "LIT-tri-lee." So fancy. :specs:

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I didn't know the correct term was "taken aback" by something. I rarely heard the 'a' in front, to me it always sounded like people said 'I was taken back by...' - so for the longest time I would say 'taken back' instead of 'taken aback' - I only found out in college when I wrote that in an essay that I had been wrong all these years.

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A little cafe that we used to frequent had a display case for that day's pastries. One day my daughter and I saw a label for "kwichee" . From that day forward we pronounce quiche as kwichee.

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A little cafe that we used to frequent had a display case for that day's pastries. One day my daughter and I saw a label for "kwichee" . From that day forward we pronounce quiche as kwichee.

:bored:

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Specializes in ER.
"Literally."

Stop. Please just stop. We get it. Stop emphasizing points with poor word choices.

I do enjoy when my UK friends use it, though. "LIT-tri-lee." So fancy. :specs:

That is, literally, the most judgmental, albeit insightful post I've read, ya know? u r kewl.

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LOL Sage611. So is "jiggy" as in, "Gettin' jiggy with it".

I think we can take that dictionary with a grain of salt.

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I hate it when people write "I would of done that if I could of." instead of "I would have done that if I could have."

I know a lot of us drop the H when we speak, but 'of' is not 'have'.

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LOL Sage611. So is "jiggy" as in, "Gettin' jiggy with it".

I think we can take that dictionary with a grain of salt.

Oh goodness! I guess so.

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Not linguistic exactly but I hate the current trend of young people to rise up at the end of every sentence, making a statement into a question. I'm going to hang out with my friends (frunds) tonight? And we're going to dinner?

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You ask someone a question and the first thing they say is "I mean, ............."

As if there had been an ongoing discussion that they were trying to clarify.

"In regards to" instead of "with regard to"

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"Cut the light" If you are not cutting the electric cord with a knife, you are not cutting the light.

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Not linguistic exactly but I hate the current trend of young people to rise up at the end of every sentence, making a statement into a question. I'm going to hang out with my friends (frunds) tonight? And we're going to dinner?

They're probably trying to pass for Canadian, which, let's face it, is cooler than being American... :smokin:

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