OT: Mispronunciations you hate

[RichZ]

I ok with that now. I had a student explain, "I stopped caring so long ago, I could care less now, but I chose not to."

That's not an explanation, it's a justification.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

This thread could just be UConn players.

 

[RichZ]

Every talking head on TV saying "the COVID 19 Virus."
What do you think the V in COVID stands for, you redundant fool?

 

[RichZ]

And most seem to say savings rather than saving in DST.

It just annoys the hell out of me when some one says "3 AM in the morning". Sometimes I get annoyed enough to ask them, "Is that Eastern Tautological Time?"

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Every talking head on TV saying "the COVID 19 Virus."
What do you think the V in COVID stands for, you redundant fool?

Did you wash your hands after using the ATM machine?

 

[temery]

Every talking head on TV saying "the COVID 19 Virus."
What do you think the V in COVID stands for, you redundant fool?

I believe Covid 19 is the disease, SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes to disease.

 

[Peacefrog]

I am really tired of sentences punctuated with "like" or "ya know". I also cringe when I hear "sucks". Like you suck!

Dont have a teenager then. Mine are wont to say “sucks to suck”.

 

[Peacefrog]

Rashard Anderson. The offenders won’t even recognize a problem here.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

I believe Covid 19 is the disease, SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes to disease.

coronavirus is the virus. Covid19 is the disease

 

[temery]

coronavirus is the virus. Covid19 is the disease

There are many different Coronaviruses. This one is SARS-CoV2 virus.

 

[QDOG5]

ashphalt for asphalt
supposably for supposedly
My brother hates the response "I'm good" to a question.
My silly pet peeve from years ago was when people would call Al Cowlings A.C. Cowlings. That means you're referring to him as Al Cowlings Cowlings because his middle name is Gordon. That is the equivalent of calling Orenthal James Simpson O.S. Simpson. I feel better now.

 

[ucp990411]

Zero is a number and O is a letter

 

[storrsroars]

There are many, but the one(s) that drove me nuts most when I had my cafe were other shops using the terms "paninis" or "panini sandwich" or "panini bread".

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Terrence Samuels

Rashard

 

[Chin Diesel]

ashphalt for asphalt
supposably for supposedly
My brother hates the response "I'm good" to a question.
My silly pet peeve from years ago was when people would call Al Cowlings A.C. Cowlings. That means you're referring to him as Al Cowlings Cowlings because his middle name is Gordon. That is the equivalent of calling Orenthal James Simpson O.S. Simpson. I feel better now.

French really hate seeing Rue Street here in the states.
I was over in England an the name of a road was "The" street.
Not a fan of people saying "I may do that" or "that may work" instead of saying "I might could do that". "Mighty could" is a criminally underrated colloquialism.

 

[huskiesNhoos]

Because all those unused Rs have to go somewhere.

This is the best explanation for it I've ever heard

 

[87Xfer]

On the redundancy front, I'm amazed at how many restaurant menus say "with au jus" or worse, "with au jus sauce"

 

[browndog319]

It’s frustrating to me when people say something is “fusstrating”.

I think it’s why I finally divorced my ex...

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

ashphalt for asphalt
supposably for supposedly
My brother hates the response "I'm good" to a question.
My silly pet peeve from years ago was when people would call Al Cowlings A.C. Cowlings. That means you're referring to him as Al Cowlings Cowlings because his middle name is Gordon. That is the equivalent of calling Orenthal James Simpson O.S. Simpson. I feel better now.

Ride that Bronco, cowboy!

 

[huskiesNhoos]

go back to Virginiar

Don't get me started on the south...we could be here a while. Although their euphemisms are top notch

Now I have to deal with Midwesterners...whole new ball game

 

[87Xfer]

not a mispronunciation...but "very unique" drives me nuts

 

[browndog319]

Irregardless of what was said, I hate it when someone corrects or points out a grammatical or pronounciation mistake.
Oh and the use of literally

Every teen overuses the word literally now. My daughter got in an argument with us this week about how she “literally turned in her English assignment so she didn’t know why her teacher was emailing us and giving her an incomplete.” Her dad texted her she should learn that if she “literally” turned it in, he would have it. She actually had photo proof and proof that kids looked at it. It was sort of funny. But she probably uses literally 30 times a day.

 

[browndog319]

Every talking head on TV saying "the COVID 19 Virus."
What do you think the V in COVID stands for, you redundant fool?

I’m just saying they got the Vid

 

[Chin Diesel]

Irregardless...not a word

People in CT who say they've got an idear...new englanders tend to drop letters, not sure why they decide to add an r

Irregardless is a word. Not complicated. It's in the dictionary. You can say it's redundant in its meaning or means the exact same thing as regardless. You can say it's nonstandard or irregular. You can say it's awkward and doesn't read well. Those would all be opinions and are valid.

But it is a word.

Definition of IRREGARDLESS

regardless… See the full definition

www.merriam-webster.com

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

not a mispronunciation...but "very unique" drives me nuts

Mine is "possibly one of the [most/best/worst/etc. ] ..."
Pick one or the other, not hoth