March 31, 20179 yr Since this thread seems to be including grammar mistakes as well as incorrect idioms I have to throw my biggest verbal pet peeve out there. People using the past participle "seen" in place of the correct past tense "saw". As in "I just seen him last week" or "I seen it at the grocery store". It makes me cringe every time I hear it. Since moving away from the NKY/Cincinnati area I've heard it less frequently, but I still hear it occasionally in the more rural parts of Illinois so I know it's not just a regional thing.
April 2, 20179 yr In my Facebook feed tonight... Everyday phrases you might be saying wrong - Business Insider
April 2, 20179 yr Two new ones from today: "That one should be close to his alley" instead of "That one should be right up his alley". The other I'm kind of confused by still. He was talking about an estimator for a flooring subcontractor of ours who tends to be kind of all over the place, and who gets easily confused and regularly makes mistakes as a result. My coworker said that the flooring estimator is "like a kid in a glass house". I thiiiink the expression he might have been looking for was "like a bull in a China shop", and instead he ended up using a really strange combination of "like a kid in a candy store" and "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." Is it possible that they are purposely saying them wrong?
April 2, 20179 yr Is it possible that they are purposely saying them wrong? You'd be amazed at some of things I hear from a guy I know and it isn't on purpose. We all do it from time to time, but this guy is like being around Archie Bunker when he mispronounces things. :lol2:
April 2, 20179 yr A word I hear throughout eastern Kentucky is "zinc'' for "sink". The brothers I hired to build my house referred to it that way, and I have quite a few friends that do as well.
April 2, 20179 yr A word I hear throughout eastern Kentucky is "zinc'' for "sink". The brothers I hired to build my house referred to it that way, and I have quite a few friends that do as well. I have an aunt that does that. As a chemistry/physics teacher, it's all I can do to not correct her.
April 2, 20179 yr A word I hear throughout eastern Kentucky is "zinc'' for "sink". The brothers I hired to build my house referred to it that way, and I have quite a few friends that do as well. I had an Aunt that always said that!
April 2, 20179 yr I have an aunt that does that. As a chemistry/physics teacher, it's all I can do to not correct her. I had an Aunt that always said that! Ha! Look at that!
April 3, 20179 yr Author Is it possible that they are purposely saying them wrong? It's occurred to me...but often times the situations when he uses (mis-uses) them are situations that make him look like a complete half-wit.
April 4, 20179 yr I work a lot with a guy from Germany via calls/emails, etc. Today he wrote me an email that said “Results are more or else what we expected.” (more or less) I got a good chuckle out of it and was impressed that he’s trying to use the American phrase!
April 4, 20179 yr Caught the movie Arrival on long flight last week. Do not send this guy to converse with the heptapods.
April 4, 20179 yr Ha! Look at that! Are you pointing out the fact that the correct way to write that would be, "I have an Aunt who always said that?" Because people can't be "thats." Animals can, though.
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