Horse Throat at the Laundrymat

What mispellings/mispronunciations drive you nuts?

A couple on my hate list are:

Laundrymat (instead of laundromat)
Libary (Library!)

Mustache!
I know it's right but...WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT SPELLS moustache... ;_;

You. Why does everyone forget the "yo" in "you"? >:[

Editra: Nah, the real answer is "definitely". Definitely < Definite < Finite. Not "definately".

Either of those are acceptable spellings of the word, Ki Ki.

They're, there, their.
You're, your.
All right, alright

I also dislike when people refuse to recognize "ain't" as a contraction, even though it is.

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Originally Posted by Bunny

I also dislike when people refuse to recognize "ain't" as a contraction, even though it is.

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Ain't is a contraction of "are is not".

definitely. :monster:

Last night on Desperate Housewives the "perfect" one said wheelbarrel instead of wheelbarrow. I was going to flick her but then I remembered it was the TV.

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Originally Posted by Xaven

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Originally Posted by Bunny

I also dislike when people refuse to recognize "ain't" as a contraction, even though it is.

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Ain't is a contraction of "are is not".

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It is a nonstandard contraction of "am not" and "are not". It is typically used in informal speech and more often used by the uneducated, however, it is still a proper contraction despite most people not understanding this.

The origin of "ain't" is a contraction of "I am not." It became less-than-fashionable when the lower classes began to generalize it's use. Same with the current use of the word "axe" instead of "ask" by the lower classes. "Axe" is actually the originial pronounciation, and it's switched a few times during it's use, but it's current use it by lower classes so it's being rejected by the majority of society.

And then, on the flipside, more and more upper class individuals are over correcting the "He and I" usage when it sometimes should be "He and me" on occassion, and so always saying "I" is fairly standard at this point.

Uh, anyway... This is me avoiding homework.

More so.

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Originally Posted by Ki Ki

Mustache!
I know it's right but...WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT SPELLS moustache... ;_;

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I spell it moustache too.

I say library as lieberry. xD And apparently, my boyfriend and another friend of mine claim that I say mountain wrong. I pronounce it "mowdin" or "mao din" so I was accused of being a communist. ;_;

I have a hard time pronouncing "ask." I say "can I ass you a question?" It's subtle, but still, my whole family really can't pronounce it that well. :p

Haha, a friend of mine (a really smart girl, an English major, which makes this even funnier) says lie-berry instead of library also. I take the piss out of her all the time with it. Example:

"Megan, are we going to the lie-berry later?"
"No, FRIEND, I was gonna go to the truth-berry after class. It's a better berry."
"I hate you so much."
"Yeah, it's worth it, though."

I love it when people spell grammar as grammer.

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Originally Posted by fire_of_avalon

Haha, a friend of mine (a really smart girl, an English major, which makes this even funnier) says lie-berry instead of library also. I take the piss out of her all the time with it. Example:

"Megan, are we going to the lie-berry later?"
"No, FRIEND, I was gonna go to the truth-berry after class. It's a better berry."
"I hate you so much."
"Yeah, it's worth it, though."

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Oh god. xDDD I'm so lucky no one has ever done that to me yet.