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15 hours ago, clapclapclap said:

So three types.

Edit edit:  And 4. And this ashtray.  5.  And this lamp.  6. And this paddle game....

So you no longer need the thermos?  Cool.  I'll take it.

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I haven't read the entire thread yet.

Misuse of "less" and "fewer" bugs me.

"Whether or not" instead of just "whether" is fairly irritating to me.

More recently, I am bothered by split infinitives, mostly when reading rather than listening.  Example:  "I have always been an asshole" versus "I always have been an asshole."

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17 hours ago, deadshank said:

I'm going to go over the list with a fine tooth and comb

salmon said SAL-mun rather than sam-un

subtracting numbers and saying "I'm going to minus 8 from 17" or multiply by "timesing" one number by another. 

Where do you stand on ahmonds/almonds?

Posted
6 hours ago, ulukinatme said:

About 10 years ago we were playing Rockband, playing Tom Sawyer by Rush.  My buddy's girlfriend at the time was on vocals.  At the end of the second verse she belts out "Joan Rivers!"  We failed the song, laughing our asses off.

My ex is English and she thought Gin & Juice went like this: "Rollin' down the street smokin' and / or sippin' on gin and juice."

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Posted (edited)

Not English, but fuck it, cover me-- I'm going in.

Pale bespectacled Electrical Engineer by weekday, Lord Sir Conan Mac Hurghuhurguhur of the SCA by weekend? And you, double-dessert cat-lady High Priestess of Morrigan when not working the circulation desk?

I know you are nice people. You have fed me when I was hungry. I liked the mead. Just do one thing:

Quit trying to say anything in Gaelic. No, I don't know Gaelic either. But I know you are doing it wrong. You always say the words wrong. Screamingly wrong. Like, "Irish peasants in the 1840s would stop fighting over a potato to kick your ass" wrong. If they knew that it was Gaelic you were so creatively torturing. So you're probably safe.

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On 6/27/2018 at 8:11 AM, BurntEyes said:

Frequent misuse of the word literally. 

 

 

 

A lot of people bitch about this, but I don't think it's actually incorrect.  They are using the word "literally" to emphasize the truth of the statement.  It's really the same as saying "actually."  Like, "That ACTUALLY happened."  "Actually" is superfluous, other than to add emphasis.  Intentional misuse of "literally" does the same thing.  Though it's true that most people probably don't realize they are misusing the word.  Now it's just an accepted saying.

Posted
2 hours ago, dcbc said:

I haven't read the entire thread yet.

Misuse of "less" and "fewer" bugs me.

"Whether or not" instead of just "whether" is fairly irritating to me.

More recently, I am bothered by split infinitives, mostly when reading rather than listening.  Example:  "I have always been an asshole" versus "I always have been an asshole."

It's even worse when they say 'rather or not' rather than whether.  

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On 6/27/2018 at 10:09 AM, Liquor and Poker said:

Horse Divvers for appetizers.

 

On 6/27/2018 at 10:21 AM, You don't know me said:

It's horse dovers.  Good grief.

Horse Doovers dammit, get it wright

Posted
30 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

Not English, but fuck it, cover me-- I'm going in.

Pale bespectacled Electrical Engineer by weekday, Lord Sir Conan Mac Hurghuhurguhur of the SCA by weekend? And you, double-dessert cat-lady High Priestess of Morrigan when not working the circulation desk?

I know you are nice people. You have fed me when I was hungry. I liked the mead. Just do one thing:

Quit trying to say anything in Gaelic. No, I don't know Gaelic either. But I know you are doing it wrong. You always say the words wrong. Screamingly wrong. Like, "Irish peasants in the 1840s would stop fighting over a potato to kick your ass" wrong. If they knew that it was Gaelic you were so creatively torturing. So you're probably safe.

 

Is dòcha gu bheil thu ceart, ach a bheil e gu math cudromach?

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Hey, anybody who changes their pronunciation of "latino" from English to Spanish in the middle of an English sentence. EG "Well when I was speaking with my latino friends..."

Thanks for doing that. I now know that you have a Frida tshirt. But when you do that, why is it you use that higher-pitched voice on that one word, like an old baby doll with a pull-string on the back?

I look forward to hearing about your vacation to la FRRRahnce where you visited Pah-RRReee.

Posted
17 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

Hey, anybody who changes their pronunciation of "latino" from English to Spanish in the middle of an English sentence. EG "Well when I was speaking with my latino friends..."

Thanks for doing that. I now know that you have a Frida tshirt. But when you do that, why is it you use that higher-pitched voice on that one word, like an old baby doll with a pull-string on the back?

I look forward to hearing about your vacation to la FRRRahnce where you visited Pah-RRReee.

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Posted
20 hours ago, deadshank said:

salmon said SAL-mun rather than sam-un

My entire extended family does this. I keep my mouth shut, they were all dirt poor and have done well for the most part. They just grew up ignernt.

Posted
1 hour ago, RDCanecutter said:

Not English, but fuck it, cover me-- I'm going in.

Pale bespectacled Electrical Engineer by weekday, Lord Sir Conan Mac Hurghuhurguhur of the SCA by weekend? And you, double-dessert cat-lady High Priestess of Morrigan when not working the circulation desk?

I know you are nice people. You have fed me when I was hungry. I liked the mead. Just do one thing:

Quit trying to say anything in Gaelic. No, I don't know Gaelic either. But I know you are doing it wrong. You always say the words wrong. Screamingly wrong. Like, "Irish peasants in the 1840s would stop fighting over a potato to kick your ass" wrong. If they knew that it was Gaelic you were so creatively torturing. So you're probably safe.

They are just making up shit here. 

 

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Posted
43 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

Hey, anybody who changes their pronunciation of "latino" from English to Spanish in the middle of an English sentence. EG "Well when I was speaking with my latino friends..."

Thanks for doing that. I now know that you have a Frida tshirt. But when you do that, why is it you use that higher-pitched voice on that one word, like an old baby doll with a pull-string on the back?

I look forward to hearing about your vacation to la FRRRahnce where you visited Pah-RRReee.

Friend of mine had a punk band that did one big national tour and the lone Mexican American member would purposely annoy them all in the van with ludicrous overly Spanish enunciations of everything he could, from "taco" on up. 

Posted (edited)
On 6/27/2018 at 10:13 AM, Jerry Callo said:

Pronouncing double Ls in a Spanish word as Ls as opposed to Y.    Quesadilla, tortilla, etc. 

I was in Argentina last week and I corrected a co-worked who pronounced pollo with the L sound.  Shit if the Argentines don't pronounce the LL as a "ch" sound: Pocho.  Serves me right for trying.

 

However, I'll add "hal-uh-peen-oh" to this list.

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25 minutes ago, Jimbaround said:

I was in Argentina last week and I corrected a co-worked who pronounced pollo with the L sound.  Shit if the Argentines don't pronounce the LL as a "ch" sound: Pocho.  Serves me right for trying.

 

However, I'll add "hal-uh-peen-oh" to this list.

Went on a date of sorts in HS (1980s) with a chick from Detroit who said kweeze-a-dillahs

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45 minutes ago, Jimbaround said:

I was in Argentina last week and I corrected a co-worked who pronounced pollo with the L sound.  Shit if the Argentines don't pronounce the LL as a "ch" sound: Pocho.  Serves me right for trying.

 

However, I'll add "hal-uh-peen-oh" to this list.

When I took Spanish 1, for the second time, my professor was from Argentina.  Many students finished the class with an Argentinian accent.

Posted
1 hour ago, BurntEyes said:

I don't give a fuck what you "think".

Grammatically, it is incorrect, literally.

And while you make AXCept it, I sure as fuck do not. 

It is grammatically incorrect, which is precisely why people are doing it - for effect.  Grammatical rules are broken all the time for effect.

Posted
4 hours ago, Jimbaround said:

I was in Argentina last week and I corrected a co-worked who pronounced pollo with the L sound.  Shit if the Argentines don't pronounce the LL as a "ch" sound: Pocho.  Serves me right for trying.

 

However, I'll add "hal-uh-peen-oh" to this list.

Ever been to Coopers BBQ? 

 

 

 

 

 

The one in Llano?

Posted
10 hours ago, South Austin said:

My father-in-law and other East Texans pronounce "shrimp" as a two-syllable word.  Shree-ump.  I find it amusing more than annoying.

I just call them Shh-crimp.

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4 hours ago, MaybeACoordinator said:

Went on a date of sorts in HS (1980s) with a chick from Detroit who said kweeze-a-dillahs

well shit, if we're going on that kick, both ways we pronounce "Amarillo, Texas" are wrong as fuck

as is the town itself

Posted
well shit, if we're going on that kick, both ways we pronounce "Amarillo, Texas" are wrong as fuck
as is the town itself
The Pedernales River, Guadalupe street, and San Felipe street say hi
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Posted
12 minutes ago, elfenix said:
1 hour ago, Rimbo said:
well shit, if we're going on that kick, both ways we pronounce "Amarillo, Texas" are wrong as fuck
as is the town itself

The Pedernales River, Guadalupe street, and San Felipe street say hi

Koenig Lane and Boerne, Texas would like to stipulate that this isn't limited to Spanish language malapropisms. 

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Posted
16 hours ago, ulukinatme said:

About 10 years ago we were playing Rockband, playing Tom Sawyer by Rush.  My buddy's girlfriend at the time was on vocals.  At the end of the second verse she belts out "Joan Rivers!"  We failed the song, laughing our asses off.

That the best thing I’ve ever read.

Posted
12 hours ago, TrashMaster G said:

I get it.  Some people are perfectly comfortable sounding like a dumbass.

I'm fine with that, I also get shit for call picante salsa "hot sauce". I also get shit for call a carbonated beverage a "coke". Some things I'm willing to take shit for.

Posted
13 hours ago, GringoSalado said:

The one in Llano?

Llano Estacado - northwest of Llano.  I guess the importance is knowing when to pronounce words with double Ls and when to pronounce as Y.  If you get it wrong, you're either not from here or annoying af.

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