Pirate Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 One of my biggest pet peeves is the misuse of words... or the creation of words that people believe to be correct, i.e. irregardless. The word is regardless. Irregardless would be without without regard, a double negative, but I digress. Voilà is a European term used to announce something. It is not spelled Wah Lah or Walla it is Voilà . So please can we get this right before I rip out my eyebrows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Wow, I read this, and WAH LAH!!! It stuck in my mind. I'll remember to say Voila next time. -BBHD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themewin Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Better yet, how about when people spell it "viola". THAT'S A DAMN INSTRUMENT!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 My mother plays the Voila. Seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgbaseball Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 So please can we get this right before I rip out my eyebrows? That would be painful. Plus it could hinder your great stadium work. But I'm in the exact same boat with you; I can't stand it when people use "there" instead of "their" and such. Anyways, I'm going to get back to my boring essay on social inequality. :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgbaseball Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Better yet, how about when people spell it "viola". THAT'S A DAMN INSTRUMENT!! Also my great grandma's name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Also my great grandma's nameVoila Baseball? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwinginSoriano Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 What the hell is "walla"? Never heard it pronounced that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgbaseball Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Walla Walla, Washington - where all your dreams come true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroEric Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 My mother plays the Viola. Seriously. This your dad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Co-signing Pirate. As I've said before, don't try to use words you don't understand, or that are too "big" for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 This your dad? No, the guy in the logo here is him. :smile: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleMo Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Here is a thread I found that I've always wanted. My word is Pet Peeve. Not so much a mis used word, just a word that is used that I absolutely can not stand. Why would you name your pet Peeve? ) Why would you call it "You know what Peeves me off?" I just would rather people say it all out, "You know what gets me?" "You know what makes me mad?" The word Pet Peeve is my Pet Peeve. How ironic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossmac7 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 what irks me is when people make the words "a lot" one word and turn it into "alot" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phanatic Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 I think that it is very corny when people end sentences with "but I digress." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Since I'm here - the phrase "tell me about it". If I'm discussing something with you and you say "tell me about it", well, I already am telling you about it! Numerous other corny double-barrelled words get my goat as well. (The phrase "get my goat" also pisses me off. Ironic. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossmac7 Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 the word "like" is used way too much. Like I like can't stand like when people like use the word "like" like all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Voila Baseball? Hilarious. I also play the viola.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred13 Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 what irks me is when people make the words "a lot" one word and turn it into "alot" I'm pretty sure they're both proper english, but just used in different situations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 I'm pretty sure they're both proper english, but just used in different situations. To my knowledge ''alot'' is not a word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroEric Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Alot is non-standard informal. Which means it's wrong, but enough people do it so that it's widespread. Just dont' use it in formal writing. --Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eber Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 The one that irks me is when people say "I could care less" when they probably mean "I couldn't care less". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroEric Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Bad uses of Homonyms: One that I was reminded of today: "You need to learn some patients at the plate." One I saw in a short story: "The textbooks were a hard sell to most principles. Teachers wanted them, but administration didn't." One I saw on a message board: "That doesn't make since." Should be: Patience, principals and sense. --Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 Eric, you'd love the rants of old twins34. Trust me. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benchwarmer Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 :lmao: Finally! People who may actually understand the proper usage of the English language! Here ARE the ones that **** me off: -Irregardless (or its various other letter combinations...).. Kind of sounds like finger nails on a chalk board to me -It's... as a possessive... (if "IT is" something, "it's" = acceptible. If something belongs to "IT", "its" = correct!) -Orientated.... eww! You cannot be "orientated" towards one thing or another, it is not a word! You can, however, be "ORIENTED" towards one thing or another. -Heard this one on Sesame Street one day as a kid: Big Bird: "There IS five red blocks in this box". (Cringe) "IS" in this case is singular! You cannot use that word to describe multiple items! The appropriate phrase would be "There ARE five red...." :morons: And here is one for the Homonyms guy: -Piers Anthony books (Isle of Xanth novel series) read by a kid before completing grade 10! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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