3.09.2010

Words

Why is it so hard for people to properly pronounce words? I'm not asking anybody to be a freakin' poet laureate, or win any spelling bees, but c'mon!

It's libRary, not libary. Notice that there are two Rs in there.

It's ask, not aks. Notice the order in which the S & K appear. You're not talking about weapons.

And my favorite: saying supposably instead of supposedly. Really?! That's not just forgetting a letter or mixing them around; you're totally switching out letters. You might as well just make up your own words; you're already halfway there.

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  1. My favorites:

    Ambalance instead of ambulance... Nekked istead of naked... and it's a pronouncing thing... but I fucking hate it when people say:

    "I borrowed it to her" instead of "I loaned it to her".
    OR
    "She borrowed it to me" instead of "She loaned it to me".

    It makes my ears bleed.

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  2. I've never heard anybody do the borrowed/loaned switcharoo, but that reminds me of another of my faves:

    "Have you seen my keys? I forget where I left them."

    You sure you didn't mean, "I forgot where I left them"? Are you telling me that you forget them on a regular basis?

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