Guest The Czech Republic Report post Posted July 12, 2003 If there were a death penalty for bad grammar I would be dead 1000 times over. That reminds me of a little pet peeve of mine. Anyone who writes "a 1000" instead of "a thousand". Saying "a 1000" is pretty much saying "a one thousand" You think you've got it bad? I've heard people say "ten hundred." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The ChriZa Report post Posted July 12, 2003 If there were a death penalty for bad grammar I would be dead 1000 times over. That reminds me of a little pet peeve of mine. Anyone who writes "a 1000" instead of "a thousand". Saying "a 1000" is pretty much saying "a one thousand" You think you've got it bad? I've heard people say "ten hundred." You think THAT'S bad??? In terms of mathematical retardation, I've got you both beat. I once asked a guy how tall he was. "About...five foot twelve." Yep. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The ChriZa Report post Posted July 12, 2003 And I've never heard anybody pronounce it "heighth". Seriously? Jesus, maybe I'm losing my mind. I swear I go off on people all the time for that. I'm quite the grammar nazi. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest KingOfOldSchool Report post Posted July 12, 2003 Two more pet peeves. When people type "should of," when it's "should have." And when people type "loose," when they mean "lose." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest JaKyL25 Report post Posted July 12, 2003 I really don't like when people say "the WWE" because they're used to saying "the WWF", when grammatcially it's "WWE". It's not "The World Wrestling Entertainment." Linda McMahon is the only person I've seen get it right on TV so far. Though Bret Hart was often guilty of the egregious "The WCW," so it can happen to the best of us. "ATM Machine" is another example. Heck, George Carlin had a list of redundacies/grammatically incorrect phrases. People should study it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LaParkaYourCar 0 Report post Posted July 12, 2003 Bret Hart used "the" in weird places all the time. Like "the summerslam" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DrTom Report post Posted July 12, 2003 Also, it's "couldn't care less", not "could care less". That's definitely a pet peeve of mine, in addition to people who mangle homonyms. When someone says to me, "I could care less," I always answer, "Well, if you could care less, then why don't you?" They never seem to understand, the precious nincompoops. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The ChriZa Report post Posted July 12, 2003 I've always wondered about "could care less". Maybe it was originally intended to be sarcastic? Its a lot like "near miss", speaking of Carlin. "When two planes almost collide, they call it a 'near miss'. Its a near HIT! A COLLISION is a near miss!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Czech Republic Report post Posted July 12, 2003 Bret Hart used "the" in weird places all the time. Like "the summerslam" Well you know how it is, sometimes the superfluous articles get thrown in when you translate a foreign language into English. The exotic foreign language that is Canadianese, spoken throughout Canadia. About the Ten Hundred thing, while it's fresh in my mind: I once tried to replace Ten Thousand with its own place value so that it didn't sound wrong like Ten Hundred. Therefore, at age four, I created One Blousand. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adam 0 Report post Posted July 12, 2003 Bret Hart used "the" in weird places all the time. Like "the summerslam" repeating 'the summerslam' over and over in Bret Harts voice just made me almost cry with laughter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest nl5xsk1 Report post Posted July 12, 2003 This is especially funny considering nl5xsk1 went on a rant about using the wrong words and then used the wrong word in his topic title. And "could care less" is actually correct if you actually could care less about something. Most people can care less about things so "couldn't care less" is probably used wrong most often. Actually, it was done on purpose ... the EDIT post on the first page was me saying that I regret that I didn't actually say in the post that I was doing something wrong and was wondering if people would notice. But when I read what I posted it looked like I was full of shit and just covering my ass. So, I removed the post and replaced it with the EDIT. In retrospect, I STILL look like I'm just covering my ass so it was all in vain. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest KanadianKrusty Report post Posted July 12, 2003 Man, this is the funniest thread I've read in a while, and it's a GRAMMAR thread, go figure... EDIT: Corrected the 4 spelling mistakes I made in a 20 word sentence, geez... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Grand Pubah of 1620 Report post Posted July 12, 2003 I could care less about this thread. That is the correct way to say/write it. I could not care less would work to I guess, but it isn't correct. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
River City Rocker 0 Report post Posted July 12, 2003 Don't even get me started on "your" versus "you're". It still drives me crazy. This happened to me once in school. Student writes "Ben your gay" on desk. Me: My gay what? Idiot: Huh? Me: You wrote "your gay". You're implying one of my belongings is gay. Now, what is it? Idiot: You're retarded! Second Idiot: Let's just beat him up after school. In the fifth grade, my teacher got annoyed at most of his class pronouncing our like are. You know, "Are dog got run over by a steamroller yesterday!" He even stopped a class for fifteen minutes to address this situation. The offending students took his advice for about a day, then went back to saying thinks like "Are car got traded in for a new van!" -Ben Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest nWoCHRISnWo Report post Posted July 12, 2003 I could care less about this thread. That is the correct way to say/write it. I could not care less would work to I guess, but it isn't correct. But why? If you say you could care less, then you obviously DO care about the thread. You're trying to say that you DON'T care about the thread though, right? So how does that make sense? If you couldN'T care less, then you don't care about the thread at all, which is what you're saying isn't it? And about "the WWE" isn't there some sort of rule where if it's a corporation or something, you can say "the" in front of the abbreviated name? Something like that I thought... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Grand Pubah of 1620 Report post Posted July 13, 2003 I could care less about this thread. That is the correct way to say/write it. I could not care less would work to I guess, but it isn't correct. But why? If you say you could care less, then you obviously DO care about the thread. You're trying to say that you DON'T care about the thread though, right? So how does that make sense? If you couldN'T care less, then you don't care about the thread at all, which is what you're saying isn't it? And about "the WWE" isn't there some sort of rule where if it's a corporation or something, you can say "the" in front of the abbreviated name? Something like that I thought... Because I care so less about the thread that it would be impossible for me to care any less. Got it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LaParkaYourCar 0 Report post Posted July 13, 2003 But that's not what you said. "I could care less" is basically saing I care, but there's a posibility that there could be less care. "I couldn't care less" on the other hand means, "I'm at the bottom of care...there is no lower care" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest HungryJack Report post Posted July 13, 2003 Mirror. It's 2 goddamn syllables. Not one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest crandamaniac Report post Posted July 13, 2003 I hate when people use "like" in a sentence this way: I would like to.....<fill in an action> We had a woman at work who was doing some promo's on the PA, and everytime she did one she started with "I would like to invite you to the Jewelry Dept." I finally got tired of it and and shot back with "If you'd like to do it so much, why don't you invite us over instead of saying you are". Unfortunately nobody got my point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Fook_Hing_Ho Report post Posted July 13, 2003 And about "the WWE" isn't there some sort of rule where if it's a corporation or something, you can say "the" in front of the abbreviated name? Something like that I thought... Because "the IBM" makes so much sense... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Czech Republic Report post Posted July 13, 2003 Mirror. It's 2 goddamn syllables. Not one. I'm a victim of that Chicago tendency to wrongly condense words into fewer syllables. I always considered it being efficient. Instead of a "too-orr," it's a "tor." I call a "mere-orr" a "mere." And "mere" is much less annoying than "mira." Another fun Chicago-ism: "I'm going to the Jewel. Want to come with?" I believe that if you want to delve into a pit of grammatical chaos and idiosyncratic names for common objects, Wisconsin is your destination. Hell, they can't even pronounce their OWN cities correctly. Ray-cine? Kenoosha? Wau-KEE-shaw? What the fuck? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Czech Republic Report post Posted July 13, 2003 Worsh your hair! Good jarb! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest welshjerichomark Report post Posted July 13, 2003 I really hate it when when people mis-pronounce Moscow and Glasgow. The W is silent. Is it really that difficult? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Czech Republic Report post Posted July 13, 2003 How do you mispronounce those cities? I say "mahs-coe" and "glas-goe." Are you telling me people rhyme it with "cow," like the animal? That's sad. I wish people would go back to "laus AN juh leez" as the pronunciation for L.A. I hear it said that way on old things. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest welshjerichomark Report post Posted July 13, 2003 How do you mispronounce those cities? I say "mahs-coe" and "glas-goe." Are you telling me people rhyme it with "cow," like the animal? That's sad. Jim Ross always does it. Its makes me want to throw the t.v out of the window. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Czech Republic Report post Posted July 13, 2003 What's weird is that even though "HAIR-iss-ment" is grammatically correct, "huh-RASS-ment" sounds like it's right. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The ChriZa Report post Posted July 13, 2003 I may be about to start a fire, but... How does everyone pronounce the name of that really famous comet that only comes by every 50 or 60 years? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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LaParkaYourCar 0 Report post Posted July 14, 2003 I really hate it when when people mis-pronounce Moscow and Glasgow. The W is silent. Is it really that difficult? Honestly I've NEVER heard that the W is silent until this thread. Everyone I've met pronounces it "cow". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
