I have decided to take a league of absence

[captains]

ebonics

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[Toasthead]

Safety deposit Box. Its SAFE deposit box. Is a box in a SAFE.

 

[maziwanka]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: aphex
'Near Miss' always bothers me.... Shouldn't it be 'Near Hit"?

Not necessarily...it is certainly colloquial, but ultimately it's referring to a miss (not a hit) which is near (close to the person/object which was in danger of being struck).

English grammar can be ambiguous that way.

Originally posted by: alkemyst
The funniest people are the grammar nazis though, most of them (the ones that feed off it) use word to edit their posts or an inline spelling/grammar checker.

I seriously doubt that. Word's grammar checker is worse than your average sixth grader.

Some people just use good grammar. No machine necessary.

Well it does surprisingly well for most businesses to require.

you have got to be shitting me; most of the grammar nazis use word grammar check?? wtf.

 

[teclis1023]

"I could care less"

 

[esun]

Originally posted by: DeadByDawn
Had a guy in computer class that said "Jiggabytes" instead of Gigabytes.

This isn't technically incorrect (in terms of pronunciation; it is incorrect spelling). WP has some history on the pronunciation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giga-

 

[ISAslot]

wheelbarrel (wheelbarrow)

 

[Cobalt]

Originally posted by: AznAnarchy99

Originally posted by: Shawn
I have never heard anyone say league of absence.

Me either.

LOL.

 

[AMCRambler]

Dude where I work is always saying conductivity when he means connectivity. "They keep losing conductivity with their modems."

 

[jjones]

for all intents and purposes (often misstated as: for all intensive purposes)

I couldn't care less (often misstated as: I could care less)

Those are the two most frequently abused phrases I come across.

 

[Challenger]

Supposebly
Borrow me a dollar :roll:

 

[ScottFern]

Play it by year......I have been found guilty of using that one a time or two.

 

[thepd7]

Originally posted by: chuckywang
"Irregardless" is not a word.

Actually, it is now..

Webster's dictionary added it as well as others.

 

[bigi]

Many people use 'lense' instead of 'lens'

 

[Yossarian]

I hear people say "heighth" quite a bit... as in, "length, width, heighth"

 

[tabasco]

I work with a guy who says "era" when he means "error". I think it is the only remnant of his faded Tennessee accent.

 

[udonoogen]

Originally posted by: mjuszczak
I have friends who refer to themselves as "Lactose And Tolerant"

Ugh!

LOL. first time ive heard that. thats hysterical.

 

[meltdown75]

My mother-in-law says "orDERBS". Not that I would fault her for mispronouncing a term from another language, but she should really just say "appetizers".

 

[gsellis]

Originally posted by: bigi
Many people use 'lense' instead of 'lens'

I buy all my lenses at the camera shoppe. I usual get the colour black. But for all my labour, it does not help.

 

[gsellis]

Mine...

Rattlesnakes are poisonous.

Au Contraire, they taste like rabbit or alligator and never have bothered me.

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: esun

Originally posted by: DeadByDawn
Had a guy in computer class that said "Jiggabytes" instead of Gigabytes.

This isn't technically incorrect (in terms of pronunciation; it is incorrect spelling). WP has some history on the pronunciation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giga-

Haha, I always thought it was hilarious how in the Back to the Future movies, Doc Brown would always say "jiggawatts".

It was only recently I learned that was actually an accepted way to pronounce the word.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: LoKe
Duck tape. =/

Along the same lines, I can't stand it when people say give me a:

Coke/Pepsi when they mean soda, soda pop, pop, etc.
Band-Aid when they mean bandage, gauze, etc.
etc.

Or misuse Velcro(TM)-brand hook and loop fasteners...

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: new2AMD
This thread is so butch league.

It has really peaked my interest...

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: gsellis
Mine...

Rattlesnakes are poisonous.

Au Contraire, they taste like rabbit or alligator and never have bothered me.

oh, that's a good one
:thumbsup:

 

[zinfamous]

"I'm feeling nautious."

to which I now respond "Actually, you do indeed nauseate me. Go away"

 

[Kadarin]

This abomination comes from someone on our own ATLR forums:

link

Reading that makes me want to gouge my eyes out with a spork.