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Sisalou
Member
07-12-2002
| Saturday, August 29, 2009 - 4:38 pm
I know it has already been mentioned but I can't stand the word conversate. I had never heard anyone use that word until a couple of years ago. How in the world did that get started?
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3grands
Member
05-04-2009
| Saturday, August 29, 2009 - 4:52 pm
I hate to, too, and two misused also, their and there drives me nuts
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Saturday, August 29, 2009 - 5:11 pm
English doesn't make sense We park in a driveway and drive on a parkway. What doesn't make sense about that? 
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Saturday, August 29, 2009 - 5:46 pm
3Grands... how about their, there, and THEY'RE??? Makes me craaaaaaaaazyyyy when they'RE used incorrectly.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Saturday, August 29, 2009 - 5:47 pm
Sisalou, the first time I heard the word "conversate" was on Flavor Flav. I've pretty much heard it since then on every VH1 reality show.
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Bluejaxrock
Member
04-23-2004
| Saturday, August 29, 2009 - 5:55 pm
Has anybody mentioned Nat's wanting "vindiction"? roflmao!
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Sisalou
Member
07-12-2002
| Saturday, August 29, 2009 - 6:10 pm
Lexie, I am going to blame it on Flavor Flav! LOL at vindiction...
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Saturday, August 29, 2009 - 6:43 pm
I used to think it sounded weird when I heard British people say "I'm going to hospital" or "She went to University". I just thought it was strange because it should be "I'm going to the hospital" or "She went to the University. Then I realized we do the same thing here, only with other words. We say "She is going to church" (not "to the church. or I am going to college (or school) instead of "to the college or "to the school."
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Mummy35332
Member
09-09-2005
| Saturday, August 29, 2009 - 9:13 pm
Raspberries back to you Olivia.......LOL.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Saturday, August 29, 2009 - 10:37 pm
A goof that always stands out to me is when someone types, "bare with me" when they mean "bear with me."
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Saturday, August 29, 2009 - 10:43 pm
LOL I've seen people post about worrying that they might lose "the right to bare arms"! Hey, don't worry about it....no one is going to force you to wear long sleeves!

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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 12:39 am
I think many of us lose the right to "bare arms" when we get old and the skin gets all loose and flappy -- who wants to see that!
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Lainee
Member
07-19-2005
| Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 12:01 pm
SanFran...I say "I am going to the church" when I am going to the building itself (to clean or something) BUT I say "I am going to Church" (if I am doing that as an activity. Same with school...I am going to the school (to do something) versus I am going to school. Hubby was born and raised in England and it absolutely drives him bonkers when anyone misuses the English language. I hear about it for days especially if the news anchors uses wrong verbiage...for instance "first year anniversary"...I hear "Anno is Latin for year so how can you have a first first versary?!" ROFL
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Lainee
Member
07-19-2005
| Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 12:06 pm
Sanfranjoshfan Member 09-17-2000 Saturday, August 29, 2009 - 10:43 pm LOL I've seen people post about worrying that they might lose "the right to bare arms"! I just got this horrid mental image of a huge hulk of a man in a sleeveless vest carrying a semi-automatic weapon with that caption! ROFL
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Lainee
Member
07-19-2005
| Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 12:14 pm
I was telling hubby about this thread and he said another thing that drives him up a wall is when people say "off of". Could he be referring to moi?!?! LOL
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Gumby
Member
08-14-2004
| Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 1:00 pm
I've tried to resist this thread because my pet peeve is irrational, to the point that it makes me angry for days. At Thanksgiving time, without fail, our news anchors insist on telling people to UNTHAW their turkey early. The proper word is just THAW, not UNTHAW! I try to avoid watching the news the week before Thanksgiving. It drives me crazy.
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Messalina
Member
06-19-2005
| Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 1:21 pm
I have to get in on this... My pet peeves are when people type: Baited breath instead of BATED breath. Phase instead of FAZE. I'm not a good speller but these always make me a little crazy.
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Gemma120in2002
Member
07-05-2003
| Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 1:35 pm
Unthaw and dethaw are both used here too! If you want me to unthaw or dethaw something I'll throw it in the freezer for you! I'll be happy to defrost or thaw something for you though. If you speak to a chef, you will hear the term slack-out, or just slack for thaw. It's a professional term, and took me a while to get used to it. Another phrase I had a hard time with is "all day" as in "I need three salads all day." What that means is I need three salads for this order, or three salads for now. Recently I heard on NPR that the I before E except after C rule is being thrown out of formal grammar instruction in England. Another "word" I have hated for years is irregardless. Aaarrrgh!
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 6:02 pm
I hate that word too, Gemma! "From the get-go" makes me cringe, especially when it is pronounced "git-go". Ack!!
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 6:58 pm
"Get-go" is a legitimate word. I use it. In fact, I think I've used here in the BB section fairly recently! From http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/get-go : get-go –noun Informal. the very beginning: They've had trouble from the get-go. Origin: 1965–70, Americanism Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009. get-go (gět'gō') n. Informal The beginning; outset: "My candidate from the get-go . . . never got going." (David Nyhan).
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 7:40 pm
I use Get-go all the time.....yikes, never knew it was a cause of distress to anyone...... thanks for the info San....
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 7:42 pm
I say "get-go" a lot too, but I don't say "git-go" -- sounds like a southern thing to me. And I had no idea it was bated breath. See what you can learn here?!
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Mummy35332
Member
09-09-2005
| Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 10:26 pm
Sanfran, when you look at the origin of the word it seems to me to be another word or phrase that was used so much that it was allowed into the dictionary. Upthread, that is the problem discussed about the word conversate. Forty years from now no one will blink an eye at the use of the word conversate. It is in the dictionary after all.
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Mummy35332
Member
09-09-2005
| Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 10:28 pm
Oh, and personally, I don't mind the phrase. It depends on where it is used. In the get-go, God created.......
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Monday, August 31, 2009 - 1:02 am
"Sanfran, when you look at the origin of the word it seems to me to be another word or phrase that was used so much that it was allowed into the dictionary. " But I think that's how ALL words got in the dictionary! Otherwise, the only words in the dictionary would be "grunt," and "ugh", the first words man ever uttered. LOL You're probably right about "conversate".....that "word" bugs me, too. I think it makes the person using it sound ignorant. However, in 40 years (or maybe 100 ) it may sound as correct as any other word because everyone uses it! Example: Have you ever watched "Futurama"? It's an animated series made by the creators of "The Simpsons" and it takes place in the year 3000. In "Futurama" the correct pronunciation of the word "ask" has become "aks".

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