What is it with certain words?

[Ahleckz]

Retards that say larger instead of lager really gets to me.

 

[panyan]

The one that annoys me is "everythink" - it is "everything"! As in: "every thing", not "every think"...

 

[panyan]

Oh, I worked with a guy who had a digical watch.

+1

A friend of mine owns a "calcalater", I'm quite jealous as i only have a "calculator"

 

[ikillbears]

I mean, who would actually say the word "brought" in everyday life.

But ..... It's a word :/

 

[Deific]

Why?
Do you say 'draw'?

Are you one of these types who says Ireland as Island and thinks they're speaking correctly? Then has trouble understanding regional accents where people use correct forms of English?

see above. It seems people who add the -er on the end are in the minority.

as is also proven here

http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=drawer&submit=Submit

http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=draw&submit=Submit

 

[Tachyon]

see above. It seems people who add the -er on the end are in the minority.

as is also proven here

http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=drawer&submit=Submit

http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=draw&submit=Submit

If you're going to use those links as proof then you're admitting you don't say it properly considering he says them differently. Minority where, your town, this thread or the English speaking world?

 

[Irish_Tom]

A friend of mine does exactly this. For him, the word 'bought' doesn't exist, it's always 'brought'. I've tried the sarcastic reply "Really, where did you bring it from?" but to put it bluntly, he's too stupid to understand! He's a great person but practically illiterate.

One of my best friend's girlfriend does this an she is a probation officer with a Phd.

Her 'excuse' is that she's dyslexic but as far as I'm concerned she's lazy.

 

[Zero Pope]

I'll quite happily admit that until recently I usually made a lot of the mistakes mentioned in this thread. I blame you lot for improving my vocabulary. could have/could have being my worst faux pas. The one that bugs me the most is when people say they are going to sale their car. I usually ask them if they got the idea from Top Gear.

 

[Joshct]

Ok, so when I am asked about the beer I took to a friends house, I shouldn't be saying "I brought it"

Should I say "I bought it". "And then I brung it here"

If you took a beer to your friends:

"I brought some beer." - You took some over.
Oddly even:

"I bought some beer." would work, it means that you went to the shop and purchased some, however it also implies you brought it.

What is annoying is when:

"Yesterday i went shopping and brought a new shirt"... NO.

 

[denby]

Retards that say larger instead of lager really gets to me.

so how do you say it?

the correct way is "Lah-gur"

** Personal attacks on other members will not be tolerated **

 

[McGray]

Have noticed quite a few people with the inability to differentiate between 'lose' and 'loose'.

Morons generally...

 

[Ahleckz]

so how do you say it?

the correct way is "Lah-gur"

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Strictly speaking, I meant write rather than say. But, they are pronounced very differently and you don't pronounce lager like larger
Larger - ˈlɑːʤə.
Lager - lɑːgər.

Very different.

Ok, so when I am asked about the beer I took to a friends house, I shouldn't be saying "I brought it"

Should I say "I bought it". "And then I brung it here"

You bought some beer from the shop which you brought to your friends house.

 

[denby]

Strictly speaking, I meant write rather than say. But, they are pronounced very differently and you don't pronounce lager like larger
Larger - ˈlɑːʤə.
Lager - lɑːgər.

Very different.



You bought some beer from the shop which you brought to your friends house.

Lah-Gur
Lar-ger

it's not Lag-er is it? it's all to do with how you break the words down

 

[Feek]

Oh, I worked with a guy who had a digical watch.

The same person probably thinks that a collection of bones is a skelington.

Retards that say larger instead of lager really gets to me.

Dunno about say but an awful lot of people type 'larger' instead of 'lager'. Many of those idiots are on these forums.

The one that annoys me is "everythink" - it is "everything"! As in: "every thing", not "every think"...

That's getting scarily common and it distresses me.

 

[Ahleckz]

Lah-Gur
Lar-ger

it's not Lag-er is it? it's all to do with how you break the words down

Learn how to read phonetic script.

 

[T345]

That car is properly nice
I'm going town tomrow

 

[pitchfork]

I understand these mistakes are in common usage, I therefore do not care.

One thing I cannot abide by though, is idiots who use smileys backwards it's not thats ****ing retarded.

 

[denby]

Learn how to read phonetic script.

learn how to speak


http://inogolo.com/pronunciation/Lager

 

[TNGL]

People who spell 'receive' as 'recieve'. Definitely and defiantly is also annoying... how the hell can you get it wrong?

 

[kilohawk]

Brakes.

Some people think that breaks is the word to use.

Even though one word is the name for something and the other word describes the action of something.