Chundles said:
No kidding. I actually heard someone introduced as a "Pastor Dubois, (Du-bwah) His name is spelled like Dubois(Du-boyce) but pronounced differently"
They get Bellefonte right though. (Bell-font)
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Most annoying "spoken phrases" you hear
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No kidding. I actually heard someone introduced as a "Pastor Dubois, (Du-bwah) His name is spelled like Dubois(Du-boyce) but pronounced differently"
They get Bellefonte right though. (Bell-font)
A couple more hated lines that came up tonight at a presentation I paneled for:
"Um" during a speech. The guy was a VP of a company and just sounded uneducated and stupid because he said um in the middle and end of every damn sentence, plain annoying.
"Like yeah...." or other derivatives. I especially hate it when girls like always talk like this, like you know?
"Um" during a speech. The guy was a VP of a company and just sounded uneducated and stupid because he said um in the middle and end of every damn sentence, plain annoying.
"Like yeah...." or other derivatives. I especially hate it when girls like always talk like this, like you know?
IJ Reilly said:
The assertion that use of the word "Honeestly," or "To be honest..." at the begining of a sentence means that the speaker's previous comments were false or dishonest is sometimes incorrect. A listener who makes this assumption potentially demonstrates a lack of understanding of the context of the comment or the rhetorical syntax.
A common context of the above phrase (and word) is in discussions between co-workers or friends. It is normally used to specifically reference that the subject being disucssed is in some way causing difficulty to the speaker. The difficulty may be ethical, moral, or of a nature that is potentially offensive (disappointingly, almost any topic in the modern workplace can apply). Whatever the reason, the speaker is contextualizing the subject of the discussion as being delicate to the speaker. In this context, the phrase "To be honest..." implies that the speaker trusts the listener.
-- Also, if the speaker is obnoxious or otherwise socially inept, than it is the speaker and not the word or phrase that is really offensive. -- e.g. "Honestly, Joe and Jane are such snobs but I love that they let me use their house in Hawaii for my vacation." Again this implies that the speaker trusts the listener, though it mostly shows that the speaker's friendships are based on exploitation.
I can't believe I spent 5 minutes caring about this enough to post a comment. Never study rhetoric! (I wish John Kennedy Toole could have written more.)
wingsky said:Heh, actually our CFO told a joke about that pronounciation at last year's christmas party... shame it's a bit too rude to put on here
Was it about a run in with a peterbilt?
Not in Pittsburgh. There it's pronounced North "Ver-sales" In fact, when the local port authority purchased buses that would speak the names of the destinations, they had to have someone re-record the stops for that area because the local Pittsburghers were confused when they heard North "Ver-s-eye" And there is indeed a town called Dubois (pronounced "Doo-boys) in Pennsylvania. *shrug*Chundles said:
Keeping with the local flavor (having grown up in the Pittsburgh area), I also hate the local expression "red up" to mean "clean" as in "I'm going to red up my room"
Others I hate:
"Don't take this personal(ly)" -- Okay...you're about to rip into me, but you don't want me to get mad.
(correlary) - why is it that the majority of Americans refuse to acknowledge the existence of adverbs?
"Money!" as in when something is good -- money isn't an adjective! Something that is good might make you some money, but it in itself isn't going to buy you anything.
"Shiznit" -- WTF??
"I'll just transfer you to the department that handles that..." followed by:
"I'll just transfer you to the department that handles that..." followed by:
"I'll just transfer you to the department that handles that..." followed by:
"I'll just transfer you to the department that handles that..."
"I'll just transfer you to the department that handles that..." followed by:
"I'll just transfer you to the department that handles that..." followed by:
"I'll just transfer you to the department that handles that..."
"What the flip!"
I would like to kill whoever came up with that.
I also hate it whenever other people start using phrases I used before they did. It never sounds right.
I would like to kill whoever came up with that.
I also hate it whenever other people start using phrases I used before they did. It never sounds right.
Similarly, the English refer to "Mar-sales" instead of Mahrsay (Marseille).Pittsax said:
(France).
Or spelling? It's "corollary".
"friends with benefits"
"different strokes for different folks"
"i know you are but what am i"
"h - e - double-hockey-sticks"
"that's so gay"
"bite me"
"that's what she said"
"your mom"
...just to name a few.
"different strokes for different folks"
"i know you are but what am i"
"h - e - double-hockey-sticks"
"that's so gay"
"bite me"
"that's what she said"
"your mom"
...just to name a few.
Well, for me it's not always spoken, but usually written:
"ATM Machine".
People say that too, I suppose. I HATE that.
"ATM Machine".
People say that too, I suppose. I HATE that.
One that I thought of today was "hello, hello!"
meaning like "Obviously, How could you not think of that?"
It just really gets on my nerves.
meaning like "Obviously, How could you not think of that?"
It just really gets on my nerves.
When people say "I don't believe in homosexuality". That doesn't begin to make any sense. It's like saying "I don't believe in muffins." Gah.
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scem0 said:
Dude, muffins are sooo against the will of God. Soft on the bottom and crunchy on top? That's the Devil's work!!
I hate how people say "Write me" or "I'll write you next week."
Please, for the love of all things cute and cuddly. "Write TO me," "I'll write TO you next week."