Enunciation

**MSTRS:Me** · 13th February 2009, 09:36

I blame the illitrate dorks who disided to spell wurds diffrint to how they sound

**Beemer** · 13th February 2009, 09:45

I just remembered the other one I hate hearing - "PREformance instead of PERformance!

And I just got an email about the weekend away I won and the hotel we may be staying at is apparently "devine" - lord, spare us!

**Mully** · 13th February 2009, 10:30

Originally Posted by Beemer

And I just got an email about the weekend away I won and the hotel we may be staying at is apparently "devine" - lord, spare us!

That just means a vine from Jamaica, Mon. Obviously.

"Hey, look at dat, mon"
"Look at what?"
"De vine, over there"

**Okey Dokey** · 13th February 2009, 11:03

My particular bugbear is grown pronounced "grow-en", rather than "groan". it just drives me nuts. Shown is similarly treated.

Also have trouble with people saying "brought" when they mean "bought"- look what I just brought at the store! aaagghh. These folk usually struggle with pacific/specific as well.

**Okey Dokey** · 13th February 2009, 11:04

I also know someone who calls the car used to transport dead people a hearst. Sigh.

**Beemer** · 13th February 2009, 11:07

Okey Dokey, they must be related to my late mother, whose favourite was "heighth". She also said "member" instead of "remember" and it used to make me want to dismember her!

Don't even get me started on "gonna" - which I thought was a position in the army...

I like John Key but do cringe every time he speaks as unfortunately he does sound just like a Noo Zeelanda...

**vifferman** · 13th February 2009, 11:18

While we're whinging, a long-time personal unfavourite is "big ask", which seems to have been invented by sportspersons.
Mind you, just about any sports commentary or interview is generally of substandard grammar and enuciation/pronunciation. Why they bother interviewing the average rugby/league/soccer/hockey/whatever person is beyond me - no information of any value is ever communicated. It's almost always of the calibre of "we need to play better/harder than the other team if we're going to win", and invariably consists entirely of favourite meaningless cliches strung together.

**Beemer** · 13th February 2009, 11:24

Originally Posted by vifferman

While we're whinging, a long-time personal unfavourite is "big ask", which seems to have been invented by sportspersons.
Mind you, just about any sports commentary or interview is generally of substandard grammar and enuciation/pronunciation. Why they bother interviewing the average rugby/league/soccer/hockey/whatever person is beyond me - no information of any value is ever communicated. It's almost always of the calibre of "we need to play better/harder than the other team if we're going to win", and invariably consists entirely of favourite meaningless cliches strung together.

You forgot the biggest cliches - "at the end of the day" and "it was a game of two halves" - REALLY?????

Even the (fake) koala rescue the other day had a pearler in it - the guy said it acted as a 'sedative' to the bushfires - I think he meant an antidote...

**slofox** · 13th February 2009, 11:40

I will nominate ALL YOU LOT for membership of the Pedants' Society...(please note my use of the apostrophe...)

"Doncha spik unglush hair?"

"Ear sick horse we do ya dork!"

**Max Preload** · 13th February 2009, 11:44

"Ug. Did ya see 'the game'?" asks the tongue-chewing oaf.

Another one I hate is good 'riddenz'.

Then there's the fucktards who write exactly how they talk - I've seen a few of them on this site too. I dislike poorly written communications much more than poorly spoken ones.

**Beemer** · 13th February 2009, 11:50

Originally Posted by slofox

I will nominate ALL YOU LOT for membership of the Pedants' Society...(please note my use of the apostrophe...)

Not sure you'd actually need an apostrophe when talking about more than one - after all, the Lions Club doesn't have one...

It could be worse, you could have referred to us as pendants...

**vifferman** · 13th February 2009, 12:24

Originally Posted by slofox

I will nominate ALL YOU LOT for membership of the Pedants' Society...(please note my use of the apostrophe...)

Originally Posted by Beemer

It could be worse, you could have referred to us as pendants...

It's actually 'pedantrists'.

**Beemer** · 13th February 2009, 13:10

Originally Posted by vifferman

It's actually 'pedantrists'.

Bit too close to paedophile for my liking!

**peasea** · 13th February 2009, 13:27

Originally Posted by scumdog

And 'draws' mixing with 'drawers'

He drawers pictures and keeps them in the set of draws.....

"For Sale: Old oak bedside draws" -Is that some sort of early porno?

(oooh, that's another common one - "For sale: 1969 Boss Mustang, rare car, very sort-after" W.T.F.????)

Off topic: I love the GM machines that are advertised as having a "twelve volt diff" instead of a twelve BOLT diff and the Ford V8s that are advertised as being powered by a Clevedon instead of a CLEVELAND and fitted with rockin' rollers, instead of roller rockers and glimmer belts rather than Gilmer belts. There are some dumb fucks out there.