Comments on: Doggie shame, moldy references, and words that are slightly wrong

By: Haley

Haley — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:52:51 +0000

I have a cousin who calls Pepsi “Pepspi” His reasoning? “Because it has two ‘p’s”

Honestly?

Anyway, and also my nana (who isn’t as old as she sounds…she’s only 54…and yes I’m fully grown before anyone asks…we breed young in my family) says “per se” completely inappropriately. I can’t even explain it…but it’s very irritating.

And lastly, my boyfriend says “animant” instead of either adimant (sp?) or animate…I’m not sure…he only says it when he’s upset or angry about something so i can’t ask…haha.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:37:07 +0000

My neighbor uses a word that I have tried looking up in every dictionary…but cannot find. She’ll say, “When Ella (her daughter) throws a tantrum in Target, I get so FLUSTRATED.”

My husband and I think she confusing and combining FRUSTRATED and FLUSTERED. I don’t have the heart or desire to correct her. It is too funny to hear a college educated woman who is almost 40 using a word like FLUSTRATED.

By: cathy w.

cathy w. — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:10:21 +0000

i’m really late, but had to throw my two cents in. there have been a lot of words that really irritate me already talked about(license as a plural being top of the list), but i can’t believe no one mentioned ‘jagwire’ for jaguar or ‘tagger’ for tiger! these drive me absolutely nuts! are they just a local(northwest pa.) thing? i realize this probably won’t even be read at this point, but i had to get it off my chest! thanks!

By: Milo

Milo — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:24:08 +0000

I could write for an hour about this, but I’ll use restraint.

One that drives me batshit insane is when people write “would of” instead of “would have,” as in “If I had been there I would of kicked her teeth in.” I see it all the time in comment sections like this but on my local newspaper’s website. Those are a whole different animal – just a bunch of pussy shitfuckers (cursing arsenal deployed) who sit at their computers bitching and whining about things and taking shots at people from the safety of their screennames.

And back on point, the other one that pisses me off is sort of snobbish, but it has to do with the word “historic.” Some people say “An historic moment,” while others say “a historic moment.” It has to do with whether you pronounce the H or not, and the Associated Press says either is acceptable. But if you use “an,” the H is supposed to be silent, as in “an ‘istoric moment.” But especially around the inauguration, I kept hearing assholes on the radio saying “an HHHHistoric moment,” and kept clenching my asscheeks.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:02:04 +0000

That’s right Rick, ’cause “I’m your huckleberry.”