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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,483
    I could care less about this thread! :mrgreen:
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • strummersstrummers Posts: 2,611
    Not a word, but a phrase;

    "I could care less" - this implies that you must actually care about it as you are able to actually care less, but you don't.
    Surely the phrase needed is "I couldn't care less". Meaning it is at the very bottom of your priorities and therefore you don't care about it at all.
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  • strummersstrummers Posts: 2,611
    imalive wrote:
    I could care less about this thread! :mrgreen:

    Weird - has this already been brought up? Didn't read through everyone's posts.
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  • strummersstrummers Posts: 2,611
    CJMST3K wrote:
    I severely dislike it when someone says "I could care less". If you COULD care less, that means it DOES have some higher priority than other things.

    I believe the correct statement is "I couldn't care less" because if you could NOT care less, then that means it is all the way at the bottom of your caring priorities.



    For those needing it spelled out...

    Bob says "I hit my hand with a hammer".
    Jane says "I could care less".
    Bob says "Thank you, I'm glad there are things that you care less about, so my pain does matter somewhat to you".


    Bob says "I dropped a peanut when I was in the third grade".
    Jane says "I couldn't care less".
    Bob says "yes, I agree, there is nothing less to care about than a peanut I dropped years ago".


    Here's a chart:
    caring.png

    Hahaha, as you can probably tell - I totally agree!

    Where I'm from everyone pronounced film, 'filim' too - arghh :evil: !

    My sister has 2 bizarre pronunciations - empty is 'empfty' and united is 'unineted'.
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  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    I know a guy who always says "putt kick" when talking about a punt...I would like to punt his ass out the window
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,483
    strummers wrote:
    imalive wrote:
    I could care less about this thread! :mrgreen:

    Weird - has this already been brought up? Didn't read through everyone's posts.

    an attempt at sarcasm. :o

    also, some people say "orientated" when they mean "oriented."
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
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    Vancouver 11
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    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • EquallyWorthlessEquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    edited January 2009
    fustrated

    tyenol

    libary

    people who confuse then and than

    people who confuse accept and except

    "Hey Lisa! Want to go to the Library tomorrow!! Notice how I didn't say libary or tomoree!"
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  • pearljamjenpearljamjen Posts: 13,578
    imalive wrote:
    strummers wrote:
    imalive wrote:
    I could care less about this thread! :mrgreen:

    Weird - has this already been brought up? Didn't read through everyone's posts.

    an attempt at sarcasm. :o

    also, some people say "orientated" when they mean "oriented."

    Actually, orientated is also correct.

    orientated - 3 dictionary results
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    o⋅ri⋅en⋅tate
       /ˈɔriənˌteɪt, -ɛn-, ˈoʊr-/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [awr-ee-uhn-teyt, -en-, ohr-] Show IPA Pronunciation
    –verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -tat⋅ed, -tat⋅ing.
    to orient.
    Origin:
    1840–50; < F orient(er) to orient + -ate 1
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    o·ri·en·tate (ôr'ē-ěn-tāt', -ən-, ōr'-) Pronunciation Key
    v. o·ri·en·tat·ed, o·ri·en·tat·ing, o·ri·en·tates

    v. tr.
    To orient: "He . . . stood for a moment, orientating himself exactly in the light of his knowledge" (John le Carré).
    v. intr.
    To face or turn to the east.
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    orientated

    adjective
    adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination; "the house had its large windows oriented toward the ocean view"; "helping freshmen become oriented to college life"; "the book is value-oriented throughout" [syn: oriented] [ant: unoriented]
  • DonJonDonJon Posts: 5,089
    Damn R&B artists that say "witchoo"

    Its fuckin "with you"
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me.
  • EquallyWorthlessEquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    DonJon wrote:
    Damn R&B artists that say "witchoo"

    Its fuckin "with you"


    I dont know, you better axe someone...
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  • pearljamjenpearljamjen Posts: 13,578
    What is funny is that when I was taking a TEFL class, my British friends heard an American girl say "orient" (as opposed to "orientate") and they had no idea what she meant! They thought she had confused her words, or was talking about the East Orient. :lol:
  • pretextpretext Posts: 1,294
    LackSadaisical instead of lackadaisical. Stupid sports announcers trying to sound smart. ARGH.
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Axe instead of ask.

    Mispronunciations of 'nuclear' drive me nuts too.

    But, above all, i HATE when people don't understand the difference between conscience and conscious. Makes me furious. eg: "I was going to burn him, but then I remember I have a conscious."
  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    soulsinging wrote:

    But, above all, i HATE when people don't understand the difference between conscience and conscious. Makes me furious. eg: "I was going to burn him, but then I remember I have a conscious."

    ME TOO!!!!!!!!! Good one. Thanks for pointing that out.

    And, in the same note...I go ballistic when people don't know the difference between their/there/they're and to/too/two oh and your/you're.
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  • Red_DotRed_Dot Posts: 1,454
    I hate it when people say 'erb' instead of 'HERB'

    When my friend tryes to say 'new' he says 'nu'

    I always say 'magine' instead of 'imagine'
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  • _Crazy_Mary__Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    'fillings' instead of feelings
    'ricutta' instead of ricotta
    'cunnit' instead of couldn't. That goes along with wunnit, dinnit and shunnit. argh! That really bugs me!
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  • CommyCommy Posts: 4,984
    M.G wrote:
    I hate it when people say 'erb' instead of 'HERB'


    as a former chef in seattle I believe the correct pronunciation is 'erb'.


    edit-when talking about plants etc...
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,483
    edited January 2009
    pearljamjen wrote:
    imalive wrote:

    also, some people say "orientated" when they mean "oriented."

    Actually, orientated is also correct.

    I respectfully disagree.

    edit: apparently the Brits do say orientated, but since when do they speak english? :o
    Post edited by Wobbie on
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
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    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 40,506
    _Crazy_Mary_ wrote:
    'fillings' instead of feelings
    'ricutta' instead of ricotta
    'cunnit' instead of couldn't. That goes along with wunnit, dinnit and shunnit. argh! That really bugs me!
    How about innit
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  • _Crazy_Mary__Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    these don't bother me:
    AMM-mond, almond
    APE-ricot, apricot

    But, HERB is pronounced with a silent H. Unless you're talking about Herb the guy.
    I really screwed that up. I really Schruted it.
  • _Crazy_Mary__Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    oh yeah! and when Paula Dean says 'oil' it comes out 'ole.'
    I really screwed that up. I really Schruted it.
  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 40,506
    _Crazy_Mary_ wrote:
    oh yeah! and when Paula Dean says 'oil' it comes out 'ole.'
    Just about ANYTHING that woman says ain't right.
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  • strummersstrummers Posts: 2,611
    Commy wrote:
    M.G wrote:
    I hate it when people say 'erb' instead of 'HERB'


    as a former chef in seattle I believe the correct pronunciation is 'erb'.


    edit-when talking about plants etc...

    Nope it's herb! Reminds me of Eddie Izzard's rant about people not pronouncing the 'h's at the start of words - he is genuis!
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  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,563
    when people say V and F instead of TH. Also the way some people pronounce the letter H.
  • vedderfan10vedderfan10 Posts: 2,497
    Samwich NOOOO!! It's SANDwich....even on Subway ads on the radio or TV they say "samwich"...

    I also dislike when people pronounce words that end in e-r-y as ree....

    I need new flashlight batrees soon, before tuesdy....

    And Costcos, Safeways...

    OH! there is a medication called Zopiclone...but one of our doctors ALWAYS pronounces it Zoplicone
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  • pearljamjenpearljamjen Posts: 13,578
    imalive wrote:
    pearljamjen wrote:
    imalive wrote:

    also, some people say "orientated" when they mean "oriented."

    Actually, orientated is also correct.

    I respectfully disagree.

    edit: apparently the Brits do say orientated, but since when do they speak english? :o
    So the dictionary is wrong then? :shock: LMAO

    Well I think Brits know a thing or two about speaking English. ;)
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    soulsinging wrote:
    But, above all, i HATE when people don't understand the difference between conscience and conscious. Makes me furious. eg: "I was going to burn him, but then I remember I have a conscious."


    that makes you furious??

    here's me irked by some flag waving braggadocio and you can't see why... and yet you get furious about the use of a wrong word?


    also... i have to say axe instead of ask bugs the shit out of me.

    and thanks to cmjsteak... that chart is now added to my flickr account for all such occasions that someone says "i could care less"

    then instead of than... that bugs me.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
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