Thank you for using ‘row to hoe’ correctly. So many of these phrases are just butchered these days. While I’m ranting, when did ‘whoa’ suddenly become ‘woah’. It was a sudden thing about 8 years ago and I’m still confused. 😂
Thank you for using ‘row to hoe’ correctly. So many of these phrases are just butchered these days. While I’m ranting, when did ‘whoa’ suddenly become ‘woah’. It was a sudden thing about 8 years ago and I’m still confused. 😂
As a horse person and an avid reader for whom spelling, punctuation, and grammar mistakes jump off the page, the whoa/woah misspelling is doubly aggravating. 🙄😀
One of the subtle and insidious things that has crept into our culture is the concept of "Grammar Nazi". When I heard it first I believed it meant to be a backhanded compliment, but now I don't think so.
Language and Culture are inextricably entwined, and the devolution of spelling and grammar do not bode well for our culture. I'm guessing they aren't causal, more like the canary in the coal mine. I live with someone who is a born copy editor, and thank God she is. I just don't see it like she does. I wish I had her built in when I write comments and emails etc.
Or, "all the sudden" for "all of a sudden", which I have been trying to replace in my own vernacular with the more efficient "suddenly." Some habits are hard to break. Like, "may I ask you a quick question?" Correct answer, "not anymore!"
I follow a podcaster from Italy that says “get to grips with…” in her intro and it kinda made me crazy but then heard it said in another tv show based in Italy so I guess it’s an Italian thing to say it that way instead of ‘come to grips with….’
Thank you for using ‘row to hoe’ correctly. So many of these phrases are just butchered these days. While I’m ranting, when did ‘whoa’ suddenly become ‘woah’. It was a sudden thing about 8 years ago and I’m still confused. 😂
As a horse person and an avid reader for whom spelling, punctuation, and grammar mistakes jump off the page, the whoa/woah misspelling is doubly aggravating. 🙄😀
Mrs. "the Knife"
And "rein" and "reign"!
YES!! We need to rein in our government, or it will reign over us, in direct contradiction to what our Founding Fathers intended.
Mrs. "the Knife"
For me too! My eyes bleed when I see that one.
And the adjective malign vs malignant. So many irks
Or how about Toe the Line vs Tow the Line? 🤣
Altho literally they have quite different meanings, as metaphor they are nearly the same.
See autocorrupt corrected it for me THREE TIMES before letting me type Tow. lol.
One of the subtle and insidious things that has crept into our culture is the concept of "Grammar Nazi". When I heard it first I believed it meant to be a backhanded compliment, but now I don't think so.
Language and Culture are inextricably entwined, and the devolution of spelling and grammar do not bode well for our culture. I'm guessing they aren't causal, more like the canary in the coal mine. I live with someone who is a born copy editor, and thank God she is. I just don't see it like she does. I wish I had her built in when I write comments and emails etc.
You’re right, the corruption of the language is just one more way to erase historical norms and identify the in group.
Marxist ideology totally relies on the perversion of language.
I fight with autocorrect constantly!
Valerie,
....'irregardless', border vs boarder... ugh!! 😆
"I could care less."
Ok, go ahead then. Come back to me when you couldn't.
Or, "all the sudden" for "all of a sudden", which I have been trying to replace in my own vernacular with the more efficient "suddenly." Some habits are hard to break. Like, "may I ask you a quick question?" Correct answer, "not anymore!"
I've found myself in the habit of saying: "To make a long story even longer . . ."
'Irregardless ' I hate that word and it's used way too offen or off-ten (?)
Often.
Mrs. "the Knife"
"Offen" is the preferred pronunciation, but both are correct.
The "Mr."
The phrase I see often misused today "I'm lost for words". I want to shake people when they say that. It's "at a loss for words"!!
Also, the continued use of "begs the question". It's never used correctly.
Or "literally" when they mean figuratively!
That's literally the worst.
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I follow a podcaster from Italy that says “get to grips with…” in her intro and it kinda made me crazy but then heard it said in another tv show based in Italy so I guess it’s an Italian thing to say it that way instead of ‘come to grips with….’
🤣🤣