Words I hate

**Suwannee Tim** · 01-31-11, 11:26

Originally Posted by Mac5.56

"grammar", and "spelling"

As in, people who think grammar and spelling ability are the only signs of human intelligence........

I work on my grammar and spelling for no reason than to get better at writing. If you are going to do something, why not try to improve? When you are trying to evaluate someone based on very limited information you will use what you have and on the internet, grammar and spelling are obvious measures. You may not like it but it is a fact. People also react to your clothing, cleanliness, fitness. Instead of bemoaning facts of life it might be more productive to adjust to them.

**Mac5.56** · 01-31-11, 11:32

Originally Posted by Suwannee Tim

Instead of bemoaning facts of life it might be more productive to adjust to them.

I've been published, I adjusted by having an editor. But thanks for the pep talk...

**Mac5.56** · 01-31-11, 11:40

In regards to spoken words, and word use though:

I really hate when people from the East Coast pronounce Oregon: oar-ah-gone. It's where my wife is from, and I lived there for 5 years. We have literally had people say: Oh you mean oar-ah-gone, when they ask her where she is from. Ugh.

Also when T.V. shows, and people say "shell casings", it's redundant. They are bullet shells, or bullet casings. Not both.

**Army Chief** · 01-31-11, 11:42

Well, since we appear to be going "all in," I've been known to grind the occasional axe over use of the term "Black Rifle Disease" (BRD); as if an appreciation or interest in these defensive tools is to be equated with some kind of moral or physical defect, affliction or ailment.

Just don't care for the connotation, whether it is intended in jest or not. We're already a "fringe element" in the eyes of too many, and it seems to me that the whole BRD thing sends just exactly the wrong message.

AC

**rat31465** · 01-31-11, 12:15

Prepper- instead of Disaster Preparation.
Gun Nut/Clinger- instead of Firearms enthusist.
Red Neck- instead of hard working American.
Cracker- instead of Caucasian.
and an endless lst of text abbreviations.

**ucrt** · 01-31-11, 12:20

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I never complained about pronunciations because if I did, I would not be able to talk with anyone around here. I'm from the other side of Louisiana, where the cajun influence is less pronounced and moved here about 5-years ago. I learn a new "word" everyday.

I've got a guy that works for me that plays on the ignorant "coon-ass" mentality but when he sends an e-mail or writes a report the grammar and spelling is perfect...he just can't talk it.

Language from around here:
tump - that is some kind of a past tense of tip. He tumped the boat over.
oyyul - oil
caught a flat - He drove over the board with nails in it and "caught a flat". You can also "catch a heart attack" if you aren't careful...
jeetyet - Did you eat yet?
deers - more than one deer
fishes - more than one fish
Wal-Marks - Wal-Marts
and the list goes on...

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**VooDoo6Actual** · 01-31-11, 12:40

WHATEVER would be one for me.

**120mm** · 01-31-11, 12:47

Originally Posted by Armati

Pique is French in origin and pronounced 'peek'.

Cashe - also French and pronounced 'cash' as in 'Johnny' or 'cold hard'. Not, 'cash-eh'.

Stella Artois - Belgian (they speak French), pronounced 'ar-twa' as in the three-way fun fest by the same name 'menage a trois'. It is not A-torres.

Before Freedom Fries and the general red-necking of America is was considered classy to have some understand of French.

Mkay; No such thing as "Cashe". It's either Cache, or Cachet. Cache is somewhere you hide something. Also can be used as a verb. Pronounced like kash. Cachet has to do with one's reputation, and IS pronounced Kashay.

The word I hate more than anything else is "POG". It's "Pogue", you ignorant red-neck ****ing children. It has a multi-hundred year history and just because you are illiterate grunts doesn't make it okay to hijack the word.

Same thing with "hooah". Hooah is ****ing gay, and the sound that braincells make when they die. At least the Marines' "Oorah" has a history and actually means something.

Orientate. This word sickitates me. It's "orient".