Comments on: Fustrating, Frustrating; Supposably, Supposedly

By: chris

chris — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 19:58:25 +0000

Its ok to be wrong. It is also ok to politely correct someone. No one wants to sound ignorant. If any of you are really annoyed by a coworker’s pronunciation of a word, simply check the dictionary to make sure you are correct and politely correct them the next time you hear the offending word. Take them aside, don’t do it in front of others, be kind, and most people will appreciate it.

Please use discretion with this advice obviously.

By: Cheree

Cheree — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 01:09:26 +0000

I hear people say “fustrated” all the time. Today I had to google it just to see if I was wrong. Good grief people – IT’S FRUSTRATED!

By: plive202

plive202 — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:55:29 +0000

shouldnt you have said “is it really really annoying when people say words INCORRECTLY” and not “wrong”?

By: Jay

Jay — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 20:59:01 +0000

Karen, it’s “if there WERE a hurricane”. Research the subjunctive versus indicative moods. :)

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:56:05 +0000

Also, check out the following sight: http://alt-usage-english.org/I_before_E.html , for more information on the i before e rule. About half way down the page it clearly states that weird is one of the exceptions.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:49:35 +0000

Sally, the word is weird, not wierd. There are no accepted dictionaries the show the spelling wierd. The i follows the e to indicate to the reader that the e has the long vowel sound (ee).

The only instance of the spelling wierd that I was able to track down has the following meaning:

“Wierd is a graphical, stack-based esoteric programming language. Programs are defined as a pattern of symbols resembling wires (the name is a pun on “weird” and “wired”). A pointer moves along the wires, and interprets the angle of any bend in its path as an instruction.”

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:41:09 +0000

Here are a few more that will drive you nuts! Where I work, we finished our audit and some people kept using this word in a sentance: Physical year instead of fiscal year. It is NOT physical year, it is fiscal year; fiscal meaning money made during a specific period.
The other phrase that drives me nuts is when the weather produces rain, people say, “It was pouring down rain”. Well, YES rain falls down due to gravity, so OF COURSE it was pouring DOWN. Rain falls DOWN, and that should be assumed by the speaker. Now, if there was a hurricane, and wind was blowing the rain sideways, then they would probably say, “…pouring down rain sideways”.
And yet, one more for the heck of if, anyways instead of anyway. There is only one WAY, and not a multitued of WAYS, so it’s ANYWAY.

By: Sally

Sally — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 06:04:45 +0000

Really Joe 20? “If people read, their language skills inprove, and if students were tought the importance of language and the proper use of language, they would be much better served. The least amount of words needed to make a point, the better understanding of language a person has.” Several things here: ‘IF people read’? Don’t you mean “WHEN”? ‘tought’ is not a word. You mean “taught”. “least amount of words”. You mean fewest words. And don’t end a sentence with ‘has’. Eesh. Either get it right, or don’t post. And by the way, not for Joe but whoever fancies himself king of the spelling “wEird” is correct. It is I before E except after C, or when sounded like A as in neighbour or weigh. OR WEIRD! Or ROTWEILLER, or many others. Read more and you might learn. And lastly, (i promise) AKS is a real word. It is in the Bible. Read it people, before you assume it’s ignorance, or ebonics or something stupid like that.

By: Sally

Sally — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 05:54:43 +0000

Hey 20 Joe, it’s not just America. It’s Canada, the UK, Australia. It’s every supposedly English speaking country. Why? Because kids are too dumb, lazy and indulged to have the dicipline to learn the correct usage of words like ‘like’, ‘supposedly’ ‘thaw’ etc etc ad nauseum. I’ve had it. I give up and so have the schools. If you want to know something that made my hair stand on end, the University I was attending (as a mature student, not one of these spoiled, overindulged brats) is considering allowing ‘MSN speak’ to be accepted in papers and exams! The mind boggles! BUT, I think I may have the clincher: in Australia, they talk about ‘farewelling’ someone; ‘jackpotting’ and, also, pretty much everything here is an ‘icon’. How’s that!?! Mind boggling.

By: Sally

Sally — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 05:46:44 +0000

you people are idiots. and ‘rommel weekly’, ERK is not a word. It is IRK.