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It's "portions" not "proportions."
So, the other day I was sitting in a resteraunt and my mother-in-law chipped in her opinion that they served much smaller proportions.
What's truly funny about this is my sister-in-law and I are always catching my mother-in-laws fumbles with words. She once called YouTube, MyTube. She also adds "re" to some words that don't need it. Like "rewarned" and such. It's really funny. Other times she just uses the wrong word. And my husband picked up her "speaking" abilities. He uses the wrong word a lot to, or randomly throws in a "big" word to sound smart but it's not even being used correctly. Discuss: Do you have anyone in your family that does that? Have you ever caught yourself using the wrong word and felt really embarrased? Do you ever find yourself correcting complete strangers? |
Redundancy is something I am guilty of being redundant ^^
Besides that, I've been guilty of using big words without being one-hundred percent certain of their meaning before... and there are times when I find words I like in writing, but butcher the pronunciation when I attempt to use em. What can I say? I'm a hack ^^ George Carlin had it pegged when he made fun of the term 'hot water heater', on a slightly related note; Quote:
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When talking, I'm extremely guilt of mixing my words. As in, I'll mean to say one thing, like except for expect, and I don't even realize I've said it until someone points it out to me. It's not that I don't understand or anything; I just get so excited that it comes out funny.
I'll even omit words, like "am" or "are." I think it's because I'm focusing so much on my foreign language studies than English. XD; I also have a pronunciation problem too. o.o; But I usually understand more than not; but I'll admit I have tried to sound like a smartie pants but just ended up as a smart ass. |
No..Well..I do mess up sometimes XD so probably me.. That's fine though..
I don't correct strangers..ever..Never talk to strangers..*Is 18 and still believes that* |
Berginyon: I'm the same way when it comes to reading a book. xD I get really cocky because I know what they mean and then I go to use it and I pronounce it entirely wrong.
fuyumi_saito: I have a really bad habit of correcting strangers, but I've gotten better about it. I don't correct my mother-in-law anymore, I just laugh at her. |
Yeah, I've learned not to use words unless I know for sure what they mean. I've used a few words before where I thought I knew what they mean, but when I looked it up it wasn't what I wanted to say at all.
That reminds me of when people say "irregardless". What they REALLY mean is regardless, but they add on the ir for some reason. |
I do start to mess around my words when I start to speak to fast because of my nervous system. x.x
But sometimes I do correct other peoples xD Specially family. I just keep my mouth shut to not annoy them but once in a while irritates me the way they speak so wrong -_- |
I don't misuse words too often. Usually when I'm unsure I ask if I used it correctly :P Unless I'm writing a paper, I read the sentence to my dad and ask him if I used it in the right tense and such.
One of the words I misused before though was, reluctant. You know, It sounds like reLUCKtant, and I pretty much used it to the opposite of what it means. |
I said emaciated instead of emancipated once. :C It was silly.
Mostly, though, I'm fairly in-control of my speaking... well, when it comes to that sort of thing. xD I talk REALLY fast, so sometimes, I mesh my words together or switch the endings. You know? Twice in one day, by accident, I said "Beauth and trudy" instead of "Truth and beauty". I make up words a lot, too, but that's on purpose. P: Sometimes, I automatically correct people around me, even if I don't know them. n__n; I don't mean to. They'll just say something wrong and I'll just sort of say the right thing... they look at me and go "what?" and I'm like "You... it... *Corrects them again*" "... Okay whatever." "*Mumble* Not whatever... *Grumbles as she goes back to what she was doing*" A lot of my friends tend to mess up their words, so I help them with that, too. xD; Oh, I know! You know how "bury" is pronounced "barry"? Well, I learned that word by reading it in a book, and to this day, I can't kick the habit of saying "burry". P: It sounds so much better, anyway. xD BARRY-- it's really harsh. ._. |
I mess up all the time. Apparently I say things sub-consiously, and a different word comes out of my mouth. My friend and I had made a dub of 'Ninja Nonsense' and at one part I said "Art of invisibility technique" and I'm walking with her and my other friend, and we're talking about it. At some point I go to say "Art of Invisibility technique" and what I hear is that, but what I said was "I am invisibility technique"
Another time, my friend said she was going to get some tissues, and I was drawing. I didn't notice her leave and come back, and look up at her and say "Weren't you gonna go get some chicken?" I also tend to leave out words when writing, but not usually when speaking. I sometimes use words I've just learned because I think I know what they mean, when really, I don't know it too well. And for the longest time I never pronounced 'alias' right. I always thought it was pronounced 'Uh-lie-is' not 'ale-e-us' and just recently I was told it was pronounced that way XD After...what, two or three years? |
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I know what you mean about leaving words out in writing. I'm not sure why I do it, but I'll be reading over my drafts and see that I left out a few words that I meant to put in there. |
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I don't really mix up words as much as I mispronounce them. I can't say "self-depreciating" for the life of me.
So basically, I know how to use big words, just not how to say them. xD I correct total strangers all the time. I'll hear a random man on the street use improper grammar, and I'll go up to him and correct him. Yeah, I know. I'm fearless. ^-^ |
I always have a tendency to correct people, especially when it's when they use the wrong word. I think I do that because I'm a freak about literature, hence my wanting to go and major in literature in school in the not so near future. Even if I'm just maybe walking down the street and I pick up on someone saying something wrong, in my head, and sometimes out my mouth, I'll correct 'em. It's just a habit. |
ive never had a family member who did that, but when i was in middle schoo, my mom lived with this one guy and he was constantly trying to make himself seem smarter. even words i didn't know i could tell he was using them wrong.
my step mom always tried not to laught at him. everyone else just gave him a confuse look. |
Sometimes I do it, and sometimes I speak so quietly, it sounds like I said something different.
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I don't really have anyone in my family that does that, but I'm sure that would be funny if I did have someone or if I'd see someone's family members doing that. HAHAHA!
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i tend to do that a lot xD
oops, i have a horrible accent geez x: |
I have a tendency to use the wrong pronouns all the time. I have serious issues with them.
Or at least, I think it's pronouns. The "You, me, he, she" stuff? |
My boyfriend uses horrid chatspeak sometimes, and his grammar and spelling are... really horrible, to say the least. Even when he's trying to write professionally for college or something, he uses a lot of the wrong words - like "your" instead of "you're" or something of that sort. I tried spell and grammar checking his paper once, but didn't even get two paragraphs finished before I gave up.
Then again though, they say you're either an English person or a Math person. He's obviously a Math person... and I'm obviously an English person. ^^; It's still annoying though! |
My mom doesn't usually say words wrong, she just spells them wrong. All the time. She'll give me a list to go to the store and 'milk' will turn into 'mike.' It's kind of funny to see what she'll come up with. I don't think it's because she doesn't know how to spell these things, I think it's just because she rushes through it and doesn't really give a darn how it's spelled. Another thing she'll do is capitalize something in the middle of a sentence that doesn't need capitalizing. Like she'll leave a note saying, 'Good morning. Could you do the Dishes before I get Home?' It used to annoy me, but I've gotten used to it.
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I don't use extravalarge words to sound intelligible! That's full of ridiculosity!
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I wish people would be more literate.
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lol, thats really funny! Or you sure its not because she's old? Well... there are many people in hawaii who speak pigeon, or a bit of pigeon. Pigeon is sort of a slang language that ties in with english. It's basically bad grammer, but no one makes fun of them cus everyone speaks like that. Anyone who doesn't, is a nerd.
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