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The Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation Thread [Merged]
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jb03 said:
Especially the female ones in high school.........geez......talk about memories.....
2 things I've noticed on the rise in the last few years:
People saying 'impordant' instead of important. I know our accent uses d instead of t a lot ( we all say fordy instead of forty for example) but this is different. People, women mostly really emphasise the D. Women on telly are doing it a lot. Really blatant example on a vitamin ad the woman trainer from biggest loser does. 'Nutrician is really imporDant'.
Also people saying 'inner-resting' instead of interesting. Tony Shaw is the best example.
People saying 'impordant' instead of important. I know our accent uses d instead of t a lot ( we all say fordy instead of forty for example) but this is different. People, women mostly really emphasise the D. Women on telly are doing it a lot. Really blatant example on a vitamin ad the woman trainer from biggest loser does. 'Nutrician is really imporDant'.
Also people saying 'inner-resting' instead of interesting. Tony Shaw is the best example.
Freezer said:
Yep, Ive always found that odd, and irritating. Some even say Wimpleton, I don't get it. Its like Vietmanese (Vietnamese), or hostabul (hospital), Ambliance (ambulance) cordigal (cordial) and chimbley (chimney), aluminum or alumingyun (aluminium) and my and GW Bush's favourite nucular.
tigersnake said:
That was the first common one I noticed and has been prevalent since I was in high school 25+ years ago.
One that's always puzzled me is "Melways" for the Melway street directory. Perhaps that is legitimate usage?
Another one that I haven't seen here but I've heard from a few young people who can derive a verb from a preposition eg in round 1 this year Richmond will verse Carlton. That would easily pass most spelling checkers.
YinnarTiger said:
Thats a bewdy that one. I first noticed it about 4 years ago at a mates joint and his son was nagging me to 'verse' him on guitar hero. Then I just started hearing kids saying it all the time, my nephews always say re the tiges 'who are we versing this week?'
tigersnake said:
verbal dyslexia. dougie hawkins eat your heart out.
LeeToRainesToRoach said:
noticed that too. it's melway, not melways. its myer not myers. its euro not euros (pretty sure plural is still pronounced as euro). asian people (hope this doesn't come across as racist - i was once engaged to an asian girl) also have a habit of doing the opposite by not pronouncing the letter s in words when they should.
The other day I thought I heard the Channel 9 voiceover man say 'capsicun'. I also once heard a chef say it.
tigersnake said:
I always found the pronunciation "nucular' quite amusing.
As for aluminum, that's an Americanism. As Kate Burridge writes, American is probably closer to what was the old formal English than anything we have in Australia.
Kate Burridge is widely recognised as an authority on the origins and oddities of the English language. I can recommend her books 'Blooming English' and 'Weeds in the Garden of Words'.
One that has surfaced in the past few years is 'moving forward(s).'
Always grimace when I hear that from our coaches and players.
Always grimace when I hear that from our coaches and players.
Ending sentences with conjunctions. Although the meaning gets across.glantone said:So do I, atleast we know what they mean but.
Prepositions are the other words you are not supposed to end sentences with.
