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slipperyslope

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Re: Stuff you hate (aka: the new f. you thread)
« Reply #1260 on: February 25, 2010, 01:49:18 AM »
-All people that not only say words incorrectly, but their incorrectness comes from imagining there being a letter in the word that doesn't exist.


IE - If I mispronounced gormet - it'd be kind of embarassing or funny or dumb looking. But...
if I said "gorn-met".. so much worse.


I keep hearing and seeing people, for instance, say "turrent" and mean "turret" (referring to weapons and the like on gaming sites)


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Re: Stuff you hate (aka: the new f. you thread)
« Reply #1261 on: February 25, 2010, 08:09:46 AM »
I love that.
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Re: Stuff you hate (aka: the new f. you thread)
« Reply #1262 on: February 25, 2010, 11:35:43 AM »
-All people that not only say words incorrectly, but their incorrectness comes from imagining there being a letter in the word that doesn't exist.


IE - If I mispronounced gormet - it'd be kind of embarassing or funny or dumb looking. But...
if I said "gorn-met".. so much worse.


I keep hearing and seeing people, for instance, say "turrent" and mean "turret" (referring to weapons and the like on gaming sites)



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Re: Stuff you hate (aka: the new f. you thread)
« Reply #1263 on: February 25, 2010, 11:39:32 AM »
"Hone" instead of "home."

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Re: Stuff you hate (aka: the new f. you thread)
« Reply #1264 on: February 25, 2010, 12:21:51 PM »
"Hone" instead of "home."
I actually prefer "hone" for situations where you are working through multiple layers to reach an inner core.

"Home" conjures, in me, the thought of aiming at something.
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Re: Stuff you hate (aka: the new f. you thread)
« Reply #1265 on: February 25, 2010, 12:52:02 PM »
But that what it's supposed to do.  And when people use "hone" instead of "home," they aren't choosing to do so to communicate what you suggest; they are just making a mistake.

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Re: Stuff you hate (aka: the new f. you thread)
« Reply #1266 on: February 25, 2010, 03:50:59 PM »
HONE?

Who says that!?

As someone who is easily agitated by these weird little quirks,
i've never encountered this before!!

Is there an example somewhere of how this would be used "naturally?"

I just can't fathom hearing someone saying that. Is it a regional thing somewhere? I'm intrigued.


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Re: Stuff you hate (aka: the new f. you thread)
« Reply #1267 on: February 25, 2010, 04:10:52 PM »
HONE?

Who says that!?

As someone who is easily agitated by these weird little quirks,
i've never encountered this before!!

Is there an example somewhere of how this would be used "naturally?"

I just can't fathom hearing someone saying that. Is it a regional thing somewhere? I'm intrigued.



This was my initial reaction, too. But I think it's in a specific context, i.e. "I'm starting to hone in on a record I've been looking for," NOT as in "I'm heading hone for the holidays" which would be truly insane.

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Re: Stuff you hate (aka: the new f. you thread)
« Reply #1268 on: February 25, 2010, 04:22:00 PM »
HONE?

Who says that!?

As someone who is easily agitated by these weird little quirks,
i've never encountered this before!!

Is there an example somewhere of how this would be used "naturally?"

I just can't fathom hearing someone saying that. Is it a regional thing somewhere? I'm intrigued.



This was my initial reaction, too. But I think it's in a specific context, i.e. "I'm starting to hone in on a record I've been looking for," NOT as in "I'm heading hone for the holidays" which would be truly insane.

Oh, well that's different entirely. Hone is an actual word,
I thought this was some sort of weird phenominon where people were sort of mumbling "home" in a weird way  because they were too lazy to consume the energy required to close their lips to make the "mmm" sound.


Yeah, example sentence you gave... either word could work strangely.... "home in on" as in...homing missiles. Or "hone in on" as in... the definition of hone, although it would be slightly off in that particular instance so I may see your point.

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Re: Stuff you hate (aka: the new f. you thread)
« Reply #1269 on: February 25, 2010, 04:43:45 PM »
Expresso is how the French, Spanish and Portuguese spell it, I believe, so it's technically correct.  Or at least as correct as using the Italian.  Although before I knew that, it bothered the hell out of me.


I hear lots of people say "exspecially," which does grate on my nerves.
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Re: Stuff you hate (aka: the new f. you thread)
« Reply #1270 on: February 25, 2010, 04:50:53 PM »
Yeah, example sentence you gave... either word could work strangely.... "home in on" as in...homing missiles. Or "hone in on" as in... the definition of hone, although it would be slightly off in that particular instance so I may see your point.

Be that as it may, the expression (or should that be "espression"?), is "to home in on." 

How's about "exhilerator" for "accelerator"?

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Re: Stuff you hate (aka: the new f. you thread)
« Reply #1271 on: February 25, 2010, 04:54:53 PM »
Weird how many greeting cards misspell Valentimes day.

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Re: Stuff you hate (aka: the new f. you thread)
« Reply #1272 on: February 25, 2010, 06:08:34 PM »
Also, "bold-faced lie"
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Re: Stuff you hate (aka: the new f. you thread)
« Reply #1273 on: February 25, 2010, 06:11:33 PM »
Yes, erika!  That's in the "hone" family.

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Re: Stuff you hate (aka: the new f. you thread)
« Reply #1274 on: February 25, 2010, 07:09:20 PM »
I don't like the racist turn this thread has taken. Shame on all of you.
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