Stuff you hate (aka: the new f. you thread)

[slipperyslope]

-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)

[Andy]

I love that.

[JonFromMaplewood]

-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)

EX-presso.

[Sarah]

"Hone" instead of "home."

[fonpr]

"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.

[Sarah]

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.

[slipperyslope]

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.

[Bryan]

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.

[slipperyslope]

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.

[buffcoat]

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.

[Sarah]

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"?

[scotttsss]

Weird how many greeting cards misspell Valentimes day.

[erika]

Also, "bold-faced lie"

[Sarah]

Yes, erika!  That's in the "hone" family.

[Andy]

I don't like the racist turn this thread has taken. Shame on all of you.