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Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 1:52 pm
by Abraham
"Ride" instead of: Car, truck, etc.

White guy ebonics...

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 2:04 pm
by G26ster
"Up the wall" as in "Word use that drives you up the wall." What and where is said wall, and how does one get up it? :biggrinjester:

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 10:50 pm
by Pacifist
Adding to the already lengthy list is the all-too-common misuse of the pronouns "I" and "me."

Correct: My sister and I went to the mall.
Incorrect: My brother accompanied my sister and I to the mall.
Correct: My brother accompanied my sister and me to the mall.

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 8:12 am
by RoyGBiv
They're
There
Their

I've lost count of how many times I've hit reply, wanting to correct someone on a forum (this and others).
Never have hit the submit button. :lol:

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 2:17 pm
by Abraham
speach - Please it's speech!

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 3:25 pm
by BigBangSmallBucks
rdhetrick wrote:I have a few, but I usually don't comment on them irregardless of who their from....
Not trolling but I hate it when people use that "word." In fact it's not even a real word, the word is regardless. You might've been making a joke and if you were I apologize because it's hard to sense humor in text.

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 3:27 pm
by BigBangSmallBucks
Jaguar wrote:I need more coffee, its to early in the mourning and this is making my head hurt.

Irregardless - I hate that.
:iagree:

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 3:39 pm
by nightmare
People who say "you" instead of "thou" as the second person singular pronoun.

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 9:36 pm
by Dadtodabone
G26ster wrote:"Up the wall" as in "Word use that drives you up the wall." What and where is said wall, and how does one get up it? :biggrinjester:
DIY video for driving up the wall. "The Electric Company"
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=b8KgoFU7sVE[/youtube]

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 1:56 pm
by LikesShinyThings
Abraham wrote:speach - Please it's speech!
Unless it's a peach of a speech. Then maybe they're just being economical with their syllables. :smilelol5:

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 2:06 pm
by WildBill
Fortunately, it's not used anymore, but I always hated "groovy".

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 11:15 am
by Abraham
Far out!

Outta sight!

Lame, sixties hippie speak, ugh...

Although, some mockingly said: Farm House, outta state!

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 11:22 am
by anygunanywhere
Gravy, man!

Anygunanywhere

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 2:28 pm
by Abraham
Prolly, it's just so cutesy...

Or, maybe the "Prolly" folk actually think "Probably" is spelled that way...

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 8:15 am
by RogueUSMC
Abraham wrote:Prolly, it's just so cutesy...

Or, maybe the "Prolly" folk actually think "Probably" is spelled that way...
guilty...