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Things that are said incorrectly so often......
Orca Bay Images wrote: Sure, make fun of my "narwhal" gaffe from another thread. Apr 04 13 08:01 pm Link Verbing weirds language: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I0JyZiMKuh0/R … -sm-01.jpg A deeper look at that idea: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_(linguistics) Apr 04 13 08:48 pm Link WCR3 wrote: George Carlin used this. Apr 05 13 09:26 am Link Caustic Disco wrote: I saw this thread, and this popped into my head. Apr 05 13 09:41 am Link When an incorrect verb is repeated long enough, the dictionary editors give in and accept it as an alternative meaning. "Decimated" originally mean killing every 10th man in an ancient Roman legion as group punishment. So "Decimated mean destroying 10 percent. Its usage now is all over the map from 10 to 100 percent, but I think that is sloppy usage. Apr 05 13 10:01 am Link Rachel-Elise wrote: A trend I've seen recently is the use of quotation marks to indicate emphasis: Employees "must" wash their hands before leaving bathroom. When did quotation marks start to mean emphasis? Answer: Never. Apr 05 13 11:28 am Link CheyenneRenae wrote: This was covered once, but commonly in Texas, everybody seems to like to say, "Lets go down there..." or "...up there...". I can see, being from the Dallas area, going down to the shore, as it is South of here. When viewing a map, it is down. What I don't like, is residing, in Dallas, and being asked if I would like to go up to Austin. Apr 05 13 12:04 pm Link Vivus Hussein Denuo wrote: I've wondered about that, too, and I've concluded it's because some online comments spaces or message formats, like Simple Text, don't have the option of italic text, bold text, or underscoring, so the quotes are used as a substitute way to emphasize a word. Apr 05 13 12:35 pm Link Top Level Studio wrote: Well, that's true, as far as computer typing goes. It's a lot easier to type " " than to type 4 brackets and a slash. But I've seen quote marks used for emphasis in hand-lettered signs. Apr 05 13 12:51 pm Link That's ironic... Apr 05 13 12:56 pm Link Oh ... and ... "I have a 32gb SCANdisk memory card." Apr 08 13 05:41 pm Link |