Sayings You Hate

[meresal]

Date: 5/7/2009 8:17:17 AM
Author: elrohwen

Date: 5/6/2009 11:13:04 PM
Author: IloveAsschers13
I'm from Illinois, and I pronounce it without the s... I have never heard my family who still live there say it with the s sound at the end?

I think the problem is that tons of people who aren't from Illinois *do* pronounce the 's'. I hear it all the time and it drives me nuts.

It's everywhere, and it's exrtremely annoying to anyone who is aware that you don't pronounce the S. It may be hard to believe, but I would venture to say that MUCH of the nation does not know this.

 

[IloveAsschers13]

Date: 5/7/2009 8:47:36 AM
Author: meresal

Date: 5/7/2009 8:17:17 AM

Author: elrohwen

Date: 5/6/2009 11:13:04 PM

Author: IloveAsschers13

I''m from Illinois, and I pronounce it without the s... I have never heard my family who still live there say it with the s sound at the end?

I think the problem is that tons of people who aren''t from Illinois *do* pronounce the ''s''. I hear it all the time and it drives me nuts.

It''s everywhere, and it''s exrtremely annoying to anyone who is aware that you don''t pronounce the S. It may be hard to believe, but I would venture to say that MUCH of the nation does not know this.

Oh, I misread it. Thanks! I think it''s very annoying when people do pronounce the s- I have *no problem* correcting people haha.

 

[elrohwen]

I have another good one. My boss just drescribed a consulting serivce''s total project service as "cradle to grave."

"Soup to nuts" looks great compared to that!!

 

[Haven]

Date: 4/27/2009 12:40:41 PM
Author: Hudson_Hawk

Date: 4/26/2009 10:31:30 PM
Author: PaulaW
oh no Haven! If we ever meet, I will have to watch it... DH and I add ''a$$'' to everything. I call dumb drivers ''@sshats'' or ''@ssclowns'' all the time!

We use a$$ as a prefix a lot, we also use fu** in the same manner ''fu**stick'' fu**knuckle'' etc...all when driving.

Paula and Hudson--Those are really funny words, even with the dreaded "@ss" in them! I''ve never heard anyone say anything like that. In those cases, I''d probably LMAO when I heard you say them.

 

[Haven]

Mere--Are you in Illinois?! Me, too!
I really dislike it when people pronounce the "S" at the end of Illinois. It just sounds so . . . bizarre.

 

[meresal]

Date: 5/7/2009 2:05:58 PM
Author: Haven
Mere--Are you in Illinois?! Me, too!
I really dislike it when people pronounce the ''S'' at the end of Illinois. It just sounds so . . . bizarre.

Haven, I''m not in Illinois (actually in Texas), but my dad was born in Iowa, and grew up in Indiana. Maybe it''s a midwest thing, that just doesn''t trickle around the nation well. You know, I think I learned that the S in Illinois is silent, before the K in knee. My dad made sure I knew it before we had a family reunion back in Iowa, lol. Piorities

I think that Illinios should post a PSA on national syndicates just to let people know.

 

[Lauren8211]

People actually say the "S" at the end of Illinois?

I thought that was just one of those things they joke about on TV, but never actually happens. I''ve never heard anyone say it with an S!

 

[VRBeauty]

this makes that POP!

just tired of things popping all over the place, I guess...

 

[KimberlyH]

My new one is "That''s off the hook/chain/insertlamewordtofinishhorriblephrasehere".

 

[jstarfireb]

My mom always used to say "roll with the punches." I HATED that phrase.

I went to school in Pittsburgh and died inside every time I heard the following "Pittsburghese" sayings:
-yinz (their version of "y''all"), or yous for that matter; however, y''all is actually not too bad for me
-needs _____ed (e.g. needs cleaned, needs fixed, rather than needs TO BE cleaned or fixed)

I''m a stickler for grammar, so I also can''t stand the following: irregardless, could care less, axe you a question, I seen it, and my personal favorite often spoken in West Philly - "worser."

 

[purrfectpear]

Date: 5/8/2009 11:15:06 AM
Author: elledizzy5

People actually say the ''S'' at the end of Illinois?

I thought that was just one of those things they joke about on TV, but never actually happens. I''ve never heard anyone say it with an S!

Ditto. We were taught in grade school that the S was silent and I was nowhere near Illinois. Pronunciation of the state isn''t a regional thing, it''s an educational thing. Either you received one or you didn''t

 

[anchor31]

I too hate it when people make grammatical errors or mix up sayings. If you don't know the proper saying, don't say it, and please... If you're going to speak a language, at least try to speak it properly.

One that wasn't mentioned that I hate with a passion is "What can I say..." Well, if you don't know what to say, then DON'T SAY ANYTHING! Ugh.


And finally...

Date: 4/24/2009 6:59:21 PM
Author: whitby_2773
oh! oh!

'that which does not kill us makes us stronger'

that SAYING makes me wanna kill somebody! i'm a psychologist, and i'm here to tell you that that which is so painful to us that it has to be described in terms of survival or near death tends to leave bloody big scars across our psyche!

we might survive it - but it for SURE does not make us stronger!

ever met a victim of rape? child abuse? domestic violence? 'stronger'? yeah - no.

grrrrrrrrrrrr....

A big freaking ditto to that. I just want to tell them 'Yeah? Well, if that's what it takes to be strong, then I'd rather not be.' It makes me so angry... Especially since the people who say it usually have NO IDEA what it's like to go through that sort of thing.

ETA: I might have mispronounced a couple of US states names once or twice... But don't hate me please! I'm not American, it's not my fault.

 

[Elmorton]

Anchor, I hate to pick on you, but this thread has been driving me crazy, and I wasn''t going to say anything, but your post kinda pushed me over.

What, pray tell, is speaking a language PROPERLY? Last I checked, the language in which you are writing is Germanic, has "proper" rules that are derived from Latin, and because language is dynamic, it changes (which is why I don''t say "thee" and "thou." Do you?) dependent on the speaker, place, and situation. THIS is what I teach my students - that they should love language, be actively involved in using its different forms, and be aware of how they use language in different situations. People that feel that language should be spoken or written in one way are killing it a lot faster than those horrible, poor, uneducated, (fill in minority population here), people who misuse it.

In other words, friends, lighten up. And PP, pronunciation of a place''s name has nearly everything to do with region and little to do with education. Are you going to march into Louisville, Kentucky and tell people to stop saying "Lewavull" or are you going to call it "Lewavull" when you''re standing in Minnesota? Are you going to tell politicians in Missouri to stop calling it Mizzurah or assume that the same politician didn''t finish his or her assigned readings in school? Oh come on.

 

[Haven]

This is going to be the longest thread-jack in history, but El, your post reminds me so much of an etymology class that I taught to sixth through eighth graders at a local university.

The class engaged in an ongoing debate about "proper" language vs. growth and change. At the end of the session we did a little presentation to the parents, and the kids and I created a poem as the opener. We staged this entire political rally with signs and everything, I'll post a pic of the signs, too.

Here's the poem, I think you'll appreciate it.
_______________________________________

The Wordsmiths vs. The Polyglots - An Etymological Rebellion

Witness the final confrontation between the Wordsmiths and the Polyglots as they battle for etymological power.
A student-created super-story about two feuding tribes fighting to defend their station as expert etymologists.

Now gather round to hear the tale
About a brooding bunch
That fought and quibbled and labored over
The words we speak at lunch

The Wordsmiths, well, they loved their words
But only certain ones
They hated, spat on, fully despised
Slang and neologisms

The Polyglots, on the other hand
Harangued about liberty
And revered, campaigned, and crusaded for
Language duality

They lived in the land of Slyscatologyme
That name’s a mouthful, that’s for sure
And instead of monarchs or presidents
Their leader was a Language Commissioner

This position carried great esteem
But also great power
For the Commissioner controlled much larger things
Than import laws regarding flour

The words they spoke, each and every one
Had to be approved by Her Wordness
And if they weren’t, well just watch out
Her anger would be hard to miss

For these people that we speak of now
Were not like you and me
It was not cars or homes or clothes
That earned top priority

It was more than just their freedom to speak
But the words they used, you see

The Wordsmiths valued tradition
And revered the status quo
And adding new words to the language
Seemed frivolous, a big no-no

Not only this, they also loathed
The radical nature of youth
And feared that slang and neologisms
Would destroy their language’s time-honored truth

Character, virtue, and honor
The Wordsmiths proudly claimed
Are found only through purity of language
And calling things by their rightful name

The Polyglots, on the other hand
Detested the stifling ubiquity
Of a ruler that only approved those words
That have been around in use since antiquity

“The world is changing!”
They’d loudly declare
To all who would stop and listen
So now is the time to open our language
To expressive neologism

An idiolect, according to the Glots
Is much more than just being quirky
It’s the very thing that separates Annie May
From little LuEllen Mcquirky

Without freedom to create, and change, and reorder
We lose so much more than a few words
But also the differences that make us each
Unique, distinctive, even absurd!

And here lies the problem this poor nation faces
Of choosing between two very different places
Of protecting a history full of tradition
Or celebrating a future with an independent mission

Now the choice here is yours
Support your roots or open doors
And if you’re memory’s already faded
Perhaps we’ll help you aid it

It’s the Wordsmiths who say “Keep the new words away!”
And the Polyglots who tout the merits of breaking out

And perhaps you did not notice
(If you were a Wordsmith, you might demote us!)
For through our entire story
We’ve employed jargon and allegory
And a few neologisms
(Oh please don’t throw us into prison!)

We are simply trying
To protect a language that is dying
For with new words come growth and evolution
They’re much more than mere vocal pollution

Now we don’t mean to sway you
And we would never betray you
But you should know, without apology
That your authors, in truth, love etymology

But we also believe strongly
In individuality and autonomy
And we’re proud of our idiolects
And we believe neologisms don’t deflect
From the strength of our tradition,
Rather, they express our changing condition

So, it seems that each one of us
Couldn’t decide without a great big fuss
For at times we are Wordsmiths
Extolling the virtue of our great tradit—
While at others we’re Polyglots
Using phrases like “whatev” and “have-nots”

Yet the question still remains
If you had to vote, which party would you claim?
____________________________________________________

SORRY! I'll end the threadjack now. I just HAD to share this with El.

 

[cindygenit]

"Chop, chop!"

george on australian masterchef says it all the time and i want to kill him.

 

[asscherisme]

Great thread!

I hate, hate hate:

"Time heals all wounds." (this is usually said in response to some awful life event happening. I heard this one a lot after my dad died. No, time does not heal all wounds!)

And, I use to do weight watchers years ago and this saying was huge at weight watchers and I hated it:

"Nothing tastes as good as thin feels"

Oh, and I HATE this one. I just turned 40 in June and if one more person says this to me I am going to scream:

"40 is the new 30"

No, 40 is still 40.

 

[Dannielle]

Date: 7/2/2009 2:15:07 AM
Author: asscherisme
Great thread!

I hate, hate hate:

''Time heals all wounds.'' (this is usually said in response to some awful life event happening. I heard this one a lot after my dad died. No, time does not heal all wounds!)

And, I use to do weight watchers years ago and this saying was huge at weight watchers and I hated it:

''Nothing tastes as good as thin feels''

Oh, and I HATE this one. I just turned 40 in June and if one more person says this to me I am going to scream:

''40 is the new 30''

No, 40 is still 40.

LMAO!!!

 

[mausketeer]

I also can't stand 'We're pregnant!' Um, no, she's pregnant, the appropriate announcement would be 'We're going to be parents!' It irks my husband as much as it does me, he's always amazed that women would use this phrase when they're the ones who have to go through the physical process of pregnancy and delivery.

This drives me nuts too!!! When did this become the norm by the way? ALL of my friends have said this for the past few years - WHY?

Another phrase that drives me INSANE (and my ex-boyfriend used to say it EVERY TIME he weighed himself) is when people say their weight as though it's money. Again: WHY? (where does it COME from?) "I weigh a buck-fifty today". "I'm at a buck forty-five" etc. It REALLY bugged me for some reason..... it just seemed so - cheesy I guess?

 

[Erin]

I''m glad this thread was resurrected because someone said something and I just became nauseous...

I don''t mind people saying "Yeah, it''s like a trainwreck!"

What drives me nuts is the way people stumble through what you say after that

"You can''t stop looking but you know you should cause it''s too horrible to look at but then it''s so intriguing you can''t look away without...."

Just say it''s like a trainwreck. Everyone knows what the saying means. Don''t explain it. I already know what you mean.

 

[princessplease]

"Let me tell you something" really gets under my skin, lol.
I also don''t like "Easy come, easy go".

 

[elrohwen]

In high school, "my bad" was sooo popular. It really really bugged me when people would say "My b, yo! My b!" Gah!

Now I can hear "my bad" (and have even used it once or twice) without cringing, but I just remember the "my b" days

So annoying.

And jstarfireb, I grew up in Pittsburgh and am not a fan of the whole accent thing they have going on. There''s just too many to get into. I''m all for regionalism, and the New Yawker accent doesn''t bother me at all. I guess I''m only bothered by the one I grew up around.

 

[OUpearlgirl]

I also hate "my bad."

My boss will sometimes say that things are "the bomb." It drives me crazy!!

 

[Rock_of_Love]

"...shooting the wad" or "...shoot the wad"

I heard this really straight laced guy say this at a corporate meeting. I couldn''t believe he would say something so vulgar!! But, apparently its origin has something to do with a musket and a paper wad...hmmm...not what I was thinking! But, I do think we should just get rid of the phrase all together considering its *current* meaning!! Ewww!!

 

[PinkTower]

Ya da Ya da Ya.

 

[atroop711]

I can''t STAND when ppl say BOYS WILL BE BOYS...

it''s always the moms of PITA boys making excuses for their bad behavior

 

[atroop711]

Date: 7/1/2009 4:33:40 PM
Author: KimberlyH
My new one is 'That's off the hook/chain/insertlamewordtofinishhorriblephrasehere'.

it's off the CHI-ZANE

lol

all of this drives me nuts. It's what I was raised around and worked hard getting it out of own vocab

 

[whitby_2773]

"you know what your problem is?"

AAAAARRRRRGHHHHHHHHHH!!!

(runs screaming from the room)

 

[steph72276]

I hate when people start of with "No offense but..." and then proceed to say something offensive. Like the statement before the remark excuses the rudeness!

 

[Elmorton]

Haven, I heart you! How wonderful that 6th and 8th graders got into the debate. By college, I feel like most of my students have had the concept of "wrong language" so drilled into them, and they''ve learned to either hate or live in fear of their own voices...yet it still incredibly important for them to realize how much of an impact language will have in their sucess in academic life and beyond. Your post was such a great response to my frustrated one. Thank you!

And - publish that poem. It''s fantastic.

 

[asscherisme]

Date: 7/2/2009 1:45:58 PM
Author: atroop711
I can''t STAND when ppl say BOYS WILL BE BOYS...

it''s always the moms of PITA boys making excuses for their bad behavior

Oh I hate that one!!!!!!!

I actually had an elementary school principal say that to me when I reported to her that my (then) first grade son was being bullied! Luckily we ended up moving away but I will never forget that.

And you are right, its usually said by parents of boys who are behaving badly.