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[FrostyBabe]

On 1/1/2015 raven-blackbird said:

I cringe when I hear.............ax used instead of aSk............................raven

This drives me crazy as well. I used to work with a guy who always wanted to "ax a pacific question" instead of "ask a specific question". How he made it to management is a mystery.

It also drives me crazy when I hear someone say "it's a mute point" instead of "it's a moot point". Or, "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less".

[hennypenny]

I hate it when people say "Myself and Mary" went to the store. Or, "She gave it to myself and Mary". This bothers me expecialllly when they work in a publx speeking job like telebision sails.

[brii]

I hear people say ex-specially a lot.

[lovescats]

I hate the y words like sammies, addys

[YorkieonmyPillow]

Some of my ""favorites:""

""I have a great IDEAL."" (idea)

""The hummingbird was HOOVERING (hovering) over the feeder.""

LOL.........

[chickenbutt]

Yikes! I've never heard that one. But I think it's safe to say, sadly, that grammar is on its way out.

[chickenbutt]

On 1/2/2015 hennypenny said:

I hate it when people say "Myself and Mary" went to the store. Or, "She gave it to myself and Mary". This bothers me expecialllly when they work in a publx speeking job like telebision sails.

The one I seem to hear a lot is 'me and him went to the store'.

Really? ME went to the store? HIM went to the store? REALLY??

What color is the sky on your planet if that sounds right?

[sfnative]

On 1/1/2015 Smaug said:

I'm still annoyed by ""ax me a question""

ETA What raven said lol

Past tense: axt

[sfnative]

When DD was growing up, she picked up "on accident" from kids at a very posh school for girls. Now I ask you, how in the heck does this type of thing occur? I taught her "by accident" and still correct her to this day (she's 37! I don't want my 15 month old granddaughter learning that.). All of her friends up here in our new home town say "on accident" as well.

Re the OP's entry, I've never heard that uttered up in our neck of the woods. Perhaps it's a regional thing.

[hennypenny]

""On accident"" is enough to send me through the roof!