Community Chat

[SeaMaiden]

On these forums TURN THE CHANNEL!

[Sooner]

ICKspresso!  I HATE hearing people say that!

Also, "hack" always makes me think of my cat hacking up a hairball. . . Lovely thought!  

[shiloh 81]

When my husband goes to bed and doesn't get any Lovin and says "Another Successful Night" 😂 

[SuperShopper]

There are so many annoying expressions up with which I will not put!

One that my adult daughter says I should not use is "Bless your heart!"

She says that a lot of people now say that to be snarky.

But when I say it, I do mean it as a blessing, especially to someone who is dealing with some difficulty, which is usually what prompts me to say, "Bless your heart," in the first place. 

And being a Southern lady, I would definitely say, "Y'all's budget," like Chip Gaines.  It's colloquial in Texas.

FYI:  Y'all is a plural term.  It is not properly used to address a single person. 

The emphatic of "Y'all" is "All y'all", as in,

"All y'all, get in this house!"  I heard that a lot as a kid when we were outside playing, LOL!!!

"You guys" seems to be a Northern (or Yankee, as we Southerners would say) equivalent of "Y'all."  I have learned to use that a lot too. 

The one that cracks me up is "Youse guys."  I think that must be Joisey slang.  (Jersey)

There just is no "proper" plural equivalent of the second person plural pronoun in the English language other than "You", so in order to distinguish "You" singular from "You" plural, regional variations have developed. 

And with all the gender neutral language that is being developed, "his" and "her" are giving way to "their", which is really a plural possessive pronoun, but is now being used as a singular possessive pronoun.

Like up with all this I can hardly keep, you know. 

I hope I got all the grammatical references correct. 

If not, I'm sure someone will correct me. 

Bless y'all's hearts! 

[SuperShopper]

Buh-un for button.

Kih-un for kitten.

Some of the hosts on the Q are so guilty of this one, especially one of the newest hosts. 

Where did this ghastly mispronunciation come from?

It seems to be young women who are saying it. 

Does it come from some celebrity or TV show or the Internet?

[SilleeMee]

'Can I AXE you a question?'

[sidsmom]

---

@jaxs mom wrote:

---

@whitedogs wrote:

People who don't know the difference between there, their, they're. 

---

Loose and lose 

---

The Weight Loss Universe says,

”If you’re not talking about baggy pants & use the word

’loose’ instead of ‘loss’, you automatically gain 10 pounds.”

#WeightLossKarma 

#fact

[Smushie]

I'm from California, but have lived in the South for more than 20 years.  I love it here!  I've gotten used to the local slang and most of it makes me smile.  BUT, one phrase that I hear a lot is "You're fine"  when I am trying to get through a crowd or something similiar.  The phrase is "Excuse me" NOT  "You're fine."  I know I'm fine, I just want to politely get around you.  Does this bother anyone else?  

[IlliniGirl88]

This may be a regional thing and not really an overused phrase, but I have a friend who says, she is going to carry her sister to the store or she's going to carry him to work.  Everytime she says it, I get a mental picture of her hoisting someone onto her back and physically walking the person to their destination. 

[suzyQ3]

I'll stay away from grammar because I taught it for so many years that I now only occasionally become irritated.

Here are  just of the words and phrases, though, that I could do without:

mucous, snot, and nostril

great (overused)

babyish words

hubby

furbaby

politically correct

the "girls"

starting every spoken sentence with "So"

just sayin'

with all due respect

no offense, but

I know; right?

no worries

And every and all lame platitudes and bumper-sticker sentiments.