English Language...STOP!!!! - Page 4

sailor_moon · ‎06-08-2012

@Snowhite714 wrote:
@hyacinth003 wrote:
I totally agree with the OP and others who don't like the butchery of the English language.

However, I KNEW what some of the other comments would be!

Hyacinth
Oh, @hyacinth003 I totally expected the other comments. But are you sure it's KNEW and not NEW???? I'm joking for those of you who don't get it.

It's actually gnu, not knew or new.

☀️...And I think to myself what a Wenderful world.☀️

mom2laxboyz · ‎03-18-2010

I agree with you! When someone says "conversate," it's like nails on a blackboard to me! And "ax"! What the heck! Why are people still saying that?

I didn't like the comment about, "Is that all you have to worry about," though. Of course we all worry about the troubles in the world, it's just that these issues seem easier to control!

Years and years ago when I first started watching QVC, it bothered me to hear people use "pant," instead of "pants," and "shoe," etc. "This shoe is going to be your go-to." Wasn't it always "pair of pants," "pair of shoes"? Okay. I've gotten over those. But conversate, UH-UH!

itiswhatitis · ‎05-27-2016

@KYToby wrote:
According to Merriam-Webste, conversate is indeed a word and has been in use for roughly 200 years. Just because the OP (and others) do not like it does not mean it is wrong.

While I may not like it, I recognize it is real. What most people fail to acknowledge when it comes to works that (they think) are new is that English is a living language. New words constantly com into use and others fall out of favor. The English we speak and write today is different from 50 years ago, 100 years ago, 200 years ago, etc. English is not static.

pREAch @KYToby.

*Call Tyrone*

gmkb · ‎07-29-2012

I watch Judge Judy each day and she is constantly correcting people's word choices.

Examples: I borrowed him $100 (loaned). He takened my car (took). He and me conversated ( he and I had a conversation). Most common is starting every sentence with 'like'. Like, he and me conversated, then I borrowed him $10 and he takened my car without permission.

suzyQ3 · ‎03-09-2010

@gmkb wrote:
I watch Judge Judy each day and she is constantly correcting people's word choices.
Examples: I borrowed him $100 (loaned). He takened my car (took). He and me conversated ( he and I had a conversation). Most common is starting every sentence with 'like'. Like, he and me conversated, then I borrowed him $10 and he takened my car without permission.

It just goes to show you that when one becomes a critic, one had better be prepared for nitpicking. The standard and traditional word usage here is not "loaned" but "lent."

"Loan" is a noun, as in "I need a loan," not a verb; "lend" is the verb, as in "I lent him my car."

~Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle~ Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

Qshopper1991 · ‎08-15-2014

For the most part, shortening words doesn't bother me. But two words for some reason are over-used on Q:

Juj: You can juj the sleeves up (not sure if I have the correct spelling)

Organic: "It feels and looks so organic"

Ugh.

CalminHeart · ‎03-09-2010

Like it or not, people use the words they know. A lot are regional or cultural. I'm sure some words you use would get strange looks in other parts of the country too. It is what it is. Relax. You can't change others but you can control how you handle it. I'm sorry, I don't understand why people think they can impose their demands on someone else.

gmkb · ‎07-29-2012

@suzyQ3 wrote:
@gmkb wrote:
I watch Judge Judy each day and she is constantly correcting people's word choices.
Examples: I borrowed him $100 (loaned). He takened my car (took). He and me conversated ( he and I had a conversation). Most common is starting every sentence with 'like'. Like, he and me conversated, then I borrowed him $10 and he takened my car without permission.
It just goes to show you that when one becomes a critic, one had better be prepared for nitpicking. The standard and traditional word usage here is not "loaned" but "lent."

"Loan" is a noun, as in "I need a loan," not a verb; "lend" is the verb, as in "I lent him my car."

@suzyQ3 I'm not sure I understood your post, but I don't think Judge Judy was nitpicking. She has little patience with young people, in particular, using incorrect wording or making up words. I would guess Judge Judy knows the difference between loan, lent, loaned and lend; but maybe not.

suzyQ3 · ‎03-09-2010

@gmkb wrote:
@suzyQ3 wrote:
@gmkb wrote:
I watch Judge Judy each day and she is constantly correcting people's word choices.
Examples: I borrowed him $100 (loaned). He takened my car (took). He and me conversated ( he and I had a conversation). Most common is starting every sentence with 'like'. Like, he and me conversated, then I borrowed him $10 and he takened my car without permission.
It just goes to show you that when one becomes a critic, one had better be prepared for nitpicking. The standard and traditional word usage here is not "loaned" but "lent."

"Loan" is a noun, as in "I need a loan," not a verb; "lend" is the verb, as in "I lent him my car."

@suzyQ3 I'm not sure I understood your post, but I don't think Judge Judy was nitpicking. She has little patience with young people, in particular, using incorrect wording or making up words. I would guess Judge Judy knows the difference between loan, lent, loaned and lend; but maybe not.

@gmkb, I agree that "nitpicking" was not the best choice of words. Change it to "correcting" or "judging."

If in fact Judge Judy corrected a person by saying that it should have been "I loaned him $100," then she was incorrect.

And that's my point. When you start in on correcting people, you set yourself up for being corrected. She may be an attorney and a judge, but that doesn't necessarily make her an expert on the English language in all its quirks.

And frankly, I'm not that fond of shaming people. There are better ways to prompt them to learn language skills.

~Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle~ Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

chickenbutt · ‎03-09-2010

sandraskates wrote:
We just got a new version of MS Office at work. When writing up an e-mail and "you're" is the correct verbiage, Outlook flags it and wants to replace it with "your."
It simply cannot tell the grammar difference (which it used to be able to do).

I am pretty much convinced that will the advent of texting and participants making quick comments on websites, that the contraction "you're" is going to eventually go by the wayside and "your" will be accepted in it's place.

Oh dear, that's awful!

Hey, once they put 'aint' in the dictionary, I gave up. Some may say that the language is evolving. I would beg to differ. It is DEvolving.