U to the O-O?

Jennyinheaven · April 2014

SMM1986 said:
@keeumm‌ - I have no idea.

Philadelphia native here as well MAC stands for = money access center

lindseylu10 · April 2014

IBackBevo said:
I can one up all of use guys on the mispronunciations...my Mother just flat uses the wrong word for things. All.the.time. Instead of having a "vaginal birth after c-section," I am having a "natural birth after hysterectomy." Yup, she calls a c-section a hysterectomy no matter how many times I correct her. An ultrasound is an "amniocentesis."

And she does this with a million other words and things, too. This is a typical conversation with her: I tell her about my new nanny who moved here from India. Her response, "Does she wear a head dress?" Internal thoughts to myself: "Does she not know the difference between an Indian and a Native American? Does she think Native Americans still wear head dresses?" Further inquiry reveals that she is not referring to a "head dress," but a Burka because she says something about the entire face being concealed. My internal thought process then goes to why she would think my nanny was Muslim. Further inquiry reveals that she apparently thinks Hindus wear Burkas. Nope, Mom.
Wrong religion.

My Grandpa does this! He tells EVERYONE about his "heart transplant"... He had a valve replacement....

SMM1986 · April 2014

Jennyinheaven said:

SMM1986 said:
@keeumm‌ - I have no idea.
Philadelphia native here as well MAC stands for = money access center

Good to know, thanks!

keeumm · April 2014

@jennyinheaven- Oops! I had some of the words on the wrong side. Fixed it now.

Also, we have some places in WI that say pop, some that say soda, and some that say soda pop.

And it's a sub.

SMM1986 · April 2014

We have soda and hoagies here. Or you can have a cheesesteak

yvanehtnioj · April 2014

I once dated a guy who said "scrame" instead of "screamed." Yes he was a moron and no it did not last long.

On that note, though, I have been called out for saying "mannaise" instead of "may-o-naise" and "crown" instead of "cray-on" and "headdick" instead of "head-ACHE"

but at least I don't say "melk" instead of "milk"

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LabbyLove · April 2014

Re: wrong words - I can't stand it when people say "gifted" instead of "gave." I don't get it. It's not even shorter. If someone gives you something isn't it automatically a gift?

whimsy515 · April 2014

I can't believe no one has mentioned when people pronounce idea as idear! I don't get it. My Grandma used to pronounce it wrong, and one time I sat with her and had her say slowly EYE DE YA. But when she put it together again, it was idear! I got so frustrated. My only reasoning is that we are New Yorkers (city not upstate) then lived in CT where we were surrounded around New York accents and Boston accents.

83edwards · April 2014

Tax talk = BLAH on April 17 for an accountant

pistolpackinmomma · April 2014

My limited experience likes unions. DH's union job allows us to have amazing health benefits (though it used to be even better), me to stay home with our kids, and drive a new Jeep (my dream vehicle). His pay is great (how we can afford me to SAH and the car) and even though there are a few crappy parts to his job, the pros far outweigh the cons. Around here the only decent paying jobs are union. His supervisors have always cared not only about him but us as a family as well.

pistolpackinmomma · April 2014

I guess from previous convos today my UO is that I think trying to completely ban a word because some ignorant people use it in a derogatory way is equally as ignorant.

Kaylee524 · April 2014

Rocknroll64 said:

Okay I just don't really understand how a sales tax only approach would hurt the poor? If we're saying that necessary goods aren't taxed? So basically a person who is poor can still buy all of there basic necessities to live and pay zero tax.

Now a rich person, yes doesn't pay any income tax, but any sort of consumer goods is taxed at a high rate. Corporations pay high tax on all goods purchased and also collect high tax on all goods sold. If you buy investments, it's taxed as if you are buying a commodity. There are no ITC's so there's no way for them to recover the tax they've paid on their goods sold.

So basicially yes, it would totally benefit the wealthy, if they chose to save every dime they earned.

Texas is not a good model of what I'm suggesting. Their sales tax is in no way high enough to recover their lack of income tax. Also Texans still pay federal tax.

It's just a thought, I mean how awesome would it be for the individual to determine how much tax they pay. There would be no income tax breaks, no loopholes, it would be as straight forward as it gets. If you spend money, you pay tax.

I also feel it necessary to point out that not only is a sales-tax-only system incredibly regressive, it would be terrible for the economy. As you said above, it would benefit those who saved as much of their income as possible, which means there would be a disincentive to buy - and our economy runs on people buying things. If everyone just saves their money, the economy would tank. That's why the recovery has been so rough - people have to feel comfortable enough to start spending their money again, or else everything just continues to stagnate.

ho11yday · April 2014

yvanehtnioj said:
I once dated a guy who said "scrame" instead of "screamed." Yes he was a moron and no it did not last long.

On that note, though, I have been called out for saying "mannaise" instead of "may-o-naise" and "crown" instead of "cray-on" and "headdick" instead of "head-ACHE" but at least I don't say "melk" instead of "milk"

Count me guilty as saying melk. Didn't realize it was different than normal until I was made fun of in junior high. I have a tendency of pronouncing "ruin'" as "rune" and "crayon" as "crown."

I still get asked if I'm from Michigan by people over the phone. Nope. Just that my mom is from Michigan and my dad Ohio and despite being raised all my life in Arizona, I sound like I'm from Michigan.

awc1986 · April 2014

jennish11 said:

My UO: I do a super heavy eye roll (and I think my baby does as well) when someone posts "My doctor said this, but I'm not sure about it... what do you internet strangers think?".
If you don't trust your doctor enough to ask questions then find a new one!

Saying things incorrectly: I HATE "expresso".... people do this while in a coffee shop which clearly states "eSpresso" on their board. I also cannot stand it when people say "Warshington"... it's "Washington"!

Pearl Jam and Nirvana - definitely not equal. I enjoy both, but Nirvana is definitely not nearly as talented as Pearl Jam. I've seen Pearl Jam live 3 times and they put on an amazing show.

Taxes - I agree with @kitchencolors - a flat tax would effect people on lower incomes much more than those on higher income. Taxes really need to be based on disposable income (money you don't need to survive). IMO, a single mother raising 3 children and making $20,000 should not have to pay any taxes - her family NEED every penny of that. However, someone making $20M should not get any tax breaks... why should they? $20M is so much more than they could EVER need.

I love you.

Also, my step-MIL who is from Nebraska likes to "warsh" things. It grinds my gears.

yvanehtnioj · April 2014

The comments I see at the bottom of news stories make me sad for humanity. They are the most uninformed, predictable, and worthless pieces of poo. Paraphrased examples from my local news site:

Article about winter storm: "How's that global warming working out for you?"
Article about child experiencing some type of accident: "WHERE WERE THE PARENTS?"
Article about crime committed by white person: "Meth is a helluva drug"
Article about crime committed by person of color: "Hang that animal!"
Article about someone getting hurt by any object at all that isn't a gun: "Ban [said object]!"
Article about someone getting hurt by a gun: "THANKS OBUMMER! Only criminals have guns now!"

Who are these people? Is there some way I can know who they are while I'm out & about in the world, so I can steer clear? I wish someone would make a documentary about them.

eta: 1 more example

sisterjanet · April 2014

@keeumm Wait, now I'm even more confused. Are you saying people mean the messy ground beef sandwich with the sauce and they say hot tamale, or that they mean the cinnamon candy and they say sloppy joe? Or some third option that I can't even come up with? (I'm from central Wisconsin originally. To me, sloppy joe is the specific sandwich.)

SMM1986 · April 2014

My grandma warshed the shit out of everything. She also called a toilet a "turlet" and batteries were "bat-trees". I can't even be mad about it because I miss the old broad like crazy and the way she said things crack me up. So everyone gets a free pass from me for select pronunciations

Kaylee524 · April 2014

jennish11 said:

awc1986 said:

jennish11 said:

My UO: I do a super heavy eye roll (and I think my baby does as well) when someone posts "My doctor said this, but I'm not sure about it... what do you internet strangers think?".
If you don't trust your doctor enough to ask questions then find a new one!

Saying things incorrectly: I HATE "expresso".... people do this while in a coffee shop which clearly states "eSpresso" on their board. I also cannot stand it when people say "Warshington"... it's "Washington"!

Pearl Jam and Nirvana - definitely not equal. I enjoy both, but Nirvana is definitely not nearly as talented as Pearl Jam. I've seen Pearl Jam live 3 times and they put on an amazing show.

Taxes - I agree with @kitchencolors - a flat tax would effect people on lower incomes much more than those on higher income. Taxes really need to be based on disposable income (money you don't need to survive). IMO, a single mother raising 3 children and making $20,000 should not have to pay any taxes - her family NEED every penny of that. However, someone making $20M should not get any tax breaks... why should they? $20M is so much more than they could EVER need.

I love you.

Also, my step-MIL who is from Nebraska likes to "warsh" things. It grinds my gears.

I would love to see/hear the explanation for the invisible "r"... my ex-boyfriend's grandparents said this - and both grew up in Washington!

and, I mean, honestly... do you really think George Clooney would visit for a NeXpresso? I. DON'T. THINK. SO!

My mother says "warsh" instead of "wash" and "oinge" instead of "orange." Sometimes I tease her about taking the r out of orange and putting it in wash.

sisterjanet · April 2014

yvanehtnioj said:

I once dated a guy who said "scrame" instead of "screamed." Yes he was a moron and no it did not last long.

On that note, though, I have been called out for saying "mannaise" instead of "may-o-naise" and "crown" instead of "cray-on" and "headdick" instead of "head-ACHE" but at least I don't say "melk" instead of "milk"

Mannaise I totally get, but I'm sitting here saying "crown" to myself and trying to hear crayon in there and it just doesn't go. (Around here, it's usually one syllable, pretty much like cran in cranberry. That's kind of close to crown.)

Pretty sure I mostly talk like the cast of Fargo. Also, this is an awesome UO in my possibly unpopular opinion: tax codes, retirement savings, and regional dialects! Yes!

LabbyLove · April 2014

SMM1986 said:

My grandma warshed the shit out of everything. She also called a toilet a "turlet" and batteries were "bat-trees". I can't even be mad about it because I miss the old broad like crazy and the way she said things crack me up. So everyone gets a free pass from me for select pronunciations

"Turlet" is awesome. It makes me think "turdlet."

raebee18 · April 2014

I'm loving all the pronunciation ones! My mom warshes things, she once asked if I wanted her to warsh my laundry while she was visiting. I made the mistake of saying do you mean wash, and she said if you want it washed you can do it yourself. The one that gets me is when people pronounce both bolth, also when people use an adjective instead of an adverb. For example that was real nice, instead of really nice. Basically what you're saying is that it wasn't fake nice....

pistolpackinmomma · April 2014

My grandma, bless her heart, says warsh, Sundee (all days end in the "ee" sound), chimley, and she changes the oral in her car. We're in Ohio, or should I say Ohi-uh (I'm guilty of this one too), for reference.

Also crayon for me is pronounced like cran in cranberry. And a small stream is a creek pronounced crick, the stairs creak.

lavendergiraffes · April 2014

Re: words pronounced wrong. This bugs me too but my biggest issue lately is these two words:

Breathe & breath

They are different words and I swear no one uses them in the correct form and I always want to correct people when I see it.

I can't breathe. I need to take a breath.
There.

keeumm · April 2014

@sisterjanet- the messy sandwich is the hot tamale. (shout out to fellow Wisconsin girl!) I'm from northeast WI, and grew up hearing people in my area using the term "hot tamale" for any wet meat on a bun.

@pistolpackinmomma- Have I told you lately that I love you? You mentioned the other words I forgot. Crick and Cran for Creek and Crayon. Perfect explanation.

lrmrtn · April 2014

Re the music debate I started, I have a ton more unpopular opinions but I'll spare everyone. Thank goodness for Pandora where I can be picky with no judgment! And I have a musician DH to deal with too. Let's just say we don't listen to music in the car together!

Re taxes, don't get me started...

Re word mispronunciation, this drives me crazy!!

@jennish11, I also do an eye roll when people ask for medical advice here for potentially serious issues, like I've been bleeding heavily since last night. Is this normal? Um, no, and why aren't you at the doctor or hospital???

jenb_99 · April 2014

I used to care about pronunciation and spelling. Then I became a copy editor and realized NO ONE (no, not one single person) knows how to say/spell/use every single word out there. Even some really (seemingly) simple ones. I've edited for PhDs who can't even grasp the basic concept of lie/lay or farther/further, and English teachers who have no idea that -ward words don't end in an s in the United States. Yes, backwards, forwards, upwards, towards, etc., are all technically incorrect in American writing.

So screw it. Nowadays, if I'm not getting paid to fix it, I couldn't care less about it. Warsh your clothes, get your money from an ATM machine, and walk around backwards all day long. IDGAF.

Now it's the people who spend their time pointing out unimportant crap like grammar in casual speech and online discussions who get on my nerves. Not the ones who can't put a sentence together.

Tnpeach · April 2014

Instead of "Tireiron", I have heard "Tarn". Made no sense to me... Eta words suck.

Shell+Bell · April 2014

@awc1986, I can't help but chuckle when your UO is on pronunciations. My FIL is from Blackpool, and he should have his own dictionary. He's made up words, he mis-pronounces words like crazy. As in toy-toys...can you guess what that is? Tortoise. It's ridiculous. So, I find it amusing that you, being a brit, are annoyed by pronunciations, when the brit that I know is terrible at talking. haha.

awc1986 · April 2014

@Shell+Bell‌ - I'm gonna be honest with you and admit that I'm actually from Manchester, which is about 40 miles from Blackpool! $:\$ "> the dialect in the north is absolutely awful, but I can understand it. I doubt anybody here would be able to hold a conversation with my family.
I've lived down south near London for half my life though and my DH is from down here, so he talks "normally" and I don't have much of an accent anymore. LO will likely have a southern accent too, which is how British people are "expected" to sound.

I have to say there is a difference between slang and accents and mispronunciation. You can use the correct word and say it correctly, albeit with a different accent. You can also use words which mean nothing in another part of the country. However, when people actually fuck real words up, it annoys me.

Shell+Bell · April 2014

awc1986 said:

@Shell+Bell‌ - I'm gonna be honest with you and admit that I'm actually from Manchester, which is about 40 miles from Blackpool! $:\$ "> the dialect in the north is absolutely awful, but I can understand it. I doubt anybody here would be able to hold a conversation with my family. I've lived down south near London for half my life though and my DH is from down here, so he talks "normally" and I don't have much of an accent anymore. LO will likely have a southern accent too, which is how British people are "expected" to sound. I have to say there is a difference between slang and accents and mispronunciation. You can use the correct word and say it correctly, albeit with a different accent. You can also use words which mean nothing in another part of the country. However, when people actually fuck real words up, it annoys me.

Oh and MIL Is from Hindley, and adds extra syllables to words. It's fun to mimic though.

I hear what you're saying though. I want to throat punch anybody that says expecially...just no! ETA: DH is a big ManU fan.

awc1986 · April 2014

@Shell+Bell‌ ah, see my family are man city. Rivals! My DH doesn't understand half my family either and we've been together over 10 years. My uncle is from rural Lancashire and even I struggle to understand him sometimes.

bumpuser9353653 · April 2014

See, I'm from the DC metro area. Virginia side. We have what a lot of people say is the "media accent" , or the lack of an accent.

No "warshing" here. No "idears." No pop or soda pop or coke. It's a soda. And a sub (but a cheesesteak is different than sub). And just because I'm from VA does not mean I'm a southerner. Northern VA is not the South. I don't say "y'all" and I don't slur my words. And I say "cray-on" and "manaise" or "mayo".

The only thing I've been made fun of for is how I say tournament. I say it "turn-a-ment." DH's cousin from TX pointed that out. But he's from TX so what does he know

My mom grew up in the MD/OH/PA area and pronounces onion as "ung-yun". It kinda drives me crazy lol.

Also - isn't eXpresso now considered a correct pronunciation b/c it's so widely used? I think it's dumb b/c it's clearly an 's' not an 'x' but that one doesn't bother me so much.

Shell+Bell · April 2014

@awc1986, I don't even understand some of my family. I'm originally from Newfoundland. I have a hard time talking to my grandfather in particular. Newfienese is like a whole other language.

I told DH when we were dating that sometimes I just joined in laughing even though I had no idea what his parents said. They've been in canada for 30+ years. Can't imagine what they must have sounded like when their accent was thick.

Sdufort1216 · April 2014

nothing bothers me more then pronouncing caramel as carmel. and it seems 8 out of 10 say it the wrong way!

bumpuser9353653 · April 2014

Sdufort1216 said:
nothing bothers me more then pronouncing caramel as carmel. and it seems 8 out of 10 say it the wrong way!

Carm'l bothers me too, but I actually pronounce it a little differently and say "care-a-ml". So I pronounce both a's, but leave off the e. Does that make me weird?

Sdufort1216 · April 2014

nah lol that flies with me it's the Carmel that kills me

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