Grammar Police "anymore"

What happened to the "T" sound?

I reckon it's (should that be its?) fine to have a bit of fun with the language and playfully mash it as you might see fit, but from what I'm seeing/hearing it's not a matter of playfulness or even slang, mostly plain ignorance. (then indignation and name calling if someone happens to mention it)

Lately I've been hearing the following word said in sentences nearly every day.
"IMPORDANT".
Yes, it's "important" spoken with a "D". (I'd love to see them write it)
Don't they know it's important to get it right?
I've even heard it in a recorded "safety procedure" run through on board a passenger jet.

Similarly I've heard....

meDal for meTal
saDelite for saTellite (our local TV weatherman)
beaDen for beaTen

There are probably others.

My pet hate though is the double negative.
"I aint dun nuffin"
So you did do something then.

Another phenomena here in Australia the last few years or so is to start a spoken response with "yeh, no". I've even caught myself doing it a couple of times. More contagious than the swine flu.

Is it "Yes" or "No"?
Very confusing but I think it's replaced the Aussie pause filler of "ummm"

BTW - I don't claim to be good or even do well at grammar or spelling and my typing is usually atrocious.
 
It makes me want to write a movie called the "Grammar Police" and have John Cleese shooting offenders all the way through the movie, especially those poor sad individuals who use text speech in ordinary conversations. God help them all...
 
It is not unusual to see independent clauses separated by a comma instead of a semi-colon; no, it's not called a "perion." Then, as if to make up for their lack of intended use, they'll suddenly make an appearance in ;). This was apropos of nothing, really.
 
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I'm no grammar nazi but I cant help laugh everytime someone tells me they "seen" something and I can't help but answer when ganstas ask me if I know whet they are saying 12 times in a sentence they tell me nothing.
 
Jason Ramsey said:
the nature of your fingers being your voice (if you are an experienced typist) tends to cause the sound to get typed as opposed to the proper word. Fingers reach the point where they act more as a voice than as a transcription tool, if that makes sense :)
Jason
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I must admit, I'm an 'experienced typist' and when I chat on msn etc, I do tend to type as I would say... ie...

'ave you 'ad a good day?' or 'I've 'ad summit to eat', or 'I 'ad a word wiv me mum'

but, obviously, when I'm chatting in forums, or at work, I write it correctly...
Have you had a good day. I have had something to eat. I had a word with my mum.

hehe, actually I'm quite surprised to discover that the 'i' has come out as I, as I do tend to just let my fingers do the 'talking'.


leepback said:
Another phenomena here in Australia the last few years or so is to start a spoken response with "yeh, no". I've even caught myself doing it a couple of times. More contagious than the swine flu.

Is it "Yes" or "No"?
Very confusing but I think it's replaced the Aussie pause filler of "ummm"

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this is also very common in England, and, yes, I think it does replace 'ummm'.

Another one of 'my' sayings is 'sort of like', although I have no idea what it means.:huh:

This thread has certainly been interesting, and, no doubt, 'we' will never be happy with the way 'everyone' types. The main thing is that 'we' all understand what 'we' are saying, and if 'we' don't, then surely all we need to do is ASK ;)

Good day
 
Comedy highlight of last weekend's Vegas trip: a big portly balding white-white midwestern fifty-something yelling into his cell phone on the floor of the Mirage casino:

Where you AT?!
 
The problem I have with the “grammar Gestapo” is that many if not most people correct others simply to make themselves feel smarter or important. Many grammar police people are not coming from an honest place. They are not reaching out to help their fellow uneducated man. They are illustrating how much personal command they have over the English language. And, it comes off as arrogance and self-aggrandizing. Especially since when you factor in regional dialects, slang, artistic and poetic licenses, the English language seems ever evolving and is probably only fully mastered by very few of us. I know this because I read many posts from self-appointed grammar police-people and they make grammatical errors all the time.

This is a public forum. We all get lazy. We all fail to use capital letters or proper punctuation from time to time. So, it just seems a little hypocritical to get all worked up over someone else’s misuse of the word “lose” or “loose”. And, in a public forum, I’m all about beginning a sentence with a conjunction or ending a sentence with a preposition. Because sharing creative dialogue is what we are here for. :beer:
 
This one is weirdly common on DVXuser and other film-related forums:

Lense

As in, "What lense do you recommend for my camera?"

I'm not sure why it's such a popular typo. Second only to loose/lose.

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Hawk, if it helps or hurts you, my mother actually starts off some sentences with "Anymore"...like "Anymore, it just seems it doesnt matter." Its like a weird Yoda thing because it belongs at the end.
 
USLatin said:
I is not understooding the whys and the woots of this shieet, but I am so like woOOOOow! Cause this is some crazy kool shiet we is talking aboot ain't it?! :nads:
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Fake. This looks even worse than bad language that comes naturally.
 
and uhm,
and uhm,
and uhm,
and uhm,
and uhm....

then we move to...

okay,
well, then okay,
okay,
then okay,
well, then okay....

and finally our favorite word usage phrase...

you know,
you know,
you know,
uh, you know...


I don't have an "uhm" it's not okay and NO I DON'T KNOW! So quit bothering me, well, you know, uhm, something like that, okay?
 
(I just spent the better part of the last hour looking through the pics on POWM site because I was afraid I was featured)

Thanks... :)
 
“Excited for”

“Excited for”

Something I’ve noticed a lot recently is the habit of some American speakers to use “excited for” instead of “excited about” (e.g. “I’m excited for the new season of Lost”), which just sounds rather odd – childish, even – to a British ear.

Has this usage become standard in some US dialects, or would it generally be perceived as a sign of a poor education?

DP
 
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