Msichana:
Axe me no questions, I'll tell you no lies.

Another quibble: Sake-oh for Sock-o. The people who build and sell them say "Sock-o."

(Yeah, I know there are symbols for pronunciation, but I don't got'em on my keyboard.)

Clarification: Jury rigged is correct. It's an old seaman's term.

Anything with a French pronunciation. Or Cajun.

How in the hell do you take Natichodoches and get nack-uh-dush out of it?

Same way you get "Sworski" out of Swarovski!!!!

Hi LRH,
Come on up here and we'll teach you how to pronounce Puyallup, Pend Oreille, Sequim, Sekiu, Keechulus, etc.

My wife, from Louisiana, seems to have no problem with those Suthrunisms.

"signage" instead of "sign"

ATM machine

couple that get to me are P17 for 1917, there is a Pattern 14(P14) but no P17, and
Lee a pold, damn Leupold ran an add for 20 years that showed how it was pronounced

How about when something is awfully good.

"comprised of"

"cost differential"

"cop killer bullets"

"common sense gun control"

"domestic violence"

"stuck in bad marriages"

"Carbon dioxide pollution"

"second hand smoke"

"predatory loans"

I've got a few I really hate:

How ya doin'? (Nobody really gives a crap and they don't want to know!)

In the classifieds sometimes a Leupold scope is referred to as a "Leupy"

Also "sillywet" for smallbore silhouette competition.

The word "seen".

"I seen him."

"I seen it happen."

The word "like" and "so".

"Like, he's so not cool."

You guys need to get real and lighten up, lol! I know I write like I talk (speak) and I talk (speak) like Roy Rogers on crack. If people think that's (I'm) dumb, then I gain the advantage. At least 'til I got what I wanted and before they realized that mis-underestimating a hill-billy is not always smart, irregardless of how well you enunciate and consumate!

That said, when I lived in Morgan City, LA it used to drive me nuts to see the road-side shrimp vendors with their hand-lettered signs saying "Swimps", "Scwimps" and occasionally "Scrimps". But it never stopped them from being sucessful shrimp sales persons (another pet peeve).

quote:

Originally posted by Clem:
The word "seen".

"I seen him."

"I seen it happen."

Most good hunters I know cannot correctly conjugate the irregular verb "see".

But they are not putting on airs, unlike those that say "comprised of" and "price differential" who are trying to sound smarter when they make a mistake.

"Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey"

Can any one explain the REAL meaning of this phrase? If so, you might very well wear a long, waxed mustach and be a vet.

quote:

Originally posted by mrlexma:
I'm with ya, Lee.

I always say, "Svaroffski," but I must confess that in response I generally get a "Whut?"

Still, as long as I can afford one, I couldn't care less.

This is a personal peeve of mine. How hard is it to say three syllables? I've heard:

"Swoffski" (this one was from the kid at the Cabela's optics counter)
"Swarski"
"Swovski"

and my personal favorite:
"Suskowski" (what the hell?!)

SWAR-OV-SKI!

How about "Get me up to speed"?
What am I, a motor?

In sports, we hear 0 (zero) as o or "oh". As like; The're 9 and o this season.

"Pacific" instead of specific...


I LOVE that...

quote:

Originally posted by Brice:
"Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey"

Can any one explain the REAL meaning of this phrase? If so, you might very well wear a long, waxed mustach and be a vet.

from truthorfiction.com

Subject: brass monkey

In the heyday of sailing ships, all war ships and many freighters
carried iron cannons. Those cannon fired round iron cannon balls. It was
necessary to keep a good supply near the cannon. But how to prevent them
from rolling about the deck?
The best storage method devised was a square based pyramid with one
ball on top, resting on four resting on nine which rested on sixteen.
Thus, a supply of thirty cannon balls could be stacked in a small area
right next to the cannon.
There was only one problem -- how to prevent the bottom layer from
sliding/rolling from under the others. The solution was a metal plate
called a "Monkey" with sixteen round indentations. But, if this plate
was made of iron, the iron balls would quickly rust to it. The solution
to the rusting problem was to make "Brass Monkeys."
Few landlubbers realize that brass contracts much more and much
faster than iron when chilled. Consequently, when the temperature dropped
too far, the brass indentations would shrink so much that the iron cannon
balls would come right off the monkey. Thus, it was quite literally,
"Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey!"
(And all this time, you thought that was a dirty expression, didn't you?)

Congratulations, Rockdoc! I knew that it was cannon balls held together at the base by some kind of retainer, but you provided a far broader explanation and a lot more info. I assumed that it was used in conjunction with field cannon, not ship-borne, hence the reference to an artilleryman's mustache.

Wish I had a prize for you.
Brice

The one that drives me absolutely crazy is the really common mistake of using "loose" where "lose" is intended.

That one causes my brain to throw an exception every time it's encountered.

Loose use of "loose" where "lose" is indicated causes the writer to lose major credibility in the eyes of those who dislike such loose use of the language.

mines, as in "that book is mines"

while working at a pharmacy...
"i wanna get my subscription filled"
"y'all got some of that contraceptive (chloraseptic) spray for a so (sore) thoat (throat)

mirk instead of milk

dat instead of that

substituting an 'f' for a 'th' i.e. toof (tooth)

(stolen from george carlin). 'near miss'
"the two planes almost collided, it was a near miss. no, it was a near hit"

GCO carpet outlet.. (Georgia Carpet Outlet) carpet outlet

i'll be the first to tell you that my grammar is not in good shape, and my vocabulary is full of 4 letter words, hunt, fish, deer, guns, boat, duck, dogs.....
but there are still phrases that i can't stand.

worse than phrases for me, is the lack of at least a little punctuation on forums. i don't care about capitalization, or if you have a comma splice on occasion, but please use a period every now and again. much easier to read.

Another alternative.

Aaaack!

quote:

Originally posted by Brice:
Another alternative.

So, perhaps you could suggest another alternative?

It is what it is.

"Walla" instead of "voila."

"Hate Crime". If you are kicking the crap out of someone, don't you probably aleady hate them?

How about Gay & Straight. Why not Weirdo & Normal.

This one just hit me while reading an article:

blah blah blah (insert cause) to save the planet.

It seems that the phrase "to save the planet" has become essential to establishing the priority of some peoples' phobias.

Save the planet from what? Shouldn't it be "save us from ourselves" or "save the ocean from further degradation" or "save the tundra from the geese" or some such nonsense? I don't think the planet is actually at risk.

BTW, while we have the experts; is it "people's" or "peoples'"?

quote:

to save the planet

"for the children"

quote:

Originally posted by LRH270:

quote:

to save the planet

"for the children"

+1

Only in Texas..........I'm fixing to wash the car. Or I'm fixin' to eat lunch.

The double negative ..............I don't have no money.

There should be a law against using awsome.

Has anyone ever been to the "Libary" to look up "alunium"?

Alan

quote:

Originally posted by Wooly ESS:

quote:

Originally posted by Brice:
Another alternative.

So, perhaps you could suggest another alternative?

When presented with two choices (alternatives). A third alternative might be called "another alternative". Or it might be called "a different alternative".

For those of you who take exception to my placement of the period outside the quotes, I placed it where I believe it should be. The punctuation rule is wrong and I await the day when the the English Language will catch up with (or is it "to") me.


Larry (Lost Sheep)

Like John Browning's design of the M1911 with adequate clearances between parts that it would function in mud even though the manufacturing tolerances were held very closely to the blueprints' dimensions (loosly quoted from 1 Shot Hunter's Dec 27 2007 post), the English Language has a lot ot tolerance for multiple meanings and usages of words and phrases. So that, like the 1911, it keeps functioning even if it is full of s***. The 1911 has clearance for sand. The English Language has tolerance.

Larry (Lost Sheep)

quote:

Originally posted by tiggertate:
BTW, while we have the experts; is it "people's" or "peoples'"?

I am fairly sure "people" is treated as singular. If you are talking about a nation, race or collective group, the word "People" would be treated as singular and might even be capitalized. Think of a "pod" of whales, a "murder" of crows, a "pack" of wolves. Singular.

Now, if you are talking about a common possessed thing belonging to several different peoples, then you would use the plural. For example, the Greek People, the Armenian People and the Turkish People all laid claim to the island of Crete at some point in history. So you would describe those three claims as, "These Peoples' claims ...", but each claim would be described individually as "This People's claim ..."

I may be wrong about the existence of the Armenians' claim, but I wanted to have three, so I made it up. And yes, since there is more than one Armenian, the apostrophe goes after the "s".

Larry (Lost Sheep)

p.s. So, if I am right, can anyone explain to me why "The people are revolting." is correct and "The people is revolting." is not correct? (Note the placement of the periods inside the quotes. I am still waiting for the English language to catch up with me on that one.)

" My .300 Winny or my .30-06 Remy " Ugh. Dr.C

f--k en VS f--k ing or the general use of f--k as an add-on for everything and nothing. I went to the f--k ing store (is that slang for a house of prostitution?)to get a half-rack of bud (there's another good one) and the f--k en clerk (if I were the clerk and I was f--king some woman I'd close and lock the door...I ain't putting my biness out on the f--k ing street. Know what I mean homes...?) tells me they are out. What's up with that? Don't them f--k ing people know I needs my brewski? Flat f--k en pisses me off Dude.

I need some rest, catch y'all in the AM.

Rich
DRSS
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