Your most hated Mispronounced/Misused word?

[TWOCHOICEStom]

These are my two:

"I pacifically said to him.."

and

"I generally think that..."

What words like this get on your tits the most?

 

[Cantona's Flying Dropkick]

brought instead of bought

 

[Poyetry In Motion]

Crystal Palace. It should be pronounced P-I-K-E-Y-S-C-U-M

 

[The Stout Yeoman]

literally just happened ....

 

[Surrey_Albion]

Its not a word its the letter H, Aitch people seem to say Haitch now days now that grinds my gears

 

[daveinprague]

Vincente

 

[Commander]

These are my two:

"I pacifically said to him.."

That one really annoys me. How can anyone be that THICK? I don't understand.

 

[Surrey_Albion]

Whathisname who does the commentry on BBC sussex, unles your name is Smith or Jones he has a problem with it

 

[SK1NT]

The need to use the work 'BASICALLY'

The need to have to say 'YOU KNOW' after every other word

The pronunciation of ANYTHING to ANYTHINK or SOMETHINK

and the spelling ofthe word LOSE which I often see spelt LOOSE

 

[Herne Hill Seagull]

There are loads for me, but a couple of examples: the use of 'crescendo' when the writer actually means the explosion/climax (oo-err) or other big finish at the end of the process that is the crescendo. You see this even in journalism now and it's shit. Another is 'salubrious' being used to mean sketchy, dodgy, down at heel, when it actually means the exact opposite - I heard this on the radio only on Saturday morning.

I could go on - it seems people are pretty happy to use words with little or no idea of their actual meaning.

 

[Notters]

Free instead of Three
Fink instead of Think

 

[Digweeds Trousers]

the misuse of the word oblivious. He was oblivious to the problems in Syria - used on Radio 4 this morning.

It means to have forgotten, it is used in place of the word ignorant.

Everytime I hear it I literally want to explode.....you know - literally into a ball of flames or somethink

 

[NUFC1892]

'Of' instead of 'have'....i.e "I should of said". People typing 'off' when they mean 'of' is annoying too.

 

[daveybgtt]

For all intensive purposes.

 

[WhingForPresident]

Arksed instead of asked

 

[Gangsta]

The need to use the work 'BASICALLY'

The need to have to say 'YOU KNOW' after every other word

The pronunciation of ANYTHING to ANYTHINK or SOMETHINK

and the spelling ofthe word LOSE which I often see spelt LOOSE

People who type the word "work" instead of "word"

 

[ezmally]

Home goal instead of own goal.

 

[The Stout Yeoman]

at the minute .....

 

[Gangsta]

I enjoy people accidentally using mixed metaphors. Bloke in the office used to do it all the time: "keep that under your chest" or "keep that close to your hat" being the examples that come to mind. It was then pointed out ot me that I often say "your treading on thin ground" a lot. Oh dear.

 

[ezmally]

People who type the word "work" instead of "word"

And "ofthe" instead of "of the"