My favourite word - "Lense" and possibly other typos

robtcorl · 07-10-2020, 07:39 AM - **4 Likes**

One that gets my goat is "I seen" instead of "I saw"
I seen an accident yesterday............ I seen my doctor this morning.........
Argh!!!!!

**ivanvernon** · 07-10-2020, 07:47 AM

Originally posted by bxf

This is just a metaphoric expression. I imagine that every language has them, but English could very well be king in that department. It is one of the things that some people find difficult when learning English. That is, because we use such expressions frequently, a person who is not familiar with them will try to interpret them literally, and would find that they make no sense.

Quite correct, as in "take the ball and run with it."

slartibartfast01 · 07-10-2020, 07:52 AM - **1 Like**

"We was" instead of "We were" is a regional thing in the UK.

SpecialK · 07-10-2020, 09:39 AM - **1 Like**

"...went..."

To boldly go where no man has went before...

Not.

bxf · 07-10-2020, 09:56 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by SpecialK

"...went..."

To boldly go where no man has went before...

Not.

Yeah, that reminds me. I hear more and more "...have went" instead of "...have gone".

I really do not understand humanity. WHY is it that people latch on to incorrect grammar? How is preferable to speaking correctly?

And another one is "reversing" the meaning of e.g. and i.e. I've been seeing an increased misuse of these.

Parallax · 07-10-2020, 10:31 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by bxf

And another one is "reversing" the meaning of eg and ie. I've been seeing an increased misuse of these.

Did you mean i.e. and e.g.?

Hey, if we cant be pedantic in this thread, where can we?

swanlefitte · 07-10-2020, 11:32 AM

Originally posted by robtcorl

One that gets my goat is "I seen" instead of "I saw"
I seen an accident yesterday............ I seen my doctor this morning.........
Argh!!!!!

They didn't seen it get eaten.

Youtu.be

dbs · 07-10-2020, 04:22 PM

Originally posted by bxf

Yeah, that reminds me. I hear more and more "...have went" instead of "...have gone".

I really do not understand humanity. WHY is it that people latch on to incorrect grammar? How is preferable to speaking correctly?

And another one is "reversing" the meaning of eg and ie. I've been seeing an increased misuse of these.

A lot of the incorrect grammar stems from on mass advertising, it just sinks into your brain.

Dave

stevebrot · 07-10-2020, 05:14 PM

Originally posted by SpecialK

Another US/British thingie...

The team/band/Pentax IS, not ARE. The subject is singular.

But (or bt)...

Teammates/band members/managers ARE...

Yes, the British consider a composite object as plural, if it involves people. Flock on the other hand is singular, even if applied to a grouping of people. A team of racing pigs (we have those here) will still be plural, but a team of horses is plural only if they have a name.

(I just made all that up and can do that because 23 and me says I am mostly made of genes that are traceable to Britain. That allows me to make things up about people who have mostly British genes or things found in Britain; or perhaps not.)

Steve

(...are we confused yet or still just pedantic?)

stevebrot · 07-10-2020, 05:17 PM

Originally posted by Brisboy

It's well and truly in accepted usage but using "disconnect" as a noun

Unless, of course, that is what it is.

Steve

**monochrome** · 07-10-2020, 05:21 PM

whinge verb
\ ˈ(h)winj \
whinged; whinging or whingeing

Definition of whinge
intransitive verb
British
: to complain fretfully : WHINE

Note: The online Merriam-Webster correctly identifies this spelling as British, but the form is increasingly found in American usages. Editors have corrected my spelling - vociferously - recently. The proper dictionary entry is linked above

stevebrot · 07-10-2020, 05:24 PM

Originally posted by ivanvernon

I do not like "at the end of the day," as in: I will listen to all advice, but at the end of the day it is my decision.

Originally posted by bxf

This is just a metaphoric expression. I imagine that every language has them, but English could very well be king in that department. It is one of the things that some people find difficult when learning English. That is, because we use such expressions frequently, a person who is not familiar with them will try to interpret them literally, and would find that they make no sense.

Figures of speech help provide the glue for dialect. For example, English is spoken through much of the Caribbean, but local figures of speech as noun or verb phrases may make understanding extremely difficult even between near-neighbor islands.

Steve

(...jargon? Anyone want to comment on jargon?)

lesmore49 · 07-10-2020, 05:25 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by MarkJerling

Does anyone else have a word that causes them to froth at the mouth?

Now I don't have a word that causes me to froth at the mouth, but I do have a little story that causes me to chuckle and display my somewhat crooked smile.

I hope this fits into the thread...somehow.

As you know Mark I have a SR 500 motorcycle, which I've had for around 42 years or so. I had been looking for a motorcycle back then and this particular Yamaha was the one I had my heart set on. So I got one.

Fast forward about 15 years. I was looking for a magazine road test that was about that old and was one of the first reviews of the SR 500 shortly after the bike came out. In fact I had bought the magazine originally, but lost it somewhere in the ensuing years.

I found out that our city library would do a search of libraries across Canada to see if the road test was on microfiche storage. Lucky me, it was at the Vancouver city library and they had a copy of it sent to the main library in my city.

I went to pick it up, verbally gave my name and the title of the magazine which was Cycle World, to the library clerk. The clerk came back about five minutes later and said somewhat flustered and embarrassed and said I'm sorry there is nothing here for you under the magazine title name, you gave me, Psycho World.

I said the magazine is Cycle World, not Psycho World. I spelled it out. I could see how the words ' Cycle and Psycho'...when spoken and not spelled out could be confused for each other. They sound very similar.

As it happened , I was coming home from work, dressed in a suit, tie, etc (had attended an event that required me to suit up

) and I think the library clerk might of mistakenly thought I was.... going by my suit.....an eminent medical person...rather than my true identity....which was....a rabid motorcyclist.

Words, spellings , pronunciations....can be confusing.

Les

**Riggomatic** · 07-10-2020, 05:26 PM - **4 Likes**

I had a pet peeve once, but it ran away...

stevebrot · 07-10-2020, 05:29 PM

Originally posted by slartibartfast01

"We was" instead of "We were" is a regional thing in the UK.

And here in the U.S. as well. It is thought that many of the regional variants* of English here are relics of quite proper regional speech brought here by early colonists.

Steve

* Thinking specifically of "mountain talk" in middle Appalachia where pronunciation, syntax, and conventions are different enough that until one's ears are tuned to their tongue, it sounds like anything but English.

07-10-2020, 09:56 AM - 1 Like	#155
bxf Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Lisbon area Posts: 1,660	Originally posted by SpecialK "...went..." To boldly go where no man has went before... Not. Yeah, that reminds me. I hear more and more "...have went" instead of "...have gone". I really do not understand humanity. WHY is it that people latch on to incorrect grammar? How is preferable to speaking correctly? And another one is "reversing" the meaning of e.g. and i.e. I've been seeing an increased misuse of these. Last edited by bxf; 07-12-2020 at 11:04 PM.

07-10-2020, 05:21 PM	#161
monochrome Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Working From Home Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 26,276	Fingernails on Blackboard whinge verb \ ˈ(h)winj \ whinged; whinging or whingeing Definition of whinge intransitive verb *British* : to complain fretfully : WHINE Note: The online Merriam-Webster correctly identifies this spelling as British, but the form is increasingly found in American usages. Editors have corrected my spelling - vociferously - recently. The proper dictionary entry is linked above Last edited by monochrome; 07-10-2020 at 05:29 PM.

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07-10-2020, 07:47 AM	#152
ivanvernon Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Medina, OH Photos: Albums Posts: 7,224	Originally posted by bxf This is just a metaphoric expression. I imagine that every language has them, but English could very well be king in that department. It is one of the things that some people find difficult when learning English. That is, because we use such expressions frequently, a person who is not familiar with them will try to interpret them literally, and would find that they make no sense. Quite correct, as in "take the ball and run with it."

07-10-2020, 07:52 AM - 1 Like	#153
slartibartfast01 Pentaxian Join Date: May 2015 Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,931	"We was" instead of "We were" is a regional thing in the UK.

07-10-2020, 09:39 AM - 1 Like	#154
SpecialK Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: So California Photos: Gallery Posts: 16,480	"...went..." To boldly go where no man has went before... Not.

07-10-2020, 10:31 AM - 1 Like	#156
Parallax Senior Moderator Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: South Dakota Photos: Gallery Posts: 19,332	Originally posted by bxf And another one is "reversing" the meaning of eg and ie. I've been seeing an increased misuse of these. Did you mean i.e. and e.g.? Hey, if we cant be pedantic in this thread, where can we?

07-10-2020, 04:22 PM	#158
dbs Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Clare Valley S A Photos: Albums Posts: 7,563	Originally posted by bxf Yeah, that reminds me. I hear more and more "...have went" instead of "...have gone". I really do not understand humanity. WHY is it that people latch on to incorrect grammar? How is preferable to speaking correctly? And another one is "reversing" the meaning of eg and ie. I've been seeing an increased misuse of these. A lot of the incorrect grammar stems from on mass advertising, it just sinks into your brain. Dave

07-10-2020, 05:14 PM	#159
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007	Originally posted by SpecialK Another US/British thingie... The team/band/Pentax IS, not ARE. The subject is singular. But (or bt)... Teammates/band members/managers ARE... Yes, the British consider a composite object as plural, if it involves people. Flock on the other hand is singular, even if applied to a grouping of people. A team of racing pigs (we have those here) will still be plural, but a team of horses is plural only if they have a name. (I just made all that up and can do that because 23 and me says I am mostly made of genes that are traceable to Britain. That allows me to make things up about people who have mostly British genes or things found in Britain; or perhaps not.) Steve (...are we confused yet or still just pedantic?)

07-10-2020, 05:17 PM	#160
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007	Originally posted by Brisboy It's well and truly in accepted usage but using "disconnect" as a noun Unless, of course, that is what it is. Steve

07-10-2020, 05:24 PM	#162
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007	Originally posted by ivanvernon I do not like "at the end of the day," as in: I will listen to all advice, but at the end of the day it is my decision. Originally posted by bxf This is just a metaphoric expression. I imagine that every language has them, but English could very well be king in that department. It is one of the things that some people find difficult when learning English. That is, because we use such expressions frequently, a person who is not familiar with them will try to interpret them literally, and would find that they make no sense. Figures of speech help provide the glue for dialect. For example, English is spoken through much of the Caribbean, but local figures of speech as noun or verb phrases may make understanding extremely difficult even between near-neighbor islands. Steve (...jargon? Anyone want to comment on jargon?)

07-10-2020, 05:25 PM - 1 Like	#163
lesmore49 Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Western Canada Posts: 12,342	Originally posted by MarkJerling Does anyone else have a word that causes them to froth at the mouth? Now I don't have a word that causes me to froth at the mouth, but I do have a little story that causes me to chuckle and display my somewhat crooked smile. I hope this fits into the thread...somehow. As you know Mark I have a SR 500 motorcycle, which I've had for around 42 years or so. I had been looking for a motorcycle back then and this particular Yamaha was the one I had my heart set on. So I got one. Fast forward about 15 years. I was looking for a magazine road test that was about that old and was one of the first reviews of the SR 500 shortly after the bike came out. In fact I had bought the magazine originally, but lost it somewhere in the ensuing years. I found out that our city library would do a search of libraries across Canada to see if the road test was on microfiche storage. Lucky me, it was at the Vancouver city library and they had a copy of it sent to the main library in my city. I went to pick it up, verbally gave my name and the title of the magazine which was Cycle World, to the library clerk. The clerk came back about five minutes later and said somewhat flustered and embarrassed and said I'm sorry there is nothing here for you under the magazine title name, you gave me, Psycho World. I said the magazine is Cycle World, not Psycho World. I spelled it out. I could see how the words ' Cycle and Psycho'...when spoken and not spelled out could be confused for each other. They sound very similar. As it happened , I was coming home from work, dressed in a suit, tie, etc (had attended an event that required me to suit up ) and I think the library clerk might of mistakenly thought I was.... going by my suit.....an eminent medical person...rather than my true identity....which was....a rabid motorcyclist. Words, spellings , pronunciations....can be confusing. Les

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Riggomatic Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Auburn, Indiana Photos: Albums Posts: 3,885	I had a pet peeve once, but it ran away...

07-10-2020, 05:29 PM	#165
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007	Originally posted by slartibartfast01 "We was" instead of "We were" is a regional thing in the UK. And here in the U.S. as well. It is thought that many of the regional variants* of English here are relics of quite proper regional speech brought here by early colonists. Steve * Thinking specifically of "mountain talk" in middle Appalachia where pronunciation, syntax, and conventions are different enough that until one's ears are tuned to their tongue, it sounds like anything but English.