OT – English As The First Language

[Diego Mamani]

[quote=Diego Mamani]This my pet peeve too.[/quote]

Hey, Diego, before you see the straw in the eyes of others, make sure you don’t mangle the language by omitting words like “IS.”

-Diego

[blake]

[quote=briansd1]Does it bother you when people mangle the English language? It does me.

It’s inexcusable for native English speakers to constantly make bloopers.

Refudiate, misunderestimate, nukular, irregardless, etc.

Sure, we all make typing mistakes sometimes; but educated people don’t speak like that, regardless of political party affiliation.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/07/palin-invents-word-compares-he.html
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2010/07/refudiate_sarah_palins_new_pol.html?hpid=moreheadlines

What’s your pet peeve?[/quote]
Funny. Saw a filler piece on TV the other day about the same thing … that and Obama’s “corpse man”.

[blake]

[quote=briansd1]Does it bother you when people mangle the English language? It does me.

It’s inexcusable for native English speakers to constantly make bloopers.

Refudiate, misunderestimate, nukular, irregardless, etc.

Sure, we all make typing mistakes sometimes; but educated people don’t speak like that, regardless of political party affiliation.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/07/palin-invents-word-compares-he.html
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2010/07/refudiate_sarah_palins_new_pol.html?hpid=moreheadlines

What’s your pet peeve?[/quote]
Funny. Saw a filler piece on TV the other day about the same thing … that and Obama’s “corpse man”.

[blake]

[quote=briansd1]Does it bother you when people mangle the English language? It does me.

It’s inexcusable for native English speakers to constantly make bloopers.

Refudiate, misunderestimate, nukular, irregardless, etc.

Sure, we all make typing mistakes sometimes; but educated people don’t speak like that, regardless of political party affiliation.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/07/palin-invents-word-compares-he.html
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2010/07/refudiate_sarah_palins_new_pol.html?hpid=moreheadlines

What’s your pet peeve?[/quote]
Funny. Saw a filler piece on TV the other day about the same thing … that and Obama’s “corpse man”.

[blake]

[quote=briansd1]Does it bother you when people mangle the English language? It does me.

It’s inexcusable for native English speakers to constantly make bloopers.

Refudiate, misunderestimate, nukular, irregardless, etc.

Sure, we all make typing mistakes sometimes; but educated people don’t speak like that, regardless of political party affiliation.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/07/palin-invents-word-compares-he.html
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2010/07/refudiate_sarah_palins_new_pol.html?hpid=moreheadlines

What’s your pet peeve?[/quote]
Funny. Saw a filler piece on TV the other day about the same thing … that and Obama’s “corpse man”.

[blake]

[quote=briansd1]Does it bother you when people mangle the English language? It does me.

It’s inexcusable for native English speakers to constantly make bloopers.

Refudiate, misunderestimate, nukular, irregardless, etc.

Sure, we all make typing mistakes sometimes; but educated people don’t speak like that, regardless of political party affiliation.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/07/palin-invents-word-compares-he.html
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2010/07/refudiate_sarah_palins_new_pol.html?hpid=moreheadlines

What’s your pet peeve?[/quote]
Funny. Saw a filler piece on TV the other day about the same thing … that and Obama’s “corpse man”.

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