“ATM” means “Automated Teller Machine,” so if you say “ATM machine” you are really saying, “Automated Teller Machine machine.”
CRUCIFICTION/CRUCIFIXION
One might suppose that this common misspelling was a product of skepticism were it not for the fact that it most often occurs in the writings of believers. The word should make clear that Jesus was affixed to the cross, not imply that his killing is regarded as a fiction.
Few people pronounce the first R in “February” distinctly, so it is not surprising that it is often omitted in spelling. This poor month is short on days; don’t further impoverish it by robbing it of one of its letters.
KOALA BEAR - A koala is not a bear. People who know their marsupials refer to them simply as “koalas.” Recent research, however, indicates that pandas are related to other bears.
Few people pronounce the first R in “February” distinctly, so it is not surprising that it is often omitted in spelling. This poor month is short on days; don’t further impoverish it by robbing it of one of its letters.
Wtf...
I get a lot of people looking at me funny because I pronounce "February" with the "r", as though it's abnormal. The same happens when I say "government" with the "n", "often" with no "t", and "err" as "urrr".
They're all proper pronunciation, but apparently most people don't know that. Then again, a large portion of the population say "axe" instead of "ask," so I'm not too surprised.
I say axe because it sounds cooler than ask and people understand imediately what im saying so its pretty insane to get angry about that and ima ima ima hustler homie nigga ask about me
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werldhed wrote:I get a lot of people looking at me funny because I pronounce ... "err" as "urrr".
No fucking wonder. I'd punch you if you said that to me. Whether or not the dictionary says its ok, how the fuck is anyone supposed to know what you're talking about if you say "sometimes i urr in my calculations"? Sounds like fucking ebonics: "i like the way you do that right thurr ... i urr on the side of caution ..."
werldhed wrote:I get a lot of people looking at me funny because I pronounce ... "err" as "urrr".
No fucking wonder. I'd punch you if you said that to me. Whether or not the dictionary says its ok, how the fuck is anyone supposed to know what you're talking about if you say "sometimes i urr in my calculations"? Sounds like fucking ebonics: "i like the way you do that right thurr ... i urr on the side of caution ..."
Typically, people are supposed to know what I'm saying 1) based on the context in which the word is used and 2) because they've received at least a small amount of education to know how to speak at a level above "stupid fucking idiot."
Don't worry though; if your basic language skills are too primitive to understand what I'm saying, I won't use large words like "err."
I dread February because all month long I have to listen to news anchors and everybody else on TV say Feb-yoo-ary like hillbillies. It's like hearing somebody say liberry instead of library. Why can't they be bothered to pronounce February correctly?
Keep It Real wrote:If there were never any common errors in English the language would never change and we'd be flaming each other like gay renaissance men.
Thou art a chamber of the haunches, a fornicator of the matriarch.
I don't like when people say anything at all because 90% of the time it's not thought out and retarded. I'm blabbering abut normal speech, not interweb business
