Burgold Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 This thread is a bit about pet peeves or at least about misused language. I was reading the sports page this morning and once again I came upon the word "consistant." The team or the players the writer begged needs to become consistant. Well, damn it they have been consistant. The Redskins special teams this year has been consistantly bad. The Wizards have been a consistantly bad team. Players who say we need to get more consistant don't know what they are asking for... NFL Refs consistantly blow calls (against us). Consistant doesn't = good. Is that so hard to understand? Certain words have flexibility, but others are constant. Now, I know that some of you will not care about this irregardless of its truth... and I know that some of you go nuts when the word irregardless is used. Still, this is a thread to complain about what Inigo Montoya so properly pointed out many years ago... Our use of the English language is "Inconceivable." What word/language misuse drives you nuts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Playoff birth. Could care less. Should'nt would'nt could'nt, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Also this is random, but I HATE sentences that don't make sense and arguments that aren't supported by logic. Case in point for the first one: just saw a Chevy Silverado commercial that said, "it's second to no one in its class. And by no one, we mean Ram and Ford." I thought about this for a second, and it seems to me that if the Silverado is second to "no one" and "no one" = "Ram and Ford" then that's the equivalent of saying the Silverado is "second to Ram and Ford." I'm quite sure that's not what they were going for with that ad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted November 15, 2013 Author Share Posted November 15, 2013 Yeah, I used to hate movie previews that would proclaim... "Beyond your imagination!" Why in the world would I ever want to see something that I could never possibly comprehend. If it were truly beyond my imagination it would be inconceivable (to me) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 For all intensive purposes. Clowns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted November 15, 2013 Author Share Posted November 15, 2013 For all intensive purposes. Clowns. Whatever, it's all mute to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 irregardless is one for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 All the sudden. I have to work very hard not to *****-slap people. And to commercials...when Coors Light said it was the world's "coldest tasting beer". You can taste cold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiz and Herzog Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 All the sudden. Thanks for pointing out that one. I have to work with a few jokers who are consistantly saying this. Here is one that is not "common" but it is becoming more prevalent - Chipolte. Dude, I love Chipolte, their burritos are consistantly huge, irregardless of the quality! Pass some extra Chipolte sauce, it tastes sooo good. I was driving down the street and all the sudden I saw a Chipolte! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 For all intensive purposes. Clowns. Well than, your just gonna have to except it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipwhich Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Loose. Loose is NOT LOOZE. Your pants are LOOSE and hang off your butt. That is loose....not tight. Redskins LOSE...that is LOOZE. Also I *seen* that. It's I saw that. Try to know when to use seen and saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 No one can answer this for me. It doesn't bother me that people do it, but it's crazy that no one knows why. 3 words, all similar, same meaning : Fixin', Fittin', Fin I have never said any of those "words" when expressing that I am going to do something. So strange to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybrant Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 They're, their, there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Also this is random, but I HATE sentences that don't make sense and arguments that aren't supported by logic. Case in point for the first one: just saw a Chevy Silverado commercial that said, "it's second to no one in its class. And by no one, we mean Ram and Ford." I thought about this for a second, and it seems to me that if the Silverado is second to "no one" and "no one" = "Ram and Ford" then that's the equivalent of saying the Silverado is "second to Ram and Ford." I'm quite sure that's not what they were going for with that ad. Ha! Maybe this is truth in advertising...Chevy is just admitting the Silverado is third best in a really sneaky way. Anyway, look at all you smarty-pants in here acting like you are Road scholars. Stop acting like pre-Madonnas. (I actually witnessed those two examples on this board.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldysknzfn1 Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Loose. Loose is NOT LOOZE. Your pants are LOOSE and hang off your butt. That is loose....not tight. Redskins LOSE...that is LOOZE. Also I *seen* that. It's I saw that. Try to know when to use seen and saw. This one! OMG...it really irks me to see this...I also have a friend that uses the "are" for the word "or" b/c his accent makes it sound like "are" when he says "or"...but he writes it like that! UGH! I have told him about this numerous times and he still does it!(old "doh" smiley)...also this new 'dis' and 'dat' and 'doe'...omfg...seriously? especially if grown ppl(ppl over the age of 35 write it that way)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redskins Diehard Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 BYE 1. Sports. in a tournament, the preferential status of a player or team not paired with a competitor in an early round and thus automatically advanced to play in the next round: The top three seeded players received byes in the first round. --------------------------------------- Why do we call the "off week in the middle of the season" a bye? Expression: Leader in the clubhouse That is not the person that is ahead part way through a season. It is the person that has already completed their portion of a competition and is ahead while waiting for others to finish. It originates in golf where some players finish long before others. And usually before the players that were ahead of them going into the round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 No one can answer this for me. It doesn't bother me that people do it, but it's crazy that no one knows why. 3 words, all similar, same meaning : Fixin', Fittin', Fin I have never said any of those "words" when expressing that I am going to do something. So strange to me. i'm black, so its not racist LOLOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrypticVillain Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 They're, their, there. Ironically, even though this video is educational, it contains some NSFW language. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 i'm black, so its not racist LOLOL. haha. That's what Riley Cooper should have said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 haha. That's what Riley Cooper should have said. Ya never know, maybe Cooper was an "honorary brotha" amongst his teammates, like Incognito. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RememberOsaka Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Consistant? The irony of this original post...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipwhich Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Consistant? The irony of this original post...... Shhhh didn't want to call him out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted November 15, 2013 Author Share Posted November 15, 2013 Consistant? The irony of this original post...... Shhh... It's a way of laughing at myself while being consistent. . The way that word is used does bug me. (Darn autocorrect changed the spelling) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chew Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Consistant? The irony of this original post...... I seen that too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 I frequently see writers or hear people say 'untracked.' As in, "the team needs to get untracked" to reach their goal. WRONG. It makes no sense. It should be 'on track.' It derives from train lingo, so if you become 'untracked' then you are derailed, the exact opposite of the meaning they are trying to convey. You want to be 'on track' to reach your goal (destination). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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