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[demon]

Rubella, probably.

Ya, prolly.

 

[Dan]

Rediculous

I hate people that do that. So many people misspell that one and for some reason it drives me crazy.

 

[kumanoki]

Like I said, I grew up in the South. Georgia. Southwest Georgia. The poorest part of the state. My mother was a speech-language pathologist, so I was taught speech patterns and developed the ability to switch between a standard midwestern accent and a slow southern drawl. It still irks the hell out of me, though, to hear it, because it just sounds so ignorant.

My name is Brian. Bri-an. Two syllables. In the South, it's just one long syllable.
"Braaaaaahhhhnnnne." "Hey, Brahne." "Whutcha doin', Brahne."
Do you know how hard it is to explain to some backward-ass fvck that my name is not the same as pickle juice? That's brine.

I can remember, vividly, in third grade, some girl walking up to me and asking, "Brahne, why you tawk so funny?"

 

[robotparade]

suppose to vs. supposed to

mexican vs. spanish (depending on context)

asian vs. oriental (depending on context)

my feet are barking vs. my dogs are barking

jewlery vs. jewelry (i used to work at target, and wanted to gouge my ears out when anybody would say, "customer needs assistance in jewlery," over the walkie-talkies.)

i also used to work at a chi-chi's in a white trash town. people ordered kweesadillas and chile con kweeso more than quesadillas and chile con queso.

 

[FightyF]

What is the contraction short for?

LOL Good question.

I don't get iap's response...but I'm nearly braindead because I haven't slept much. Why am I on the forum?

Another term I like is "prolly" which (I think) is short for probably. I've used it in that manner anyways. I like it, it's a good thing.

 

[iapetus]

Whereas you are, of course, obnoxious.

Glad I managed to mimic your style accurately, then.

Both pronunciations/spellings were in use for many years, with 'aluminum' eventually becoming more prevalent in the US, and 'aluminium' in most other places.

Your timeline seems a little messed up. Aluminium was the widely accepted spelling for a long period of time: it was only when aluminium manufacturing kicked off (a long time after the stuff was named) that aluminum made a resurgence, when the leading aluminium producer in the US chose to use the word in his marketing materials.

From the early 1800s through to 1925, 'aluminium' was the recognised spelling in the US.

Edit: The whole sulfur/sulphur thing is weird, too.

Another case of arbitrarily jumping back to an earlier spelling (the US version, of course, has more in common with the word's roots). A quick search will reveal plenty of complaints by US scientists about these changes in spelling.

 

[Ollie Pooch]

sumpthink
anythink
'latter' for 'later'

HIDEOUS


they aren't common sayings.. but people.. say them quite commonly

 

[Heezzi]

I'll just list dumb ones. Only because they're dumb as fuck.

"The proof is in the pudding."

"You got that right. yaaoooow."

 

[maharg]

What is the contraction short for?

"Am not" and "are not". The i was added later, as were the other meanings that don't make much sense (have not, etc), and is just a devolved and easier to pronounce form. I suppose you could say ain't is a mispronounciation of an't

 

[Acrylamid]

It kind of bugs me when people talked about the "Game Boy Advanced," and all the great titles like "Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced."

When I had to pay for my imported Nintendo DS at the custom office, it was declared as "Gameboy DS".
So much for your third pillar strategy, Nintendo!

 

[iapetus]

I suppose you could say ain't is a mispronounciation of an't

Only, of course, it would actually be a'n't.