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5 words and phrases people say incorrectly (Original Post) edhopper Jul 27 OP
All five of those Bettie Jul 27 #1
You know, I don't believe I have ever heard the first one. OldBaldy1701E Jul 27 #2
Since the English colonized America edhopper Jul 27 #4
Extraordinary video. You should make this an OP. Thank you so much for posting it. Celerity Jul 27 #9
There is a place called the 'salter path' and Prairie_Seagull Jul 27 #11
That is part of why these brogues exist. OldBaldy1701E Jul 28 #45
This guy makes a lot of YouTube videos mostly traveling off the beaten path of America. Lucky Luciano Jul 27 #14
I have SEEN the first one in social media posts. ShazzieB Jul 27 #16
Yeah, i worked with a guy who said supposably.... but I think it became a "thing" IcyPeas Jul 27 #26
I first heard it MrsMatt Jul 27 #34
Epstein brother was on CNN this morning saying his Emile Jul 27 #3
Flustrated instead of frustrated oswaldactedalone Jul 27 #5
Another edhopper Jul 27 #6
Both parties are the same. returnee Jul 27 #18
This young lady captures it perfect. My people, 'cept for the southern sound. twodogsbarking Jul 27 #7
Hilarious. Lucky Luciano Jul 27 #8
I have traveled all through Southern Appalachia but live in centra pennsavanya. twodogsbarking Jul 27 #10
That bridge looks very familiar! lastlib Jul 27 #12
Yep...that's the New River Gorge bridge, a symbol of WV. on the WV state quarter. Beautiful. Lucky Luciano Jul 27 #15
I thought so! lastlib Jul 27 #24
I love taking off getting lost and finding my way back home. littlemissmartypants Jul 28 #44
Yup...it's all about the journey! Lucky Luciano Jul 28 #52
I've seen her once before. Really funny stuff. Fornication! Who knew? FadedMullet Jul 27 #25
Stop calling the underage females who were abused by Trump, Epstein and their sick, pedophile friends as 'Young Women' . Scalded Nun Jul 27 #13
Where is any of that edhopper Jul 27 #17
The comment was not directed to your OP. Your OP was perfectly fine. Scalded Nun Jul 28 #47
Huh? bif Jul 27 #21
Moot not mute RoseTrellis Jul 27 #19
He could of done it bif Jul 27 #20
Could have --- Could've --- Could'a thought crime Jul 28 #41
He COULD'VE done it - keeps pronunciation the same. N/T jxla Jul 28 #46
My latest pet peeve SusieCreamcheese Jul 27 #22
I have no idea True Dough Jul 27 #28
Ha Scott Alan Swaggerty Jul 28 #50
And then there's this ... eppur_se_muova Jul 27 #36
Lose vs. loose, advice vs. advise... LisaM Jul 27 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jul 27 #30
Excellent, especially the last one. I'll also ass AX instead of ASK. brush Jul 27 #27
But 'cept madamesilverspurs Jul 27 #38
Heehee. Reminds me of the scene in the movie "My Cousin Vinny" when the... brush Jul 27 #39
Nuclear not nucular. Library not libary. 2MuchNoise Jul 27 #29
some ppl just need to self smart themselves... ret5hd Jul 27 #31
#s 3 and 4 drive me insane! Another: Wimbleton instead of Wimbledon. LoisB Jul 27 #32
Wimpelton ? thought crime Jul 28 #42
There's a lot of things bif Jul 27 #33
There's a lotta things? thought crime Jul 28 #43
"I could care less" is meant sarcastically. It follows a pattern of Yiddish humor, but not known to be Yiddish in origin eppur_se_muova Jul 27 #35
The media gets that last one wrong all the time. Beartracks Jul 27 #37
Indeed Scott Alan Swaggerty Jul 28 #49
Maxwell didn't kill herself. C Moon Jul 27 #40
Some more... "Unskilled labor": not a thing. "Republican leadership": LOL Scott Alan Swaggerty Jul 28 #48
"Tow the line"... appmanga Jul 28 #51

OldBaldy1701E

(8,807 posts)
2. You know, I don't believe I have ever heard the first one.
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 09:20 AM
Jul 27

Wild.

And, I grew up in the south! (Where the irony is that most of the original settlers there were English, even if they were more on the 'Cockney' side of things.)



(Home. I can understand every word they say. Heh.)

edhopper

(36,574 posts)
4. Since the English colonized America
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 10:02 AM
Jul 27

There has big a big change in how the English speak. (Including the end of the Great Vowel Shift in the 1600s.)
Those Outer Banks people sound more like the English from colonial times than anyone in England today

Prairie_Seagull

(4,317 posts)
11. There is a place called the 'salter path' and
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 11:36 AM
Jul 27

the folks there were know as salter pathers on the coast in NC nearish to Atlatic beach. I befriended a kid at school and was invited to dinner with his family on the salter path. They spoke a language that was barely understandable as English and their son had to translate for me. Very closed community but I was accepted immediately due to my friendship with Mathew.

What at trip in 1972 or 3.

OldBaldy1701E

(8,807 posts)
45. That is part of why these brogues exist.
Mon Jul 28, 2025, 07:58 AM
Jul 28

Until modern times, these locations were rather remote, and therefore they ended up basically developing their own language. As 'progress' moved into their area, plenty of locals found little desire to become so 'worldy'. However, as their kids grew up, those kids left the area and returned with 'outside' influence. The local languages and traditions are fading away these days. There are people who will never go to Rodanthe for Old Christmas, or who will remember the Armada down close to Whalebone Inlet. Things that I remember are disappearing or gone now. That does not mean the end of the Outer Banks, of course. It just means that progress is happening, and that progress sometimes runs over tradition.

Which is not a good thing, as far as I am concerned.

Lucky Luciano

(11,712 posts)
14. This guy makes a lot of YouTube videos mostly traveling off the beaten path of America.
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 01:18 PM
Jul 27

Well worth checking his channel out. Pete Santenello.

For international treks, I like Yes Theory the best. Drew Binsky is ok too, but sometimes a bit exploitive of the subjects he interviews (ie poverty porn and the like sometimes). He does get to some amazing places though.

ShazzieB

(21,441 posts)
16. I have SEEN the first one in social media posts.
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 01:56 PM
Jul 27

Where someone actually typed "supposably" instead of "supposedly."

Pretty sure I've seen it more than once.

IcyPeas

(24,084 posts)
26. Yeah, i worked with a guy who said supposably.... but I think it became a "thing"
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 05:44 PM
Jul 27

to say it like that even though they knew it was incorrect.

But I have heard someone say "nip it in the butt" instead of "nip it in the bud"

oswaldactedalone

(3,581 posts)
5. Flustrated instead of frustrated
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 10:04 AM
Jul 27

Makes my skin crawl. Kind of funny since it’s a combination of flustered and frustrated which are words which kind of have similar meanings.

Lucky Luciano

(11,712 posts)
8. Hilarious.
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 10:51 AM
Jul 27

I have an exploration addiction. When I cannot travel the world, I try to explore the US. So, I try to drive to every US county and see what the journey has in store. My wife and son do NOT have any interest in this whatsoever, so I have to wait until they go to Japan for six weeks each summer (she is from Japan). Then every weekend I hop in the car and explore from Chicago. I took a few days off from work last year for a 5 day weekend and explored the counties of Eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia. What a different world. The accents were as thick as hers. The windy roads over the rolling hills were beautiful. Some particularly so. I often felt like an out of state license plate in some of these parts was extremely rare…like when I turned down a county road into one of the hollers. The road was two way, but only one lane wide and very windy. I think this was on a route 1780 just off of US421 in Leslie county, Kentucky. I often get to chat with interesting people along the way…my dog is my companion on these rides! She hangs with me at the various restaurants along the way where conversations often ensue.



twodogsbarking

(15,236 posts)
10. I have traveled all through Southern Appalachia but live in centra pennsavanya.
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 11:26 AM
Jul 27

The accents. A three letter word may have three sylables.

lastlib

(26,531 posts)
12. That bridge looks very familiar!
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 11:58 AM
Jul 27

Is it near Mt. Hope, WV?

I can't think of the name of the river there, tho.

Lucky Luciano

(11,712 posts)
15. Yep...that's the New River Gorge bridge, a symbol of WV. on the WV state quarter. Beautiful.
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 01:20 PM
Jul 27

littlemissmartypants

(29,134 posts)
44. I love taking off getting lost and finding my way back home.
Mon Jul 28, 2025, 05:00 AM
Jul 28

I don't do it as much as I used to. I wish I had taken more pictures but most of my weekend trips were before mobile phones had cameras and my navigation, dependent on topo maps and the sun.

OT: Your dog is beautiful. Is she a staffy? What’s her name?

Lucky Luciano

(11,712 posts)
52. Yup...it's all about the journey!
Mon Jul 28, 2025, 07:38 PM
Jul 28

That’s Momo which is Japanese for peach…we love rubbing her cute pink belly! American Staffordshire terrier.

My wife and son didn’t go to Japan this summer actually so no road trips this time around. Her niece is visiting and we will take her to Mexico to see Chichen Itza and Tulum and to just generally have a relaxed vacation.

Scalded Nun

(1,477 posts)
13. Stop calling the underage females who were abused by Trump, Epstein and their sick, pedophile friends as 'Young Women' .
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 12:18 PM
Jul 27

Most likely some minor boys as well.

They were children, they were girls, and they were boys.

They were all sex trafficked, they were all victims, and they were all raped.

To not call it out for what it is is a true disservice to those victims.

Scalded Nun

(1,477 posts)
47. The comment was not directed to your OP. Your OP was perfectly fine.
Mon Jul 28, 2025, 10:58 AM
Jul 28

As I read some of the comments it seemed like a good forum to voice my displeasure with those, especially those in the media, incorrectly calling the children 'young women'. This is not a mistake, it is a serious attempt to gloss over what actually occurred, and who was victimized. I believe it is a shameful attempt to normalize it as much as possible.

SusieCreamcheese

(11 posts)
22. My latest pet peeve
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 05:09 PM
Jul 27

People who use the word "ironic" when they mean "coincidental". It happens ALL the time!

LisaM

(29,329 posts)
23. Lose vs. loose, advice vs. advise...
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 05:26 PM
Jul 27

Lay vs. lie.

I can't stand it when people mess those up and it's rampant.

Also "chomp" at the bit, instead of "champ".

Response to LisaM (Reply #23)

brush

(61,018 posts)
27. Excellent, especially the last one. I'll also ass AX instead of ASK.
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 05:48 PM
Jul 27

That grinds on my nerves whenever I hear it.

madamesilverspurs

(16,354 posts)
38. But 'cept
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 11:00 PM
Jul 27

ax for ask has legitimate linguistic history, even the great bard used it. That said, it has its regional homes, and if we didn't grow up hearing it, it does grate on the nerves. Kind of like when I moved to a part of the country where grits were on every menu and I got chastised for speaking it with only one syllable instead of the vernacular greeyuts. Prolly doesn't matter either, yeah?

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brush

(61,018 posts)
39. Heehee. Reminds me of the scene in the movie "My Cousin Vinny" when the...
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 11:13 PM
Jul 27

title character asked a victness in court, "What's a grit?"

Not greeyuts, mind you.

And. I'm sorry. I get embarrassed for the people who use 'ax' isntead of 'ask.' It's just not proper English.

eppur_se_muova

(39,765 posts)
35. "I could care less" is meant sarcastically. It follows a pattern of Yiddish humor, but not known to be Yiddish in origin
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 08:21 PM
Jul 27

appmanga

(1,253 posts)
51. "Tow the line"...
Mon Jul 28, 2025, 04:56 PM
Jul 28

...instead of "Toe the line".
"Bury the lead" instead of "Bury the lede".

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