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Post by Karen on Aug 9, 2005 3:42:47 GMT 10
Suite Do you say, "sewt" or "sweet"? Important Do you say, "impordant" or "Impor'nt"? Probably Do you say, "prolly", "probly" or "pry"? Any others? I say sweet, impor'nt and pry.
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Post by teddymaker on Aug 9, 2005 23:54:28 GMT 10
I say suit if it is say a bedroom suite and sweet if it is say a hotel room...I say importnt...I say probably...now if I pronounce giraffe, it comes out draf...and wash is warsh
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Post by frugalmel on Aug 11, 2005 14:07:39 GMT 10
Suite I say like Jayne does. I do both with important. with Probably it just depends on how fast I'm talking lol. Probably is probably. I don't shorten that one for some reason. Being from IL, I had to TRAIN myself not to pronounce the invisible R in wash. My pet peeves are pronouncing ask as AXE and Specific like Pacific (as in ocean) lol
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Post by teddymaker on Aug 11, 2005 23:08:18 GMT 10
Oh I can't stand it when people say "axe" either, Mel...And dh always says"valentimes" day and "liberry", drives me nutts!!!!
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Post by frugalmel on Aug 12, 2005 0:11:34 GMT 10
ok sometimes I catch myself and have to take the berry out of library too (blush) lol.
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Post by braided-rug on Jul 5, 2006 23:05:27 GMT 10
sweet import ant prob ably
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Post by daddys3chicks on Jul 5, 2006 23:24:38 GMT 10
Same thing with suite - depends on what I am talking about. I say important and probly. Oh and Valentimes and Pacifically drive me insane. And for some reason, people here in NC insist on making everything singular. I about go off when I hear someone say "That costs 75 cent"
ARGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!
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Post by Michelle on Jul 5, 2006 23:26:43 GMT 10
I say soot if a bedroom set, sweet if it's a hotel room. Import ant and probably
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Post by violet on Jul 6, 2006 11:23:09 GMT 10
Michelle, I love your avatar!
I'm with Br, no inflection here. My dd just says "probs".
My biggest peeves are when people use the singular to talk about the plural, also not using the word "who" where appropriate. "There is a lot of people that drink milk", instead of, "There ARE a lot of people WHO drink milk".
Grammar is not my particular strong point, but grr that bugs me!
I'm also with you on the axe/ask thing. Another one I find hard to cope with (and I have dear friends who do it) is substituting "k" for "g" as in somethinK instead of somethinG.
One last one - instead of saying "I'm wary of internet shopping" I've heard people say "I'm weary of internet shopping" when they mean cautious, not tired.
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Post by braided-rug on Jul 6, 2006 11:55:53 GMT 10
I'm glad you knew what I meant, it is hard to type it out.
Do you know I have been trying to sort myself out with the "there is a lot of people that drink milk" thing, but too hard lol.
I find it the same about axe. My daughter does it, but she has a tongue tie, I pick her up on it though probably half the time.
Once on ebay someone picked me or others up about alot or a lot. I still think they were pulling my leg so to speak.
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Post by braided-rug on Jul 6, 2006 11:57:19 GMT 10
I think Michelle's avatar is one of our new ones?
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Post by Michelle on Jul 6, 2006 20:39:37 GMT 10
I think Michelle's avatar is one of our new ones? Yes, I hadn't seen it before.
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Post by Deed on Jul 6, 2006 21:30:40 GMT 10
Bedroom suit(e) Hotel suite (sweet)
Probably always
Important always
I am a stickler of grammar, pronunciation and spelling, and most times will run spell check before posting something. LOL
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Post by violet on Jul 9, 2006 14:09:57 GMT 10
The suit/sweet pronunciation is interesting. I'd never heard of a couch being referred to as part of a "sweet" until I came to Australia, so assume it's peculiar to this country. As I was only 14 when we left the States, perhaps I hadn't paid attention to what our couch and chairs were called collectively, but it sure sounded odd the first time someone mentioned their "lounge sweet (suite)".
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