The Story Before the Bathroom Reveal
Y'all, it has been a ride. Why are all of our renos involving trades always held up? Now I could understand the kitchen reno which began March 16, 2020 which is the week all hell broke loose. The kitchen wasn't finished until July that year and it really had nothing to do with the pandemic. There were quality control issues with two doors and if you think I was settling for lint sealed under clear coat and the same two holes caused by an industrial stapler on three remakes of a door, you're nuts. We actually redid our bathroom in 2022. Do you remember? Probably not because I hated it so much I never did a reveal! The deep ocean blue was a pain in my ample ass and for almost three years because it never stopped running. We had white chair railing and water from drying our hands or showers constantly dripped blue and would pool on top of the white railing sending me into fits on the daily. Because we'd gone through three different blue...
I always thought the phrase was "Don't take it personally" but somehow it has become "Don't take it personal". Then another one is it seemed like people suddenly started pronouncing the word Guru differently. My entire life it was GooRoo and suddenly people started calling it geroo. I honestly wondered if I was somehow in a parallel universe - and I still think that sometimes LOL.
ReplyDeleteImport-ent in lieu of important
ReplyDeletePronouncing the G at the end of words
No problem in response to thank you
When people over pronounce the G on the end it always feels like they are super emphasizing it - mad or sarcastic. "What's wrong" "EverythinG".
ReplyDeleteMy biggest one is that that kids writing formal papers for my classes seem to think that text speak is ok. I know their elementary teachers taught them better, and their English teach is fighting the same battle. It makes me crazy when they use U or 2 or 2morrow, fail to capitalize proper nouns, etc. in written assignments. The other thing that bugs me is when kids writing about historical figures call them by their first name. They just can't seem to grasp that they are not personally acquainted with George Washington, they don't get to call him George. Or george.
Two big ones are "irregardless" (not a word, it's a double negative) and when people say "eCKspecially" instead of especially. There is no k or x in the word, but it's pronounced with one. And as far as a trendy word that drives me nuts because I hear it all the blasted time is narrative. It doesn't matter if it's in print, on sports radio, or some other talk show, the word narrative is used way too much.
ReplyDeleteI have to say having been born and raised in England we always said learnt. So when I came to the U.S. it sounded strange to me when people said learned. I just googled it and learnt that both are ok to use but usually English will say learnt and Americans say learned.
ReplyDeleteMy peeve is when people say acrossed. Or son in laws instead of sons in law.