People often mispronounce words or misquote sayings, which can be jarring and frustrating.
A user took it to the forum, and asked “What is the saying/word that people get wrong and it drives you nuts?”. Here are the top responses.
VOILA
“Had a friend who kept typing Walla instead of Voilà but it was hilarious.”, said one user.
WARY
“Saying ‘weary’ when they mean ‘wary’.”, said one user.
FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES
“People often say ‘for all intensive purposes’ or ‘for all intense of purposes’, etc., instead of ‘for all intents and purposes’.”, said one user.
ESPRESSO
“I have heard people say ‘Expresso’, instead of ‘Espresso’.”, said one user.
ESCAPE
“I know a girl who says ‘EXcape’ instead of ‘Escape’. Fires me right up”, said one user.
ASK
“I heard several people say ‘axe’ instead of ‘ask’. I need to ‘axe’ them about that.”, said one user.
REGARDLESS
“People often use the term ‘Irregardless’. I surmise that this is an amalgamation of two words: regardless and irrespective.”, said one user.
SHOULD HAVE
“Some people say ‘should of’, instead of ‘should have’. Interestingly I have found out that this issue mostly comes up with native English speakers who learned the spoken language well before written English.
As a non-native person who learned spoken and written English simultaneously, it’s very hard to make this kind of mistake.”, said one user.
WOMAN & WOMEN
“I have heard people say ‘I am a women’, and ‘I have dated several woman in the past’. Please learn plurals.”, said one user.
I COULDN’T CARE LESS
“‘I COULD care less’, instead of ‘I COULDN’T care less’. Drives me nuts. My response is always, without fail, ‘So you do care a little bit?’.”, said one user.
MARTIAL LAW
“I have heard people say ‘Marshall’ law. It’s ‘MARTIAL’. Martial! Like martial arts. Because it’s related to war.”, said one user.
SCRATCH IT
“When people say ‘itch it’ when they mean ‘scratch it’.”, said one user.
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