Stupid word/word usage Peeve (essay, grammar, speech, quote)

[virgode]

Originally Posted by motormaker

But it should be an accepted word because it is used and will be continued to be used on a daily basis by alot of people.

And whining about it on a forum is not going to make alot go away.

They haven't changed it yet...Shrug..

[Fred314X]

Originally Posted by NY Annie

I want to teach everyone basic grammar.

I take it you realize what an awesome task that is. Best of luck...especially within the precincts of C-D.

[motormaker]

Originally Posted by virgode

They haven't changed it yet...Shrug..

Webster's is always changing so you never know. The wor is not going to go away. Or should that be a way?

There is a town in India called Alot.

Alot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[bjh]

Whilst is a valid word in English, not the language we speak in the states: American.

Different strokes for different folks.

[2cold]

Whilst is a valid word in English, not the language we speak in the states: American.

But it's in my edition of Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language.

[meemy]

Very unique.

I have heard this so often lately that I have reached a point where I just want to scream "do you even know what the word 'unique' means?"

No, I am not the forum's spelling and/or grammar police...I would be posting much more often if that were the case.

Perhaps I have read far too much Orwell; I do tend to worry about the obivious decay in our language.
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[meemy]

Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

Many of these things were recently covered in another thread. Loose for lose, advise for advice, mute for moot...scroll down a little! You'll find some even better examples, like people who have doggy-dog worlds and take things for granite.

Re the UK: One thing I think they say better is "stand for office" rather than "run for office". Maybe that says something about our politics.

There's not much that makes me laugh out loud whilst sitting in front of my monitor but your reference to doggy-dog worlds and granite for granted just set me giggling crazily!

I must tell my slightly mischevious friend about these two pieces of nonsense as she occasionally likes to mock pompous folk by asking sweetly, and with a straight face, "are you serial". (serious).

I can't wait to hear her in action with your two new ones whilst watching the range of expressions upon the faces of her audience.
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[jtur88]

In St. John's, Newfoundland, there is a place of business called Kenmount Asphalt and Masonry Supply. The local radio announcer doing the commercials, for years, called it Kemount Ash-phalt and Mason-ary Supply. Nobody objected, because the quaintness of Newfoundland speech always mispronounced both words (and thousands of others). Live-stream a Newfoundland radio station sometime when there is a call-in talk show on. You'll love it.

[NY Annie]

Originally Posted by gold*dust1

You go..awesome country I can only hope to visit in the future My brother visited for an entire month. Love your status btw!

I'm thinking (can't think of the correct term at the moment) that the way the OP learned english, "whilst" may seem foreign to her, for lack of better words.

It's archaic. It's a word people use when they are trying to impress; like the people who say, "whom is going".

I have had more than one career and the one I enjoyed most was editing. I would not have accepted whilst except in limited situations.


Although “whilst” is a perfectly good traditional synonym of “while,” in American usage it is considered pretentious and old-fashioned. whilst/while

[theatergypsy]

Irregardless. <cringe>