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It's wasp not wasper.........window not winder........pillow not piller......wash not warsh......Ox-a-gen not Ox-ga-gen.......pneumonia is pronounced NEW MOAN YA not LA-MOAN-YA..........many more but I have other things to do
I can't explain it, but I did have an Algebra teacher in my Chicago area high school who said, "warsh". He was the only person I've ever met who said this. I believe he was from Missouri...but my father was from Missouri and did not say "warsh"; he grew up on a farm and seemed to have NO regional accent whatsoever and spoke very "proper" English. He was from Salisbury, Missouri.
Then again, there are people in Chicago who say, "dese, dem and doze" and those who don't....
Both of my parents were born in Brooklyn, NY. They both lived in Missouri as well. My mom says warsh, my dad does not.
I can't explain it, but I did have an Algebra teacher in my Chicago area high school who said, "warsh". He was the only person I've ever met who said this. I believe he was from Missouri...but my father was from Missouri and did not say "warsh"; he grew up on a farm and seemed to have NO regional accent whatsoever and spoke very "proper" English. He was from Salisbury, Missouri.
It very much depends on what part of MO you're from. North of the Missouri River--no accent. The Ozarks is twangy, but to get the real flavor of twang, you've got to go to SE Missourah.
It very much depends on what part of MO you're from. North of the Missouri River--no accent. The Ozarks is twangy, but to get the real flavor of twang, you've got to go to SE Missourah.
No, SE Missouri is [mod cut: racial slur] Cajun accent. Northern Arkansas and Very southern Missouri is where they add r's in all thier words. I lived in both places at one time or another. Im married to a [mod cut: racial slur] Cajun.......He doesn't use r's in his words although he does have a list of other words I could complain about.
Part of my job involves editing written material, and I do get annoyed when corrections that I've made are dismissed as "taste and fancy". I made one yesterday where someone had put "which impacts upon..."
Now to me, impact shouldn't really be used as a verb. But if it was, you'd say just "...which impacts..." right?
In any case, I changed it to "...has an impact upon..." but I bet you anything it'll get branded as taste and fancy rather than a correction. The life of the pedant is a hard one...[sigh]
--of breath/breathe in print (especially by both physicians and nurses)
--the use of 'an' before words beginning with 'h' in which the 'h' is voiced and not silent. I can see it used by those with a Cockney accent--they drop their 'h's'.
--writing 'noone' instead of 'no one'
I used to work in an engineering firm as a specifications proofreader/editor. I am so accustomed to spotting errors that I unconsciously proof everything--on tv, in print, or from my children's teachers.
When my son was in kindergarten, he brought home a Halloween flyer that was handwritten by his teacher...riddled with spelling and grammatical errors ('PumpKing' for 'pumpkin' --I still can't believe it). It was SO bad I felt compelled to whip out my trusty red editing pen and correct it.
I brought it with me to our first (and only) Parent/Teacher Conference. She seemed strangely uninterested at my honest offer to volunteer in her classroom.
Still appalled that this woman was being paid to instruct children.
One peeve is "warsh" in place of "wash". How in the name of all that is good, can a word with no "r" in it, all of a sudden have an "r" in it? Please, someone explain that to me.
My mom is from Pittsburgh and she says warsh, even though she's lived in California since the late 70's. She also says may -zure instead of measure, but I don't know if this is a Pittsburgh thing.
Using the word "literally" to add emphasis to figurative speech really annoys me.
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--I still can't believe it). It was SO bad I felt compelled to whip out my trusty red editing pen and correct it.
