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Recently saw where someone I work with sent an e-mail to us regarding her having an upcoming "tupelware" party. Thought it was a typo, until I heard her talking to another employee and actually call it "tupelware". Ahhh, you got to love the South.
Here's another newfangled linguistic development I find I can't stand anymore: the use of "google" as a verb.
I'm used to "google", but I haven't accepted the use of "amazon" as a verb. This is nearly word-for-word from a recent online conversation: "I was going to amazon a book I heard about on the radio, but I couldn't remember the title."
And I got a classic spam email this morning:
"YOU’RE WATCH IS READY
Have it expressed shipped today!"
It's hard to expressed how I feel about they're offer.
Not too long ago, I had a college student ask me why Microsoft Word was putting red and green lines all through her composition. She really didn't know.
Recently saw where someone I work with sent an e-mail to us regarding her having an upcoming "tupelware" party. Thought it was a typo, until I heard her talking to another employee and actually call it "tupelware". Ahhh, you got to love the South.
Well, if you SAY the word, you could see how it might SOUND like "tupelware" to someone. Maybe like a child would interpret it and say it. (Kind of like I used to say "squirdel" instead of "squirrel" until I was about five years old.)
But this is a woman at least 50 years old, in a fairly prominent position, who you would THINK by now would know that the product they are talking about is called/spelled "tupperware", not "tupelware." You find this kind of thing a lot from some of the older people here in the South (I'm about the same age as this person, so I can say that). It can be charming, endearing, and annoying at the same time!
Another one I hear down here is "calcalator" instead of "calculator." Oh well, like I said, got to love 'em. They're good people. But they really should have another person proof-read their e-mails before they send them!
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