Notate
As in “Can you notate that?”
‘All OF A sudden’, people, not ‘all the sudden’ (that doesn’t even make any freaking sense!).
And ‘I could care less’ is absolutely, positively, flat out wrong. It’s not an accepted idiom – the proper phrase is ‘I could NOT care less’. Just because you hear it said incorrectly so often does not make it acceptable or proper. It’s simply wrong, when used to express a lack of caring, seeing as how by definition it allows for some degree of actually caring.
“Pacifically” for specifically. It drives me crazy.
Burnished does not mean it looks as if it has been burnt. It mean smooth or glossy, polished.
Dude, have you read the thread?
‘Shoes and socks’ as in “put your shoes and socks on”. Or maybe i’m the only one who says it like that.
This made me laugh.
That one’s forgivable, because apostrophes are usually used in posessives.
To the people who don’t like ‘aks’: read Chaucer and you’ll see something interesting. Aks isn’t a recent bastardization at all.
What really bugs me is when people pronounce “etc.” as “eckcetra.” It’s et cetera.
Why that bugs me so much, I may never know.
What’s worse is when they write it as “ect.”
I hate “excape.” Every time I hear k.d. lang say “excape” in “Constant Craving” I cringe.
Not other than me, but I say it fast. It’s barely noticable, but it makes me feel better.
It’s my understanding that authors from ages (like Chaucer) past spelled words phonetically, or else just spelled them as they saw fit (with little regard to continuity) because there was less of an emphasis on grammatical standardization.
I’m such a prick about pronunciation that I may end up doing the same thing.
Yeah, I’m sure that’s right. Standardized spelling didn’t exist until more recently.
Oh, lissener, please… I would have thought that my giving two bizarre alternatives would have made my sarcasm clear, but I will have to use the smilies from now on. :rolleyes:
How about the use of “exasperate” when “exacerbate” is intended? I think that it is the close rhyme with the correct word that disturbs people.
Even worse… more & more I see stores advertising their amazing sale price for a “chaise lounge.” :rolleyes:
I have a freind who mangles phrases on purpose. He swears that I’m the only one who notices, but I suspect most people are being polite.
Two that I notice regularly are:
Six of one a dime a dozen.
We’ll burn that bridge when we come to it.
I like to mangle that first one by saying, “Half of one and six dozen of the other”.
As a composer, I notate things all the time.
I’m totally stealing that one! Thank your friend for me 
The confusion between “discreet” and “discrete” drives me batty.
My anatomy professor used “orientated” last week and I flinched.
I’ve given up on expecting people to stop using “hopefully” when they mean “I hope.”
I say “Wed’n’sday,” as I’ve heard some Brits say it. It’s named after Wodin, and I feel it’s dissing old Wodin to say “Wenzday.”
I also say all four syllables in “vegetable.” It helps me remember how to spell it.
On the other hand, I intentionally mangle some things, such as "Radio Snack, McRonalds, Tarzhay, refrigi-gator, and calcubator. 