As a kid I often heard reference to “Reeseez” (peanut butter cups) but I wonder if the advent of Reese’s Pieces helped to teach the right pronunciation?
That does not mean than; it’s does not mean its; whom does not mean who, and it’s does not mean its.
And I just heard Bill Engvall utter this expression: “My wife and I’s bed”. Good God!
I’ve gotten quite adept at rewriting things in my head right before I say them. So my inner monologue goes “Process-eez? Process-es?” And my mouth says “Now, we’ve looked at more than one process that might work…”
excess, abscess, access, princess…
Is that a Brit thing? When I was a kid a British mom of a friend said it like that.
I grew up in the Midwest, and EVERYone said it like that.
I was so surprised to find out it wasn’t spelled “-ious”. And had a revelation, where I thought “Wait, have i been saying it wrong forever? Along with everyone I know?”
Good rule of thumb: if you’re going to use the word “whom”, unless you’re an English teacher, don’t. 9 times out of 10, it’s wrong. Even here on the Dope.
When the NYTimes ran its “Copy Edit This!” quiz series a few years ago where they’d run mistakes made by their staff, there was ALWAYS a whom error in there.
I believe this originates in Eastern traditional medicine beliefs in which all edible substances are either “warming” or “cooling,” and this is not a reference to the temperature.
For example, in Indian culture, meat is considered “warming” and yogurt is considered “cooling” even if the meat is served cold and the yogurt warm.
And garam masala literally means “warm spice,” and this is not a reference to temperature or spicy-hotness. It’s a reference to this warm foods/cool foods traditional medicine belief.
Because reasons.
Because racism.
Because I hate you.
Holy goalie this.
Possibly my biggest word peeve of
all
fucking
time.
Indeed, yeah - nine times out of ten “whom” will get barfed out in a doltish show of ignorant pretension.
ETA - whoMever is extra bothersome.
Did you post this to the right thread?
The right web site?
Oh, I get it, now that I replied… (bothered me all night). You mean you hate the phrase “Because…”! Right?
So sorry, I just assumed it was a diatribe against someone…
Yes, I did. Because thread topic.
It needs a comma
“Because, reasons”
Yinz guys need to read the book Because Internet by Gretchen McCulloch. She’s a linguist who has a couple of podcasts all about that issue.
Leaving out “to be”, as in:
My clothes need washed.
US Congress is both the House and Senate. A Congressperson refers someone who is a member of either, so it’s a broader category than either alone.
Rather than Senator Jones and US Rep Smith, you can say “Congressmen Jones and Smith supported this initiative”.
That would make perfect sense, but I have always heard “Congressman” as a reference to a US Representative only. So you’d say there were Congressmen and women in one House, and Senators in the other. That Congress includes both Houses is precisely my problem with that usage.
That’s two whole words that can be omitted. You can have my lazy speech patterns when you pry them from my cold, dead fingers. Which, given that I’m just as lazy when it comes to exercising as I am with my speaking, means you probably won’t have to wait that long.
Buts it’s an intentional usage and title for a member of the US House of Representative. Just because it has both a broader usage and more narrow one doesn’t make it wrong, just a bit more complicated.
From: Representatives | house.gov
Directory of Representatives
Also referred to as a congressman or congresswoman, each representative is elected to a two-year term serving the people of a specific congressional district.
By definition, it’s not wrong. But, per the theme of this thread, I’m allowed to think it’s stupid and be aggravated by it! 
Interesting - never heard of such an omission.
Wonder how prevalent it is.
And sure - gross! 