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 Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:28 am
I hate the phrases "Back east" and "Out west" in descriptions of eastern and western North America.
'Back east' doesn't make sense to me as someone who grew up in the west. East is the new, different, foreign place. I didn't live in Connecticut or Ontario. So it's not like I am going 'back' there when I visit them for the first time.
And 'out' makes it sound like the west is wild and untamed, you go out there, you aren't from there.
I understand it is because European migration moved from east to west, however they are now extremely outdated phrases, and it bothers me that they are still in vernacular usage.
Geographically lazy (and relatively inaccurate) terms like "far east" and "deep south" also sometimes bother me.
What is your language pet peeve?
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Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:33 am
I usually just use 'out' for both. xD 'Out East' or 'Out West' - or Back home! cool
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Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 3:06 pm
When people say I believe instead of I support (or dont believe instead of I'm against)
Like for example "I don't believe in abortion"
well it still happens weather ya believe in it or not and your refusal to admit its existence isn't going to change weather or not it happens.
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Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 3:10 pm
That
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'Ascared' isn't a word and 'fraid' isn't either
you're either scared or afraid
fear for your life doesn't give an excuse to make up words
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Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 4:03 pm
OOo excellent point on the 'believe' thing Teddy. That is very true. I'm going to try to make sure I am not doing that in future. I think part of the problem there is that 'opinion' and 'belief' get mixed up too. 3nodding
My friend just started randomly ranting to me about how the trendy word 'upcycling' drives her nuts. I wiki-ed it, and it makes sense to me. However she says the problem isn't the word, but how people use it interchangeably with reusing or recycling. 'Don't say upcycle unless you are actually upcycling', she says
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Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 6:05 pm
lulz I say "up north" when describing where I'm from to Vancouverites, and most people are pretty content with that. xd I can say "Kitimat" but there are sooo many blank faces, haha.
It bothers me when someone is across from me and they simply use "left" or "right" to describe something to me.
For example (work raaant, lol):
"Can have a few more ___ on the left?" Then I put it on my left, and they go "No the other side..." well wtf. Or "Can you get me some of those tomatoes that are ~cored~?" ...I core them every time, we all do. I don't know wtf you're talking about.
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Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 6:06 pm
Ted D Ber That and 'Ascared' isn't a word and 'fraid' isn't either you're either scared or afraid fear for your life doesn't give an excuse to make up words Omg, people legit say "ascared"? eek Using it mockingly is one thing...but for real?
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Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 6:15 pm
I forgot about 'up north' *shakes fist* lol
Strangely, my father, when I told him that Nathan was from Kitimat, said that when he was growing up in Quebec's extremely sub par education system learned only two things about British Columbia. Victoria is the capital and Kitimat had Alcan. That was important. The only two things they covered about the whole province. He was completely oblivious when he first moved there on his own when he was 20. Hahaha
Granted, my father also used to pluralize the word 'bum'. French people are just not smart wink
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Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 6:47 pm
Zathura I forgot about 'up north' *shakes fist* lol Strangely, my father, when I told him that Nathan was from Kitimat, said that when he was growing up in Quebec's extremely sub par education system learned only two things about British Columbia. Victoria is the capital and Kitimat had Alcan. That was important. The only two things they covered about the whole province. He was completely oblivious when he first moved there on his own when he was 20. Hahaha Granted, my father also used to pluralize the word 'bum'. French people are just not smart wink The Quebec learning about Kitimat thing would actually make sense. They also have Alcan (like the only other location in Canada), and often would send employees to the Kitimat factory for 2 years to do stuff there. I'm not really sure why, but I think they were all management types that came over. Bums? haha.
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Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 6:58 pm
He'd say something like "Boy I've been sitting too long, my bums are feeling numb" And meant it honestly. Took him a while to break himself of that one.
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Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 8:12 pm
Llama dramallama , pronounced YA-ma, NOT La-ma. And don't tell me it's because it is a Spanish word, oh no I got you there. Think about the word tortilla. How do you say it? Torti-la or torti-ya? Check Mate!
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 9:39 am
Isabelle Ted D Ber That and 'Ascared' isn't a word and 'fraid' isn't either you're either scared or afraid fear for your life doesn't give an excuse to make up words Omg, people legit say "ascared"? eek Using it mockingly is one thing...but for real? I've heard of this term before when my sister's stepmother used it around her son when he was a baby and it was a fun term to use. But she only used it around that time. That stopped when as he got older so he can learn proper words.
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