You can add "Activist Judges" to the list too. I hate both of these phrases.

When people use the wrong tense of the verb "see". I now live in the middle of P-E-N-N-S-Y-L-T-U-C-K-Y . . .

As an example . . . "Well, I seen her yesterday at the Walmart".

God, it irks me to no end.

OR

"I need to red up the room". What the heck does that mean, and am I even spelling it right?! :lol:

Never heard anyone say "red up" or anything like that, but I live in California and LOTS of people say that they "seen him/her/it." People... the correct usage of the verb "see" in the past tense is "saw." "Seen" should only be used when preceded by "have" or "have not."

:nod: :nod: :nod:

I HATE that too....when people use then rather than "than" - dare I say there's a Ledgie who does that a lot - and I ALWAYS have to hold my fingers from correcting :laugh:

I don't get that there are people who can't differentiate between: they're, their and there; your, you're; and then and than. It annoys me to no end.

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And I also hate the the "I seen them at...." mistake - SO annoying as well as people who say, "well we was going to go but couldn't..." URG!!! we WERE!!!! lol - I had a friend who always said "seen" and "was" In the wrong places - he's a teacher now :laugh:

I may be wrong, but I think that's a PA dutch expression. My grandmother used that a lot when I was growing up in Harrisburg. Also "outen the lights," "rutschin around," (fidgety) and others I can't think of right now. :o

Carol

Oh, that could explain it! :nod:

I grew up in the central PA area, and I also heard the "rutschin around" comment. I am sure that there are even more that I cannot think of now.

I don't know Hillary...I thought that was a central PA thing, too. I say "warsh."

Carol

I have never, ever, heard anyone say that, except on TV. *whew!*
My dad says "Crick" though. :rolleyes: :mad: (erm, Creek).

I used to work with a woman who said "warsh" when I was in highschool:lol: She was also happy when she lost the last of teeth, because she wanted all false teeth. :distress:

Anyone else call water fountains "bubblers"? Come to MA and everyone says it, but if you go anywhere else, they look at you as if you have a nipple on your forehead.

lololol, i say crick too!!! :eek: :nod: :lol: ~

I just always assumed you had a nipple on your forehead. :cool: And no, of course I've never heard that!

Don't make me come over there! :mad: The thing is, though, my dad was born and raised in Ca. My.Dad.Is.A.Crick.POSER!!!! :laugh:

Mine too! He also calls the remote the "flipper".

"Dude"

:cool:

:blob2: :blob1: :blob2: :blob1:

Damn I love that movie!

"Look, I've had a really bad night and I hate the ****ing Eagles!"


"You said it, man. Nobody ****s with the Jesus!"

What the f*ck are you talking about?!!? The Chinaman is not the issue here, dude. I'm talking about drawing a line in the sand, dude. Across this line, you DO NOT... Also, dude, Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please.

"Eight-year-olds, Dude."

:laugh:

"F*cking dip**** with a nine toed woman."

"It is our most modestly priced receptacle"

"flipper: Laugh - I think that's what remotes used to be called - like when they first came out? Older people always say flipper.

On one of the Everybody Loves Raymond commercial break thingies Peter Boyle says, "Hey put that flipper down, Everybody Loves Raymond will be right back" or something....

Hate crick.

Hate roof sounding like "ruff."

And I hate coupon being pronounced "cyoo-pon".

Deanna - I'm with you on the then/than your/you're etc. I have screwed this up myself on occasion, I'm sure. But some people do it constantly & it drives me crazy. :nod:

Hate "really?" No, I just said that for kicks. Okay, only when Blurt says it. ;)

I'm guilty of "cyoo-pon" and occasionally of the "ruff." :( But ITA with you guys on the then/than, your/you're, etc. Another that annoys the piss out of me is when people say "pacific" instead of specific. That just makes a person sound so uneducated.

My sister-in-law, who is 37, totally butchers the pronunciation of some words and it drives me insane. Instead of ambulance, she says "ambliance." It just makes me cringe every time, not that it comes up THAT often, but still....

Carol

"Not!"

"My bad" (this seriously makes my blood boil for whatever reason...)

Ugh - how about LiBARRY for Library - that one DRIVES ME NUTS!!! OR Suposubly instead of supposedly....so annoying...

AAACCCKKK! :eek: Supposubly :eek: AAACCCKKK!

Add "exctera" to that. :mad:

A bit OT, but can anyone explain where "beyootch" (and other spellings) comes from? (not what it means, I get that! :D) I see American ledgies use it here but I'd never heard of it before. And how are you supposed to pronounce that? :confused:

Beee-yoch. Accent of the beee.

I don't know where the hell it came from, but I say it all the time. :D