Finally, another of those mispronounced words that tells you the speaker has no idea how the word is actually spelled.
"Wheelbarrel."
(I'll add the link to the original post later.)
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Oh, some phonetic explanation of this, blah blah blah -- I have it but I'm too tired.
Oh, I've seen the explanations (bridegome/bridegroom). And I don't care. Darn it.
It's just wrong, wrong, wrong!
And anyway, writing is meant to convey speech, not the other way around.
Nonetheless, one thing I keep seeing that's driving me nuts is "persay."
Arrrr! It's drivin' me nuts!
You know, your insistence on being kindly and reasonable is throwing a big wet blanket over my compulsive fault-finding!
I'm not being kindly and reasonable -- it's just that my indoctrination as a linguist has given me a new perspective. There are some things that still annoy me no matter how I try to ignore them, but most things don't bother me like they used to, now that I understand the mechanisms.
I'm hearing a lot of interesting non-words/misused words at my new job.
"She can't keep using it as a clutch. She's gonna have to learn to deal with it." (clutch/crutch)
"I did stupid sh*t like that when I was a kid. But, I can't condole my kid doing it." (condole/condone)
Now that "clutch" one is stuck in my head!
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