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amother
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 Thu, Nov 28 2024, 7:49 am
I hear it so often, even from professional speakers. It really makes me cringe.
It's ET CETERA. Not Ex etera
And thanks to my 2nd grade teacher Miss Basch for teaching this to me.
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soproud
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Thu, Nov 28 2024, 7:51 am
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People just aren’t aware, informed, knowledgeable etc.
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amother
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Thu, Nov 28 2024, 7:52 am
Same thing with expresso.
Nope, it's espresso
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amother
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Thu, Nov 28 2024, 7:56 am
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Because people are humans and they make mistakes?
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my mama
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Thu, Nov 28 2024, 7:57 am
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My husband just started saying it... it drives me bananas.
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amother
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Thu, Nov 28 2024, 8:05 am
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I haven’t heard it from professional speakers but I hear people say excetra and expresso. The one that really gets to me is ekkscape, as in -he ekkscaped from jail. If it was dh or one of my kids I’d correct them. Otherwise it’s just one of those things like all the women on imamother who work so hard trying to loose weight.
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Genius
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Thu, Nov 28 2024, 8:09 am
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And ax and “could care less”
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zaq
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Thu, Nov 28 2024, 8:21 am
For the same reasons they say "axed" a question, storage "draws," a good "idear" and other jarring expressions: ignorance and/or laziness.
Then again, I say "gonna" and I'm neither (totally) ignorant nor (exceptionally) lazy. That's just how people say "going to" where I grew up.I could say "going to" but it would require planning and effort, neither of which usually comes into play in ordinary conversation.
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b.chadash
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Thu, Nov 28 2024, 9:00 am
| zaq wrote: | For the same reasons they say "axed" a question, storage "draws," a good "idear" and other jarring expressions: ignorance and/or laziness.
Then again, I say "gonna" and I'm neither (totally) ignorant nor (exceptionally) lazy. That's just how people say "going to" where I grew up.I could say "going to" but it would require planning and effort, neither of which usually comes into play in ordinary conversation. |
I think gonna is an acceptable slang word. It's not wrong, just slang. Ect is wrong. Comes from ignorance.
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Thu, Nov 28 2024, 9:02 am
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I hear some people pronounce it "iksetra".
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mizle10
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Thu, Nov 28 2024, 9:04 am
This is one thing I cannot handle.
I will always correct it 
I really really love coffee lol
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penguin
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Thu, Nov 28 2024, 9:05 am
Gonna is an acceptable word in the NYT Spelling Bee. Unfortunately.
Screamed pronounced skraymt. No, it's scream and then add -ed. Why on earth does anyone think otherwise? (If it comes from Yiddish, someone please enlighten us!)
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NechaMom
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Thu, Nov 28 2024, 9:06 am
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I know someone who pronounces and spells only as "olny". Some people appreciate to be corrected and some people get insulted. So olny those who are open to learn will end up being smarter, more coherent, better spellers, ekcetra!
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Ruchel
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Thu, Nov 28 2024, 9:11 am
Calling a male widow
Saying "I'm looking for a male masseuse"
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amother
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Thu, Nov 28 2024, 10:06 am
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"expecially" drives me nuts
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amother
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Thu, Nov 28 2024, 10:24 am
| b.chadash wrote: | | I think gonna is an acceptable slang word. It's not wrong, just slang. Ect is wrong. Comes from ignorance. |
A lot of pronunciations are acceptable and common in different areas and among various groups of people.
I say exetra (although it's not a word I say often) because that's how I hear it said. I'm aware that it is written etcetera, and I write it correctly. I don't think I'm lazy just because I'm using a common pronunciation that people in my environment use and understand. I'll speak correctly when the setting requires it.
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amother
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Thu, Nov 28 2024, 10:34 am
| amother Brass wrote: | A lot of pronunciations are acceptable and common in different areas and among various groups of people.
I say exetra (although it's not a word I say often) because that's how I hear it said. I'm aware that it is written etcetera, and I write it correctly. I don't think I'm lazy just because I'm using a common pronunciation that people in my environment use and understand. I'll speak correctly when the setting requires it. |
Ok. That's interesting.
Since exetera does not have more syllables than etcetera, I wouldn't assume laziness, but rather ignorance if someone says it incorrectly.
On the other hand, "gonna," is both acceptable and quicker to say than "going to."
It's interesting to me that people would purposefully use a wrong word if they know the correct one, even though it's not any more cumbersome to say.
But, you do you...
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amother
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Thu, Nov 28 2024, 10:54 am
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A lot of these “mistakes” are intentional and ghetto.
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mamaleh
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Thu, Nov 28 2024, 10:59 am
| zaq wrote: | For the same reasons they say "axed" a question, storage "draws," a good "idear" and other jarring expressions: ignorance and/or laziness.
Then again, I say "gonna" and I'm neither (totally) ignorant nor (exceptionally) lazy. That's just how people say "going to" where I grew up.I could say "going to" but it would require planning and effort, neither of which usually comes into play in ordinary conversation. |
I will agree with most of your examples being ignorance and/or laziness but “idear” is a regional accent in New England (especially around Boston). They drop some Rs and add others. “I have an idear, let’s pahk the cah in Hahvad Yahd.”
Having grown up near there (with parents who did not have that accent) we often found it quite funny. We were friendly with a family whose eldest daughter was called Mala, so that’s what we called her, until we got an invitation to a graduation party at their house for someone named Marla. It took us a good few minutes to realize what was going on.
While it may be jarring, it is not ignorance or laziness that causes it, more of a tomato/tomahto type situation.
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