I Hate It When People Misuse "literally"!

[thinoneday 445]

My biggest irk must be from the patients I help at "the clinic" . . . most are under insured or from very low socioeconomic backgrounds. . many of them have been arrested or come to the clinic in shankles accompanied by their guards who carry guns, billyclubs, etc. . . when these patients come in, they don't see me as their caregiver, they see me as "Miss" . . . it's "Miss" this and "Miss" that. . . don't they see I'm a older woman with a ring on my left hand? Being from the deep south (SA TX) the word Ma'am is much more respectable then the dreaded "Miss". . . . . I understand they probably don't know better, but it's just a irk on my part. . . thanks for listening. . .

[LA_dreamer 54]

My biggest irk must be from the patients I help at "the clinic" . . . most are under insured or from very low socioeconomic backgrounds. . many of them have been arrested or come to the clinic in shankles accompanied by their guards who carry guns' date=' billyclubs, etc. . . when these patients come in, they don't see me as their caregiver, they see me as "Miss" . . . it's "Miss" this and "Miss" that. . . don't they see I'm a older woman with a ring on my left hand? Being from the deep south (SA TX) the word Ma'am is much more respectable then the dreaded "Miss". . . . . I understand they probably don't know better, but it's just a irk on my part. . . thanks for listening. . .[/quote']

Haha this reminds me of my prison job... I was usually called by "Hey Nurse!" Even by the security guards. It made me wanna scream "I have a name!"

[lessofmeismore 1,405]

Guilty as charged lol I have always said I could care less.

Now that you mention it; it really does not convey what I am meaning

lol

[LA_dreamer 54]

Guilty as charged lol I have always said' date=' I could care less,

Now that you mention it, it really does not convey what I am meaning.

lol[/quote']

I think this is another one that people just learn wrong from others. I think in my area more people say "I could care less" than "I couldn't care less."

To tell on myself I even say some slang words wrong. Around here people say "wal-ago" for "awhile ago" But me of course... at some point as a child learned "wad-ago" and it just stuck. =\

[GeauxForIt 659]

What's a shankle?

[lessofmeismore 1,405]

Hehe, I know the answer for cankle because I had them!! It's when your ankle is the same size as your calf.

Not sure about shankles

[Butterthebean 8,146]

Shackles around your ankles.

[lessofmeismore 1,405]

Aha! Makes sense

[Piplula 709]

I detest the use of "I seen it....." when it should be "I saw it...or I have seen it" drives me up the wall!!!!!

[Jessica9190 127]

I hate it when people say "Febuary" and they mean February or "libary" and they mean library or "mines" instead of mine. I have a friend that constantly says "I have did it" and I can't help but correct her every time but I don't think she cares.

[LA_dreamer 54]

My husband calls Walmart "WalmartS" with an S! It drives me nuts!

[GeauxForIt 659]

My husband calls Walmart "WalmartS" with an S! It drives me nuts!

That cracks me up bc my girlfriends and I jokingly call it The Walmart"!! LOL

[LA_dreamer 54]

That cracks me up bc my girlfriends and I jokingly call it The Walmart"!! LOL

Oh wait I'm guilty of that!

[Butterthebean 8,146]

My wife hates it when I use the words conversate or inbiggen. But I'm just trying to contribute to the English language by adding some new words.

[ozeedonkee 145]

Anything that is grammatically incorrect irks me.....especially if the word ends with an 's' and someone has tried to denote ownership by adding ' 's '

OMG it, like, literally makes me wanna, you know, die.

Oh! It's even worse if it's in a newspaper.