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I lived in New England for a while and it was always "WARSHER" ... tell me where there is an "R" in Washer?

Our family is from TX but being in the military my kids have lived all over and my accent is only slight, mostly comes out when I'm angry or upset....

My MIL is a classic "warsh" user. This is one of my daughter's pet peeves, esp when we lived in WASHINGTON state (no R) and she asked her grandma how exactly do you "warsh" clothes and grandma replied "in the warshing machine! AGH!

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There are some I have given up on...they irk me, but I seem to be the only individual whose ears are assaulted by these, and sadly, common (im)proper use has made these terms 'acceptable'.

The day of the week 'Tuesday' is NOT Tooz-day, it is Tues-day. The u is included in the pronunciation, and the s is soft. If ever I were to meet you, you would be able to identify me quickly - by asking me to state the days of the week...I will be the person pronouncing it T-you-s-day.

The use (misuse) of the word 'hard'. A diamond is hard. A cement wall is hard. Living the life of a bandster may be DIFFICULT. Solving an algebraic problem may be DIFFICULT.

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I lived in New England for a while and it was always "WARSHER" ... tell me where there is an "R" in Washer?

Actually... there's one at the end. :biggrin: But I know what you mean. :)

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plain - isn't a seament pond a pool???

Yep. Straight up Beverly Hillbillies. But I still say "seament" like Jethro did.

The day of the week 'Tuesday' is NOT Tooz-day, it is Tues-day. The u is included in the pronunciation, and the s is soft. If ever I were to meet you, you would be able to identify me quickly - by asking me to state the days of the week...I will be the person pronouncing it T-you-s-day.

Sorry tap....I'm a toozday kind o' guy.

The use (misuse) of the word 'hard'. A diamond is hard. A cement wall is hard. Living the life of a bandster may be DIFFICULT. Solving an algebraic problem may be DIFFICULT.

Must....not....give in to urge to use inappropriate innuendo.....must...not....

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Actually... there's one at the end. :ohmy: But I know what you mean. :thumbup:

AHHHH Beth you got me ... LOL ... I should have said other than the R at the end of the word, where is there ANOTHER R in WASHER ... good catch ... I love your sense (or is that since or cents? HAHA) of humor!!!:laugh:

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I'm sure I will spend too much money trying to feed you two. I have to eat too.

I have to admit that the last two to's(?) have always confused me on the proper use of them.

Hopefully this isn't too far off the theme of this thread, but my pet peeve is the number 8 on gas station price signs.

I managed stations for years. Usually your in a hurry trying to get the prices changed so you don't pay attention to the way the number 8 is put up.

Now for a few of my pet peeves with the English language.

1) double negatives......"I aint got no" "I don't not do that"

2) not finishing your words out......"I'm going to the how" instead of "I'm going to the house."

3) don't know what to call this...."I teached myself" instead of "I taught myself"

At 1 time I had great English. I used to make A's and B's in Language. My spelling was great. But lately my spelling and English have been becoming atrocious. :angry:Thank God for spell check!:thumbup:

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I have to admit that the last two to's(?) have always confused me on the proper use of them.

I remember asking my mom about that when I was young.

"Too" often means "also," as in, "I like that too." However, it can also be an adverb, as in, "I like cake too much."

"To" is a preposition, as in, "I will go to the store."

Sorry for the English lesson, but it helped me when I was young to understand all the to/too/two mess. :thumbup:

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Yep. Straight up Beverly Hillbillies. But I still say "seament" like Jethro did....

must admit - never watched.

my husbands family (extended as well) call me lisa. i'm like can't they get it it 4 letters or two: lulu or lu????

he's like no they call you lisa from green acres, i had no idea what that was.

so i had to google green acres & watch youtube clips to get that they are making fun of me being from NY, now running a small ranch......hubby's nickname is "oliver"....

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thanks Beth.

That is so funny lulu!:)

i just realized i used the word "like" too many times :thumbup:

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Spell check doesn't help. It doesn't check grammar and it normally gives the US spelling of the word, which is fine if you are from the US but if you're from the UK it means that words that are spelt correctly it says are wrong!

e.g. US = program, UK = programme

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I get corrected by my better half far too often for misuse of "well" and "good".

Me - "I did good on my diet today honey!"

Her - "No, you did well on your diet today you mOron".

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Just thought of another one.

MY BAD!!!!!!

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