Folks can't speak worth a....

[MsFoxyLoxy77]

Originally Posted by SummerChild

This is not speaking but it is grammar. Misusing the apostrophe is rampant - on this very message board full of college educated folk. See my post for a tutorial if need be!! LOL.

ETA: don't know if this has already been mentioned but while many rappers may have popularized this term, "conversate" isn't actually a word. It's "converse."


SC

Conversate is so annoying. My 2 cents:

Dead -Ded
Shole-Sure
Gull- Girl
Finna-Going to
FO-Four
Fiy-Five
Niyn-Nine
Leven-Eleven
Fuuls-Fools
Havta- Have to
Ain'tcha-Aren't you
Sum- Some
Runnin'-Running
Mutha-Mother
Der, Dare-There
Anyuna-And you know

[MeezDiscreet]

Originally Posted by MsFoxyLoxy77

Conversate is so annoying. My 2 cents:

Dead -Ded
Shole-Sure
Gull- Girl
Finna-Going to
FO-Four
Fiy-Five
Niyn-Nine
Leven-Eleven
Fuuls-Fools
Havta- Have to
Ain'tcha-Aren't you
Sum- Some
Runnin'-Running
Mutha-Mother
Der, Dare-There
Anyuna-And you know

when my students say FOE instead of FOUR, I tell them "Foe is an enemy; FOUR is a number"

[Dionysus]

How about people who can't spell worth a....

I know I'm one of them, but there are people far worse than me!

The next time I see someone spell p*ssed, "pist", I will snatch them through the computer.

[PhDiva]

hurted - hurt is already in the past tense
prolly - for probably
irregardless - regardless (irregardless is a double negative)
alphabeticalize - ???
agoitiator - for negoitiator
lightskinned pronounced light-skinndid

[btb87]

Okay - here's another one that I heard from a student about 10 minutes ago. I asked her to go to our admissions counter and speak with the ladies there about readmitting. She said that "admissions sunt her to financial aid, and then financial aid sunt her over here to advising".

[TotallyWicked]

I was born and raised here in Chicago..and we're not known for speaking right at all! here are a few

Front Room-Fronch Room
Car-Cah
Two-Too
Three-Tree
For who?- Fa hoo
Trying to-China
Where is he-Where's he at?
Look at the time-Look, what time is it IRKS ME, but my mom definitely says this alot
I'm going to give the baby a bath-I'm going to take him a bath
Ask-Ax
Hospital-HOOOUSE-Pital

Non-Greeks ALWAYS mispronounce Lambda and say Lambada (my relatives mainly, they say they are joking but some honestly think it's the correct pronounciation