"whoa" is spelled "woah"
I thought I was the only person who noticed (and hated) this. It drives me nuts. (Almost as much as the pervasive misuse of "awe" for "aw." When I see that, I'm trapped under the weight of my pedantic rage.)
no one seems to know that "voila" is not "wah-lah"
I used to genuinely get confused when someone used "walla!!!" in a post, because...it means nothing. It's not a word. (Eventually I figured out it was supposed to be "voila," and there was more pedantic rage.)
I've given up on the leggings-as-pants thing. I mean, it's ridiculous and I roll my eyes hard, but apparently all my rage is reserved for misuses of language.
I was able to point out to Casper that in the dress code for her future school, leggings are explicitly declared not pants, and may only be worn when covered to mid-thigh. Also, they specifically state that no underwear must be visible (which I assume is for low-pants boys as much as bra-strap girls.)
the pervasive misuse of "awe" for "aw."
I always assume that's autocorrect. For my sanity.
people wear their underwear on the outside
I remember when people were complaining about that in the 80s. Ah, nostalgia. I was an offender.
So this is why if I know exactly where I am, i.e., I am focused on what I'm doing and my mind is calm, I lose track of time.
Oh, very good!
Freestyle language = portend of the pending apocalypse.
At the same time, given how much I abuse the ellipse, I suppose I can't throw stones at anyone's glass language house.
But it burns!
'Supposably' rather than supposedly. It's a tongue biting moment every single time!
My sensitivity to such things began when I was about 12 and my stepmother pronounced em-broy-dery as emboydry and sh-rimp as srimp.
Yikes.
So much rain and cloud outside. Taking it on faith that the valley is still there.
When I see that, I'm trapped under the weight of my pedantic rage.
I'm trying to let go of the pedantic rage unless the misuse is happening in a professional context, and then I let an ember of it glow in the cockles of my heart.
I need to call the doctor's office and schedule a follow up appointment. I will do that now and then go back to listening to Pink on my headphones.
Interview postponed until next week. It's better to be at the end of the interviews than the beginning, right?
Freestyle language = portend of the pending apocalypse.
At the same time, given how much I abuse the ellipse, I suppose I can't throw stones at anyone's glass language house.
This is true, because I routinely say things like "I haz a sad," even though LOLspeak is SO 3 years ago. (I do, however, have friends on FB who delight in busting me when I post like that, gleefully telling me I apparently don't have a good grasp of grammar. And, I really feel I should note, I absolutely DO NOT grammar police people's posts, EVER. Because I do know it's a dick thing to do. So I might *think* "Jesus Christ on a crutch, the word is 'aw', not 'awe' STOP MISUSING IT!", but I don't ever post stuff like that. Because that's not nice. Which makes it interesting that I have friends on FB who are wholeheartedly willing to police my posts. But whatevs.)
Anyway, my point, which is now 3 miles away, is that yeah, my own language, in a casual setting at least, is kind of appalling, so I really ought not turn into a pedantic scold about aw/awe. I guess I just want people to abuse the language in the EXACT SAME WAY as me. Is that so much to ask?
I used to genuinely get confused when someone used "walla!!!" in a post, because...it means nothing. It's not a word.
Well -- it is half a city in Washington.
On the other hand, when watching news reports from France lately, I've been translating things from French to English. With fair, but not great, success.
