[ SECRET POST #4975 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4975 ⌋

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[fscom]

02. https://i.imgur.com/rNGqw1s.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

LOL, I could've made this secret, I swear. I guess it's a common mistake when people hear this saying in conversation, but don't read it in print. You know another one that makes me stop and laugh? "Nip it in the butt", instead of "nip it in the bud".

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, the problem is definitely when the wrong version seems to make as much sense as the right version. Then, unless you see it spelled out, a lot of people probably won't even think to question it.

Like, to most people I think "intensive purposes" doesn't really sound any more gibberish than "intents and purposes." "Nip it in the bud" sounds like nonsense if you don't think of gardening/horticulture, whereas "nip it in the butt" is silly, but also does kind of sound like it could pertain to admonishing/discouraging someone from something. I would actually argue that "deep-seeded" makes more sense than "deep-seated," so when people get that one wrong I'm not remotely surprised.

*sings in miserables*

[(Anonymous)]

One more day till revolution
We will nip it in the butt

Re: *sings in miserables*

[(Anonymous)]

DA


YESS!! I get such a childish glee at singing it like that! Endlessly entertaining!

It is kind of frustrating.

[(Anonymous)]

There are some that were so commonly mistaken, that the mistake has become common use, which annoys me - Like using thing instead of the second think in "If you think I'm going to let you get away with this, you've got another think coming."

On the other hand, I once read something where the writer used 'human beans' instead of 'human beings' and that was just funny.

But I find I'm more forgiving of this than the nonexistent words that sometimes pop up which means that the writer didn't even use spellcheck. And some homophone mistakes bother me so much:
then/than
wary/weary
discrete/discreet
illusive/elusive
principal/principle
capitol/capital
peak/peek/pique
break/brake
bare/bear
compliment/complement
faze/phase
aisle/isle
advice/advise
straight/strait
cue/queue

And using 'of' after could, would, or should is never correct, it is always could've, would've, should've, which are contractions with 'have'.

Re: It is kind of frustrating.

[(Anonymous)]

The one that drives me crazy is "please say SIKE"

It's "psych." As in, to psych someone out. Sike isn't a word, it's just a meaningless syllable.

Re: It is kind of frustrating.

[calystarose]

“Psych” had three different meanings in the '90s, all playing on the word “psychological”: There's to “psych out,” meaning to be anxious or intimidated (e.g. “That chem test totally psyched me out!), as well as to “be psyched” or excited about something (e.g. “Dude, I am SO PSYCHED about the Third Eye Blind concert!”). Both of these uses have been around since the early 1960s. A third (and more obnoxious) usage, “Psych!” or “Sike!”, meaning to trick someone, is newer; it’s been in use since 1990.

-- https://www.bustle.com/articles/119415-9-bits-of-90s-slang-you-never-knew-the-meaning-of-explained

I was in SoCal in the 90s and we absolutely spelled it sike then too.

Re: It is kind of frustrating.

[(Anonymous)]

bath/bathe
breath/breathe
lose/loose

... are ones I see frequently. Drives me crazy.

[greghousesgf]

while we're at it when did check means right and x means wrong start?

[(Anonymous)]

What confuses me is how often i'm seeing them in even otherwise excellently written fic. I find it a bit troubling because it means even our best authors from the younger generation can't use the language correctly.

[(Anonymous)]

This made me chuckle.

[(Anonymous)]

At least these are phrases that could be misheard. I'm growing too tired of seeing seeing "drug" instead of "dragged".

Is the past tense form of drag not dragged? Is "drug" some sort of conditional imperfect past tense I never learned about?! I feel like I'm going crazy because people are just dropping it into fics. I've never heard someone say this IRL. WTF. I'm reading a fic right now that's doing it!!! WHY???!!

[(Anonymous)]

Drug was taught as the past tense of drag in many regions of the US.
Drag dragged drug
Swing swang swung
Ring rang rung

And so forth.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

Oddly, "rung" and "swung" and a few others I do recall learning, but for some reason not drag. I suppose I just never use them and in most books I've read I've never really seen it (or over looked it).

Thanks, didn't know about the regional distinction.

[(Anonymous)]

That one is actually dialect! Midwestern US, but it's dying out. I was always confused when I saw people say "a tad bit" thinking they were misusing the British term "a tad" but it was actually US dialect.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT (who is clearly not Midwestern)


Huh! I had no clue, thanks!