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Post by Don Quixote on May 1, 2011 21:35:50 GMT -5
Actually, I do have one. When chefs on T.V. pronounce Italian ingredients with an inflection as though they are actually speaking Italian, even though they sound like those midwest lady voices that M/J&TB used to do on MST during the rest of the friggin' broadcast. And they never seem to do that with ingredients from OTHER cultures, either.
Okay, it's not a specific word, but it's a linguistic pet peeve.
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Post by Afgncaap5 on May 2, 2011 2:36:57 GMT -5
I hate the word 'heart.'
Not the noun.
The alleged verb.
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Post by CBG on May 2, 2011 9:49:56 GMT -5
Actually, I do have one. When chefs on T.V. pronounce Italian ingredients with an inflection as though they are actually speaking Italian, even though they sound like those midwest lady voices that M/J&TB used to do on MST during the rest of the friggin' broadcast. And they never seem to do that with ingredients from OTHER cultures, either. Okay, it's not a specific word, but it's a linguistic pet peeve. Same with newscasters.
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Post by BJ on May 2, 2011 10:29:14 GMT -5
Newscasters live in a linguistic world of their own, same as sportscasters. I think it's a combination of stupidity and the pressure of a live broadcast.
Alex Trebek's ridiculous pronunciation of words like Nicaragua really bothered me as a kid. I tend to pronounce Australia with a soft a in the middle, but that doesn't mean I'm throwing on a phony Paul Hogan accent for the entire word.
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Post by Frameous on May 2, 2011 14:42:52 GMT -5
We have a local news woman in my neck of the woods with the last name Antonia. She speaks with no Hispanic accent whatsoever, but when she signs off, she uses a vulgar inflection in her last name. Drives me batsh/t.
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Post by siamesesin on May 2, 2011 15:09:06 GMT -5
Fake cuss words or the words used as swear substitutes. "Frak", "shoot", "fudge", "cheese and crackers", etc. We all do it here because we have to, including me. But I loathe them.
I had my butt planted in front of those George Carling specials as a child for a reason-learning to cuss appropriately. I hate that I waste the training.
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Post by Phantom Engineer on May 2, 2011 16:12:33 GMT -5
The word delicious should never be used for anything but a description of taste. If somebody says something like "That movie was delicious" I just want to smack them with a clown hammer.
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Post by Torgo on May 3, 2011 10:31:38 GMT -5
I find that post absolutely delicious, Phantom. Where'd you learn those delicious typing skills?
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Post by Mitchell on May 3, 2011 10:38:43 GMT -5
He's so creamy.
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Post by Crowfan on May 3, 2011 11:33:59 GMT -5
That's what I like best about Phantom.
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Post by CBG on May 3, 2011 12:35:09 GMT -5
"actually"
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Post by Phantom Engineer on May 3, 2011 16:38:40 GMT -5
You people are all so not delicious.
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Post by Crowfan on May 3, 2011 16:39:31 GMT -5
Bummer
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Post by BJ on May 3, 2011 16:52:56 GMT -5
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Post by CBG on May 3, 2011 18:24:35 GMT -5
Shoot me now.
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