I am the first to admit that I get irritated by really stupid and insignificant things. Among the stupidest and most insignificant of my pet peeves is the word "hun" as in, "Oh, don't worry, hun, it'll get better soon."
Does it matter in the great scheme of things if someone uses "hun" in written communication? Nope. Does it drive me freaking batshit? Uh ... YEAH!
I use the word "hon" (as in, short for "honey") all the time, both to my daughters and my students. I assume that this is the intent when people write "hun". According to Wikipedia, huns were "a group of nomadic pastoral people" who played a role in the collapse of the Roman Empire. The most famous, of course, was Attila the Hun, known for "cruelty and rapacity" through western Europe.
Yeah, that's a fabulous term of endearment. No, when I see "hun", it just screams out ignorance. Does that make me a linguistic snob?
Speaking of which, did you know that "funner" is in fact a word? One of my students used the word today, and I of course tried to correct him by saying, "No, hon, it's more fun." At this point, I was informed that "funner" is actually in the dictionary. I didn't believe him, of course, so I went running to look it up. It was there. Man, did I feel stupid :)
Anyway, here are a few other things related to the English language that bring out the worst in me:
1. Ect instead of Etc. (for et cetera, Latin for "and the rest")
2. When people pronounce the word supposedly so that it sounds like "supposably"
Okay, I feel much better now : )
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Funner is a word? Where was I when they decided that?
ReplyDeleteJus settle down, hun.
ReplyDeleteSupposably this is how things are, ect.
Aubrie--I know, right? I thought the kid was just trying to eat class time via a dictionary break. Nope, it really and truly was there. Crazy!
ReplyDeletelapetus999--I'm.Taking.Deep.Breaths.Too.Much. All.At.Once. Pet peeve overload :) Haha, thanks for the laugh.
"Ect"..heh..heh..
ReplyDeleteI get irritated by things like this, too, when I see messages in online forums even though I probably use the wrong terms at times, and mispell and my written grammar is horrible...
I blame Winnie the Pooh and his accursed "Hunny" jar. Also, I hate the phrase "my bad." It has no redeeming value of any sort.
ReplyDeleteShwew, I'm off the hook! I use 'hon' with my man.
ReplyDeleteMy word pet peeve is 'often'. I don't know it it's correct or not, but I say 'ofTen' because it does have a 't' in it. Drives of UP a wall when I hear someone say 'offen'.
Mine is exspecially instead of especially... Drives me nuts. I haven't seen anyone use ect instead of etc, but I'm sure it would too. Supposably? Relly? I haven't heard that one either. I wonder if it's a regional thing.
ReplyDeleteI lie on the lounge chair alongside the chiminey eating donuts with pisghetti and agree irreguardless of the fact I see typos in newspapers and mags all the time.
ReplyDeleteMy personal pet-peeve: The word bling.