Ok, time for some pet peeves........
I cringe whenever I hear someone says "anyways" instead of anyway. I "seen" instead of saw is another one. Anyone else cringe at anyways?

"Anyways" doesn't bother me but "seen" used incorrectly sometimes does. The word that really gets me is "irregardless' I have a friend who uses it in every other sentence.

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My grammar is so bad I can't say I might not have done the "anyways", but the "seen" is like fingernails on a blackboard. The one that drives me up the wall is one my daughter has done all her life and I never could get her to stop, I am not sure if I can even spell it the way she says it, but something like "auight" for all right, and I can't figure out where she came up with that unless was her dad. One may dad did all his life as "hope you uns" for help you, course admittedly he only had a 5th grade education, but most of his English was better than that one.

"Anyways" doesn't really bother me, because usually when I hear it the person saying it is trying to sound folksy on purpose, and I think they probably know the right way to say it.

Around here it's the teens and young adults using it in regular conversation. I don't know why it bugs me so much.

I agree...I think it's kind of like someone saying "anywho".

Where would one start!? But what I think is ridiculous is when someone corrects another but is guilty of misspellings of their own. I remember someone corrected me on a signature type-O and when I read their posts they had misspellings galore! But I'm afraid I'd have to say something to the friend that says "irregardless" every other sentence! YES!

I hate when people say thats a good ideal instead of idea.

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acrosst...that's like fingernails on a chalkboard! Where'd they get that T? Oh and warsh...then there's crick....oh realAtor..that one kills me!

realAtor!!!!!!!!!!! Hate that one. JewLERY. yikes! I also notice many people say "I could care less" I think you mean "I couldn't care less".
Oh, and acrosst....I worked for a lady that said that and oncet.

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I think some of those are a regional thing. When I lived in NJ we lived next to a "crick" with "wooter" in it I also had a habit of saying "you's guys" went through a few strange looks when I moved here (not that they don't talk funny out here )

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"Don't got"
"Ain't"
"I seen..."

"Those ones" and "These ones" (instead of just "those" and "these")

and one I have to try very hard not to use... "like", as in, "I felt, like, exhausted!"

The only thing that gets on my nerves is when a co-worker starts talking. She will say stuff like he do or she do and that right.

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The one that drives me craziest is when I hear RealAtor on HGTV!

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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"When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream."

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It drives me crazy when people say and spell "prolly" for probably.

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supposaby instead of supposedly
suppose to instead of supposed to

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What about fudgeicle as opposed to fudgesicle lol?

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axe instead of ask is a big irritant to me

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What about mines...that's just stupid! Yeah I forgot about jewel-ery!

I forgot about that one too, its another word my co-worker is always using.

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I have a male friend who uses 70's sayings like, " Bonus!" or, " Right ON!"...annoys me

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I hate it when people use the words "my bad".

Don't get me started!!!

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That one and "true dat". And I have cousin who is half Italian and half Aregentinian and she writes on FaceBook like a gangsta dis and dat etc. I don't like it and I am not sure when she started talking like that.

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I can't stand that "my bad" thing either! Another phrase that everyone is using lately is "it is what it is"... Anyways doesn't seem to bother me very much, maybe because I don't hear it...You may think this is strange, but I hate it when people put an S on the end of Kroger...The majority of people call it Krogers...It's not Krogers I want to scream...Down here they say jury for jewelry...For have a good day it's have a goot day...I say "you know?" too much...I think it's a Jersey thing... ~Lisa

I hear people say Walmarts here sometimes, and K-Marts,

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I can relate...My cousin's 21 year old daughter is on Facebook and she's always talking gangsta...Perhaps it's the "cool" thing to do, but it makes her sound like a complete idiot...She is always saying Ima gonna do this or that...She also curses alot...I'm not a prude, but I think that foul language used on a regular basis is nasty. ~Lisa

AXE instead of ask...

And I HATE when people mix "DO" and "Does" "Do she go to that school?'' NO SHE DOES GO TO THAT SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!

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It has to be a Jersey thing, because I am always saying that LOL

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I hear those a lot! Two things I have to break my students of early in the year....

I gotta use it! (I always ask, Use what? and that stops it quickly)

I'm is I AM!!!!

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"When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream."

John Lennon

Hmmmm, I'll have to pay attention when I talk....ya know??? LOL. Don't get me started on those "Jersey things....."

I hate all the gansta talk, too, like another poster said.

I also get bugged by "like" every other word, like they don't like know like proper language. Like, ya know???

cute thread....therapeutic.

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Na......they say that a lot here, too. My daughter can't get through a sentence without "you know" and "like". and he was like....and I was like.....ya know?

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"When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream."

John Lennon

I like how people talk and pronounce things differently. It adds to their character, I think. Makes life and people interesting.

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Well for startes anyone who is from New Yawk or Loong Island or Brooklin aka Brooklyn New York I have a combo of all those accents and the way I pronouce certain words. Anyone who is from these places can relate and as Susiecat says it is interesting to hear people speak or pronouce words differently like the same for Boston people or people from the south. Either way to me life is way way way too short to worry to get upset that is the least of my problems. No it does not bother me at all. Peace. Catherine

The only one that ever bothered me was "anywho". Whoever thought up that one?Where did THAT come from?Everytime I hear it ,it just messes with my mind wondering how that word ever came to be?

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Like I don't like it when like people say like you know like they don't know what they're like talking about.

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A few of mine are "cent" instead of "cents" (I have 43 cent - no, you have 43 centS). Axe instead of ask. I HATE when people say "You know what I mean" or "you know what I'm saying" all the time. Uh, it drives me crazy. I also hate when kids say "Can I use/do/....", yes you can but it's "May I", not "Can I".

They don't bother me, but one that some people get wrong and cracks me up:

"For all intensive purposes"

And, one that only a friend of mine used, as far as I know:

"It's a doggie-dog world!" (instead of "It's a dog-eat-dog world")

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I just remembered one that is as bad as "like" and "you know" , " Are you feeling me?" No, and I don't want you that close to me! Where did that one come from? When I have heard it in a conversation, the speaker hasn't said a single thing that makes sense, then finishes with "Are you feelin me?"

OMG, made me think of another person on FB.....she's early 40's, and talks like a teen, and every other post is "sexy" this or that, or "bit*hes". It looks ridiculous, and I wish she could see that.

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I see a LOT of OLD people on FB and M.space acting like immature teenagers! I wish they could see how dumb it looks too but they just don't.

I agree with Susiecat. I find it interesting unless it is excessive like the "likes" and "you knows". However, it really upsets me that the newspapers often have headlines that leave you saying "Huh?" It never ceases to amaze me (and irritates me even more) how many things are spelled incorrectly and such horrid grammar. What happened to proofreading? Sometimes when reading the news, it feels as if I stumble over words and/or sentences.

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The second one is correct.

"These Ones" This is my biggest pet peeve and it seems to me that everybody says it. I get so freaked out by the number of people I catch saying it. It is almost like they are teaching it in school. My next biggest peeve is "anyways". My favorite blogger says it ALL the time but I can't get enough of her videos.