pedantic?

[mr. piper]

is it just me? or does anyone hate seemingly intelligent people saying "LIKKLE" or"KEKKLE" It even looks wrong written down. another one i hate is "DRESSING GOWND" That really sticks in my craw(?) anymore for anymore. am i just being pedantic, but i wish they would stop doing it, really we have suffered enough!

[l_h_kings]

It's not worth arguing over is it?

Apart from when people pronounce the letter "H" as "HAITCH" When we should all know the correct pronounciation and spelling is "AITCH."

[jocook17]

Mr.Piper.

Ever heard of CAPITAL letters? The letter 'I' on its own should always be capitalised, as should the beginning of every sentence.

...could your frustration at my assertion be caused by the fact that you also say LIKKLE &KEKKLE? and am now pondering the fact...

That 'am'...is there a bit of the Midlands in you?        And of course LIKKLE & KEKKLE look wrong written down - that's not how they're spelt!Random commas and excessive exclamation marks...tut tut...if you must rant on about grammar at least check your own first. Never heard of a dressing gownd either - must be just you.

People speak they way their families, friends and neighbours have spoken all their lives. Babies learn to talk not by reading, but by phonetic imitation - that's why people have accents, and also why little quirks of language appear.

However, I admit that I do find some verbal 'terrorism' very annoying - mainly the way Americans believe that they speak a language better than the country with the same name which has been speaking it for centuries...the way they alter perfectly good spellings and pronunciations of words for no good reason...

warrior �  pronounced war yer
mirror �  mee orr
vase �  vayce
aluminium �   aloominum
nuclear �  nuc-u-lar
 leisure �  leeshure
wardrobe �  closet (not strictly the same but a good one I think!)
laboratory �  lab-rat-ory
library �   ly-berry
cellulite �  cell-u-leet
buoy � boo-ey
lever � lev- ver
crematorium � cream-atorium
anti � an-tie
comrade � com-rad

Finally, what the devil is your 'craw'?