24 October | 8:08  |  Liz

1. I couldn't agree with you more on the lie-berry thing. Another one of my personal favorites is 'axed' for 'asked.'

2. Not that I necessarily *agree* with the use of the word 'Warshington' because it is annoying as all hell, but people that grow up in the northwest actually *learn* to say it that way. Sort of like the way the Canadians learn to say 'ay' all the time.

Whatever. :>

24 October | 10:29  |  mike adams

i work at a technical college and our lie-berrian pronounces it that way and it drives me up the wall, as for axed..i chalk that up to ebonics and wayyy to many people do it so i guess it has morphed into something greater..or lazier..who knows???

24 October | 11:30  |  roger

same goes for those people who have an "idear" instead of an "idea"

24 October | 12:01  |  ian

the one that gets to me every year is fiscal. a certain mayor i know talks about the "physical year budget" and "conservative physical policy."

24 October | 14:09  |  Liz

Chicago pronounced Cheh-ca-go...unfortunately I love in Chicago and hear it that way enough to make my ears bleed.

And a note to commisserate with my fellow Liz...Canadians and the word out..."oot"?...what the heck is that all aboot?

24 October | 14:53  |  trudy d'shiznit

but hey -- isn't WARshington absolutely apropos?

24 October | 14:54  |  Christy

I had a dear journalism instructor who would teach us about where to insert the "pacific" information in our news writing exercises — meaning, of course, the "specific information" — like, all the time. She was pretty country, but also a college professor for crying out loud!

I've got friends from the Midwest and others with long-established Texas roots who offend in the "warsh" department, so I've never been able to pinpoint a regional reason for that. "Warter" for "water" is another doozy they assault me with. Oh well. Maybe when I stop saying "ya'll," I'll have a right to gripe.

25 October | 9:06  |  Carrie

I would like to submit "new-cu-lar", as well as "metafer."

I now find regional accents more charming than I used to, so I don't find stuff like "warsh" nearly as annoying anymore.

25 October | 9:58  |  mike adams

regional accents are one thing...like warsh, warshington and oooout..i am a huge proponent of the use of ya'll, but disregard for the word and its origin are another..

25 October | 21:50  |  Stacy

Y'all ain't heerd nuttin' til ya heerd dem sayin' "Yuns". Which I suppose is a lazier contraction of the already lazy You'uns. Our waitress in Mayville (near Chautauqua) N.Y. used it to start every sentence. "Yuns need any thing else?"...

27 October | 21:36  |  Laura

I work in a library, and I say it correctly! :) I am from the South too, where most of those people who say lie-berry and Warshington probably reside. I am glad I have an education. ;)

28 October | 15:16  |  Jamie

Okay, I know that I'm a "a few days late and a few dollars short" but, how about the word, "BOLTH" It is like nails on a chalkboard, when I hear it. Now that I have mentioned this to you, you will be surprised how many people say it. Careful, you may be one. Everytime someone says the word, I have to bite my lip! I want to ask, "Excuse me, can you spell that word for me?" I'm telling you, for me, if I heard it on my first date, there wouldn't be a second.

29 October | 10:23  |  Ilene

I was talking to my real-a-tor about the fall foil-age. Arrrgh. As for the lazy R, I lived in New England for a long time where people would tell you to "Close the DRAW" or to "DRAWER a picture." Now if they could only swap it around, they'd have some english on their hands.

29 October | 15:36  |  Dougal Campbell

I'm with Carrie on "new-cu-lar". That one drives me batty. Personally, I stick to moderately less annoying habits. Like saying "further" when the correct word would be "farther". Or the fact that I consistantly misspell the word "weird" as "wierd".