One of my dear friends always used to say she was going to 'carry' someone somewhere. Example: "I need to carry my brother to the store." She meant she needed to give him a ride! I could just picture her trying to pick him up and actually carry him to the store! LOL
Also she called the laundrymat the 'wishywashy'! I just assumed it was because she was from the south. But I married into a southern family 15 years ago and haven't heard them talk like that! Some people are just too funny!!
I know that 'too funny' is probably in this post as being hated also, and I say it all the time. I'll say 'Sorry' on that one. I could say "My Bad!" but I hate that saying!!! LOL

That's funny! Growing up my family always said "Can you borrow me some money"? Instead of "Can you loan me some money"? ARGGGG....to this day that makes me crazy! LOL! My mom insists that it's because she is from Chicago and that's what everyone she knew said. Well...I still know people from Chicago who don't say that! LOL! Just thought I'd share one of my familys horrible sayings with you also!!LOL!

OH the one I hate is when people say Cali instead of California!!!!! I am not part of a drug cartel, thank you very much.

LOL, the first thing I thought when I read wishy washy was "too funny."

what's boufant icing?

Bouffant icing is what she said when she meant fondant. She could remember the 'ant' ending, but not the first half of the word.

LOL, kinda thought that, but hair kept popping into mind!!!

LOL, I do the same thing!!!

My two pet peeves are when people say "single" when they mean "SIGnal" and when people say "IR-regardless", which is NOT a word, when they mean to say "regardless". I know, PICKY PICKY PICKY!



Shelle

And I also have to add another one, even though none of mine are related to cake decorating....

When I used to answer phones at a newspaper office, people would ask for the "prescription" department, as in medicine, instead of the "subscription" department. Of course, I could do a whole other thread on all the things people have heard in customer service phone calls!


Shelle

Hey Melvira and Dolfin, I really DO look like MY avatar! Just joking, but not by much

People post photos in the gallery sideways and you have to crank your neck to look at the cake and try and decide what the design is. It isn't that hard to edit your photos and rotate the picture before posting it.

Along the lines of the extra r in words, well sort of.... I can't stand it when someone is spelling a word to me with the letter R in it and they say "r-uh". It's a letter, not a 2 syllable word!

I heard something on the tv this morning that reminded me that my dad replaces the n in "cone" with a m calling it a "come" (sounds like comb).

Maybe it's because my grandmother and I don't quite see eye to eye on a lot of things, (generation gap I guess) but she says stuff all the time that drives me crazy. It wouldn't be so bad if she didn't correct everyone else's grammar and pronunciation all the time. She says stuff like...

Mondee, Tuesdee, Wensdee
chemie-cal instead of chemical
Muck Donald's instead of McDonald's
worsh instead of wash
wa-wa instead of water

And when I was younger, before I started school to learn proper grammar, I would say something to her like, "I got to get my stuff." She would say to me, "Desiree it's 'I need to get my things' not 'I got to get my stuff'." All the while I was thinking, geez lady I'm only four!

I also hate:

exposed or suppos-ed instead of supposed
luckfully instead of luckily
pronouncements instead of pronunciation
umb-o-rella instead of umbrella
Wal-Mark instead of Wal-Mart
Taco Boono instead of Taco Bueno

A friend of mine used to say Pabbage Catch and beltseat

And I detest when people spell words incorrectly on purpose...

dawg for dog
hawt for hot
dis for this
dat for that
u for you
ur for your or you are

I'm real big on spelling, grammar, punctuation and pronunciation. Can you tell?

Seems like everyone I know says crazy things. My MIL is from Maine (although she hasn't lived there for 30 years!) and says things like: hamburg for hamburger and SULsa for SALsa, mum for mom, Oniways for anyway. I saw that someone else says "gobs" for cake-like cookies with a filling; she calls them whoopie pies.

Hubby: Says nuc-u-lar instead of nuCLEAR and says they both sound exactly the same; he can't hear the difference in pronunciation. HUH? He also says a "GROW of trees" instead a "GROVE of trees". I had to prove to him that it's "grove" and he still says "grow" to be ridiculous. He can't stand the words QUICHE, DOILIES and COTTAGE. The look on his face when someone says one of them is complete disgust. HA!

My mom: Says "SOURcastic" instead of "SARcastic" and she says "EYEtalian". Makes me nuts.

When people say "my dog PAST away". UGH! Or when they can't spell simple words like BANANA. I've seen people spell it "bannana". Where have they ever seen it spelled this way?!

Or when people use quotes inappropriately, such as: "Thank You" for washing your hands or "Please" wipe your boots. They could either use italics or they could use capital letters to emphasize the words. SHEESH!

When we lived in Minneapolis, my co-workers called a rubber band a rubber binder.

My kids say a word they made up: amn't. Example: "Emily, you're stepping on my toy!", "No I amn't!" It's not a word, but it makes total sense! Am not, is not, could not, etc. I think it should be added to the dictionary!!

My 5 year old son calls a snail a "slurmy". And why not really?

Happy Day,
Steph

I can't stand people saying libary, exspecially, slacks, fustrated (dh says this). I'm sure there are more, but I'll stop there.

That being said, I'm from PA originally and say crik (it drives dh nuts). My grandmother who lives in PA says davenport for couch, sweeper for vaccuum, pop, pocketbook, and she cleans her teeth. Now that I live in New England, I say wicked, as in its wicked hot out. I do pronounce my r's which many New Englanders don't do.