What drives me up the wall, in addition to this, is the tendency of folks from Indiana to eliminate the helping verb i.e. “These clothes need washed.” or “This file needs sent.” WTF?!?!
I have been one of those nerds who said “heighth” but I was following others and just a child. I did some research and it appears that such a pronunciation was acceptable up to Shakespeare’s time, but fell out of use, just like pronouncing EVERY letter in a word, as when you read Middle English, such as Chaucer (”We are the k-nig-h-ts who say Ni!” comes to mind).
And in conclusion, yes, I am a word whore.
MK
January 8th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
…and they say, “Wanna come with?”
Hello. Please don’t end with a preposition.
January 8th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
I cringe when I hear, “Where you at?”
I usually respond, “BEHIND the preposition!”
January 8th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
Uhm WHAT?
People are weird.
And I am thinking of you!!! You sound BETTER! I’m internet restricted these days but I’m thinking bout you, lady, and hoping all is well.
xoxoxoxoxo
January 8th, 2007 at 8:26 pm
Those people who say “heighth”… are they tall or short?
January 8th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
My mom says “heightth”. But she also pronounces the “L” in salmon and pronounces “vegetables” as veg-eh-tab-uhls and “wallet” as wahhhl-wit.
Is it a midwestern thing?
January 8th, 2007 at 8:59 pm
What drives me up the wall, in addition to this, is the tendency of folks from Indiana to eliminate the helping verb i.e. “These clothes need washed.” or “This file needs sent.” WTF?!?!
January 8th, 2007 at 10:34 pm
I have been one of those nerds who said “heighth” but I was following others and just a child. I did some research and it appears that such a pronunciation was acceptable up to Shakespeare’s time, but fell out of use, just like pronouncing EVERY letter in a word, as when you read Middle English, such as Chaucer (”We are the k-nig-h-ts who say Ni!” comes to mind).
And in conclusion, yes, I am a word whore.
MK
January 8th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
MK, Word Whore, My LOVE,
You are so allowed to say it. Anyone who looks up these things has an automatic pass.
February 2nd, 2007 at 12:06 am
What about melk? Ask people to say the word spelled m-i-l-k and see how it comes out… maybe this is a mid-west thing, too…