What Annoying Grammatical or Pronunciation *Error* Did You Come Across Today?

I see dozens of grammatical errors everyday reading the news from major media outlets, seems like the new norm. It’s kind of like the new Limbo....a dance where they keep lowering the bar and the person bends over backwards. In the song Lindy Rock there was a phrase.....how low can you go !

Then since audio is an obsessive hobby, obsessive people always expect better....
 
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In Google's defense, it's searching what other people put on the web, based on exactly what you typed in, so it's not really Google's fault. Can you imagine the backlash if Google started correcting your grammar before it conducted the desired search? :eek: :D
 
I too have a big issue with "needs" I never heard it being used like that until I moved to Florida. Another quirk that "needs' fixing is the added "r".

I had a friend who would always would call the Capital, Warshington. I would try to explain to him that there was no "r" in the word, but he would not acknowledge that that was what he was saying. I know from hearing a good bit of British speech that the trait must surely begin in England. My friend did have a solid British background.
 
I don't know about it being British but it's also a southern US thing. My grandmother from West Virginia used to say 'warsh' instead of 'wash'. She never got closer to a Brit than watching a Laurence Olivier movie.
 

See what happens when I take my meds... Back in 1995 I worked offsite in New Haven, CT for three months. Loved it. A seasoned citizen at work pronounced "aluminum", "aluninum" (using the "short" u sound). I've said it like this ever since. To me, it's just too funny. I pronounce it that way in his honor.

S.J.
 
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I find grammatical flaws at the hospital where I work all the time. Just today I was looking over one of my coworker's inventory sheets, and one item was listed as "cubical curtin". :no:
 
I work with other environmental specialists who pronounce "toluene" with an extra L, as in "tolulene". Nothing worse for the well being of a chemist than to mispronounce simple chemicals in his presence. :(
 
If you call 'Aluminium' 'Aluminum' - then why don't you guys spell/say 'Uranium' 'Uranum' - or maybe you do! :)
 
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