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For all intensive purposes, dialect coach Erik Singer is literally an expert when it comes to language. So, who better to curve our hunger for knowledge than him and his colleague, fellow dialect coach Eliza Simpson. Erik and Eliza break down some of the most common pet peeves we associate with language; some so common we often take them for granite.
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Vocal cord imagery courtesy of Jan G. Svec
Videokymographic images of the three voice registers taken from the study “Svec, J. G. (2004). Research journey: chest-falsetto discontinuity and videokymography. In H. K. Schutte, S. Poppema, & E. te Bos (Eds.), Physiology and Acoustics of Singing (PAS), 3-5 October, 2002, Groningen, the Netherlands (CD-ROM). Groningen, the Netherlands: Groningen Voice Research Lab (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/241682145_RESEARCH_JOURNEY_CHEST-FALSETTO_DISCONTINUITY_AND_VIDEOKYMOGRAPHY)“, courtesy of Jan G. Svec, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czechia.
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I was moderately interested until he used the word ‘literally’ in a non literal sense (people literally light their hair on fire). As a British person I have to say I think this is more prevalent in America, although some things are creeping in here like ‘axe’ instead of ask or Pacific instead of specific. My particular pet peeve is using of instead of have, as in should’ve. People say should of instead of should have. Urgh!
More of a written eggcorn but ppl seem to be replacing 've (could've, would've) with of (could of, would of)
People really need to stop splitting hares when it comes to grammer.
More importantly language is intended to help us understand each other. If I understand you and you understand me, who cares about your grammar or spelling? Once upon a time people spelled each word however they wished, and people still understood each other.
Waiting on "tender hooks" instead of tenterhooks. I was guilty of this for decades. But I draw the line at always pronouncing the word "the" as thuh. It was beaten into us as children that "the" before a vowel sound is always pronounced "thee". When someone says something like "thuh earth is round", they sound like a caveman trying to speak English. I will never get past that.
All prescriptivists should suffer a terrible painful death
I was waiting for specific comments on Kim Kardashian!
Shakespeare and Scandinavian Comfort Food are too close together on your bookshelf.
My problem with literally, is that there is no other word to mean "exactly how I am saying it" other than that word. So when I want to say just that, I have to know to add other words to people know what I am saying. It was easier to just say, "I'm literally pooping my pants right now, i have to go" rather than to add "No, I don't want to hear your story for another minute, I really have to go as my underware is now soiled."
For nearly my whole life I thought Bless you was blesh shoe
How many egg corns can you write into a paragraph. Then you can send them to the people who complain about your grammar.
wtf? english is my second language and i have never made such mistakes. i wasnt even aware that some people can be that stupid. new leash on life?? doggy dog? … i just cant,lol
Trouble with literally as intensifier is that it weakens the word when used literally
You both sounded tired while using vocal fry. Anyway, life is hard when you have dyslexia. Half the time I have no idea if the words I'm reading/hearing are correct. I hear/read something and think ''hmm, that can't be right'' and there will be a 50/50 that I was right/wrong. There is also the fact that what I hear won't always be what I write, like I could hear someone say ''coldslaw'' and write ''coleslaw'' without registering the difference. That can also happen in reverse. But then again, my dumb brain spent a couple of minutes trying to figure out how to spell the word ''room'', because the word ''room'' didn't look right.
Literally can't even-ing right now 🙃
A damp squid (squib) brass tax (tacts)
Eggcorn – malopropism?
My Indian friend moved to England when she was 16. She has created some very strange hybrids of our colloquialisms which I love. 'It's raining rats and dogs' is a particular favourite! I'm never actually sure if she knows she is saying something different to the rest of us or just prefers her versions!
I know this guy purposefully said "some people will LITERALLY set their hair on fire" to trigger the literally/figuratively crowd. It made me cringe!
4:28 Just casually does a singing technique called subharmonics like its nothing
In Bostonian, Ka means motor vehicle
Yeah. So stop language shaming guys. Everybody talks good enough and stuff.🙄
'Irregardless' is a minor one as well