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Do you correct people?
In real life, that is. Everybody does it online, so that doesn't count.
I don't do it, personally, but boy am I tempted sometimes. There are certain words I hear regularly that irritate me to no end (specifically "real-i-ty", "real-a-tor", and "jew-ler-y") and I really have to bite my tongue, but I still don't do it. Also, do you want others to correct your grammar/pronunciation or does it piss you off? In my opinion, there's a big difference between someone politely pointing out to me that I've mispronounced something and someone pointing and laughing their head off in front of everyone. Honestly, I'd prefer that people nicely point out to me when I've pronounced something incorrectly or used incorrect grammar, because I'll remember it and never do it again, but I realize that some people can't stand to be corrected. So, the two questions are: 1. Do you correct others, and if so, how do you go about it? 2. Do you appreciate being corrected or do you get embarrassed and angry? Jam it back in, in the dark. |
I do correct people, but I'm all bashful about it when I do. Say someone uses the wrong word/pronunciation, I'll go something like "I think you mean [corrected word]". I'll correct them in such away as to sound like I'm not even sure myself, always slipping in "I think". Because hey it's a really tough word and I completely sympathise with you in terms of it's usage not being clear cut right or wrong.
It's ridiculous, but perhaps better than "You're stupid, you're ugly, and you're Wrong. Thanks". There's nowhere I can't reach. |
I find that having my monocle slip from its place and gasping is enough to stop whatever conversation is going on. After that, I twirl my top hat and cane while I recite errors and and their respective corrections. If the occasion warrants, I also break into a song and dance number.
This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
Living in my particular area of the world one would clearly think that when the brains were handed out at birthtime the lord just wasn't concentrating on the job. Having said that, I find myself correcting pretty much everyone I have conversations with on a daily basis. I'm not too blunt about it, but I will just stop conversation to correct pronunciation at any point and move on.
However, you have to be real careful when this is done. With your friends it's OK to do this. You do it in a party where everyone is drunk and belligerent and all of a sudden it's like you're some kind of language Nazi who's sole purpose is to kill a buzz. Fuck off. Perhaps if you'd paid attention in English instead of getting knocked up for the third time in the backseat of your man's lowrider I wouldn't be blowing your buzz. I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
I tend to correct others' pronunciation, but I only correct grammar if it's especially horrendous. I'd like for others to do the same favor for me, but politely. It sucks when someone uses your innocent mistake as an opportunity to ridicule you mercilessly.
I was speaking idiomatically. |
People don't like being corrected, and they don't take the correction on board. It's a fool's errand, that won't yield any positive results, so I don't bother. You can keep correcting people until you're blue in the face, but most of the people you will be correcting just don't care.
What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
I was just thinking about my dad, though. He mispronounces SO MANY WORDS and my mom always corrects him as nicely as she can, but he still gets so mad. Also, he keeps mispronouncing the same words even after she has corrected him, so it's a total waste of time on her part. It's kind of funny. FELIPE NO |
I don't correct people much in real life, but they are allowed to correct me as I am insecure about my grammar at times. I only get mad if arrogant people correct you constantly but have nothing else to say.
What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
Jam it back in, in the dark. |
*I mean in real life, arrogant people that correct you personally. It's fine with me if you correct people in Mexico or wherever you live. =0
There's nowhere I can't reach.
Last edited by Kaphwan 86; Jul 17, 2006 at 11:20 AM.
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I don't directly correct others and not too frequently since they tend to say most things right. If I feel I have to correct someone, I'll try using said word in a sentence of my own which will be a follow or response to their sentence, and they always catch on. It's not a big deal though when pronunciation is ambiguous for certain words that aren't in the dictionary.
No one is straight up with me if I have anything to be corrected. They won't say "That's wrong, it's <X>!" I only remember being corrected once on the pronunciation of "Garou". This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
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Personally, I would prefer to be corrected when I make a mistake, especially if it is a factual error rather than a grammatical or syntactic mis-step. It's embarrassing, but it can add to my knowledge, or save me from future embarrassment, as you said. I just happen to find that I'm in a minority. I was speaking idiomatically.
Last edited by Soluzar; Jul 17, 2006 at 11:32 AM.
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I don't correct people for grammar, but I like correcting them for spelling. Sure, people may hate being corrected, but if someone doesn't tell them they're spelling all these words wrong, they'll never learn. It sure helps them in the long run, as spelling is very important.
If someone corrects -me-, I'm cool with it, although I generally look up the word or, if I'm lazy, just add in a (sp?) after words I'm not too sure of. It keeps me covered. What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
I constantly correct people for spelling, grammar and misconceptions. The ones that piss me off the most are "would of", "could of", "should of", "definately" and "Slipknot are a great death metal band".
Although, I am constantly reprimanded for pronounciation due to the fact that so many of the words I use are words I've never heard used and only seen on paper/online. FELIPE NO |
I usually don't have to, but sometimes I'll hear a word mispronounced, and it will grate on my nerves a bit. Usually I'm worse at trying to supply someone with words when they're talking to me. If they pause as if they're searching for the right word, I'll start tossing out words to help them finish. I'm sure that must be kinda annoying sometimes.
What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
I'm not making this up. On my way to the bank just a minute ago I was listening to the radio and the D.J. said "jew-le-ry." That has to be my all-time most hated mispronunciation. I had my cell phone in my hand getting ready to call the station and correct her, and then decided against it.
That's what I always do, because I'm afraid of pissing people off. =/ How ya doing, buddy? |
I can't stand when people mispronounce "nuclear" by saying "New-kew-lur" instead of "New-klee-ur"!!! (You've all heard this...) That's the only thing I'll correct... and EVERYBODY does that! Our own president, even... but then again, he isn't exactly the epitome of intelligence, anyway... I might say another word back in a sentence, or repeat it with the correct pronunciation in response, but I won't directly correct someone unless it's that word...
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I try to avoid correcting people. It's rare you'll find someone who appreciates it, and if you don't know the person well, it pretty much guarantees the end of a conversation. But good lord, how I've been tempted. I used to somewhat know a person who would say things like "tooken," but I knew he'd flip out if I tried to tell him it was "took/taken." "Whom" is another I hear often, but it's so common that there's no point in bothering. Plus, I confuse its usage from time to time. I guess it's not just worth it. Even if the person does appreciate it, there's a high chance they'll continue making the mistake.
This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
Being corrected pisses me off because in my own little world, I'm ALWAYS right. Immature, I know, but ususally the people correcting me just want to be better than me, which is something I will NOT let them do.
I correct people that I don't like. If I do like them I just think to myself, "IT'S [correct word]! YOU ASSHOLE!!!!" If I don't like them at all, I just go ahead and say it. I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
My mother has recently started saying "anedocal" for "anecdotal." It makes me crazy, but...I have yet to summon up the nerve to correct my parents. I'm a good boy.
I was speaking idiomatically. |
I am likely the opposite of what a normal, courteous person should be.
I will point out an error. Or more likely, I will dote on the error. "And I punched that number into the cackulator-" "The what." "The cackulator." "I think the word is calculator." I am usually appreciative of someone correcting me. One of my biggest fuck-ups is the word "pensive." Apparently, I say it wrong sometimes. I like constructive criticism. So long as it's not wicked mean. What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
When I correct people it's completely random and immediate. So, if somebody said (and this is a weak example because I can't think of anything else at the moment), "It ain't my fault," I would simply throw in, "It's not," correcting "It ain't." "How many times have you falled down?" "Fell."
Just like that. Half the time they don't catch it anyway, it seems. FELIPE NO |
Sometimes I'm very tempted to correct certain things, like saying 'Woof' for 'Wolf.' Also, my mother irritates the crap out of me when she mispronounces every Spanish word possible. I've finally trained her to not say 'Hal-a-PEE-no' for jalapeño, but she still has issues with the Spanish language. She embarasses herself at the grocery store where she works...there's a lot of Spanish speakers and products, so she has plenty of opportunity.
Not that I'm faultless in my Spanish, but aside from a basic inability to properly roll my 'rr's, I have the prounounciation correct. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
I tend not to correct pronunciation. Mostly because I don't pick up on it fast enough - and it'd seem a little pedantic to say, after the current speaker has finished speaking, "oh, by the way..." (which might be met with an enthusiastic "Yes?") "you mis-pronounced 'schedule' by giving it a hard 'c'".
However, reading (be it reading over someone else's essay, in which case I'm sure corrective comments are welcomed; or on MSN, in which case...probably not xD) stuff, I generally correct glaring mistakes. The things I hate the most are confusion with "their", "they're" and "there", because those are easily differentiable (not like a continuous simple function, but you know what I mean); "its" and "it's", because it's easy to work it out by considering "it is" or "it has" in place of the ambiguous word, and "you're" and "your", because...well...the most moronic of people should be able to grasp the difference. Having said this, I'm much more likely to correct the spelling or grammar of someone I know quite closely. Perhaps I really am afraid and embarrassed to correct people. On the other hand, in class, if someone explains to me their solution of a problem in mathematics (I'm sort of like...a student-mentor kinda person to most of the Further Maths set xP), and it's evident that they have made an error and are therefore talking crap in subsequent lines of logic, I'll often let them continue - I don't feel I have the right to interject. Y'know when someone has an understanding of a topic and knows how to apply logic...their eyes light up, and you can tell they really enjoy the sense of academic achievement - I prefer not to ruin that immediately, for often the mistake is only a simple omission of a minus sign or something of the like, which does not necessarily render the remainder of the solution worthless; I don't feel spoiling their fun is justified. I do believe, however, It is everyone's duty, to correct someone when they have made a mistake; perhaps the proposed correction may indeed be wrong, but nonetheless it will help better both people involved. As such, I don't feel too embarrassed when corrected (especially if it's done in a constructive manner). I'm generally appreciative when someone points out that I'm talking rubbish. And I'll bet every one of you a tenner that I've made a a gazillion spelling and grammar mistakes in this post. xD Jam it back in, in the dark. By any other name, would smell as sweet.
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