On Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:18:17 GMT, "tomScotland"
 wrote:

>"Jose de las Heras"  wrote in message 
>news:7b8l6vF2257asU1@mid.individual.net...
>>
>> "Peter McCormack"  wrote in message 
>> news:ssbxf9iaxglv.1lz5sy2j5p6zn$.dlg@40tude.net...
>>> On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:01:43 +0100, Jose de las Heras wrote:
>>>
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>>>> 2) anemone. This is not to do with the spelling itself, but the
>>>> pronounciation. Check it out: "anemone". Look at the consonants. First 
>>>> "N"
>>>> then "M" and then "N" again. However, a LOT of people pronounce it like
>>>> "an-enemy" (N-N-M).
>>>> I came across this one first on my first year in the UK, studying 
>>>> biology,
>>>> listening to a fellow student. It was a very confusing time for me 
>>>> already,
>>>> realising that spelling and pronounciation don't make a whole lot of 
>>>> sense
>>>> together... but this was a bit much.
>>>
>>> That one's quite common, but nowhere near as criminal as the heinous
>>> "nucular".
>>
>> yeah, I feel like a snob (and I don't like it, but it's a gut reaction I 
>> find hard to avoid) because the minute somebody says "nucular" I switch 
>> off whatever it is they have to say.
>
>Me too. These bastardisations of language are annoying alright, but none 
>more so to me than when people say, or worse type, 'of' instead of 'have'. 
>For example - "You should of played a minor there" or "I could of..." etc.
>
>What the fuck is wrong with people who think that its ok to speak or type 
>this way? I'm pretty sure I had this nailed by the first year of primary 
>school, or more likely before I went to school. I can see how some people 
>might hear "could've" as "could of", but come on....

Yeah but...yeah but....how the fuck do you go about insulting someone
without using bad language?

(almost unique) Pete