"Lose," and "loose."

[Perd Hapley]

How does whinge differ from whine? 

[Fly320s]

How does whinge differ from whine? 

Spelling, pronounciation, definition, and whinging isn't a word.

[Tallpine]

Spelling, pronounciation, definition, and whinging isn't a word.

Actually, I'm thinking that it might be a Scots (lowland) word, but I'll have to go look it up.   

[Fly320s]

Ok, so whinge is a word, but it is British usage, and this here is By-God 'merica, so you can't use it.  

[Tallpine]

Ok, so whinge is a word, but it is British usage, and this here is By-God 'merica, so you can't use it.  

'S urainn dhomh facal sam bith a ràdh ! 

[Triphammer]

 My Mom, from Dublin, used it often while I was small. Common usage in the good ol' U S of A.

[RocketMan]

Ban the new guy!  He's obviously a looser.    

[Scout26]

[crt360]

Rockwaller

Example:  "My daddy says our pit could whip the sh** outta yall's rockwaller."

:D

[Stevie-Ray]

"evacuating patience to the casualty collection point".

I love that. And it makes sense, as it happens to me a lot, especially when driving.

This thread topic happens in speech as well as writing. My favorite was always nuclear/nucular. I used to work with nuclear level controls, but my boss, with his masters degree, thought they were nucular.

I wonder how he spelled it.

[Hawkmoon]

This thread topic happens in speech as well as writing. My favorite was always nuclear/nucular. I used to work with nuclear level controls, but my boss, with his masters degree, thought they were nucular.

So did President Bush the 2nd.

[Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas]

So did President Bush the 2nd.

And Jack Bauer.

[Perd Hapley]

I wouldn't mind all the hand-wringing about "nucular," if we could also vilify those who say fur-miliar and pro-noun-ciation, and say "Sund-ee" instead of "Sunday," and think that "restaurant" has but two syllables, and a dozen other mistakes that are equally egregious and much more common. 


Yeah, I'm one of those people who never misses a mispronounced or misused word, and it drives me crazy.  My second grade teacher had some peculiarities in pronunciation that made that year particularly difficult.  I hate being this way, but what can I do? 

[Monkeyleg]

Some people are more worried about the pronunciation of nuclear than they are about countries building nukes. (Or is that "nuches"?)

[Regolith]

And Jack Bauer.

And Jimmy Carter.

Who worked on Naval nuclear reactors...

[Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas]

(Or is that "nuches"?)

Buenos nuches to you, too.

And Jimmy Carter.

Who worked on Naval nuclear reactors...

Jimmy Carter+nuclear reactors is scarier than Jack Bauer.

[280plus]

I must agree. 

[Standing Wolf]

Yall are a bunch a hippocrites.

[Fly320s]

Yall are a bunch a hippocrites.

What does a philosopher have to do with this?
 

[makattak]

What does a philosopher have to do with this?
 

Philosofer? Wasn't he a doctor? Came up with that hypercritical oath?

[Stevie-Ray]

Yeah, I'm one of those people who never misses a mispronounced or misused word, and it drives me crazy.  My second grade teacher had some peculiarities in pronunciation that made that year particularly difficult.  I hate being this way, but what can I do? 

You're telling me. I married a Pennsylvania/Dutch girl 35 years ago. It's been a lifetime of telling her that a window seal keeps cold air out; it's not something you keep flowers on. And she played with dolls when she was a kid, not dawls. I don't like Pepsi, what other kind of pawp do yuns have? She swears she was taught that way as a child and we talk funny. I keep telling her I remember the phonics lessons I had and she would have failed miserably. And we won't even get into read (short for ready) instead of cleaned. Always makes for spirited conversation. And then when we go up to the Upper Peninsula, she really has fun listening to the Yoopers. Loud = louood.

[Hawkmoon]

Well, if we're digressing into pet peeves -- "Rout" (as in ROWT) when referring to a series of travel instructions or highways (Like "Rowt 66"). The word for that is "route" (pronounced "rewt"). A "rout" is an overwhelming defeat.

Of course, I was going to say that "route" is pronounced like the "root" in root beer ... and then I remembered that large portions of the country pronounce that something like "ruht" beer.

Then there was my high school English teacher, who pronounced "subtlety" as "sub-TIL-ih-tee"

[makattak]

Well, if we're digressing into pet peeves -- "Rout" (as in ROWT) when referring to a series of travel instructions or highways (Like "Rowt 66"). The word for that is "route" (pronounced "rewt"). A "rout" is an overwhelming defeat.

Of course, I was going to say that "route" is pronounced like the "root" in root beer ... and then I remembered that large portions of the country pronounce that something like "ruht" beer.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ROUTE

Main Entry: 1route 
Pronunciation: \ˈrüt, ˈrau̇t\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French rute, from Vulgar Latin *rupta (via), literally, broken way, from Latin rupta, feminine of ruptus, past participle
Date: 13th century
1 a : a traveled way : highway <the main route north> b : a means of access : channel <the route to social mobility — T. F. O'Dea>
2 : a line of travel : course
3 a : an established or selected course of travel or action b : an assigned territory to be systematically covered <a newspaper route>


Both pronunciations are acceptable.

I felt the same way about "Carbine". Carbeen sounds so bad to my ears. Apparently both carbeen and carbayn are acceptable pronunciations, though.

[KD5NRH]

if we could also vilify those who say fur-miliar and pro-noun-ciation,

Maybe they learned from this software:
http://www.brothersoft.com/g-dictionary-323217.html

or this:
http://www.brothersoft.com/sephonics-163003.html

[Hawkmoon]

Both pronunciations are acceptable.

Not to anyone who speaks English.