Bad English Annoying phrases

[mojims]

My personal pet peeves:

film --> flim
dead --> dieded

go figure...

 

[Macuser]

Excuse -- esscuse
Exam -- essam.
Experiment -- essperiment
Explain --essplain,

OMG. its an X for goodness sake, not an S. sheesh.

No, people now says

Excuse --> sexcuse
Exam --> sexam
Experiment --> sexperiment
Explain --> sexplain
Expert --> sexpert

It is a S. Also, you used the wrong article, it is "a" not "an". "An" must be followed by a vowel. ;p

 

[theveed]

"An S" is correct, not "A S" when describing a letter that sounds like a vowel (S = es), you treat it as a vowel when choosing between "a" or "an" to remove the glottal stop. Same with "x" "h" (when silent), you don't say "A hour", you say "An hour", for example.

Know what's right before correcting others.

 

[bousozoku]

No, people now says

Excuse --> sexcuse
Exam --> sexam
Experiment --> sexperiment
Explain --> sexplain
Expert --> sexpert

It is a S. Also, you used the wrong article, it is "a" not "an". "An" must be followed by a vowel. ;p

Words that begin with "H" don't always work that way, either.

"An historical reference..." is just as correct as "A historical reference...".

 

[nirenj]

Two signs from a Majorcan shop entrance:
- English well talking.
- Here speeching American.

 

[nirenj]

In a Bangkok dry cleaner's: Drop your trousers here for best results.
In a Swiss mountain inn: Special today -- no ice cream.

In a Bangkok temple: It is forbidden to enter a woman even a foreigner if dressed as a man.

In an Acapulco hotel: The manager has personally passed all the water served here.

 

[theveed]

in a bangkok dry cleaner's: Drop your trousers here for best results.
In a swiss mountain inn: Special today -- no ice cream.

In a bangkok temple: It is forbidden to enter a woman even a foreigner if dressed as a man.

In an acapulco hotel: The manager has personally passed all the water served here.

hahahahhaa.