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[Vattic]

For some reason this really bothers me: "That's a good ideal; Let's get some ice cream". It's really common around here.

[Toaster]

I dunno- that's an ideal I could get behind.  Gathering together for a icy treat is a great way to bring yourself closer to your neighbors and loved ones.

[GlyphGryph]

Yeah around here we only get good idears.

[hops]

Y dew peepul rite rediculous?

The anser is simpl: Peepul rite many of ther words foneticly. Wich SOWNDS mor liyk the way peepul pronowns it?

that or RYEDICUELOIS

FTFY

This reminds me of that one English guy who proposed we write everything phonetically, but gave up after the friend he shared his idea with wrote back with something incomprehensible.

[MaximumZero]

Yeah around here we only get good idears.

As long as you don't warsh yer windles, like the folks in Pennsylvania/rural New York, that's close enough for me. Those people drove me nuts.

[alexandertnt]

Where I live, its pronounced as it is spelled: ridiculous, like in "getting rid of something".

[scrdest]

Y dew peepul rite rediculous?

The anser is simpl: Peepul rite many of ther words foneticly. Wich SOWNDS mor liyk the way peepul pronowns it?

that or RYEDICUELOIS

FTFY

Argh. If that's how the spelling would 'evolve' in the future, just spare me the suffering and shoot me.

[Telgin]

Yeah around here we only get good idears.

As long as you don't warsh yer windles, like the folks in Pennsylvania/rural New York, that's close enough for me. Those people drove me nuts.

Reminds me of how around here old people pronounce window as win-der.  Or pronounce okra as okri.  Or ought as ort.

Drives me nuts.  I'm sure I pronounce some things stupidly, but I do try to at least not insert completely unrelated syllables into words.

[MaximumZero]

People around here shop at Walmarks for vidjo gamz. And all manner of crap made in China. And possibly meth.

[WealthyRadish]

I say 'ridiculous' as reh-dik-you-luss. I've heard that Coloradoans have the least unique accent in the United States, so therefore everyone else living anywhere else is wrong (logic!).

[Bauglir]

I say 'ridiculous' as reh-dik-you-luss. I've heard that Coloradoans have the least unique accent in the United States, so therefore everyone else living anywhere else is wrong (logic!).

I've heard the same about the Midwest. My guess is that literally everywhere that doesn't have a cultural stake in taking pride in the local accent tells themselves this.

[WealthyRadish]

Probably right, but I can usually instantly tell if someone's from the midwest, or any other region that isn't a mountain state. Getting real data on pronunciation and colloquialisms/phrasing in the entire country would probably be way too difficult anyway.

[Arx]

I have discovered something worse than two-point ellipses...............

Using an arbitrary number of points..... and using them instead of commas or full stops.........

The pain..........................

[darkflagrance]

"should have" vs. "should of"

This is what I hate the most. People who make this mistake really have no idea how English works at all and are basically speaking phonetically, without awareness of how verbs and propositionsprepositions work.

[MaximumZero]

The first part of your signature is very appropriate.