Minor things that annoy you more than they probably should

[Philip A]

Common mispronunciations that irk me:

- sudoku as “su du ko”
- turmeric as “chew muh rick”
- asterisk as “Asterix” (the Gaul)

[Gevin Chapwell]

Yes, those are particularly grievious.

[Ian Volante]

Common mispronunciations that irk me:

- sudoku as “su du ko”
- turmeric as “chew muh rick”
- asterisk as “Asterix” (the Gaul)

Metathesis innit

[Philip A]

‘An ‘istoric.’

It’s ‘a historic.’

[Robert Ring]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wire

When people say something is the greatest TV show "OF ALL TIME", basically they're insisting this is better than any TV show that uh, yknow, the Romans or Greeks made. They really want you to know that.
(same for movies)

[Gevin Chapwell]

Dialogue in books where you get alternating people speaking and you have to count down to check who said each line because it never says beyond the first one, and even then it's often a bit vague.

I think the standard needs to change. If you want a load of dialogue with no narration, put the person's name with a colon for each line, like you would in a play.

[Marc Meakin]

Dialogue in books where you get alternating people speaking and you have to count down to check who said each line because it never says beyond the first one, and even then it's often a bit vague.

I think the standard needs to change. If you want a load of dialogue with no narration, put the person's name with a colon for each line, like you would in a play.

Audibooks are the way forward

[Gevin Chapwell]

Do they put on different voices for each speaking part? In any case, it's an extreme solution for this particular problem!