Re: [FWDLK] Automotive vernacular, malapropisms and downright poor speech

[Garrett <TheBulkster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: Re: [FWDLK] Automotive vernacular, malapropisms and downright poor speech

Hey, I'm well educated, looking for a job, live in the United States and I can talk good too.

 

Ha ha ha

 

Seriously though, I agree with you on those wonderful mis-spellings.  They often make be cringe.  I realize it's the internet and it inherently has low standards in regards to spelling and grammar, but still, I've always found, especially when expressing (or defending) an opinion, that knowing how to spell what you want to say is quite beneficial (or is that "quiet" beneficial?  Or maybe we need to be quite since the baby's asleep).  At any rate, at the very least it will give me a laugh now and then.

 

And just to keep this somewhat on-topic, 57 Plymouth.

 

Garrett

----- Original Message -----

From: Daniel Davids

To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 12:55 PM

Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Automotive vernacular, malapropisms and downright poor speech

You can add to the list of wrong-headed words seen on the internet and over email:

    counsel    (referring to console)

    repo    (as in a reproduction part, so it should be ?repro?)

    hi-pro    (as in a a high performance version of an engine)

    Alfa Romero

    Camero

    posi, positraction    (referring to Mopar ?limited slip differential?)

and the continuing and ubiquitous misspelling and misuse of words like:

    definate, definately

    their    (when trying to say ?they?re?)

    your     (as in ?Your gonna love this.?)  << This one drives me nuts.


I can only assume that they don?t cover contractions in school anymore.
The fact that our school districts have allowed such a dumbing down
of expectations is truly a national disaster. It becomes increasingly difficult
to find qualified, well-educated candidates for jobs these days. I know
firsthand as a manager at Microsoft. No wonder we hire abroad.

Dan Davids
Woodinville, WA

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