For all intensive purposes, dialect coach Erik Singer is literally an expert when it comes to language. So, who better to curve our hunger for knowledge than him and his colleague, fellow dialect coach Eliza Simpson. Erik and Eliza break down some of the most common pet peeves we associate with language; some so common we often take them for granite.
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Vocal cord imagery courtesy of Jan G. Svec
Videokymographic images of the three voice registers taken from the study “Svec, J. G. (2004). Research journey: chest-falsetto discontinuity and videokymography. In H. K. Schutte, S. Poppema, & E. te Bos (Eds.), Physiology and Acoustics of Singing (PAS), 3-5 October, 2002, Groningen, the Netherlands (CD-ROM). Groningen, the Netherlands: Groningen Voice Research Lab ()”, courtesy of Jan G. Svec, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czechia.
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Accent Expert Breaks Down Language Pet Peeves | WIRED
MadameBlegh
July 24, 2020 at 1:20 am
Not “it’s a mute point”
It should be “it’s a MOOT point”
dammit
Somerandom
July 24, 2020 at 1:21 am
As an Australian, I use Uptalk without meaning to. Because I’m in IT Support I need to intentionally remove it to sounds sure about myself if a client is assuming I don’t know what I’m talking about.
A
July 24, 2020 at 1:21 am
I personally hate ‘I could care less’ because ‘I couldn’t care less’ makes so much more sense
Chris Taylor
July 24, 2020 at 1:21 am
Vocal fry makes me homicidal.
Sage
July 24, 2020 at 1:21 am
“I could care less” “the ladder of two” they’re my biggest pet peeves lol
Billy Trespassers
July 24, 2020 at 1:21 am
The French Prince… of Bel-Air
Emily Slack
July 24, 2020 at 1:21 am
Wait. Obama has vocal fry and we all love his voice
Vaibhav Ravichandran
July 24, 2020 at 1:22 am
So Erik likes Swedish food huh?
X X
July 24, 2020 at 1:22 am
Send this to your English teacher.
Weón Triste
July 24, 2020 at 1:22 am
people say “whenever” in place of “when”
ex: “whenever i was seven”
it’s not terribly common i suppose, but i know several people who do it constantly and it drives me crazy
Silk Space
July 24, 2020 at 1:22 am
I wish I could hire this guy for an hour or so to just explain stuff to me
revaholic
July 24, 2020 at 1:22 am
Britney Spears would be really good at that Jalapa Mazatec language
watermelon sundae
July 24, 2020 at 1:22 am
My favorite eggcorn is one that my cousin says unknowingly: “Mine as well” instead of “Might as well” lol so now, her kids say this too. But i don’t want to correct her because i don’t want to hurt her feelings lol
InCoreWrecked
July 24, 2020 at 1:23 am
A major issue is that with a constantly evolving language, the meanings of laws are in jeopardy seeing as they are dependent on specific wording.
Matt Neufeld
July 24, 2020 at 1:23 am
Honestly, I trusted her less during the vocal fry than him, but not because of the fry.
Her eyes are barely open, she looks bored and uninterested. Makes me not want to associate with her.
Disclaimer I’m sure she’s great, but lowering the eyelids made my reptilian brain reel
Jc Sandoval
July 24, 2020 at 1:23 am
So the entire English Language is just a lie then
Selina Hays
July 24, 2020 at 1:23 am
One I always catch, but don’t bother bringing up to people is when they say “this game is so addicting!” Instead of addictive. It always sticks out to me
Luke Zog
July 24, 2020 at 1:23 am
there’s no way this guy isn’t Jordan Peterson’s son
Sobeida Lagrange
July 24, 2020 at 1:23 am
Wow!!!😎😎😱😱😊😊👋👋
stan schanuzer
July 24, 2020 at 1:24 am
Bahahaha.. “to boldly go” was misspelled as “to boldy go” 🤣 8:58
misanthropicbyday
July 24, 2020 at 1:24 am
enjoy your meal, bone apple tea….
Moon Posture
July 24, 2020 at 1:24 am
Wow it’s so ironic this showed up on my feed when I was literally just talking about language pet peeves
MusicFanOnline
July 24, 2020 at 1:26 am
Rest in piece, English.
Gail OBrien
July 24, 2020 at 1:27 am
It’s all wilful ignorance and laziness.
krios
July 24, 2020 at 1:27 am
I have a speech impediment so if you’re bothered by what I say then don’t talk to me
Carolina Chavarín
July 25, 2020 at 1:10 am
Okay but writing “your” when it should be “you’re” or vice versa is just wrong
Flying Pen and Paper
July 25, 2020 at 1:11 am
3:42 well, yes, so long as those mishearings make sense. The examples listed were mostly etymological inconsistencies, which don’t really affect the average speaker. “Shamefaced” makes intuitive sense. On the other hand, “taken for granite” and “social leopard” really don’t, which is why it’s kind of silly that Rick would make a mistake like that. That’s not just a failure of hearing, but a failure of logic too, surely.
Something which doesn’t really make sense, but is part of the language is the use of “all but” to mean “nearly”. I’m not sure why that’s around, but I do like it—it’s a quirk that makes the language richer, I think. Maybe that’s a bit hypocritical.
9:39 same for French though, isn’t it? That’s a modern language, which has had a strong influence on English, and can’t end with prepositions or split the infinitive. It’s also nothing like Latin. It may not be incorrect in English, but I would say it can get confusing with long sentences. The structure of a language like French can make it easier to keep track of subject, object, prepositions, etc.
Cashala Richards
July 25, 2020 at 1:12 am
I’ve never been this turned on before by a language.
I like it. 😌
Sara Alhajri
July 25, 2020 at 1:12 am
Am I the only one who hates it when people say “try and” instead of “try to”? 🧔🔫
Emma G
July 25, 2020 at 1:13 am
One that makes me cringe every time I hear it, and it’s LITERALLY an epidemic over the last few years, is “Foh-ward”…….aaaahhhhhhh when did people decide the word FORWARD no longer has an R??!!
Pay attention…..I guarantee it won’t be long until you hear someone say FoH-ward!
Cayden Anderson
July 25, 2020 at 1:15 am
My mom always thought it was Chester drawers instead of chest of drawers
Gabriela Garcia
July 25, 2020 at 1:16 am
“Adulting”
Just Some Guy with internet
July 25, 2020 at 1:17 am
Is it just me cause I kinda like it when women talk with a vocal fry as opposed to talking normally?
Long duk dong
July 25, 2020 at 1:17 am
“It’s a doggy dog world,” refers to Snoop dog lyrics. Pretty common expression.
Not Tyler
July 25, 2020 at 1:17 am
“Scandinavian comfort foods” is by far the best book I see on the shelf
Miss Moxie
July 25, 2020 at 1:17 am
Thank you
Ryan Dubs
July 25, 2020 at 1:18 am
So…do all dialect coaches have amazing voices?
Tatiana Blue
July 25, 2020 at 1:18 am
Something about that thumbnail makes me think *unnecessary vocal fry*
theGiantGiGi
July 25, 2020 at 1:19 am
pronto… agr descobri q tem preconceito vocal.
Costeño Salao
July 25, 2020 at 1:20 am
If one more person starts an answer with “so…,” Im going to puncture my own ear drums.
10Vernonplace
July 25, 2020 at 1:21 am
my pet peeve is when people say jive and they mean jibe.
Fern
July 25, 2020 at 1:21 am
Anybody else pause this to switch to a higher resolution to try to identify the books on his shelf?
Gabriela Garcia
July 25, 2020 at 1:21 am
In Spanish porque and por qué mean two different things. 1st is why and second is because.
Ben Gaskin
July 25, 2020 at 1:23 am
Ever since I learned about “hone in on” not making sense… I can’t stop hearing people say it.
Marge O'Connor
July 25, 2020 at 1:24 am
Wish you had addressed lazy or slang pronunciation. Example: when people insist on saying samwich for sandwich or fiddy for fifty. Both of these examples are broadly used today regardless of the word’s cultural origin or the speaker’s ethnic background. Other examples, liberry for library or axed for ask. Is it just my problem or do others cringe when they hear these words mispronounced?
roja acharya
July 25, 2020 at 1:24 am
Could anybody tell me the meaning of the frist part of the video? I didn’t quite get it! Thanks in advance.
Stella Cabral
July 25, 2020 at 1:26 am
To me, the fry just makes me feel like the person is tired. Make or female
Sean Ellis
July 25, 2020 at 1:26 am
“It’s probably about 180 to 200 pulses per second”
*me with perfect pitch knowing that was around 107*
Kyla Miller
July 25, 2020 at 1:27 am
It’s the same for you and I. Phrases like this are used by even the most professional people (news anchors, politicians, etc.) today. It should be, “ it’s the same for you and me.” Is it just becoming acceptable to use “I” at the end of a sentence simply because it sounds more intelligent?
Susan Hesler
July 25, 2020 at 1:27 am
Mr. Singer, has anyone ever told you that you bear a striking resemblance to actor Jurgen Prochnow in his younger years?
Jayden Gradnigo
July 26, 2020 at 12:31 am
Y’know this guy actually looks like Abraham Lincoln
Jamie Bedford
July 26, 2020 at 12:33 am
“I am literally talking to you right now.” 10:35
I mean… are you, though? 🙂
Mediocre_Nerd
July 26, 2020 at 12:35 am
wow this is mind bottling
megino._
July 26, 2020 at 12:36 am
4:52 reminds me of april and tyynnifer’s interactions in parks and rec
Daniel Iannucci
July 26, 2020 at 12:37 am
Unrelated, but I do appreciate seeing げんき on your bookshelf.
Draggah Drutter
July 26, 2020 at 12:39 am
irregardless… that is all i need to say
Sarah Almobarak
July 26, 2020 at 12:40 am
Imma simple gal i see erik singer I click!
nomer440
July 26, 2020 at 12:43 am
man like scandianvain food
nusphere
July 26, 2020 at 12:43 am
What I hate is when people. mainly Americans, say “I could care less”, when what they really mean is “I couldn’t care less”… Grrrrr!
Bettie Neal
July 26, 2020 at 12:46 am
Nope. I do not accept these new definitions. If you say you are literally dying, you had better be having a massive heart attack. I do NOT end sentences in prepositions, even when I speak. Though I admit it’s easier when writing something. And the fry voice; don’t get me started. If yo speak to me like that I will dismiss you immediately. I also despise using like and anyone who says “I seen.”
Crosis of Borg
July 26, 2020 at 12:47 am
What complete cretins have you been around? I have never used one of these incorrectly.
kat mossa
July 26, 2020 at 12:48 am
Nip that in the butt is a thousand times better than nip that in the bud
I may have a small dick, but
July 26, 2020 at 12:50 am
i love eliza’s voice
tuluks Vui
July 26, 2020 at 12:52 am
“This one time, at band camp…” best uptalk example
Chrissie Buchanan
July 26, 2020 at 12:54 am
Erik Singer is back baby!
nomer440
July 26, 2020 at 12:56 am
how is literally an adjective tho?
Crosis of Borg
July 26, 2020 at 12:56 am
I will never accept people saying axe when they mean ask nor will I tolerate except in place of accept. That’s not language evolution, it’s lack of education.
axxi b
July 26, 2020 at 12:56 am
Pov: u came here to see Kim K but didn’t
Peculiar Jules
July 26, 2020 at 12:59 am
Pet peeve eggcorns: rockwheeler (Rottweiler), Wimbleton (Wimbledon). And most of the other ones already mentioned in the comments. And as a singer, a absolutely DETEST the fashion for young women deliberately adopting vocal fry.
Jael Sonnen
July 26, 2020 at 1:00 am
1:05 I’d definitely nip her in the..bud.
Pancakes44 Blins44
July 26, 2020 at 1:00 am
I hate when people say: “I could care less”. If you could care less why don’t you? It’s: “I couldn’t care less”. It’s couldn’t, not could!
Rhea Thadeus
July 26, 2020 at 1:06 am
Some of y’all love hating on AAE and other dialects that are associated with lower class and poc people bc you are taught there is a “correct” way of speaking which is completely untrue. “Standard” English as well as the teaching and policing of it is inherently racist and classist.
Xoxo- A linguist
Victoria Lawton-Diez
July 26, 2020 at 1:07 am
Could you do an episode about linguistic privilege? I think it’s important to acknowledge that racism is prevalent in the way we perceive different ways of speaking/linguistic variation that is not the dominant form.
Chloe Nichols
July 26, 2020 at 1:14 am
Saw a snail today….effervescent
Badge Johnson
July 26, 2020 at 1:14 am
At 9 minutes the text says ‘To Boldy Go’. Nobody’s perfect. 🙂
mookykitten
July 27, 2020 at 12:43 am
“Addicting” is deeply frustrating. Also, the books on the book shelf behind him are very distracting. There’s a lot of Scandinavian cookbooks there.
Gen Rose
July 27, 2020 at 12:45 am
Why is your voice so nice
Mr D.O.T.I
July 27, 2020 at 12:45 am
You’re one of my favorite teachers Eric. Please keep educating us!!! I love linguistics even more now because of you.
Curlyqwest
July 27, 2020 at 12:45 am
Man… you’re a daddy. Lol
Andrew
July 27, 2020 at 12:48 am
I don’t like this video because it implies grammatical errors are acceptable. For a language expert this isn’t something you should be promoting.
Edward Hubbard
July 27, 2020 at 12:48 am
Interesting video, but I do get a little bit annoyed about the dogmatic belief some people have (you might even call it political correctness) that we should never make any judgement about language use. Yes, of course language changes all the time, otherwise we would all be speaking Proto-Indo-European. That doesn’t mean that at any given time there isn’t a standard and we should all adopt Humpty Dumpty’s view that a word means whatever we want it to mean. And many changes are indeed caused by lack of knowledge or lack of education so the language purists are sort of right in that sense. Why did people start using the word “refute” to mean “deny”? Because they didn’t understand what the word refute originally meant. They could have carried on using the word deny, but they probably wanted to sound more educated than they were so they started to use a word they didn’t understand. Now we are losing a useful distinction. I’m in the UK, by the way, don’t know if this distinction is being lost in the US as well. And if you write “you’re” instead of “your”, that clearly is a mistake based on ignorance because you don’t understand you’re using a possessive, you don’t understand the grammar of the language you’re using.
HelioFish
July 27, 2020 at 12:54 am
Well done for using uptalk while talking about uptalk 😀
John doe
July 27, 2020 at 1:01 am
B
Fletcher Gibson
July 27, 2020 at 1:05 am
thank you! this video is literally so important
Kendrick Tri Huynh
July 27, 2020 at 1:06 am
8:59 Where’s Boldy?
Free Your Voice
July 27, 2020 at 1:06 am
I think she had a really good demonstration of vocal fry. I didn’t even hear it in yours. You speak too well!
Aeon Negative
July 27, 2020 at 1:07 am
my favorites are damp squid and social piranha
MonarchsFactory
July 27, 2020 at 1:09 am
For half my life I thought the phrase “state the bleeding obvious” was “state the bleating obvious” because with the Australian accent Ts usually become Ds so I just assumed that’s what was happening. Guess I thought sheep were really loud.
vic willis
July 27, 2020 at 1:12 am
I thought it was for all intended purposes 😔 at least is still logical
Drew Peacock
July 27, 2020 at 1:13 am
Why is vocal fry so called? The term “creaky voice” makes sense, but how does “fry” mean “creakiness”?
Eric Sletmoen
July 27, 2020 at 1:14 am
You’re great. Thanks Erik!
himmelskind87
July 27, 2020 at 1:15 am
Anyone else reminded of the tv series “friends” and Joeys “It’s a moo point!”?
phoenix x
July 27, 2020 at 1:16 am
What are your thoughts on people using the word “architect” as a verb (architecting).
Jonadab the Unsightly One
July 27, 2020 at 1:16 am
Wait, what? “Card sharp” doesn’t even mean the same thing as “card shark”. A card sharp is a cheater. A card shark is someone who frequently wins competitive card games (particularly euchre, but sometimes other games as well). Granted, there’s a certain amount of overlap (the point of cheating is to win), but you don’t call your uncle or grandfather a card sharp to his face; whereas, calling him a card shark is a perfectly acceptable compliment.
Julie Walsh
July 27, 2020 at 1:20 am
No one noticed the “ to boldy go” rather than “ to boldly go “ ?
djb
July 27, 2020 at 1:24 am
I totally noticed the female fry much more than the male! Wild
Red Venture
July 27, 2020 at 1:25 am
*for all intents and purposes
benn h
July 27, 2020 at 1:25 am
My pet peeves: “I could care less”…..that means you DO care, so if you don’t care it’s “I couldn’t care less”. and the biggest is “irregardless”….that’s not even a word, it’s a double negative! It’s just regardless!!!!
Kalecgoose
July 27, 2020 at 1:26 am
“I should of” drives me CRAZYYY
budi isnadi
July 27, 2020 at 1:27 am
well, don’t let the meaning to change, then. English is already inconsistent and complicated.
Jay Porta
July 28, 2020 at 12:40 am
I recently learned a folk etymology in Mandarin Chinese. 越來越 is a grammar pattern for “little by little” or when adding verbs, “the more a, the more b” ex: 越吃越胖, “The more you eat the fatter you get.” It’s very common. But I recently heard that originally it was 愈來愈 but changed over the years. (Copy and paste those into google translate for pronunciation if you don’t understand). Maybe a Chinese language major in the comments can confirm this.
Alex Myers
July 28, 2020 at 12:40 am
“what’s uptalk?”
“not much hbu”
Dineen Serpa
July 28, 2020 at 12:42 am
The vocal fry one is tough to hear for long periods of time for me. It is fatiguing because the speaker seems to barely care enough to exert themself to speak. It also puts out the, perhaps unintentional, feeling that the listener is so boring and unimportant to the vocal fry-er that the barest enthusiasm is beneath that speaker.
Ty Jacob
July 28, 2020 at 12:42 am
thank you for making me realize I vocal fry literally everything I say
Adam Sanders
July 28, 2020 at 12:45 am
They should collaborate on a video with Bryan Garner.
And if someone can use literally for emphasis, I can roll my eyes for exercise.
Ethan Day
July 28, 2020 at 12:50 am
He’s back babey!!!!!!!
Lydia B
July 28, 2020 at 12:50 am
I like how literal linguists are less uptight about grammar mistakes than randoms on the internet
Default3568
July 28, 2020 at 12:51 am
There’s a great deliberate eggcorn in a Terry Pratchet discworld book. He seemed to like to play with words like that. A character says “diplomatic impunity” instead of “diplomatic immunity”. It’s wrong, but at the same time it’s right.
the21 jag
July 28, 2020 at 12:51 am
Today I learned that I speak with a vocal fry wtf
Wickedfictitious
July 28, 2020 at 12:56 am
Here’s the thing: A song that is called Ironic that does not contain anything ironic is, itself, ironic.
Aly Carminati
July 28, 2020 at 12:56 am
As a classical voice major who has done lots of research specifically on the vocal fry, sorry speaking with vocal fry is very damaging 🙁 unfortunately we can’t “put that one to bed”
Owen Symes
July 28, 2020 at 1:02 am
When I grow up I wanna be a crop duster; no, the other kind.
Owen Symes
July 28, 2020 at 1:03 am
*Cries in the Académie Française*
photaiplz
July 28, 2020 at 1:06 am
And then we have slangs
Jay Straw
July 28, 2020 at 1:08 am
Lingthusiasm covered this, too: I think it’s about time people with authority start letting it be known, that language changes. I agree with Erik about, for instance the desire to preserve the current ‘correct’ usage of ironic. But one’s panties twisting based on words, could be doing so many better things with that energy. Simmer down, ya’ll, there are real problems in the world. Literally.
leapd17
July 28, 2020 at 1:10 am
You should never take rocks for granite
contemplatively
July 28, 2020 at 1:13 am
Boldy?
Dakota Booth
July 28, 2020 at 1:16 am
Scandinavian Comfort Food in the book collection. NICE
siniquezu
July 28, 2020 at 1:16 am
You can tell a company is massive and cultural when it becomes a verb. Uber, Google, yelp
dove m
July 28, 2020 at 1:20 am
I always thought the irony of that song was the fact she wrote all these paroles about irony and none of the situations described were actually ironic.
Connie Bailey
July 28, 2020 at 1:21 am
“creative” mishearing yeesh
Mish Griffin
July 28, 2020 at 1:22 am
Card sharp??
Ashley Foss
July 28, 2020 at 1:22 am
I keep getting distracted by trying to read the book titles.
Sarah Bee
July 28, 2020 at 1:28 am
I’m sorry but you can’t be that good-looking and teach at the same time!😍
Catalina Barroilhet
July 28, 2020 at 1:29 am
I found this really interesting. English is my second language though, so some examples were new to me. Is there any chance you could do the same for spanish (in a somewhat universal version of it, because every country has their many peculiarities)
Jisoo Sim
July 29, 2020 at 12:16 am
My pet peeve was “boldly” being spelled wrong in this video 😂
Beyond the Radio
July 29, 2020 at 12:17 am
eggcorn is just a rickyism
Reid Tissing
July 29, 2020 at 12:24 am
Is there a reason for the vocal opening at 10:48?
Y
July 29, 2020 at 12:28 am
So, dislike of female vocal fry is mostly just sexism
Poemi10304
July 29, 2020 at 12:30 am
MacDoesIt just did a video about “cursive” the other day. I never heard that word before. Can you explain that?
g h
July 29, 2020 at 12:32 am
Irony is only present in that song in it’s existence.
Rodeo Darts
July 29, 2020 at 12:39 am
‘vocal fry can make you sound – less intelligent, less competent, less educated…’
And yet, ironically, Noam Chompsky (eggcorn) is now the undisputed king of vocal fry – go figure…
fzzypurpleturtle
July 29, 2020 at 12:44 am
You never mentioned my pet peeve which is people saying “all the sudden” instead of “all of a sudden”. I dont have many pet peeves with language, even though I was a newspaper editor back in the day. I’ve enjoyed the casual, conversational use of language and grammar as the internet has evolved. But oooh, buddy……….IT IS ALL OF A SUDDEN lol
Your demeanor here though, and asking us to just roll with it…*sigh*………o.k. lol
Georgia Dunn
July 29, 2020 at 12:44 am
“Uptalk is annoying.” Me, a New Zealander: 👁👄👁
Seaman Lab
July 29, 2020 at 12:47 am
I’m okay with ending a sentence with a preposition with the examples they gave because not doing so would require an awkward rearrangement of the words. But, I will never accept when people unnecessarily add a preposition, as in “Where are the books at?” or “Where are you going to?”.
Paige
July 29, 2020 at 12:52 am
I’ve only heard the nip that in the bud one used wrong these other ones tho….people cant really be making those mistakes right??😳😳
Paige
July 29, 2020 at 12:54 am
I KNEW HAMBURGER
HAD TO DO WITH HAMBURG GERMANY BUT NOBODY THERE KNEW WHAT I MEANT
Heather C
July 29, 2020 at 12:54 am
I have to be honest. I love using verbs as nouns. I’m sorry 😂
Heather C
July 29, 2020 at 12:55 am
When people say “I jamp” instead of “I jumped.” My bones shiver at this.
MsReisbaellchen
July 29, 2020 at 12:55 am
Wait, there’s another one: “Should of” instead of “should have”.
Heather C
July 29, 2020 at 1:01 am
I’m all for the development and evolution of words but one thing I cannot accept is “irregardless.”
It was used incorrectly, so often it became a word in the dictionary.
John Prokofiev
July 29, 2020 at 1:04 am
Mfw When he just effortlessly sings in subharmonic range at 4:28 👁👄👁
Dilencio Angel
July 29, 2020 at 1:09 am
i would listen to him all day long without getting bored omg
20newleigh
July 29, 2020 at 1:09 am
What a waste of studying and agonizing over SAT II and AP English tests. Could’ve been learning about wood working or plumbing- so much more useful.
LibraOwl
July 29, 2020 at 1:10 am
One of my pet peeves – “anyways”, instead of “anyway”. Why do people feel that “anyway” needs to end with “s”? Is it plural?? 🙄
Ginger Holiday
July 29, 2020 at 1:11 am
I hate vocal fry
MsReisbaellchen
July 29, 2020 at 1:11 am
“The forms and meanings of words are ultimately determined by the speakers of a language not by centralized authorities.”
Side-eyes France and thinks of stuff like “ordinateur” and “télécharger”….
All The Artsy
July 29, 2020 at 1:16 am
The reason people hate vocal fry and uptalk is because young women are the ones mostly using it. Most things can always be related to sexism, racism, ageism, etc. No one shits on Noam Chomsky for his vocal fry.
Roskoe P
July 29, 2020 at 1:20 am
Paper View = Pay Per View
baby
July 29, 2020 at 1:26 am
when people say pacifically or “i-bupe-ofen” instead it’s i-bu-profen 😳
Natasha Chenkov
July 30, 2020 at 12:17 am
Teach me, Daddy. 🤭
A. Geranium
July 30, 2020 at 12:18 am
So much perscriptivism in these comments
Midlife Maniacal Mayhem
July 30, 2020 at 12:20 am
can we please reaffirm that irregardless is still not correct?
Tommy Picklez
July 30, 2020 at 12:20 am
Can we acknowledge how handsome this man is?
꧁ Emily ꧂
July 30, 2020 at 12:20 am
when u live in texas and hear ppl pronounce whataburger as “waterburger” 👁👄👁
Ari October
July 30, 2020 at 12:21 am
This was so unpretentious and that’s such a breath of fresh air!!!
Laura Wilson
July 30, 2020 at 12:22 am
You look like a healthier and more well-adjusted Dennis Reynolds
Sabrina
July 30, 2020 at 12:24 am
In the UK some people are in the horrible habit of saying “was you” instead of “were you” – I.e “was you going to the shops?” instead of “were you going to the shops?”. It genuinely makes me SHUDDER man. It’s also so grim when people pronounce “th” as an “f” instead – i.e. “birfday” instead of “birthday” 🤮🤮
Daniela Maya
July 30, 2020 at 12:32 am
He’s so cute tho
Chidera Olu
July 30, 2020 at 12:35 am
I get *frustrated* when people say *fustrated*
Green Toastr
July 30, 2020 at 12:39 am
language is literally amazing. the idea that pretty much every person can learn to read and write and speak a bunch of sounds and symbols that convey crazy precise meaning and are always evolving is almost like magic.
Elizabeth
July 30, 2020 at 12:42 am
13:25 For all the peeved people here
Danoe B-G
July 30, 2020 at 12:42 am
Mine is the word decimate. It really shouldn’t mean destroy entirely. It actually means to reduce by 10% or 1 tenth. And it bugs me just a bit everytime I hear someone use it “incorrectly”
Tom W
July 30, 2020 at 12:44 am
What could be more ironic than a song called ‘ironic’ which contains no irony?
dingguhlbary
July 30, 2020 at 12:50 am
At 9:00 there’s a typo for “boldly”
Brian Hartman
July 30, 2020 at 12:54 am
Denis Reynolds sure has let himself go
Of The i Am
July 30, 2020 at 12:55 am
Todays incorrect hearing…Is tomorrows correct language..
THAT IS FREAKING SCARY!
_Google doesn’t correct the word freaking, that word is a good example right there just googled it_
lol do minced oaths count for now I’ll just say they do.
KB Harwood
July 30, 2020 at 12:55 am
I love this man
Ms. Kittywhiskers
July 30, 2020 at 1:00 am
I personally love vocal fry i think it’s a generally nice sound and is kinda attractive lol
Ms. Kittywhiskers
July 30, 2020 at 1:06 am
The idea of not being correct if you end a sentence with a proposition is even worse in Welsh they really get annoyed if you do it in school 😂
sady pack
July 30, 2020 at 1:08 am
Lol I was just studying this two days ago for my applied linguistics course😁 typical linguist reply on the view of correctness. Description over prescription. Well this vid sure came in handy. Helps me out for exam lol👍 also the woman in the vid is such a babe. Her voice😍😍
Chester Angot
July 30, 2020 at 1:10 am
I’m bothered by the white tiny thing on his hair. Oh God I need some sleep.
Phoebe Lazaro
July 30, 2020 at 1:10 am
He has a lot of swedish cookbooks
MCW
July 30, 2020 at 1:11 am
POV you’re looking for the ‘dialect daddy’ comments
Alexandra Tayara
July 30, 2020 at 1:20 am
Wary vs weary has been bugging me since I moved to Texas 🤦♀️
Billy Singe
July 30, 2020 at 11:26 pm
PUT HER ON A PEDDLE STOOL…
THAT WOULD BE A DAMP SQUID…
Anyone get the reference???
Frank Fitzpatrick
July 30, 2020 at 11:27 pm
I do that vocal fry all the time since I first discovered it when i was little: i would do it alone with voices and make believe i was a bullfrog
Daisy Bisley
July 30, 2020 at 11:49 pm
“Grain of salt” – not sure how everyone is picking up individual grains of salt when it’s easier to get a pinch 🤏
See also: hold *down* the fort
CrossfacePanda
July 30, 2020 at 11:54 pm
Norwegian is just an entire language of uptalk (at least when you parody it).
I’m sure there’s regional differences of the language that doesn’t use uptalk, but Norwegian was the first thing that came to mind when he mentioned it :P.
Moony
July 31, 2020 at 12:02 am
NAAN BREAD
CHAI TEA
Tiana Nicole
July 31, 2020 at 12:02 am
Hi, Erik. I’m 28 years old and, although I have a great relationship with my own father, I have absolutely zero qualms about introducing a new “daddy” into my life. Hit me up.
Caroline Grova
July 31, 2020 at 12:05 am
The issue I have with vocal fry is not necessarily the sound of it but that it’s generally an affectation, not how they would normally speak. Like Madonna sounding British because she moved to England. Please! Oh, and I know language changes but I refuse to accept literally as having two opposite meanings. I think that’s ridiculous. When people use “literally” when they obviously mean “figuratively” it just makes them sound foolish (as if they don’t know the real meaning, and I think that’s always the case). I a woman posting a comment about her doctor finding a large cyst on her ovary. She said “the doctor literally jumped back three feet” and I think that’s a hilarious mental image. In my dotage, I suppose I’ll tell young people that when I was young, literally literally meant literally.
AdmiredDisorder
July 31, 2020 at 12:09 am
creaky voice I actually struggle hearing most mens deeper vocal tones, I think I damaged my hearing over the years working on industrial sites so I tend to feel anxious with men who frequently talk like that because I’ll have to ask them to repeat themselves but when women talk like that it’s almost a sultry effect? Its pleasing to hear especially at some lower tones… I have no idea who’s out there complaining about women who talk like that
Andrea S
July 31, 2020 at 12:13 am
Does “To boldy go” count as an eggcorn or a typo?
Miguel Martin
July 31, 2020 at 12:15 am
I hate when people say things like “what didgeyou you” instead of what did you do. Like adding weird agrressive sounding consonants in between certain words. It really bothers me
LMG 88
July 31, 2020 at 12:22 am
In the description: “we often take them for granite.“ Lol. 😉
Adam Kim
July 31, 2020 at 12:25 am
Should “of” instead of should “have”.
Aeriel Blair
July 31, 2020 at 12:25 am
‘For all intensive purposes’ does not make even a little bit of sense, sorry.
Kymera Stormwater
July 31, 2020 at 12:27 am
I can’t stand when people say liberry instead of library.
It’s chest of drawers not Chester drawers.
I kinda have a thing for vocal fry though.
Elani Arkady
July 31, 2020 at 12:29 am
On accident still bothers me. 🙂
rich wilsey
July 31, 2020 at 12:35 am
Stupid website!
lordofentropy
July 31, 2020 at 12:36 am
Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.
Nate Betts
July 31, 2020 at 12:43 am
CHAMPING at the bit
Kelly Miles
July 31, 2020 at 12:52 am
I literally can’t even with this.
Andy Holt
July 31, 2020 at 12:53 am
Holy sibilance Batman…
Katie Jacobs
July 31, 2020 at 1:03 am
“everyone lets vocal fry together” 5 seconds later.. “vocal frying damages ur voice”
littlesmew
July 31, 2020 at 1:03 am
I find people who say ” would of ” instead of ” would’ve ” or ” would have ” confusing.
real big rose
July 31, 2020 at 1:18 am
bro this dude is DUTCH??? u go b 🥺🥺🥺📈
Larry Gassan
July 31, 2020 at 1:21 am
It’s a mute pointe….
Clara Montgomery
July 31, 2020 at 1:24 am
I thought this only happened to ESL students like me.
thedylangirl
July 31, 2020 at 8:26 pm
“Very unique.” 😖
200 subs with no video challenge
July 31, 2020 at 8:47 pm
The creaky voice sounds better on a man because of the deeper voice.
Dragonyx
July 31, 2020 at 8:58 pm
So the language rules are…. more like guidelines!
Mikey Lynn
July 31, 2020 at 9:02 pm
I love this video because you wouldn’t believe how many times I hear things like, “You can’t be an English major, you say ‘like’ and ‘literally’ too much…” or when I use an eggcorn and people try to correct me and feel happy they corrected an English major. Like I don’t have all day to explain the English language to you Karen shove off 🙄
mi c
July 31, 2020 at 9:40 pm
OMG her voice!💋❤❤❤
Cassie Van Gelder
July 31, 2020 at 9:49 pm
OK, but you pronounced “folk” as “foc”, as in focus… 😉
Carrisa Amado
July 31, 2020 at 10:03 pm
This guy should be the voice of Siri 😂😂
So Andso
July 31, 2020 at 10:03 pm
I can’t stand when people say “but, yet”. It’s “and, yet”. “But” and “Yet” mean the same thing!
Crow
July 31, 2020 at 10:14 pm
I’ve never heard of “but yet” but I thought “and yet” was just something evangelical preachers would say. “And yet the Lord blah blah blah”
basically something people say to sound more old fashioned and cultivated like how preachers do since theyre always reading the KJV bible idk
Dufis38
July 31, 2020 at 10:14 pm
one of my old bosses tried to correct me when he was hovering over one of my co-workers and i said “Hey, a watched pot never boils, let him do the changeover so we can go faster.” he responded with his attempt at correcting me with “Washed, its washed pot.” i did laugh and say something along the lines of “did you really just say that? so you have never done the dishes or you could never boil anything, its watched pot as in it will seem longer if you just stare at it.” he responded with, yea that makes more sense and walked away, had me cracking up for a long time that night
Why Not
July 31, 2020 at 10:20 pm
when someone says “two times” instead of twice WHY JUST SAY TWICE
Trenton Dykes
July 31, 2020 at 10:48 pm
I used to say “wheel barrel” 😐
Angela Griffin
July 31, 2020 at 11:00 pm
Should we discuss poor editing like misspelling “boldLy?”
jeremimi
July 31, 2020 at 11:29 pm
Amy Walker is so much more fun to watch
Chris Harrison
July 31, 2020 at 11:30 pm
Who says all these things? 5 year olds?
Moon-Vixen
July 31, 2020 at 11:40 pm
“-and was beaten into you by your 3rd grade teacher” I once had a teacher drill into us that it is not “hanged” (ie, “for his crime he was hanged”) but “hung”, and that that was her biggest language pet peeve that people got “wrong”. and I took it to heart like the good little 5 year old student I was, and took that little war onto myself, getting frustrated every time I’d hear “hanged” instead of “hung” but….I have LITERALLY never heard anyone but her use “hung” in that context. literally, /literally/ not a single other person in my entire life has used anything but “hanged”. I think about that a lot.
Joseph T
July 31, 2020 at 11:50 pm
I actually favor fake southern accents with an extreme vocal fry.
BingeReader
July 31, 2020 at 11:56 pm
I want to know what Erik thinks of the urban dictionary. 😛
Mirjam Krepler
August 1, 2020 at 12:07 am
This nice-silly thing is annoying me now
Julia Castillo
August 1, 2020 at 12:10 am
When people say “I’m apart of that”
Rachel B
August 1, 2020 at 12:27 am
Years ago, in my kindergarten class, we had to write about our parents.
My dad is bald but I wrote “bold”. The teacher thought my vocabulary was advanced for a 5 year old… lol
Ysobelle
August 1, 2020 at 12:34 am
Is an eggcorn the same as a malapropism?
Jennifer Drosera
August 1, 2020 at 12:51 am
I liked this
Barb Dublin
August 1, 2020 at 12:56 am
this is awesome, more please! 👏👏❤
kylie
August 1, 2020 at 1:18 am
so a lot of these pet peeves are rooted in misogony wow we rlly can’t have anything can we
Adam Kennedy
August 1, 2020 at 1:23 am
Oh man. I was onboard, but his defense of the misuse of literally, no. It literally is one of my biggest pet peeves. Right up their with irregardless
xxPAULDiAMONDxx
August 2, 2020 at 7:16 pm
Now, Explain this all to Weird Al about his “word crimes” song
Ivy Collins Poitras
August 2, 2020 at 7:22 pm
I love that you pointed out the subconscious misogyny of hating vocal fry and uptalk! It’s the same issue as people making fun of others for saying “like” a lot when linguistically it’s just a speech filler a la “um” and “uh,” but since it’s associated with young women (emphasized in 90s-2000s media), it’s conflated with the speaker being inferior and immature and garners condescension.
Justin Childers
August 2, 2020 at 7:49 pm
I think this video only applies to people born in the 21st century lol
Kylie Pitchanau
August 2, 2020 at 8:04 pm
One time I said “let me alone” and my friends made fun of me because they hadn’t heard anyone say that prior to me. But I did look it up to make sure it’s a thing, and it is/was, most people just say leave me alone
Nocturnal Koala
August 2, 2020 at 8:17 pm
he low-key called some of y’all out no cap 😉
Killadey
August 2, 2020 at 8:34 pm
I do eggcorns on purpose just to mess with people.
living room
August 2, 2020 at 8:40 pm
let me axe her a question.
D&S Moore
August 2, 2020 at 8:49 pm
My husband used to say “boughtten” and “lactose and tolerant” because he didnt know any better LOL! 10 years later and I still give him crap for it.
Nancy Breen
August 2, 2020 at 9:01 pm
So interesting! Linguistics student here. I really enjoyed this and got a few laughs. Thank you!
Pamela Royce
August 2, 2020 at 9:47 pm
I understand bias point about vocal fry in that can be done by both men and women. However, most fry in men is heard in those with very deep bass voices, not higher pitches ones. Most women’s natural voices are higher pitched than bass. We associate deep bass voices with big dangerous animals like bears or tigers. In men, the growling voice carries a subliminal warning. For a twenty-something woman of slight frame to attempt to convey gravitas by growling like a male grizzly is ludicrous. She doesn’t sound fierce. She sounds constipated.
Nignam
August 2, 2020 at 10:00 pm
Adding an S to the names of stores really gets me. You did not go to Costco’s
Michael Lasfetto
August 2, 2020 at 10:21 pm
Language daddy is back!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!!
Michael Lasfetto
August 2, 2020 at 10:28 pm
7:21 Choir directors and voice teachers the world over are revolting. Hahahahahaha
Andy Mitchell
August 2, 2020 at 10:32 pm
Where i grew up, the word ‘jamp’ is the normal usage of the past perfect of jump. As an adult I find it odd when people point out ‘it’s not a real word’ because it absolutely feels like a real one to me, and the fact that I’m told the correct word is ‘jumped’ meant you understood the sentence in context.
Maija
August 2, 2020 at 10:32 pm
My first language is Finnish, but I’ve never lived in Finland nor studied Finnish at school so I often make mistakes when writing. For example: I always heard tiikeri (tiger) as tiikäri and it sounds identical. The same thing happened with jäätelö (ice cream) and me thinking it was jäätölö
Steven Ware
August 2, 2020 at 10:52 pm
This was really engaged and well informed by this video
Gwendolyn O.
August 2, 2020 at 11:06 pm
So if you have a great voice you become a speaking coach, makes cents.
😂See what i did there?
Never too old !!!
August 2, 2020 at 11:12 pm
Anyways ????
Spoods 'The Milkman' Milkano
August 3, 2020 at 12:02 am
Why are the sorts of people who are really strict in what they think is “correct” English seemingly never qualified?
maynan3
August 3, 2020 at 12:08 am
Addicting instead of addictive. Normalcy instead of normality. Could care less instead of couldn’t care less!
paoluvable
August 3, 2020 at 12:13 am
Up until I was seven, I thought it was human bean, instead human beings.
Tsuno Okashi
August 3, 2020 at 12:18 am
If you say ValentiMes Day we can’t be friends.
maynan3
August 3, 2020 at 12:22 am
Sic instead of sixth
ChildishGiant
August 3, 2020 at 12:37 am
Prescriptivism is awful
blackjenna
August 3, 2020 at 12:59 am
I remember when people would have classes or therapy for vocal fry –
Christine Beal
August 3, 2020 at 1:07 pm
Oh how the turntables
DVOYD
August 3, 2020 at 1:28 pm
My biggest language pet peeve: when someone speaks and every other word is “like”.
Chris Hernandez
August 3, 2020 at 1:52 pm
another one i found
champing at the bit (incorrectly “chomping”)
Michelle Chee
August 3, 2020 at 2:10 pm
Whenever people say “Typo error” i always think to myself, thats redundant.
Touche' Corona
August 3, 2020 at 2:30 pm
Those comparisons are sick!!! Who knew word meanings could change? 🧐🤔🤪
᯽JuliannaH 5782᯽
August 3, 2020 at 2:35 pm
English follows mostly Germanic grammatical rules, so to try and shove latinized grammatical rules into it is annoying. I took 2 years of Latin, if I never see another dative case, I’ll die happy.
GOP R TROLLS
August 3, 2020 at 2:46 pm
Wow i hate ppl lol
Gewgulkan Suhckitt
August 3, 2020 at 2:53 pm
Using “literally” to describe something that isn’t literal at all (“I literally died just now!”) is an example of hyperbole. Hyperbole is excessive exaggeration meant to add emphasis, like saying, “My mouth is on fire!” after eating a hot pepper. It’s not actually on fire. It just feels kind of like it is.
Robin Redbreast
August 3, 2020 at 3:06 pm
I read somewhere if a language doesn’t change it dies.
Heather Marie
August 3, 2020 at 4:16 pm
“In my opinion…” (person then proceeds to express their opinion) 😖
Jinia Haldar
August 3, 2020 at 4:35 pm
It’s an intriguing observation that people are more put off by vocal fry in female voices. I think the reason might be that vocal fry sounds more masculine and rugged, and many people prefer or expect women to have smooth, soothing, nonabrasive voices and demeanors. Also, I deeply appreciate that he isn’t being a language snob, he acknowledges that language is organic, and he’s trying to get us to be more understanding of those who aren’t preserving the supposed sanctity of language. Anyway, great video, as always! ❤
Aglarend
August 3, 2020 at 4:55 pm
So using the Lord’s name in vain – no problem. Saying granite instead of granted – huge deal. Got it.
This whole video is an attempt to down-play the formal, e.g. correct, usage of English, and to give a pass to the broken, ridiculous-sounding way that most Millennials speak.
Gerry Power
August 3, 2020 at 5:07 pm
I am disappointed that you touched upon but did not discuss uptalk in depth. This habit makes the speaker sound as if they are constantly asking questions, and is one of my pet peeves.
Grumpy Naptime
August 3, 2020 at 5:22 pm
I hear people say weary in place of wary all the time in the Midwest/US. Also popular is supposably instead of supposedly.
Rin Wall
August 3, 2020 at 6:25 pm
“Irregardless” will send me into seizures.
Roberto Ortega
August 3, 2020 at 6:58 pm
“Fine tune cone” instead of “fine tooth comb”.
Niloofar Alavi
August 3, 2020 at 7:08 pm
When Alyssa Edwards said rigor morris instead of rigor mortis 😂
lemon snout
August 3, 2020 at 8:13 pm
Oh how the turntables!
K. W.
August 3, 2020 at 8:17 pm
Dated someone who constantly said “we/they was”. It really grinds my gears. Glad I no longer have to read or hear it! LOL
Ty
August 3, 2020 at 10:36 pm
As long as I can understand what’s being communicated, I could care less. 😉
Existential Hangover
August 3, 2020 at 11:41 pm
In the YT comments “They’re, there, and their” are used incorrectly SO often, when someone actually gets it right I’m pleasantly surprised.
Paige Mendiola
August 4, 2020 at 12:23 am
I thought “Global warming” was “global warning” for a long time I found out when my class was talking about global warming in science. A girl said global warning the teacher asked if there was another name for it I jokingly said global warning while my brain was trying to comprehend all the memories of me thinking it was called global warning
RangeRov49TM
August 4, 2020 at 12:32 am
He knows words because he’s sitting next to books.
Rachel Hunter
August 4, 2020 at 12:39 am
I had a friend in high school who spelled said like sayed. She always made us proof read her stories and no matter how many times we pointed it out she would spell it like that!
ajoflo
August 4, 2020 at 12:55 am
Elizabeth Holmes.
Kristina Mullen
August 4, 2020 at 6:31 pm
Your female example is using “fry” and it sounds bad.
Kristina Mullen
August 4, 2020 at 6:36 pm
“Nucular” and “groshoories” are 2 pet peeves.Also, “I have a pigsty in my eye”
Michael Reacts to Life
August 4, 2020 at 6:38 pm
I took modern english grammar in undergrad and we never learned anything about this. It would have been cool to learn this stuff back then.
Remy Beast
August 4, 2020 at 6:52 pm
I think vocal fry happens a lot when people are trying very hard to not try with their communication. Like, they’re trying very hard to put for very minimal effort for whatever reason, so as a result all those physical things occur that cause the voice to come out sounding gravelly like posture etc.
Dallas Wood
August 4, 2020 at 7:52 pm
a written error that boggles my mind is when people type defiantly when they mean definitely. don’t know how on earth that even happens.
LordPhoenix140
August 4, 2020 at 7:52 pm
You missed the mark on uptalk. The issue is that in English uptalk generally implies a question so people using uptalk when they aren’t asking a question is weird.
Jeanne
August 4, 2020 at 7:53 pm
🙅♀️🚫❌prescriptivists don’t interact❌🚫🙅♀️
this is a prescriptivism free zone
This Post Made By The Descriptivism Gang
greenbendy
August 4, 2020 at 8:00 pm
one of my favorite examples of folk etymology is “buckaroo”, which is just the word that white cowboys came up with when they misunderstood the spanish word “vaquero” (meaning cowboy).
S P
August 4, 2020 at 8:10 pm
Let’s talk about “all but ____”
8polyglot
August 4, 2020 at 8:51 pm
“Im literally dying right now.” …well, he’s not wrong. We kind of all are always. Lol
galactic_spice
August 4, 2020 at 8:53 pm
i always thought it was “get down to brass tax” but one day i learned it is actually “get down to brass tacks”
mikea hiooi
August 4, 2020 at 10:00 pm
Idk who needs to hear this, but “definitely” and “defiantly” are two completely different words.
RoseJedi
August 4, 2020 at 9:06 pm
BAHAHAHAHA I GOT A MCDONALDS FRY COMMERCIAL BEFORE THIS AHHHH
mikea hiooi
August 4, 2020 at 10:00 pm
is “unexpectedly” a synonym for “ironic”?
octopu5ie
August 4, 2020 at 9:18 pm
Sillybean! 🙂 aww…
wordgasm
August 4, 2020 at 9:35 pm
Americans constantly say “Jealous” but they actually mean “envious”.
You feel jealous if you are afraid of losing something that is already yours.
You feel envy if you want something that isn’t yours.
TheVeganBerkeleyBeauty
August 4, 2020 at 9:40 pm
Is he saying as long as you’re understood, it’s OK?
love inallwedo
August 4, 2020 at 10:51 pm
Favorite eggcorn: Many of my former middle-school students wanted to be the “valid Victorian” of their high school. 😂
Cringe eggcorn: When people say “vicious cycle” instead of vicious circle. 🙄😳🙁
Sarah Moser
August 4, 2020 at 10:51 pm
This is so interesting!
spartan squid
August 4, 2020 at 11:02 pm
This is how the Gettysburg address sounds to me, the male sounds like a public speaker and the female sounds like an audiobook reader.
Chris Worby
August 4, 2020 at 11:24 pm
For me it’s ‘decimate’ – to reduce by 1/10th. It doesn’t mean to obliterate or annihilate and it’s the only word that means what it means.
Christian Hein
August 4, 2020 at 11:29 pm
Something about him angers me
emilyletter
August 4, 2020 at 11:33 pm
i missed you erik
Sanctuarygirl415
August 4, 2020 at 11:54 pm
My language pet peeves are when folks pronounce Valentine’s Day as “Valentimes Day”
Or Death pronounced “Deaf”
Space Telegrams
August 5, 2020 at 12:28 am
I watched a video on Youtube the other day where the creator said “run the gambit” several times and it drove me insane.
Beth Morris
August 5, 2020 at 12:40 am
Love the message. Needs some women.
amanda deoliveira
August 5, 2020 at 1:16 am
im a vocal fry and up talk queen… i always sound like I’m bored and people always think I’m still continuing a sentence or thought when I’m fully done bc of the up talk 🙂 can get annoying but its just how i talk! makes editing videos kinda hard though, haha
Paul DMK
August 5, 2020 at 6:04 pm
Interesting…. but I would hate to hang out with this guy lol
theaxehandle1
August 5, 2020 at 6:11 pm
To air is human!
SamTheMan
August 5, 2020 at 6:14 pm
When people say “I could care less” I want to rip my hair out.
Cathy Latte
August 5, 2020 at 6:19 pm
Nuculear, perscription, realetor, mischievious
…none of which exist, btw
And my personal pet peeve: 8 AM in the morning
…what other 8 AM is there???
Kevin Lew
August 5, 2020 at 6:31 pm
Gavin Newsom’s vocal fry by itself is grounds for removal.
Benjamin Leclère
August 5, 2020 at 6:39 pm
great discovery pour moi thank you
W.Z. McGee
August 5, 2020 at 7:08 pm
Rickyisms: “Get two birds stoned at once.”
Alexis Gable
August 5, 2020 at 7:17 pm
The reason why I don’t like hearing high rise voice Like Kim K is because she goes over the top. Everything’s a question for her and it makes her sound unauthentic. I don’t trust anyone who seems to be doubting everything that comes out of their mouth…I mean right
Boo Boo Keys
August 5, 2020 at 7:21 pm
When people say “literately” instead of “literally”.
greyjumperegg
August 5, 2020 at 7:37 pm
Melk (Milk)
Squerl (Squirrel)
Cran (Crayon)
Gram (Graham)
Lyle Dean
August 5, 2020 at 8:00 pm
One thing that was missed, was when he was talking about up talk, he didn’t talk about how almost everyone uses it to signal a question. It can be really annoying when someone ends a sentence with a raised tone, and you automatically put mental “?” at the end, but it’s not even a question.
KiKiKiKida
August 5, 2020 at 8:04 pm
I speak an Algonquian language (y dialect Cree) and it’s very cool to hear us mentioned here!
Nellie Cloudberry
August 5, 2020 at 8:13 pm
Uptalk! So that’s what it’s called! 😃 We do that in Norway, and we’re mocked for it constantly 🙃
Autumn A
August 5, 2020 at 10:11 pm
I should of done that, I seen that, his such a good guy.
Rachel Blenkin
August 5, 2020 at 10:42 pm
One of my top peeves is “decimate”. It is not (originally) synonymous with “devastate”. To decimate something means you destroyed 1/10 of the original – Thanos did not decimate the universe; had he done so, he would have considered it a failure. This should ring a bell: decimal (base 10); decibel/decimeter (1/10 of a bel/meter). I think people noticed the similar sound to devastate and started using it incorrectly to sound different or smarter.
Nathan Mazanec
August 5, 2020 at 10:55 pm
Language video, and they misspell boldly as boldy.
Christian Vargas
August 5, 2020 at 10:56 pm
Erik’s vocal fry sounds a lot more nasally . Part of vocal fry imo is breathing through your nose
Picksley Dust
August 5, 2020 at 11:04 pm
Fun fact: in Australia uptalk is kinda the norm.
Chiara Di Scipio
August 5, 2020 at 11:23 pm
when people say ______ and i’s instead of mine and ______
Magi Algarin
August 6, 2020 at 12:09 am
Vocal fry makes me so mad lol it sounds so annoying
Lectings
August 6, 2020 at 12:11 am
9:01 boldy
Scott Jacques
August 6, 2020 at 12:35 am
What about “ I seen it” and “ the both of them” I cringe
Homer Thebox
August 6, 2020 at 12:38 am
Omg when people say “suppos-ABLY” 🤢
Ingrid Sanchez
August 6, 2020 at 1:04 am
0:17 I feel like this would be the “Up” song but for like UK
Zulicha Mitchel
August 6, 2020 at 1:11 am
“The verbing of nouns” 😂
Zach Fazzio
August 6, 2020 at 1:17 pm
If I say “I ain’t got none of that”, am I speaking incorrectly or simply displaying the beautiful malleability of language?
Bryan
August 6, 2020 at 1:48 pm
Yeah this wishy-washy go-with-the-flow use of language is the reason why languages like German are always going to be more descriptive. I’m in favour of doing whatever to make language convenient but I’m not in favour of reducing choice of vocabulary because someone had silly habits growing up… meh what am I saying the dictionary is always gonna be around, non-issue
the essential renee
August 6, 2020 at 2:45 pm
i wasn’t prepared for eliza’s sultry “hi”.
7806macca
August 6, 2020 at 2:51 pm
Mine is people talking about levels of uniqueness. For example: “Oh I love that rug, it’s quite unique isn’t it?” No! Something is either unique or it isn’t. It’s strictly a binary concept.
7806macca
August 6, 2020 at 3:01 pm
Another one I hate is people using acronyms like OMG when speaking out loud. “Oh”, “my”, and “God” are already one syllable words, you are not saving any time and just sound like you are trying way too hard to be cool
7806macca
August 6, 2020 at 3:15 pm
I also hate when people say “of a night” as in “he usually does that of a night”. Just say “he usually does that AT night” it’s really not that hard
Nolyism
August 6, 2020 at 3:24 pm
About the only pet peeve I have is with uptalk. It comes off as condescending to me. So I’m more.bugged by the attitude I’m perceiving than with the actual uptalk itself.
Yuri
August 6, 2020 at 5:36 pm
Erik and Eliza are my bisexual linguistics geek dream.
J S
August 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm
How about ‘your’ and ‘you’re’ or ‘should of’ and ‘could of’ instead of ‘should’ve’ and ‘could’ve’? Freaking hate when ppl do that.
Amir Higher
August 6, 2020 at 6:08 pm
Very contant
Dragon Landlord
August 6, 2020 at 6:09 pm
Rain on your wedding day is actually considered good luck.
M V
August 6, 2020 at 6:22 pm
Humility and Perspective… I love that advice, but that seems to be an incredibly rare trait in people for some reason.
Matt Watkins
August 6, 2020 at 6:27 pm
Pet peeve eggcorn: “tow the line” instead of “toe the line”
Duyên Cao
August 6, 2020 at 6:53 pm
WIRED, please. We need a video of Erik reading thirst comments.
It‘s for the people. Make it happen.
Caitlin Flavell
August 6, 2020 at 6:56 pm
Hate people who say “I’m trolling the internet for the thing I’m looking for.” It’s trawling. Like the fishing boat.
nycgus
August 7, 2020 at 12:25 am
Are you sure? (fishing)
John Doe
August 6, 2020 at 6:58 pm
Kind of disappointed, they didn’t touch on aks (ax/axe) vs ask.
Nick Garcia
August 6, 2020 at 6:59 pm
I think the reason the female vocal fry annoys people more is because the lower sound of each individual vibration of the “fry” mixed with the higher pitch of a female voice has a higher contrast, so it is a lot more noticeable, whereas the male voice is already lower pitch and seems to blend in with the “fry” a lot better.
General Anubis
August 6, 2020 at 7:43 pm
El Legarto – “Allegator”
Nini Farulava
August 6, 2020 at 10:12 pm
Yaay Erik’s back
Lisa P.
August 6, 2020 at 11:16 pm
It’s a moo point!! 😛 my most frustrating is I could care less instead of I couldn’t care less! I feel better now that I got that off my chest.
Deena Hickin
August 6, 2020 at 11:46 pm
Hot water heater.
KL x 2789
August 6, 2020 at 11:57 pm
Erik Singer is a national treasure. I could watch this man talk about language and speech all day.
Waffling Willow
August 7, 2020 at 12:12 am
I love this video because I recently had a run in with someone who couldn’t keep it together because someone else accidentally spelled a word wrong. When I explained it could simply be human error and not him needing a third grade lesson on spelling, instead of thinking about what I said, he pointed out my auto-correct with in vs on and that type of correction BS gets on my nerves. People make mistakes. It’s not like they do it specifically to annoy you. I don’t mind when people say a saying wrong because life’s just a huge game of Telephone. Why waste your energy busting someone else’s chops for not using the right pronunciation of specific? You knew exactly what they meant, you’re giving that person a negative impression of you by digging in your heels on the issue. We are highly adaptable creatures yet so many of us act like adaptability is impossible.
Riccardo Mori
August 7, 2020 at 12:36 am
Here’s an eggcorn that I’ve encountered more than once: “It was love at first site” — ah, romance and tourism! In a similar vein, I also saw “Shoot on site!” in the subtitles for a TV show. Yes, yes, better shoot on site and not elsewhere!
(In case this actually needs clarification, the correct expressions have ‘sight’ instead of ‘site’…)
lilith rose
August 7, 2020 at 1:00 am
as an adhd gal who doesn’t process as well outloud, I love to see someone not be uptight about how specific every word has to be
Citizen 1491
August 7, 2020 at 5:53 pm
I guess you never read 1984.
Sara Possingham
August 7, 2020 at 5:55 pm
I was always told that you shouldn’t say “for free” as it’s short for “free of charge” and “for free of charge” makes no sense. So we should drop the ‘for’
Marie Shepherd
August 7, 2020 at 5:57 pm
Matthew Mcconaughey’s vocal fry is most irritating to me.
Mr. Mayo
August 7, 2020 at 6:02 pm
I’ll aks my mom about it
I hate this
Sylvie Dionne
August 7, 2020 at 6:15 pm
Uptalk drives me around the bend! I know too many people who do it to the point that every sentence sounds like a question. It’s exhausting to try to follow the conversation and respond appropriately.
Michael Klobucher
August 7, 2020 at 6:28 pm
Eggcorn? You mean Rickyism?
Julien McNulty
August 7, 2020 at 7:09 pm
The Irony of Alanis Morissette’s IRONIC is that it isn’t ironic. That’s the next level genius of it, don’t you think?
Julien McNulty
August 7, 2020 at 7:14 pm
If there is one man you should loathe for these rules, it’s Robert Loathe. His treatise, “A Short Conversation on English Grammar” is enough to make any student stammer.
cherimeo
August 7, 2020 at 8:30 pm
I understand the point of this video, but accepting incorrect usage of words seems like a dumbing down somehow.
Clara C
August 7, 2020 at 8:45 pm
I want him to be my professor!
so cool
Herr Frederick Von Twirlenkiller
August 7, 2020 at 9:04 pm
Boneappletea
Brian O'Connell
August 7, 2020 at 10:12 pm
The fact that language does change and has changed doesn’t mean every change or aberration is to be welcomed and accepted as inevitable. Language is a negotiation, and new meanings can be shut down.
David Arford
August 7, 2020 at 10:19 pm
what would you say about “temper”?
E
August 7, 2020 at 11:08 pm
Beard.
Ugh
alea
August 7, 2020 at 11:18 pm
When people say ‘global pandemic’ .. it’s a pandemic that means it’s worldwide!!!!!!
monika laosi
August 7, 2020 at 11:45 pm
I was always told that you shouldn’t say “for free” as it’s short for “free of charge” and “for free of charge” makes no sense. So we should drop the ‘for’
Kathy Cassity
August 7, 2020 at 11:26 pm
It’s “Intents and purpose”. NOT “intensive”!
Navybrat282
August 7, 2020 at 11:30 pm
Out of all the “new” slang that grinds my nerves is when people use “Bae” in reference to their SO.
monika laosi
August 7, 2020 at 11:45 pm
I guess you never read 1984.
Maylla Novaes
August 7, 2020 at 11:35 pm
I hate when people say “on accident” instead of “by accident”
Lacie Glaab
August 7, 2020 at 11:36 pm
Loved the Alanis Morissette song lol
Val Higheagle
August 7, 2020 at 11:38 pm
I hate when people mistake “loose” for “lose” 😬 for example: “I don’t want to loose my keys”
Jen Rand
August 7, 2020 at 11:52 pm
I enjoyed this. 🙂
worship the comedy god seo eunkwang or else
August 7, 2020 at 11:58 pm
I love his attitude about language change. The way we communicate changes over time just like the words that we use. It’s inevitable, it’s expected. As someone who has had struggles with social cues since I was younger, I appreciate the leniency and the permission of fluidity and flexibility when I and other people speak. It just makes for more interesting conversation. “Humility and perspective” is the key.
veejonesify
August 8, 2020 at 12:15 am
Oooooo he can break down more than that!!! <3
df julesful
August 8, 2020 at 12:36 am
The vocal fry thing caught me off guard. I don’t mind it if it’s a male voice.
Dave Rule
August 8, 2020 at 12:40 am
The text describes “literally” as an adjective but it’s an adverb! Unsubscribe
KaritKtana
August 8, 2020 at 9:59 am
Irregardless is not a word.
Niece W.
August 8, 2020 at 12:07 pm
I use to say “the ghost is clear” for the longest 😂😂
Sylvia Sykes
August 8, 2020 at 12:20 pm
🤣🤣🤣 that’s great
Sierra Melody
August 8, 2020 at 12:20 pm
When people say “acrossed”
Its not a verb, you can’t turn it into a past tense.
Rebekah N
August 8, 2020 at 1:12 pm
I hate “libary” instead of “library”.
Tommy Smith
August 8, 2020 at 1:54 pm
All intensive purposes
Ana Augustine
August 8, 2020 at 2:05 pm
i really wish he would’ve settled the debate over whether it’s pecAn or pecOn
Christine S
August 8, 2020 at 2:50 pm
I HATE vocal fry and for UPTALK, I will NOT listen to any lecture, podcast or radio program if someone cannot speak or voice properly
Christine S
August 8, 2020 at 2:51 pm
The lie/lay thing absolutely sends me 😠😡😠😡😠😡
MATILDA
August 8, 2020 at 3:14 pm
Honestly this video is a bit of a damp squid
Harris Liu
August 8, 2020 at 3:32 pm
lmao yall out here complaining about your pet peeves in the comments while the WHOLE VIDEO is my mans tryna explain that language is ever growing, and is much more personalized for different groups of people.
Dew Hope
August 8, 2020 at 4:08 pm
9:00 Do you mean, ‘to boldLY GO’? Just checking.
avlsoc
August 8, 2020 at 4:16 pm
Maybe in America…
Abroad on a Budget
August 8, 2020 at 4:23 pm
Bloggers trying to be cute often use “Alas” to mean “thankfully” or “thank goodness”, which is the complete opposite of what it means: “Alas, we were able to get the last cronut of the day, and we were so happy!”
robittiget
August 8, 2020 at 4:27 pm
Not to toot my own horn but am I the only one who doesn’t incorrectly say these phrases?
estellabolger65
August 8, 2020 at 4:56 pm
I knew someone who said AND wrote ‘nethermind’ instead of ‘never mind’. Idk if they ever figured it out…
SkittyKitty
August 8, 2020 at 5:23 pm
‘On accident’ instead of ‘by accident’. This irks me NO END and seems to be becoming more not less common. Also, people saying ‘proNOUNciation’ – it’s ‘proNUNciation’. Yikes.
AV K
August 8, 2020 at 6:13 pm
What about “try and” instead of “try to”.
“I am going to try to study for tomorrow’s test now.”
“I am going to try and study for tomorrow’s test now.”
This one is a huge pet peeve of mine, and I see it everywhere, even in edited text like the New York Times. Aaaagh!!
chantal pelletier
August 8, 2020 at 9:45 pm
Well done.
Evan Harris
August 8, 2020 at 10:14 pm
Erik’s voice sounds a lot like David Pakman’s. They even look a little alike. I’m just realizing this.
Christina Chavez CDP
August 8, 2020 at 10:29 pm
So. Does this mean we don’t need grammar teachers anymore? 🤔🤨😉
Megan Mugleston
August 8, 2020 at 11:27 pm
phase vs faze gets me fired up
Kay Bea
August 9, 2020 at 12:28 am
Verbing of nouns makes me think of expensive but useless business consultants in meetings. Is there a nouning of verbs? Such as using the word ask instead of request or question (do we understand what the ask is people?)
Lydia Watson
August 9, 2020 at 12:47 am
Height ends with a hard “t.” Height does not end with “th.” Width and length do.
꧁ Orlando Cruz ꧂
August 9, 2020 at 1:16 am
Why do women who vocal fry sound so annoying? To me they sound conceited. To me men who vocal isn’t really noticeable.
Emily Trace
August 9, 2020 at 1:23 am
OVERYJOYED that Erik and Eliza debunked the misogyny behind hatred of vocal fry. Years ago a friend of mine put it really well when she said “it’s really just contempt for young women and how teen girls unilaterally decide how an entire generation is gonna sound.” What these people *really* resent is not that you sound ‘uneducated’ or ‘unprofessional’; they resent that young women, particularly famous ones, have the power to influence how millions of people sound for years to come..
Language is one of the many places that misogyny codes itself as something else while hiding in plain sight. Thanks experts!
Michael Thomas
August 9, 2020 at 9:25 am
I never could get behind the plural ‘to be’ verb for ‘data’. I understand that it’s technically plural, but the association to the word ‘information’ was just too string for me, and now when I hear ‘data are’, it just sounds wrong to me.
I used to feel the same way about the word ‘nother’ that creeps up in the the phrase, “That’s a whole nother story”. That usage grew on me, and I have even grown feel a fondness for it over time.
Aisyah Nabila
August 9, 2020 at 11:31 am
Norsk or Norwegian language have lots of Uptake in pronounciation and it makes the language very pleasant, friendly and happy
Sione Teumohenga
August 9, 2020 at 11:45 am
looks like 90% of these commenters didn’t watch the last minute of the video 😒
Michel Alvarez
August 9, 2020 at 11:57 am
My sisters and I call vocal fry “creepy syrup” because it’s sometimes creepy and reminds us of slowly dripping syrup
Tammy W
August 9, 2020 at 1:35 pm
Couldn’t some of these issues be caused by hearing challenges?
pkism
August 9, 2020 at 1:51 pm
when ppl spell “per se” as “per say” or “peek” my interest instead of “pique”…
CilantroGamer
August 9, 2020 at 1:58 pm
I love noun verbing and find vocal fry to be quite attractive for some reason.
People messing up less and fewer infuriates me more than it should after watching Lindybeige’s video about it.
Kryptonite
August 9, 2020 at 4:58 pm
americans who speak “fluent sarcasm” stfu lol
aven russo
August 9, 2020 at 5:40 pm
Doggy Dog world. Gloria says that in Modern Family!
Handie C
August 9, 2020 at 7:07 pm
nowadays we call an eggcorn a “bone apple tea”
Stephanie Butenhof
August 9, 2020 at 7:17 pm
I know that you intentionally misspelled “granted” as “granite” in the description, but my eye is twitching, and I JUST CAN’T.
Stephanie Butenhof
August 9, 2020 at 7:19 pm
Yesterday I learned that Rick and Morty were basically created as Back to the Future (Doc and Marty) fanfic and now I can’t un-see it.
banchee
August 9, 2020 at 7:34 pm
jeez hes fine
NothingHereToSeeMoveOn
August 9, 2020 at 7:35 pm
People drop the word ‘myself’ into conversations far too often, thinking perhaps it makes them appear educated when it in fact does the opposite. For instance ‘Phil, Donna and myself went to the park.’ There are very specific instances where you would use ‘myself’ in a sentence. “I did it all by myself.” Or “That was a gift I gave myself to celebrate my promotion.” The dictionary describes “myself” as a pronoun used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself as the object of a verb or preposition when he or she is the subject of the clause.
Adaptive Discourse
August 9, 2020 at 9:09 pm
You’re so adjective you verb nouns.
Laura Decker
August 9, 2020 at 9:11 pm
I have vocal fry when the morning alarm goes off!!! LOL!!! Ahhhhhhhhh
Jamie Beeden
August 9, 2020 at 9:36 pm
The recent use of ‘medal’ as a verb really bugs me, usually used in the context of athletes talking about their chances of winning a medal, “we have a good chance of medaling in that event’, urgh, horrible.
im
August 9, 2020 at 9:38 pm
I’ve noticed that when I’m nervous, especially when I have to read something out loud, my voice becomes creaky. It annoyed me because I thought it showed my nerves but now knowing it’s normal gives me relief 🙂
Nathaniel N.
August 9, 2020 at 9:42 pm
My favorite eggcorn of all time: “Sword of confusing”.
I have only seen this one once, but the world deserves to know of its existence. XD
Caroline
August 9, 2020 at 10:22 pm
When people say floor instead of ground and roof instead of sky
William Rumley
August 9, 2020 at 10:32 pm
It’s “folk”, not “foke”
Ryan Wheeler
August 9, 2020 at 11:15 pm
Some of this advice is good but I’d take it with a grand assault.
Darkuwa
August 9, 2020 at 11:41 pm
Lose vs loose is the only one that really bugs me.
Emma Severson-Baker
August 9, 2020 at 11:59 pm
people who say “DEFIANTLY” instead of “definitely” 🙁
Bobby Peru
August 10, 2020 at 12:48 am
Or “Definately.”
Gilda Chestney
August 10, 2020 at 12:02 am
I love that he included that women in particular are criticized for their speech patterns. Society uses these “pet peeves” as just another excuse to not like women
Stop the Philosophical Zombies
August 10, 2020 at 4:35 am
Why does everyone say “impor’ent”, instead of imporTANT? these days?
Suzy Smith
August 10, 2020 at 6:46 am
This drives me CRAZY!!
PrismGuy
August 10, 2020 at 7:05 pm
I don’t know anyone who says that so maybe it’s a regional thing?
jamesjomeara
August 10, 2020 at 5:34 am
Yawn. “Everything’s relative mahhhn.” Like listening to a 1970s high school sociology teacher. “Let go of your standards and be free!”
Chanel Smith
August 10, 2020 at 5:54 am
Rigga Morris……..iykyk
Melanie Molifie
August 10, 2020 at 6:24 am
No, I’m bored when both male and female does vocal fry.
John Ward
August 10, 2020 at 6:32 am
Her “Hi” at 0:58 is the sexiest thing I’ve ever heard
Adnan Acharwala
August 10, 2020 at 10:27 am
I can’t even.
Cassie Thompson
August 10, 2020 at 11:58 am
Hold up – is he single now???!?!?
Joe Lonsdale
August 10, 2020 at 1:09 pm
Poor communication leads to frustration and conflict. I’m convinced that there is a direct correlation between vague, slang-ridden language and people wanting to shoot each other.
andybaldman
August 10, 2020 at 1:22 pm
People arguing that ‘new words are added all the time’ as a way to excuse their ignorance, misuse, or laziness with language, is my linguistic pet peeve.
_BaniraAisu67
August 10, 2020 at 1:57 pm
Vocal fry is the most American thing I’ve ever heard and many teen and young women in 3rd world country tried to copy that as a sort of social status. Like someone who lives in overseas for a long time.
alpha scorpii
August 10, 2020 at 2:48 pm
when people say ‘i would of’ instead of ‘i would have’ makes me cringe
Liza Cooney
August 10, 2020 at 3:43 pm
I think Alanis Morissette’s ironic comes back around to irony because she wrote a song about irony and arguably didn’t include any examples of irony
Alyson Budd
August 10, 2020 at 5:45 pm
someone send this to Steven Pinker
Waldemar
August 10, 2020 at 6:03 pm
Afrikaans has a few eggcorns in some of the older unused words based on English terms, like the old word for bronchitis was pronounced bromkatjies (humming cats) instead of brongitis or oliekolonie (oil colony) for eau de cologne.
DonnaMarie12637
August 10, 2020 at 6:09 pm
People who get upset by grammar, and accents annoy me. Who cares? People have different educational and geographic backgrounds. Stop getting annoyed, and hating on people’s differences.
PrismGuy
August 10, 2020 at 7:07 pm
“That’s something that really bugs people—the verbing of nouns”
And with that you just bugged those same exact people
Robert Duke
August 10, 2020 at 9:18 pm
Language evolves, I’m fine with that. But what about the use of “no” to express agreement that is coming into vogue? “No, that’s right.” I hear this regularly. Literal 🙂 opposite meaning. But I guess it just falls into the category of “dust” and “sanction.” I’d really like to understand why people are using “no” in this way. My best theory is there are some implied words that are left unsaid “No, (I don’t disagree with you,) that’s right.”
mackereltabbie
August 10, 2020 at 9:24 pm
I’ve heard a lot of native English speakers pronounce “granite” and “granted” pretty much the same, or pronounce one word the way others pronounce the other word (i.e., “gran-id”), so it’s an understandable mistake
Anthony Deng
August 10, 2020 at 9:30 pm
I’m just noticing he has a copy of Genki I on his bookshelf and I love it
Max Maloney
August 10, 2020 at 10:43 pm
“The forms and meanings of words are ultimately determined by the speakers of a language, not by any centralized authorities.”
And on this day in July of 2020, Erik Singer became wanted for high crimes in the nation of France.
Mysterious Guy
August 10, 2020 at 11:36 pm
Is no one else bugged by the guys jaw seemingly having a bulge on one side. Either he has a misaligned jaw/ injury, has an Asymmetrical face, or his body is facing ever so slightly in a different direction than his face. Not knowing irks me.
Catherine R
August 11, 2020 at 12:33 am
Pretty common with people who grind their teeth.
El B
August 11, 2020 at 12:02 am
Expresso. ITS ESPRESSO !!!! That used to drive me mad when I worked at a cafe
Fourthgirl
August 11, 2020 at 12:15 am
I guess he really hates Weird Al’s, Word Crimes!
Catherine R
August 11, 2020 at 12:36 am
I keep staring at his bookshelf… the Larosse French dictionary is the same as I used in school. The Japanese genki workbook I have too.
Bernard Martis
August 11, 2020 at 1:07 am
Do the needful.
Alex Stopforth
August 11, 2020 at 10:44 am
Two interesting ones I’ve come across in written form are people using ‘peaked’ instead of ‘piqued’, and ‘bias’ instead of ‘biased’. As in ‘The media is bias against him’, which should be ‘The media is biased against him’. Piqued should be used for ‘This piqued my interest.’ Though I can see why people think it’s ‘peaked’.
Arthur Htbk
August 11, 2020 at 10:46 am
“But it’s important to have a little humility, and some prospective, and to realize that the forms and meanings of words are ultimately determined by the speakers of a language, not by any centralized authority, and that you simply can’t freeze it in place.”
Meanwhile, in France: *AcAdÉmIe FrAnÇaIsE*
Celso Miguel
August 11, 2020 at 11:38 am
I think when people buse “Literally” to not mean literally is because they’re busing it as a hyperbole, or maybe that’s how it started and now there’s people out there who think it means the opposite of “Literally” which would be “Virtually”
Brian
August 11, 2020 at 1:27 pm
Supposebly, so long as the intended meaning is understood, it is correct.
Krutharth Vaddiyar
August 11, 2020 at 4:30 pm
It really bugs me when people say Nuclear as “Nyoo-kyoo-ler”
UwuTrash
August 11, 2020 at 6:05 pm
Lots of pretentious sounding people in the comments… as someone who grew up in the Caribbean and then moved to the US I didn’t have a background in ‘proper/correct’ English grammar. The word ‘ask’ fucks me up so the thought of people judging my intelligence level based on how I say it is a little sad. How does that make you better than me?
Chris C
August 11, 2020 at 6:48 pm
i’m good with being flexible, but irony is such a joy – especially when done well. if we allow it to be watered down with stupid coincidences, we might as well just give up.
Asher8328
August 11, 2020 at 7:09 pm
Erik is the man, and I don’t care how many grammatical errors it took for me to say that.
sweetboo1022
August 11, 2020 at 7:10 pm
I’m just here to fantasize about running my fingers through his hair.
William Baker
August 11, 2020 at 7:25 pm
“literally set their hair on fire.” Intentional, I’m sure lol
Lindsay R
August 11, 2020 at 7:57 pm
All of Garden
Paul Woelke
August 11, 2020 at 8:15 pm
I feel blessed for not having heard most of those eggcorns.
Also, I’m not sure why vocal fry and uptalk were bunched together like that. One I have no problems with, the other sounds as if everything you say is a question, at least in English.
William Baker
August 11, 2020 at 8:16 pm
How about when people use itch to mean scratch
William Baker
August 11, 2020 at 8:18 pm
Also, “whet one’s appetite,” not “wet my appetite.” I don’t like moist appetites
ScotsLeo Queen
August 11, 2020 at 8:19 pm
I want to scream when there, their and they’re are used incorrectly 😲 😬
Connor Perry
August 11, 2020 at 10:04 pm
“To boldy go”
Amy Falkenrath
August 11, 2020 at 10:24 pm
It irritates the crap out of me when people say or spell “sequins” as “sequence”
Nathalie Daccache
August 11, 2020 at 10:34 pm
How does taking anything for granite make any bloody sense?? 😂😂
cadavison
August 11, 2020 at 10:47 pm
Literally burn this man with fire for defending the wrong use of literally.
RosieWeasley
August 11, 2020 at 11:03 pm
Paris Hilton is the Queen of vocal fry.
Adena Cahill
August 11, 2020 at 11:27 pm
Quarantine has been good to him
Aysha Nasser
August 11, 2020 at 11:44 pm
I recently heard a podcaster say “supposably” instead of supposedly and I almost unfollowed the show. I’m still considering it.
kayizcray
August 11, 2020 at 11:46 pm
It’s funny that most of this video is talking about letting language evolve, but the comments are full of people complaining about their own pet peeves 😂
Samantha Barona
August 11, 2020 at 11:54 pm
This is epic.
Jackie Ketcham
August 12, 2020 at 12:16 am
Amazing!
marmalade
August 12, 2020 at 7:27 am
This guy fucks.
Toky Luvain
August 12, 2020 at 7:57 am
when americans say alumiNUM instead of alumiN-I-UM
songbanana8
August 12, 2020 at 9:15 am
I see that genki 1 textbook on your bookshelf
Tyler Anscomb
August 12, 2020 at 10:36 am
You forgot my pet peeve of people saying generally when they actually mean genuinely!!
assbalonkerful
August 12, 2020 at 10:53 am
Not watched the full video yet but one I always used to say is “bury in mind” instead of “bare in mind”
MissingPleiad
August 12, 2020 at 11:23 am
You’ve changed my mind and helped me grow! Thank you.
Formalhaut LA
August 12, 2020 at 11:24 am
Not completely related, but people won’t stop spelling Seth Rogen’s last name as “Rogan” and barely anyone ever corrects it.
Romy Higgins
August 12, 2020 at 11:41 am
The most surprising Eggcorn I heard recently was that it’s not ‘you’ve got another thing coming’ but ‘you’ve got another think coming’! Turns out I’ve been saying it wrong all these years, despite my mum saying it right 😀
I also find it a bit annoying when people use ‘I’ to try to sound clever, like ‘she’s been working with Tom and I’ but I guess if you haven’t studied object and subject pronouns it’s not obvious which is correct.
arturvolpi
August 12, 2020 at 2:06 pm
Australian accent has a lot of “uptalk”.
Hue Manatee
August 12, 2020 at 3:18 pm
vocal fry is always annoying to me and it seems to come out a lot during speeches for some reason?
Leo Zampelli
August 12, 2020 at 4:02 pm
Hahahahah omg my sister used to say “wake up and smell the coffin” and I tried to get her to explain it to me and she never could. I tried to tell her it was wake up and smell the coffee, but to no avail haha
lazy bacon
August 12, 2020 at 4:48 pm
Me in my apartment procrastinating doing chores: “aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh”
Movie Man Reviews
August 12, 2020 at 5:06 pm
5:50 He sounds just like Mathew McConaughey!!!
Jennifer G
August 12, 2020 at 5:13 pm
ARGHH! Vocal fry sounds like ducks quacking and is so annoying.
Pam Yarbrough
August 12, 2020 at 5:32 pm
The word “irregardless” is a double negative and people use it all the time. I can’t stand it
gkp
August 12, 2020 at 6:05 pm
Disrespect as a verb and woman as an adjective annoy me
Frank Sierow
August 12, 2020 at 6:47 pm
So you can literally use literally figuratively as well as literally literally. Did he deliberately use “literally…” figuratively at 7:27 just to make a point? Yes, possibly he literally used literally figuratively just to make a point. Using literally figuratively is literally one of my pet peeves. Literally. (I think that might literally be a use of both uses at the same time: or maybe not; I am literally getting confused.)
Frank Sierow
August 12, 2020 at 7:20 pm
I am figuratively tearing my hair out (or should I set fire to instead?).
Alice Langdahl
August 12, 2020 at 7:54 pm
That thing with Danish about hun and hund can’t be right can it? I think it’s more a question of pushing the word out suddenly when saying hund, I don’t think I have a creeky voice when saying that.
Josh Brown
August 12, 2020 at 8:49 pm
I genuinely thought it was “card shark” all this time. It’s not like I have occasion to use the description all that often… I love this kind of video. 😀
Ya Boi
August 12, 2020 at 9:33 pm
I will say that I think in certain situations it’s important to be clear about the meanings of “ironic” and “irony,” specifically because those are literary devices and if you don’t know what they mean, you’ll have difficulty identifying them correctly. So like, it is at least vaguely important for you to know the meaning of irony as dictated by your 9th grade English class, if only because you’d like to pass. Colloquially I literally (haha) don’t care a single whit about what people deem ironic.
Tyler Learn
August 12, 2020 at 11:19 pm
Think of the complications of the English language… then compare it to a language like Spanish or Japanese. English is way too specific and broken down to satisfy anyone’s comprehension type. Kinda makes sense why’d we would have so many discrepancies or “arguments” in the U.S. specifically.
carina
August 12, 2020 at 11:42 pm
“google” is a verbing noun too!
ackthbbft
August 13, 2020 at 12:31 am
Do you have an episode about mondegreens?
Tiny Marsh
August 13, 2020 at 12:47 am
I’d highly recommend Kory Stamper’s “Word by Word” to anyone who enjoyed this video! She’s a brilliant lexicographer over at Merrriam-Webster and a really snappy writer to boot.
Michel G
August 13, 2020 at 10:44 am
When people use “loose” instead of “lose” I die a little inside.
spacep0d
August 13, 2020 at 4:57 pm
Same. I absolutely despise this one. To/Too is a close second. This is a quick way to make me stop reading someone.
Quan Nguyen
August 13, 2020 at 12:20 pm
my man didn’t make this video for people to shame others for using english differently in the comments
Star Feather
August 13, 2020 at 1:12 pm
Lol growing up I always misheard the title of the book “To Kill a Mockingbird”. I always thought it was “Tequila Mockingbird” 🤦🏽♀️😂
Jessica Edwards
August 13, 2020 at 1:22 pm
‘irregardless’ makes my skin crawl.
olive rows
August 13, 2020 at 1:54 pm
“I could care less”
Ok
spacep0d
August 13, 2020 at 5:28 pm
My response to this is generally, ‘So why don’t you?’
Wouter vanR
August 13, 2020 at 2:25 pm
Ofcourse you can use “literally” how you want and be understood…and be hated and hopefully killed really slowly when you *literally* use it all the time when it’s just not literal.
Billy Howell
August 13, 2020 at 2:43 pm
I get some of these arguments and the long term effects on language. But this language can be anything argument is an excuse to be lazy for a lot of people. I almost want to take it to a ridiculous point. Flippantly gobble zebra pooch. I was saying, “I need butter.” How can you say that’s wrong? Language can change into anything we want it to at any time. The argument ends up being some insane existential BS in the end that’s really just masking that the person didn’t know better. Instead of being humble enough to recognize a mistake and learn the correct way, it just becomes, “Oh, it’s the evolution of language, man,” in a vain attempt to seem right when wrong.
spacep0d
August 13, 2020 at 4:54 pm
I can’t stand when people pronounce ‘feel’ like ‘fill’. ‘Steal’ becomes ‘still’, etc. Vocal fry is annoying AF! George Lucas has terrible fry for a guy. A lot of women do this as an affectation I think, probably to compete with the lower male register.
legendsword7
August 13, 2020 at 5:06 pm
Notice how Alanis Morisette or the person who wrote the song is only one person. The one-to-many social relationship a pop song has has skewed the significance of one person’s extreme usage. In contrast, you can choose as one individual to not use “ironic” to mean ‘unfortunate’—but the point here is that you can’t require other people to make that same choice. The myth that there’s only one correct variety of speech to use is steeped in a grim history of classism, racism, and abuse.
Musicmonk84
August 13, 2020 at 5:15 pm
Quality quarantine content
Vicki Noble
August 13, 2020 at 5:40 pm
As someone who sings, and has been professionally trained, Vocal Fry is one of my biggest peeves. Every time I hear this – male or female – I have this urge to clear my throat. Anytime my kids uptalk, I ask them if they are asking me or telling me. 🤦🏻♀️ And as for improper grammar, or not using the correct phrasing, it almost hurts my soul. Overuse of “like” and “literally”…😑
Musicmonk84
August 13, 2020 at 6:00 pm
My issue with the evolution of “literally” to be simply an intensifier is that there were already words to help intensify – like “really” or “totally”. So now the problem is that there isn’t a way to know if someone actually means the original definition of “literally” unless they repeat themselves and so “no literally, my butt’s in an actual vice, look at it.” It’s lost its shock value.
peachmelba1000
August 13, 2020 at 6:36 pm
On vocal fry: I believe its usage by women really messes with some part of our language processing that equates vocal gravel, and lower annunciative pitches, with masculinity in a very deep way. The perception it creates is one of disingenuousness, which naturally leads to feelings of mistrust.
peachmelba1000
August 13, 2020 at 6:38 pm
A favorite eggcorn of mine is the replacement of “medley” with “melody”. I had a date once ask a waiter for a side of _vegetable melody_ haha
ErikPaulGames
August 13, 2020 at 6:45 pm
And with that thumbnail, I thought it was going to be a video about people complaining about metal singing
Stafford Hebert
August 13, 2020 at 7:24 pm
That poor man has prostrate cancer and old-timers disease.
Peach Day
August 13, 2020 at 8:18 pm
enlighting
Ileana Santamaria
August 13, 2020 at 9:43 pm
DEATH TO UPTALK?
Paint Pink
August 13, 2020 at 11:23 pm
Nope, you’re fired! Literally can’t be accepted as an intensifier. My daughter says this and it drives me crazy. Of course, she also calls me bro and love. Now I understand why my mother hated the word rad.
horror fiend
August 13, 2020 at 11:39 pm
Shady link
Zahra B
August 14, 2020 at 12:18 am
Omg genki. PTSD
W0rdsmiff
August 14, 2020 at 1:01 am
Your content is fascinating to me. You’re so right – language today has seen a number of evolutionary mutations even within the past decade. I get that part. My question is this — what about spelling? Should we just overlook or ignore when words are spelled incorrectly, even when the writer’s intent could be completely changed or negated altogether?
Furthermore, with so many people here in the U.S. who so passionately insist on remaining a monolingual nation, shouldn’t we master and respect our solitary, beloved language? Mistakes are one thing, but that “aluminum” vs. “aluminium” thing is another.
Jennifer Bennett
August 14, 2020 at 1:18 am
The vocal fry
… she sounded disinterested while he had more gravitas. Crazy, cz it’s literally just a cultural bias I hadn’t noticed before. I’ll be working on that.
Amber Y
August 14, 2020 at 1:21 am
I have never heard of any of these versions. They are terrible.
smellieC
August 14, 2020 at 1:25 am
wow I see what you mean about the Vocalfry
lovekassyyay
August 14, 2020 at 9:58 am
My favorite noun verb is Google, as in, “Did you Google it?”
Emily Sheil
August 14, 2020 at 10:04 am
“uptalk makes you appear less competent, uneducated and unattractive.”
Australians: *sweating uncontrollably*
nn129
August 14, 2020 at 11:45 am
Ugh, they’re using “podcast voice” 🤩🤩🤩 So soothing. So dulcet.
dramallama
August 14, 2020 at 12:16 pm
This was so interesting to watch! And I’m definitely guilty of the “uptalk”, especially when I talk in English. Sorry not sorry!
Treda Ogë
August 14, 2020 at 12:25 pm
Ughh
“soak and wet” instead of “soaking wet”
“sort of speak” instead of “so to speak”
“as for as” instead of “as far as”
and people who use “mines” as a pronoun…
Matt Kelly
August 14, 2020 at 12:42 pm
Well I guess I am a walking eggcorn lol
Hazel LeBlanc
August 14, 2020 at 12:48 pm
I can deal with a lot of these. Language evolving and adapting is a good thing. But every time I hear someone pronounce jewelry as if it should be pronounced jew-le-ry, I want to throw something at them.
DejligeTico
August 14, 2020 at 1:48 pm
Hooold up, he just made me question my native language. I thought the difference between “hun” and “hund” was more about the shortening of the n-pronunciation.
28 blue partyhats
August 14, 2020 at 2:31 pm
thank you daddy
cazzbird
August 14, 2020 at 3:31 pm
brought instead of bought
Todd George Kelly
August 14, 2020 at 3:43 pm
The vocal fry/creaky voice that is used by both men and women that is seen as ‘unintelligent’ by some isn’t the same creak they used in the example, the creak people are talking about is usually accompanied by a drawn out tone that comes off as ‘sassy’ to many.
I think it still serves a purpose and shouldn’t be discouraged! Communication/language evolves with culture and this is just another example of that growth.
John Crandall
August 14, 2020 at 3:48 pm
If I am allowed to have my “own personal opinion”, then am I allowed to have my own “Impersonal opinion”? If so then what would an impersonal opinion be? I think we need to stick to “my opinion”, period.
Bookmouse
August 14, 2020 at 4:33 pm
When all the rules were made by old white guys forever ago, I have less of a problem with questioning them. Language is meant to convey your thoughts to another person. If they understand it, you have successfully languaged.
Not that I don’t have my own language peeves though….
T Bone
August 14, 2020 at 6:14 pm
The people downthumbing this vid must not like learning.
zoeleene
August 14, 2020 at 7:31 pm
Thank you for showing that language is malleable.
Videohead
August 14, 2020 at 7:39 pm
Vocal fry doesnt really bother me. Uptalk on the other hand, confuses me. It makes me think that it is an incomplete sentence.
Meryl Pritchett
August 14, 2020 at 8:09 pm
I’m so glad he mentioned that people interpret vocal fry for men and women so differently, that always seems infuriatingly hypocritical to me.
Nomsi FromEarth
August 14, 2020 at 8:17 pm
Another good example of a noun turning into a verb is Google e.g. Just Google it or even Shazam.
Tess Devlin
August 14, 2020 at 8:47 pm
thrashed instead of trashed, comma instead of coma, starring instead of staring… wattpad fanfic really traumatized us all
veiyi l
August 14, 2020 at 9:21 pm
It is really really really a blessing to hear someone describe language as a tool we utilize to communicate as opposed to a rule we have to follow.
Vi Haze
August 14, 2020 at 9:29 pm
The pointless overuse of the word ‘literally’ will still always bother me. It grates on me worse than the stereotypical Californian vocal fry 😂
ShaiMyst
August 14, 2020 at 10:35 pm
When I hear vocal fry in women it reminds me more of the hard-nosed, morbid female character you kinda see in some TV shows.
Lee Kalba
August 14, 2020 at 10:55 pm
A damp squid is one of my favorites.
gypsieladie
August 14, 2020 at 11:52 pm
I can’t lie. Im a fan of vocal fry. But not with whiney, uptalk, cali voice.
Alfred Bouwknecht
August 15, 2020 at 12:50 am
Why did this kind of feel like the start of a Pixar film I love?
sigheyeroll
August 15, 2020 at 12:18 pm
I can’t believe Erik Singer is still handsome even in quarantine. TT_TT
Aepistemic
August 15, 2020 at 12:28 pm
1:17-1:20 reminds me of a math teacher who jokingly said ‘he was hungry’ mentioning coleslaw after explaining ‘cosine law’ x) ; neat to know how knowing the phrase ‘eggcorn’ that this can encapsulate an issue which comes with teaching ESL.
4:52-5:07 Reminds me of question marks and how this might take a different twist w/upside-down ‘right side facing’ question marks at the beginning of sentances in Spanish; 5:30-5:45+ Thank you ‘u’ d
xrayban2
August 15, 2020 at 12:57 pm
Very interesting !
And btw “femelle” is french, not “old” french 😉
Chris Lee
August 15, 2020 at 2:16 pm
“Escape goat” – that one drives me crazy.
Sheff Alex
August 15, 2020 at 2:38 pm
Really hate creaky voice. I feel like half Americans I’ve met use it.
Meanwhile in London you get loads of roadman talk that uses “oh is it” which annoys me deeply
I’m going to the beach tomorrow. Oh is it? …
And also bad grammar for example “where was you?”
Grinds my gears
Andrew Hall-Phillips
August 15, 2020 at 3:16 pm
People must hate australians when it comes to up talk
TK421HasLeftHisPost
August 15, 2020 at 3:47 pm
Okay, heeere…I am just starting to think that this guy knows his stuff.
Haseeb Ahmed
August 15, 2020 at 4:06 pm
Is he Canadian?
Aurora Galore
August 15, 2020 at 4:13 pm
When people say should of!!!!! Its Should’ve that should have omggg
Sherri
August 15, 2020 at 4:53 pm
I hate listening to people speak with vocal fry or creaking. One of my pet peeves related to my misophonia.
Also I can’t count the amount of times I’ve seen “could of” rather than “could have” and heard people say “I seen.” *shudder*
CatAlex
August 15, 2020 at 5:34 pm
When you study enough English literature you begin to realise how much language has changed. Language is forever evolving!
hood954
August 15, 2020 at 5:34 pm
THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING LITERALLY. People get in such a knot over it and not understand its use as an intensifier
Valeri Oliva
August 15, 2020 at 6:43 pm
There are many that make me want to crawl up a wall but here are some of my top agitators-
Suppoisbly
Fustrated
Exspecially
Using drowned for “I’m going to drown “
Liberry
Valeri Oliva
August 15, 2020 at 6:43 pm
It’s also mind blowing how many people still write “a lot” as one word
Valeri Oliva
August 15, 2020 at 7:21 pm
I find it really interesting when we place emphasis on certain parts of the word, like when he said blessed as bless-ed
DC12345 Colb
August 15, 2020 at 8:12 pm
My two pet peeves: Asking “Right?” when someone has just said something. Used to be you would just say “yeah” or “I know” to express agreement. And not voicing some final sounds so e.g. “realize” sounds halfway to “realice” or JapaneZe sounds more like JapaneeS. Hear it all the time nowadays but I dont remember hearing it 30 years ago at least on the east coast of the U.S/mid-west.
Hazel Dell
August 15, 2020 at 8:19 pm
Drives me nuts when people put “a women”. It’s not “a women”, it’s “a womAn”. Women is plural.
A. Banana
August 15, 2020 at 8:34 pm
Another thing that bothers me is when someone puts the word “not” after the word “everybody” to describe people. For example, they will say “Everybody’s not going to college”, instead of “Not everybody’s going to college”. The former sentence sounds like literally everybody, instead of some people are not going to college. Neither may be correct, but it bothers me.
sydo177
August 15, 2020 at 8:46 pm
Reading helps to get the right stuff. And not only twitter ..
· A N D R E A ·
August 15, 2020 at 9:04 pm
My teacher would always tell us “the people make the language, not the other way around”
Medo Mannos
August 15, 2020 at 9:32 pm
Word natzies
nye
August 15, 2020 at 10:19 pm
As a California girl, I love my vocal fry 😌
Gabrielle Wolfe
August 15, 2020 at 10:58 pm
Can you explain to me why recently I’ve heard SO MANY young people drop their L’s in certain words? It’s driving me nuts. A good example is Josh Hutcherson in Future Man (mostly season 3, example season 3 episode 3 6:29, “world”). He seems to often say words like “world” without the L, so that it sounds like “word”. Or he’ll say words like “old” more like “owed”… It drives me crazy, especially because he only does it about 50% of the time. I hear it in the younger generation around me a LOT. Is the L sound going away? Is it jut lazy enunciation? I’ve tried to find information about it online but I must be searching for the wrong terms because I can’t find anything.
cuddler
August 16, 2020 at 12:32 am
Looks like the makers of this video have not met the endboss yet:
should/would/could OF
Ghastly Candle
August 16, 2020 at 12:49 am
“Thank you Catherine Obvious”
p Hs
August 16, 2020 at 1:36 pm
Can I go to toilet?
Ash
August 16, 2020 at 2:09 pm
Language and dialect is so cool 😍
:I
August 16, 2020 at 2:51 pm
i uptalk all the time and everyone teases me for it like “why is that a question?”, but it’s just how i’ve always spoken. it happens when i’m not thinking about it, so usually do it when i’m really focused on something else. it’s such a bad habit i just can’t get out of.
Cavers
August 16, 2020 at 3:31 pm
What’s up with all that Swedish cooking though?
Jennifer Lawrence
August 16, 2020 at 3:31 pm
Vocal fry doesn’t make me think you’re less intelligent, male OR female, it just makes me want to strangle you. Whereas uptalk makes you sound inane and vacuous, no matter the gender but especially males, and it seems to be proliferating in millennial males.
Chris Lee
August 16, 2020 at 4:31 pm
I love this stuff, it’s really fascinating. I’m British but my kids have grown in Canada. I find it hard when they say “gotten” but I’ve come to accept it. One thing I’ve noticed recently is YouTubers ending a video “and all that being said, I’ll see you next time.”. I find that very odd, as to me “all that being said” suggests they are about to give a counter argument to what they just said. To me it feels off, because I’ve never heard it used to mean “that’s all for now”
Shankar Roy
August 16, 2020 at 4:40 pm
I don’t know if this applies to the written language, but it really annoys me when people write “would of” instead of “would’ve” or “would have”…
Kelly Patterson
August 16, 2020 at 4:54 pm
I listen to a Creepypasta narrator who mispronounces didn’t. He always says ‘dinint. Basically any word that ends with ‘nt’ . He constantly mispronounces simple words and ends every sentence with ‘ah or uh’ attached to the last word of said sentence.(EXAMPLE: thereah or worldah or airah) He however, tells the best stories! It bothers me but I force myself to redirect my focus.
Kelly Patterson
August 16, 2020 at 5:01 pm
Here’s a good one! I was in 5th grade and it was a spelling bee. The word was escape. The teacher asked me to spell the word. She pronounced the word with an x. Excape. Very clearly EXCAPE. I’ve heard two pronunciations of this word so I spelled it out and was told to sit as I’d misspelled it.
Imma Node
August 16, 2020 at 5:21 pm
“Divide an conquer” when applied to tackling a task by a group, drives me up the wall! It’s a colonist term! Then there are “than”’ and “then,” which some people are starting to accept as interchangeable. No! Sorry. 😔
Semi Veg
August 16, 2020 at 5:25 pm
When people say “walla” when it’s “voila” or “acrosst” when it’s “across” or “all of the sudden” when it’s supposed to be “all of a sudden”
José Ari Ojeda Murcia
August 16, 2020 at 6:26 pm
Wanna marry this guy.
elaine goodloe
August 16, 2020 at 7:03 pm
I love these videos. Eggcorns drive me nuts, but I try to let people know (without being condescending) of what’s happening.
astridjl85
August 16, 2020 at 7:03 pm
You aaaalmost got the pronunciation it with ‘hund’. The H is a little more audible. I think you might have used google translates ‘read it aloud’ and that is not quite how its said. BUT YAY Denmark. We love being mentioned
Nautica Harden
August 16, 2020 at 8:13 pm
Caramel, not carmel 🙁
Natalie McBroom
August 16, 2020 at 9:01 pm
Regardless of my pleas for him to say, “regardless”, he insisted on saying “irregardless”.
col ba
August 16, 2020 at 9:28 pm
At the risk of sounding overly confident in the general public’s use of the Queen’s idiom, I’ve never heard anyone above the age of 5 make any of those “eggcorn” mistakes… And I would be pretty shocked were I to hear an adult native speaker of Eng. make such a mistake…
sebatian
August 16, 2020 at 9:48 pm
“You can’t tell me nothing!” so I can tell you something…so annoying when people use double negations.
sebatian
August 16, 2020 at 9:50 pm
I have never heard or seen these uses and if I see them, I’ll consider them as mistakes.
Kendall Kramer
August 16, 2020 at 10:14 pm
“Now I’m Elmer Fudd.” 😂
kaashee
August 16, 2020 at 10:32 pm
Sup daddy
Mean Jean
August 16, 2020 at 10:40 pm
I love the aliveness of language.
webaccess11
August 16, 2020 at 11:17 pm
When people write, ‘the reason why I am doing this’….
D Ishappywithlife
August 17, 2020 at 12:42 am
🙄
Matilda
August 17, 2020 at 12:48 am
🇸🇪🇸🇪 swedish christmas table and traditional swedish cooking 😋
pappanalab
August 17, 2020 at 5:38 am
I just realized that I have no problem with any of these pet peeves.
Tracy Christenson
August 17, 2020 at 6:22 am
I have to admit that I’ve sometimes found myself talking in uptalk, sounding like I’m asking a question when I’m making a statement, but I realized why I’ve done that: I’m used to working in customer service, where I’ve had to give people instructions in how to do something over the phone, so I’m in the habit of making each step sound like a question because I am kind of asking a question and making a statement at the same time – I’m used to regularly checking to see if the person is following along as they’re going through the steps. Now, it’s carried over to other parts of my life, where I’m still checking to make sure that my listeners are following along when I’m telling them things.
Ekklo.Strange
August 17, 2020 at 9:23 am
Does this mean everyone can quit bitchin’ about correct speech?
Deniz Şentürk
August 17, 2020 at 10:35 am
I kinda expected him to talk about uptalk as a feminist issue more:( but great video anyway, i really enjoyed it thank you so much! 💕
Sax Rendell
August 17, 2020 at 10:59 am
Language isn’t prescribed by a central authority and can’t be pinned in place? Try telling that to L’Academie Francaise
Kat R.
August 17, 2020 at 12:14 pm
I love his videos so much!!
Maya Marz
August 17, 2020 at 12:36 pm
Thank you for this lesson
John Paul Erpe
August 17, 2020 at 1:34 pm
I do vocal fry when I’m speaking in English sometimes, and when I caught up myself doing it I get extremely conscious and I’d rather not talk.
Vin Klauzenberg
August 17, 2020 at 2:47 pm
“Actually”
Everyone here opens their statement with that word. Especially on TV interviews. When did that even became a thing?
Alía Sheráe
August 17, 2020 at 3:51 pm
Idk why I’m even watching this video … I came to pee and subconsciously grabbed my phone . Clicked on this video somehow and now I’ve been sitting here for like 15 minutes … and after this I’ll probably click another random video about something I don’t need for another 15 . This is how my days go in quarantine 😓 I wanted to start a whole business
Sarah Behar
August 17, 2020 at 3:56 pm
Language pet peeve: when people confuse sensitive and sensible
Bob Craigmile
August 17, 2020 at 4:15 pm
your point is mute
Tyler Ellis
August 17, 2020 at 4:24 pm
I could literally listen to this guy all day
Cola
August 17, 2020 at 4:33 pm
The worse one in my opinion is “Oh, how the turn tables” instead of “oh, how the tables have turned.” Like what does the first one even mean??? It’s not even an independent clause!! It makes me so frickin frustrated!!
Joyce Chen
August 17, 2020 at 5:35 pm
“The forms and meanings of words are ultimately determined by the speakers of the language, not by any centralized authorities.” Tell that to the French government 😛
Terri Silva
August 17, 2020 at 6:21 pm
You ever hear someone say “ignorant” when trying to say that someone is rude or behaving badly. Ignorant means uneducated. Now that’s ironic.
Pink_Elysium
August 17, 2020 at 7:08 pm
The grammar mistake that grinds my gears the most is “and I”. This was hammered into our psyches by elementary school teachers, but it is so incorrect. It’s not always “and I”!!
Noah Doss
August 17, 2020 at 7:30 pm
I often use the phrase “figuratively literally” to signal that I’m using the figurative version of literally. But mostly because I find it funny
Trudy Greer
August 17, 2020 at 7:47 pm
“As a child growing up…”
Actually, as a “foodie”, what gets my goat is “shelled nuts” referring to nuts still in the shell, and a “boned chicken breast” for a breast still on the bone. Worse yet, “de-shelled” or “de-boned”.. to shell and to bone are verbs, Foodies.. you can’t put them back on!
Sapiens Strength
August 17, 2020 at 8:04 pm
I liked the female host voice . Emma Stone, Paris Hilton , Lindsey Lohan, Fergie, Peppermint Patty , etc are Voices I can listen too all day… Voices that are: high pitch “child” voice , southern twang “hey y’all” or the Recent Cardi B “urkay” inflections , I find off putting.
Jessica S
August 17, 2020 at 8:54 pm
As a German this is kind of funny to watch as the English language has always been super imprecise to me. There are single words that have 20 different meanings while in German we just have 20 different words to explain these things to a T. So understanding English has always been kind of a guessing game to me. You need to know the context or else you’re prone to misunderstand. So I guess the English language as a whole can be a pet peeve. 😅
Liani Thomas Prewitt
August 17, 2020 at 10:31 pm
This video explains all the reasons why I could not stand becoming a linguist.
Kristin Burns
August 17, 2020 at 11:09 pm
The vocal fry isn’t just about the fry, it’s the use with “Valley Girl” speak. Like, you know?
Kristin Burns
August 17, 2020 at 11:10 pm
He looks like Hugh Laurie (House)
Jessica Skye
August 18, 2020 at 12:56 am
The creak in the low pitch voice is less noticable to me and it blends in better. The creak in a higher pitch voice is very noticable due to how different the pitches between the voice and fry is.
Sam Blankenhorn
August 18, 2020 at 1:08 am
People use “anxious” incorrectly all the time. It means nervous, not excited. “Eager” is the word you want.
Charles Carter
August 18, 2020 at 4:30 am
Diffuse and defuse.
Angel Unawares
August 18, 2020 at 7:05 am
this is ridiculous LOL
Guy Souriandt
August 18, 2020 at 7:39 am
8:02 ‘The verbing of nouns’. Succinct. Self-explanatory.
Brent Johnson
August 18, 2020 at 7:41 am
I once had a coworker that insisted that the problem with our company was that there were “too many teeth and not enough Indians” . That’s become a favorite of mine.
Jam Pow
August 18, 2020 at 8:11 am
9:01 I think the subtitle meant to say “TO BOLDLY GO”… there was a missing ‘L’.
Jannik D.
August 18, 2020 at 10:18 am
mfw a napron becomes an apron
Diana Chung
August 18, 2020 at 11:23 am
it’s interesting how he mentions vocal fry in Danish. Danes also universially use uptalk.
CAJEL
August 18, 2020 at 11:25 am
I’m a burmese and I don’t know the two kha words he said lol
Alice G
August 18, 2020 at 11:27 am
Question about vocal fry. I tend to notice it more on women, even though it generally doesn’t bother me in any gender (except for very “fried” cases in which I cringe in pain because I associate it with personal experience of trying to speak/sing through illness).
Is it possible that those sounds are on a register that we can hear better in the average woman’s voice than in male? I know there are pitches we don’t perceive as well, so this is a genuine question. Could male vocal fry on average be “less heard” thus bother less people?
Diana Chung
August 18, 2020 at 11:30 am
The nearly synonymous use of “start” and “begin.” The only time English speakers consistently use it is, “Drivers, START your engines. “
Rob Hough
August 18, 2020 at 12:26 pm
He didn’t address the sssh-er or how Dee always noses im
Brandy Dinsmore
August 18, 2020 at 2:47 pm
Smurf? Verb, noun, adjective, adverb, everything
Agustín Matis
August 18, 2020 at 3:31 pm
“Then” instead of “Than”… AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Destiny L.
August 18, 2020 at 3:44 pm
My biggest pet peeves, “I could care less” and “on accident”. Ugh *shudders*
TogaR6
August 18, 2020 at 4:53 pm
Hate to be the barrel of bad news but for me it’s easier for women to have an annoying voice because of the pitch
Khempejjer
August 18, 2020 at 4:55 pm
jonas Marlique
August 18, 2020 at 5:23 pm
OVERCOME WITH EVERY COACH AND EVERYBODY WHO HELP ME ABOUT MUSIC AND FINANCE.
Kim Chi
August 18, 2020 at 5:44 pm
I hate the “I could care less” or “nip it in the butt” but the absolute one that KILLS me is SherBERT. Its no SHERBERT!!! It’s sherBET!!! SHERBET!
ShedAtlanta
August 18, 2020 at 6:35 pm
Subbed with ease. Language constantly intrigues me. Learned a great deal with this segment.
Emi Pellegrino
August 18, 2020 at 6:42 pm
People who use literally make me want to LEGITIMATELY put a stake through my eye
Max Kafka
August 18, 2020 at 7:14 pm
“This is the sort of English, up with which, I shall not put.”
Adam Clarke
August 18, 2020 at 8:11 pm
As good as this video is, isn’t the phrase at the start ‘A new lease of life’ instead of “A new lease on life”?
Yulia Nozdrina
August 18, 2020 at 8:30 pm
This is such a cool video! At 12:40 Erik talks about enantiosemy (auto-antonyms or self-antonyms) when one word has two opposite meanings. I wrote my graduation paper on this topic. This is the first time I actually needed my graduation paper in real life 😀
Missy
August 18, 2020 at 8:52 pm
That was highly enjoyable!
David Ferguson
August 18, 2020 at 10:42 pm
Drives me up the wall when someone uses “yourself” in place of “you”.