You sound stupid when you say OFF-TEN

by **Rocinante** 2015-11-10, 13:34

You do. I don't care if 75% of people say it that way. It's wrong and it sounds really clunky and dumb. Say it right.

The "t" is silent.

by **Turtleneck** 2015-11-10, 13:35

Rocinante wrote:You do. I don't care if 75% of people say it that way. It's wrong and it sounds really clunky and dumb. Say it right.

The "t" is silent.

I wish you were silent.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2015-11-10, 13:36

I'm not sure how I say it.. and now that I've been prompted to say it out loud in my office, I'm not sure how I would say it in an unsolicited fashion..

pretty sure I say the "t"...

yep. I do.

by **Rocinante** 2015-11-10, 13:37

Turtleneck wrote:
Rocinante wrote:You do. I don't care if 75% of people say it that way. It's wrong and it sounds really clunky and dumb. Say it right.

The "t" is silent.

I wish you were silent.

How do you know I'm not?

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2015-11-10, 13:39

Rocinante wrote:
Turtleneck wrote:

I wish you were silent.

How do you know I'm not?

are you Anne Frank?

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2015-11-10, 13:40

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
Rocinante wrote:

How do you know I'm not?
are you Anne Frank?

Hey! I've been to her house.

by **Watch Out Pylon!** 2015-11-10, 13:41

Say Italain. Is it Eye-talian or it-alian?

by **Rocinante** 2015-11-10, 13:46

Italiano.

by **NigelUno** 2015-11-10, 13:48

Turtleneck wrote:
Rocinante wrote:You do. I don't care if 75% of people say it that way. It's wrong and it sounds really clunky and dumb. Say it right.

The "t" is silent.

I wish you were silent.

You sound stupid when you say OFF-TEN 502811600

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2015-11-10, 13:49

your mom goes to college

by **tGreenWay** 2015-11-10, 14:03

Thank-you, OP, for fighting the good fight. You can't win, but I love that you're trying. I've given up. The stupid people have won.

by **InTenSity** 2015-11-10, 14:22

I work with someone who says supposedly, suppossivly. I don't know why, but that annoys me.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2015-11-10, 14:25

InTenSity wrote:I work with someone who says supposedly, suppossivly. I don't know why, but that annoys me.

I'm a pretty laid back dude but it drives me insane when people make up their own words like this.. sounds like the kind of thing Mike Tyson would do after one too many blows to the head.

by **Rocinante** 2015-11-10, 14:35

InTenSity wrote:I work with someone who says supposedly, suppossivly. I don't know why, but that annoys me.

This is just idiocy. I mean people who are legitimately dumb like this have an excuse. But otherwise educated people saying off-ten is just laziness.

by **InTenSity** 2015-11-10, 14:35

I'm a pretty laid back dude but it drives me insane when people make up their own words like this.. sounds like the kind of thing Mike Tyson would do after one too many blows to the head.

I'm going to guess that Miami has heard it that way too.

by **Turtleneck** 2015-11-10, 14:37

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:
Robert J Sakimano wrote:are you Anne Frank?

Hey! I've been to her house.

Was that on one of the days where you were supposed to be working on your pickem duties?

by **AMwood** 2015-11-10, 14:40

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
InTenSity wrote:I work with someone who says supposedly, suppossivly. I don't know why, but that annoys me.
I'm a pretty laid back dude but it drives me insane when people make up their own words like this.. sounds like the kind of thing Mike Tyson would do after one too many blows to the head.

this is going to blow this thread into bolivian.

by **Turtleneck** 2015-11-10, 14:43

AMwood wrote:
Robert J Sakimano wrote:I'm a pretty laid back dude but it drives me insane when people make up their own words like this.. sounds like the kind of thing Mike Tyson would do after one too many blows to the head.

this is going to blow this thread into bolivian.

That's noncents.

by **tGreenWay** 2015-11-10, 14:47

I prefer supposubly. And libarry.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2015-11-10, 15:11

btw - was just with someone in my office and chuckled to myself as I said "ofTen"...

so, yes, I rock the "t".

by **DWags** 2015-11-10, 15:16

"How are you?" I'm well, not good.

Sneakers not tennis shoes.

Saurry not Soooorry

Kroger not Krogers

Meijer not Meijers

Ford not Fords

about not A boat

flip you off not flick you off

fuck you not fuck you.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2015-11-10, 15:19

also, drive me insane these days when the kids can't or choose not to enunciate words properly.. and it seems like a Michigan or possibly a midwest thing.. at least the one that gets me:

"mittens" is "mi-unhs"..

or "Brighton (Michigan)" is "Brigh-uhn"...

You sound stupid when you say OFF-TEN 1896033241

You sound stupid when you say OFF-TEN 1896033241

by **DWags** 2015-11-10, 15:21

Ruin

REW In Not Rune

by **InTenSity** 2015-11-10, 15:25

You LOSE something, not Loose it.
Seriously, how do people get that won wong?

by **Watch Out Pylon!** 2015-11-10, 15:25

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:
Robert J Sakimano wrote:are you Anne Frank?

Hey! I've been to her house.

Technically that wasn't her house.

by **Rocinante** 2015-11-10, 15:27

Robert J Sakimano wrote:btw - was just with someone in my office and chuckled to myself as I said "ofTen"...

so, yes, I rock the "t".

I'm glad you find sounding uneducated humorous.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2015-11-10, 15:29

Rocinante wrote:
Robert J Sakimano wrote:btw - was just with someone in my office and chuckled to myself as I said "ofTen"...

so, yes, I rock the "t".

I'm glad you find sounding uneducated humorous.

I thought you were silent?

by **Watch Out Pylon!** 2015-11-10, 15:30

My wife moved to Michigan from Kentucky. Here's the names she totally screwed up.

Who-ton Lake (Houghton Lake)
Musk-eh-gone (Muskegon)
Nov-ee (Novi)
Okay-miss (Okemos)

by **Rocinante** 2015-11-10, 15:31

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
Rocinante wrote:

I'm glad you find sounding uneducated humorous.
I thought you were silent?

Does the clickity-clack of keyboard keys count?

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2015-11-10, 15:32

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:
Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:

Hey! I've been to her house.

Technically that wasn't her house.

ever seen Stevie Wonders house?

neither has he.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2015-11-10, 15:34

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:My wife moved to Michigan from Kentucky. Here's the names she totally screwed up.

Who-ton Lake (Houghton Lake)
Musk-eh-gone (Muskegon)
Nov-ee (Novi)
Okay-miss (Okemos)

I admit, upon moving here from the great south land, there were names of places I screwed up.. I think "Okemos" was "Oh-kee-Mose".. although being a native of North Carolina and having lived there for 25 years, this whole Char-LOT thing is f'd up.

by **StylesGShmooth** 2015-11-10, 16:45

'Often' was pronounced with a t-sound until the 17th century, when a pronunciation without the [t] came to predominate in the speech of the educated, in both North America and Great Britain, and the earlier pronunciation fell into disfavor. Common use of a spelling pronunciation has since restored the [t] for many speakers, and today /ˈɔfən/[aw-fuh and /ˈɔf[awf-tuhn] or /ˈɒfən/[of-uhn] and [of-tuhn] exist side by side. Although it is still sometimes criticized, 'often' with a /t/[t] is now so widely heard from educated speakers that it has become fully standard once again.

You and your 17th century liberal elite can kiss my ass off-ten.

by **Rocinante** 2015-11-10, 16:46

If you can't use the quote function, you're probably a lost cause when it comes to speaking properly.

by **DWags** 2015-11-10, 16:48

Rocinante wrote:If you can't use the quote function, you're probably a lost cause when it comes to speaking properly.

And it's kwote not coat.

by **tGreenWay** 2015-11-10, 16:58

DWags wrote:
Rocinante wrote:If you can't use the quote function, you're probably a lost cause when it comes to speaking properly.

And it's kwote not coat.

Like kwan, not coin?

by **tGreenWay** 2015-11-10, 17:01

Robert J Sakimano wrote:also, drive me insane these days when the kids can't or choose not to enunciate words properly.. and it seems like a Michigan or possibly a midwest thing.. at least the one that gets me:

"mittens" is "mi-unhs"..

or "Brighton (Michigan)" is "Brigh-uhn"...

I don't get this one, either. I notice it often when a State fan says "Spahr-ens." It happens frequently on those poor produced SBS TV spots.

by **Code_Warrior** 2015-11-10, 17:27

Rocinante wrote:You do. I don't care if 75% of people say it that way. It's wrong and it sounds really clunky and dumb. Say it right.

The "t" is silent.

Now I'm concerned about my job. I told the boss that his count was too high. I told him it was off ten. He agreed, but said it sounded stupid. No wonder.

by **DWags** 2015-11-10, 17:30

Code_Warrior wrote:
Rocinante wrote:You do. I don't care if 75% of people say it that way. It's wrong and it sounds really clunky and dumb. Say it right.

The "t" is silent.
Now I'm concerned about my job. I told the boss that his count was too high. I told him it was off ten. He agreed, but said it sounded stupid. No wonder.

Maybe you forgot to pronounce the "O" in count. I mean, he might of thought you were insulting his wife or himself.

by **Code_Warrior** 2015-11-10, 17:36

DWags wrote:
Code_Warrior wrote:
Now I'm concerned about my job. I told the boss that his count was too high. I told him it was off ten. He agreed, but said it sounded stupid. No wonder.

Maybe you forgot to pronounce the "O" in count. I mean, he might of thought you were insulting his wife or himself.

You have a point, his wife's name is Consuelo.

by **tGreenWay** 2015-11-10, 17:43

DWags wrote:
Code_Warrior wrote:
Now I'm concerned about my job. I told the boss that his count was too high. I told him it was off ten. He agreed, but said it sounded stupid. No wonder.

Maybe you forgot to pronounce the "O" in count. I mean, he might of thought you were insulting his wife or himself.

#DWagsified

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