I have always been bothered by the way newspapers quote athletes, politicians, and activists. If it is in “quotes” it should written as it was spoken. I’ve seen several interviews with Michael Jordan on TV. He speaks well, for a basketball player, but often makes grammatical errors while speaking. The newspapers have always cleaned his grammar and wording for him and other athletes before putting it in quotes in the paper.

 

Up in our part of the country, we have some folks who, instead of saying, "you guys," they say, "youse guys." Drives me nuts! I figure they must have a chromosome missing (or something).

And, you know, the GUMS in you mouth (as in TEETH), why do some people insist on pronouncing it: GOOOOOOOMMMMMS?

And then the ususal usage issues in written discourse:

There/they're/their

Your/you're

to/too

Too bad people don't pay attention in 4th grade; does not reflect well on the intelligence of the writer. It's NOT that tough!

 

There's an ad in the local paper daily, and it says:

"Used coloured TV's for sale, best offer"

Buncha hicks, I just know they live in the trailer park, lol

"not that there's anything wrong with that"