http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments Comments for the list 'Fingernails on my chalkboard' http://www.wordnik.com http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments An elderly neighbor of mine always says "pacific" instead of "specific". It hurts my ears every time I hear her say it. Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:21:52 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments Gah, "nucular." HATE. I think I experienced my first "The English language as I know it is actually disintegrating" moment when I found out that dictionaries were actually starting to include "nucular" as an acceptible pronunciation substitute for "nuclear." NO, Merriam-Webster. The fact that the president of the United States happens to pronounce it that way it does not make it okay. Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:50:19 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments I find it crazy-making when someone "axes" me to "esplain" something, like why people protest "nucular" power plants. Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:36:49 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments The one that always drives me up the wall is the use of "step foot" instead of "set foot," as in "I'll never step foot in that building again!" I have to stop and wave my arms with frustration every time I hear it. Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:20:31 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments Well then, our job here is done. Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:15:45 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments <a href="/words/earworm alert">earworm alert</a>, indeed. Although I actually thought first not of "Funkytown" but Steely Dan's "Barrytown". Of course NOW I can't get "Funkytown" out of my head. Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:03:12 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments You're not imagining it, arby--you really are in an alternate universe. Then you come here. <a href="/words/Wordietown">Wordietown</a> is real. :-) Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:08:43 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments I just had someone get confused between <a href="/words/secession">secession</a> and <a href="/words/succession">succession</a>. I guess that's fairly common, but it still drives me <a href="/words/batshit">batshit</a>. Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:04:06 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments I know, isn't it sad? Sometimes I feel like I'm in an alternate universe where I'm the only one who can spell! And then I come here and remember there are others like me. Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:54:16 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments *gasp* Noooo! Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:33:04 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments Also, I just saw this one - <a href="/words/editor-and-chief">editor-and-chief</a> for "editor-in-chief". Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:15:40 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments I always typed it as "ax" (and used to tell these temps that were making calls that when they said, "I want to ax you something" it wasn't like they would be chasing after the people to be surveyed with an axe!) but I never thought of it as "aks" and maybe somehow it originated as a typo??<br /><br />But yeah, that drives me crazy!!! Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:15:14 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments How about aks?<br /> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:26:07 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments Or a nice cup of <a href="/words/expresso">expresso</a>? Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:13:37 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments How about the highly <a href="/words/cringeworthy">cringeworthy</a> substitute for "all of a sudden"--<a href="/words/all the sudden">all the sudden</a>? Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:24:38 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments I've never even seen that one, but *cringes* Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:56:05 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments Ekcetra? Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:26:20 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/lists/fingernails-on-my-chalkboard#comments