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Ever since I saw that Friends episode where Joey thinks that supposably is a real word, I've heard SO many people use it. And they have NO IDEA that it's NOT a real word. It's supposedly!!
Just thought I'd share. I was just reminded that one of the librarians here actually used it in one of his interviews for the Director of Libraries position.
It drives me CRAZY. Kinda like people not putting an -ly on the end of their adverbs.
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I just looked up Supposably at dictionary.com:
quote:1 entry found for supposably. sup·pos·a·ble Audio pronunciation of "supposably" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (s-pz-bl) adj.
That can be supposed or conjectured: a supposable outcome.
sup·posa·bly adv.
Whatever. That's a bunch of crap!! ARGH!
This is what it says for irregardless:
quote:2 entries found for irregardless. ir·re·gard·less Audio pronunciation of "irregardless" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (r-gärdls) adv. Nonstandard
Regardless.
[Probably blend of irrespective, and regardless.]
Usage Note: Irregardless is a word that many mistakenly believe to be correct usage in formal style, when in fact it is used chiefly in nonstandard speech or casual writing. Coined in the United States in the early 20th century, it has met with a blizzard of condemnation for being an improper yoking of irrespective and regardless and for the logical absurdity of combining the negative ir- prefix and -less suffix in a single term. Although one might reasonably argue that it is no different from words with redundant affixes like debone and unravel, it has been considered a blunder for decades and will probably continue to be so.
That's better, I guess.
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I hate all abbreviation's when they are used in the spoken language. Nothing pisses me off more then when I hear the tearm reg (regular) or vocab.
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Has a floor rep (or whatever you call them there) ever used that word (the one that annoys you so) while you were listening in?
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quote: Ever since I saw that Friends episode where Joey thinks that supposably is a real word, I've heard SO many people use it. And they have NO IDEA that it's NOT a real word. It's supposedly!!
Umm... I have friends who have pointed out to me that when I say 'supposedly' it comes out "supposably." I assure you that I know that "supposably" isn't a word even if my accent doesn't.
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I don't listen in too often. Only when there is really a problem. Otherwise that's the coaches' job. So I've never noticed it... of course, if something is bad enough for me to be monitoring, there's usually a lot more for me to be paying attention to than made-up words.
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*nods* makes sense. I can just imagine someone getting cited for "using too many made up words" or the like, though .
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Veggies is cute, carbs and abs are annoying. How hard is it to say "carbohydrates?" But lagurchedy. There's a cool word.
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Hmm. Remind me not to wear my "I LOVE CARBS" shirt if ever I meet you, Elizabeth. (But it was a statement of protest, and "CARBOHYDRATES" would never have fit!)
My pet peeve is how my mother pronounces 'furniture' as 'frinature'. It's a long running joke between us. I correct her every time. And for some reason, it amuses me how people say 'comfterble', and how that one actually sounds funny when said properly.
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quote:Umm... I have friends who have pointed out to me that when I say 'supposedly' it comes out "supposably." I assure you that I know that "supposably" isn't a word even if my accent doesn't.
Well trust me, the people I have heard say it aren't saying it because of an accent.
If you have an accent or if English isn't your first language, that's different.
quote:Umm... I have friends who have pointed out to me that when I say 'supposedly' it comes out "supposably." I assure you that I know that "supposably" isn't a word even if my accent doesn't.
It isn't an accent thing so much as it is a phonetic constraint sort of thing. For English speakers (and speakers of many other languages), the combination dl is difficult to pronounce, but the combination bl is pretty easy. And in rapid speech, the difference isn't very noticeable, which is why the problem is so prevalent.
When people hear a new word and then try it out, they don't always reproduce the sounds exactly, because they don't always know what the exact sounds were; if there's a sound that's difficult to pronounce (and sounds very similar to a sound that's easier to pronounce), they very often go with the easier sound.
If you go by the literal definition ("as may be supposed"), then most people use supposably incorrectly, because they really mean "as is supposed." But then again, there are plenty of words whose meanings have been subtly (or not-so-subtly) twisted over the years, so this is nothing to lose sleep over.
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I say irregardless all the time, but I'm almost always kidding. And you have to say it with a Boston accent like Jimmy Fallon in that one SNL sketch he did with Rachel Dratch.
Personal Pet Peeve: "I seen it"
OMG!!! This one drives me insane. It's "I've seen it," or "I saw it." Get it right!
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