for the love of God...

[Tex Pete]

Growing up, I was beaten if I didn't use proper grammar and punctuation. My mom is a college English teacher, so lots of these hit close to home for me.

FWIW, I always use the "s" in the above scenario.

A HUGE pet peeve for me is when people say Bur-NETT road.

I hate that! I have even heard people gripe and say that Austinites just don't know how to pronounce the word.

Do you say trum-PETT or trumpet? Car-PETT or carpet? Burnet is correct, and follows the same pronunciation rule. It is named after David G. Burnet, who was a president of the Republc of Texas, not somebody named Burnett.

Man, I hate that one!

 

[NB_LONGHORN]

There is only one s in New Braunfels.

 

[Tex Pete]

Good one. Not sure why so many people have a hard time saying it.

 

[El_Oso]

I knew several kids growing up named Manchaca, but I never knew it was pronounced Manshack.

******* stupidest pronunciation ever.

 

[bobtheking]

It's Burnet Durnet.

 

[Tim & Omar's Apt]

You can't be in "close proximity" to something. If you are close, you are in proximity.

 

[bighornfan32]

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[CajunHorn]

Since Texashorn is claiming on a couple of threads to be the originator of "allsome", I just wanted to make it clear that I invented the baked potato and the square pad of butter.

 

[LennyLonghorn]

Something that royally pisses me off at work are emails sent to someone asking for status on something, their opinion on what step should be taken, and so on, and the last words are:

"Please advice" .......ADVISE, damn it!!

I responded to one idoit that did this with the two sentence reply, "My ADVICE is to go buy yourself a dictionary. Please ADVISE me when you do." My boss called me out on it, but I've seen the error less frequently from everyone since they heard about it. Hook'em!

 

[sooner19]

would have, could have, should have

not would of, could of, should of

 

[The Eyes of Texas]

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[ProdigalHorn]

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[SubliminalHorn]

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[Macanudo]

Here's what I want to know. How does someone sign up for this site on 10/10/99 and still have less than 400 posts? The OP has been around almost 9 years and averages a little over 3.5 posts A MONTH.

 

[blueglasshorse]

hey craiglisters... it's not rod iron, it's wrought iron.

 

[TexasDan]

Good lord!

I must've stumbled into the middle of the Hornfans women's circle.

 

[El Torito]

Manchaca v.s. "manshack"
Refugio v.s. "refurio"

Oh, and . . .

porn v.s. "pron"

 

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[El_Oso]

We'll share our dreams together

 

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[accuratehorn]

Some of you are confusing accepted vernacular and slang words for proper grammar. It is OK, indeed adds to the richness of popular culture, to use colorful vernacular and slang. But only in the proper context, and in the proper setting where informal usage is accepted. This is all part of pop culture.
You can write informally, on HornFans, but not for a term paper, for example.
Therefore, near campus, the Drag is Guad-a-loop. When going tubing, or in that county, it is Guad-ah-loo-pay.

 

[DallasCowpoke]

ANYWAYS

Also, FWIW, when playing a card game such as spades, there is no such word as "BIDDED", stupid F's!

 

[Bayerithe]

This thread sits well with me!

it's = it is!, as in "It's going to rain"

vs

Its in the possessive, as in "Hornfans at its best"

 

[killerfrog17]

Top 4 worst offenders, in order how much they irritate me:

1. Apostrophes in plurals. This has become quite a problem. I agree that acronyms are mostly responsible for this.

2. could have/would have/should have (not could of)

3. screwing up the reflexive (myself, itself, yourself, ourselves, etc). It sounds difficult, but it's really so easy! The reflexive agrees with the subject - it's that simple.
Ex: You should give the plate to Carl and me. (not myself, since the subject is "you")

4. Lose/loose

 

[Mister Falcon]

the "blog" of "unnecessary" quotation marks

 

[1990txgirl]

1) "her and I"; "him and I"

2) the incorrect possessive/plural (e.g., Nordstrom's, Uchis)

Listen to yourselves, people!!