Re: Pet peeves on words
Uh oh--don't get me started...
Among my favorites is "nuclear" pronounced "nucular" (as do too many of our esteemed national leaders)!
I also struggle with the apparently acceptable practice of using "their" with a singular antecedent (e.g., The student took their book to class). I know the practice began with an effort to avoid using "he" or "his" as a general pronoun to refer to both genders, but it makes me cringe.
Kids some up with some cute combinations though--when our Sarah was 2, she coined "hunormous," and we still use that one!
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