Minor things that bother you

[US 89]

I always print my airline boarding passes in the event of a flight change or delay, so that I can prove I was on my original flight in case it gets cancelled or the airline decides to move me to another one. It has served me well a number of times.

You can do the same with an electronic boarding pass.

Not if the app changes your flight or your seat. There's no way to get the old information back.

[webny99]

When the made-up word "tryna" is used instead of the correct "trying to."

Well, it could be worse: at least "tryna" is in the correct phonetic order, unlike "a whole'nother".

[JayhawkCO]

When the made-up word "tryna" is used instead of the correct "trying to."

Well, it could be worse: at least "tryna" is in the correct phonetic order, unlike "a whole'nother".

But that's an infix. A valid linguistic term.

[GaryV]

the made-up word "tryna"

I'm gonna tryna void that in the future. No whaddi mean?

[SEWIGuy]

I always print my airline boarding passes in the event of a flight change or delay, so that I can prove I was on my original flight in case it gets cancelled or the airline decides to move me to another one. It has served me well a number of times.

You can do the same with an electronic boarding pass.

Not if the app changes your flight or your seat. There's no way to get the old information back.

Which is why you always download your pass into your Apple wallet.

[Rothman]

When the made-up word "tryna" is used instead of the correct "trying to."

RIP the English Language!

[Roadgeekteen]

My username is now obsolete but I don't want to change it (I made in back in 2017 when August 12th 2023 seemed like an eternity away). I'm 21 now lol.

[JayhawkCO]

My username is now obsolete but I don't want to change it (I made in back in 2017 when August 12th 2023 seemed like an eternity away). I'm 21 now lol.

Well, now you can be legally drunk and forget how old you are.

[elsmere241]

My username is now obsolete but I don't want to change it (I made in back in 2017 when August 12th 2023 seemed like an eternity away). I'm 21 now lol.

So's mine.  I moved from 241 _______ Avenue in Elsmere, Delaware a little over six years ago.

[DTComposer]

When the made-up word "tryna" is used instead of the correct "trying to."

RIP the English Language!

For me it's the writing out of "should have" or "would have" in place of "should've" and "would've".

[wxfree]

When the made-up word "tryna" is used instead of the correct "trying to."

RIP the English Language!

The English language has never rested.  Changes don't represent the end of the language, but a continuation of it.  In fact, change is integral to it.  The language will die when it stops changing.

I also dislike new words, but I also like to challenge my assumptions.  All words are made up.  There are no word mines where nature leaves the ores from which the proper words are constructed.  Every word was new at some point, and at that point a lot of people disliked them for no reason other than that they were new.

It bothers me more when a word is an illiteracy, a word used by someone who doesn't know the proper word, or when it's a lazy reformation.  When I write, I make up words that seem to fit the meaning better.  I prefer one word rather than two, and sometimes a small reforming of a single word can replace multiple words used as modifiers.  To me, that's an improvement.  I also don't like lazy reformulations, but sometimes laziness produces improvements.  It's essentially laziness that drives improvements to efficiency and economy.  Everyone wants to get more done with less effort.  Some words do that.  To me, "tryna" looks weird and I don't like it, but "gonna" has been around so long that it looks like a real word.  I'm somewhat articulate when I speak.  I don't say "tryna," but I do say "gonna" when speaking casually.  If I were a few decades younger, both words would seem natural.  To dress and undress, to don and to doff, come from "do on" and "do off."  Those words are now fancy and ancient, but they're originally lazy forms of two words combined into one.

Emotionally, I don't like new words.  They feel wrong.  But it's good to see beyond the initial feeling and look for a broader understanding.  These new words will some day be classical words used by linguaphile snobs to show off their knowledge of ancient language.

[Rothman]

The Gen Z use of the verb "to ship" bugs me, to tell the truth.

[LilianaUwU]

When the made-up word "tryna" is used instead of the correct "trying to."

RIP the English Language!

For me it's the writing out of "should have" or "would have" in place of "should've" and "would've".

How do people keep making that mistake?

The Gen Z use of the verb "to ship" bugs me, to tell the truth.

I ship Alan Lower Wacker with Alan Colfax.

[kkt]

When the made-up word "tryna" is used instead of the correct "trying to."

RIP the English Language!

The English language will continue to change, as it always has.

[kkt]

My username is now obsolete but I don't want to change it (I made in back in 2017 when August 12th 2023 seemed like an eternity away). I'm 21 now lol.

Congratulations, Roadgeek!

[Plutonic Panda]

When the made-up word "tryna" is used instead of the correct "trying to."

RIP the English Language!

The English language will continue to change, as it always has.

Deadass

[DTComposer]

When the made-up word "tryna" is used instead of the correct "trying to."

RIP the English Language!

For me it's the writing out of "should have" or "would have" in place of "should've" and "would've".

How do people keep making that mistake?

OK, so I didn't check the preview when I typed that, because the forum corrected me! I originally wrote:

For me it's the writing out of "should - of" and "would - of" in place of "should've" and "would've"

I added the hyphens here or else the forum would just keep correcting me.

In any case, I don't mind the evolving of language, including turning nouns into verbs (like "ship" mentioned above, or Google or Photoshop), or slangy words and phrases (my child is a tween, so I'm getting a lot of them now).

But "should - of" is unintentional - people aren't meaning to coin a new phrase, they're just getting it wrong. That's what bothers me.

The use of "literally" for something figurative ("I literally died when he said that") irks me in a similar manner.

[LilianaUwU]

When the made-up word "tryna" is used instead of the correct "trying to."

RIP the English Language!

The English language will continue to change, as it always has.

Deadass

That's so true, fellow skibidi rizzler!

This hurt so much to type.

[LilianaUwU]

OK, so I didn't check the preview when I typed that, because the forum corrected me! I originally wrote:

For me it's the writing out of "should - of" and "would - of" in place of "should've" and "would've"

I added the hyphens here or else the forum would just keep correcting me.

It showed up properly for me. Then again, I have word filters turned off.

[Plutonic Panda]

When the made-up word "tryna" is used instead of the correct "trying to."

RIP the English Language!

The English language will continue to change, as it always has.

Deadass

That's so true, fellow skibidi rizzler!

This hurt so much to type.

It's growing on me. I used to hate it. But now I'm starting to love it.

[LilianaUwU]

When the made-up word "tryna" is used instead of the correct "trying to."

RIP the English Language!

The English language will continue to change, as it always has.

Deadass

That's so true, fellow skibidi rizzler!

This hurt so much to type.

It's growing on me. I used to hate it. But now I'm starting to love it.

It's so bad it's good.

[Max Rockatansky]

Bob Watdafork safety videos on Facebook have essentially been my Rosetta Stone for understanding Gen Z talk.

[US 89]

When the made-up word "tryna" is used instead of the correct "trying to."

RIP the English Language!

The English language will continue to change, as it always has.

Imagine how horrified Bede, the Beowulf author, and others would be if they knew how badly everyone alive today has butchered þone ængliscan spræce!

[formulanone]

I always print my airline boarding passes in the event of a flight change or delay, so that I can prove I was on my original flight in case it gets cancelled or the airline decides to move me to another one. It has served me well a number of times.

You can do the same with an electronic boarding pass.

* Except for weather delays, mechanical delays, crew illness, crew timing out, automated unnecessary rebooking attempts, involuntarily denied boarding, diversions, aircraft-type switching, stand-by chances, upgrades that fell through, scanner malfunctions, and system-wide software crashes.

For those playing the home version of my life: Yes, been through all of them, some multiple times.



I'm down with Control + P, yeah you know me.

[SEWIGuy]

Sorry you have had bad experiences. I have not once had anything similar and I don't print out anything.