Be of Good Cheer

Are you annoyed by people who:

• call cabinets “cabinetry”?
• try to show their commitment to sustainable design, referring to “Leeds”?
• say “nucular”, not “nuclear”?
• pronounce “accessible” as “assessable”?
• call columns “columes”?
• call masonry “masonary”?
• say “virtually” when they mean “actually”?
• say “literally” when they mean “figuratively”?
• think “irregardless” is a word?
• spell “fluorescent” as “flourescent”?
• call concrete cement?
• “reveal” their work on TV, without showing all the shortcut slipshod details?
• think “historical” is better than “historic”?
• have a tough “road” to hoe?
• ask ‘You know?”  at each breath?
• ask “You know what I mean?” after each statement?
• ask “You know what I’m sayin’?” after each explanation?
• say “Hey”, not “Hi” or “Hello”?
• think most things in life are “awesome”?
• capitalize their profession, but not others?

Well, then you too are a curmudgeon.  My current resolution is to, perhaps, be more forgiving.  Some people find me annoying.

Happy Holidays!