I can't take it anymore. Part 2 (grammar, song, quote, cost)

[Rubi3]

Originally Posted by Lodestar

This one appears so frequently I'm not sure it merits comment:

"I was waiting with baited breath for your permission. . ."

Which is best, minnows or worms?

[WoodstockSchool1980]

Originally Posted by suzy_q2010

So in high school we bread some fruit flies with different eye colors to test Mendelian genetics.

I am a pretty good cook, but I think I would lose the fruit flies in the breading. I'm not that good.

[Rob Allen]

Originally Posted by Lodestar

"I was waiting with baited breath for your permission. . ."

Originally Posted by Rubi3

Which is best, minnows or worms?

Neither, the quote is about cats.

They eat some cheese and wait outside the mouse hole with baited breath.

[Retriever]

From an un-named City Data forum:

they don't want more out of life and could careless about their neighborhood

It's a two-for-one folks!
Not only does this person not know the difference between "couldn't care less" and "could care less", but he/she also doesn't know the difference between "care less" and "careless".

I fully expect that this person will soon be holding forth as an expert on the topic of education.

[Retriever]

From another un-named City Data forum:

Then you shouldn't wrote me

[Katzpur]

I seriously think it's possible to find a new blooper every day if you take the time to look. Of course, I'm "bias."

[Katzpur]

Originally Posted by Retriever

From another un-named City Data forum:

Then you shouldn't wrote me

What? The writer left out the "of"? Did you correct him and let him know it should have been, "Then you shouldn't of wrote me."

[Retriever]

Originally Posted by Katzpur

What? The writer left out the "of"? Did you correct him and let him know it should have been, "Then you shouldn't of wrote me."

Yes, I missed an opportunity...
Darn!


Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa...

(Or as a former boss of mine used to say, "Mea cooper", which--I believe--means "I am a barrel-maker".)

[Copanut]

This one drives me nuts: sherbeRt. Saw it at the market the other day, I guess they didn't take the Steve Allen National Jerk Test back in the 60's.

[Retriever]

Originally Posted by Copanut

This one drives me nuts: sherbeRt. Saw it at the market the other day, I guess they didn't take the Steve Allen National Jerk Test back in the 60's.

For as long as I can remember, I have been puzzled by people who feel the need to insert an extra consonant into words.
For example, when I was a teenager, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opened in NYC. Having learned about Giovanni Verrazano in elementary school, I knew how to pronounce the name. However, it soon became apparent that most folks were referring to it as the VerraNzano Bridge.

In college, I had a friend whose last name is Costanzo.
However, most folks pronounced his name as CoNstanzo.

On many of NJ's Italian restaurant menus, there is an item called Eggplant Rollatini.
Whether "rollatini" is even a legitimate word in English or Italian is another issue entirely, but it seems that most folks refer to it as Eggplant RollaNtini, and I have seen several menus where it is spelled that way.

And then, or course, we have sherbeRt.

Why do many people (or, at least many people in this part of the country) insert extra consonants into words?