 John the OFM  | 14 Aug 2011 7:22 a.m. PST |
Is one of them not a word?
I have seen both spellings, and both meaning roughly the same thing. Mostly it has to do with the King and virgins… |
aecurtis  | 14 Aug 2011 7:32 a.m. PST |
One means the right to make dumplings. The other does not. Allen |
| aecurtis | 14 Aug 2011 7:49 a.m. PST |
I put it down to Bobby Brown's poor pronunciation. Allen |
| Mapleleaf | 14 Aug 2011 7:56 a.m. PST |
No difference same word "Prerogative" is frequently both mispronounced and misspelled as "perogative." It may help to remember that the word is associated with PRivileges of PRecedence. link |
| Skeptic | 14 Aug 2011 9:05 a.m. PST |
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| jpattern2 | 14 Aug 2011 10:15 a.m. PST |
Yep, I blame Bobby Brown, too. Man, that song grated on my ears when it first came out. Still does, but now I rarely hear it.
Lately I've been hearing a lot of TV anchors and reporters, mostly blonde women, pronouncing "always" as "oh-ways." What the heck? Are they all going to the same misguided diction coach with a thing for round vowels? |
| aecurtis | 14 Aug 2011 5:17 p.m. PST |
Why do otherwise seemingly intelligent people say "of" ("would of") instead of "have"--and then write the error? Allen |
| Austin Rob | 14 Aug 2011 6:46 p.m. PST |
Maybe you're hearing "would of" when they are actually using the contraction "would've." Would it sound differently when spoken quickly? |
| Henrix | 14 Aug 2011 10:40 p.m. PST |
That doesn't explain writing it, great hall. |
| Parmenion | 15 Aug 2011 1:12 a.m. PST |
I think great hall games has the right idea, but the other way around. Some people mis-hear the spoken "would've" as "would of", then reproduce their error parrot-fashion in speech and writing. A lot of the textual errors that annoy me seem to come from people attempting to write down what they think they've heard without actually understanding the words they're using. |
| nazrat | 15 Aug 2011 5:28 a.m. PST |
"Why do otherwise seemingly intelligent people say "of" ("would of") instead of "have"--and then write the error?" The same reason the write "prolly" for "probably"? And the answer the original question, I think I've sussed out the difference is an "r". What do I win? 8)= |
| (Leftee) | 15 Aug 2011 4:52 p.m. PST |
As Richter said – "There are no bad perogki". And I say it's my prerogative to eat them -except the liver ones, not bad; just not good. |
