3littlekeets Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 It drives me batty. It is as if craigslist posters purposely reverse the two just to irritate me. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celia Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Must be southern... or something. I've never seen that mistake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgialee Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I think it's a southern thing... it drives me crazy too. I think it stems from the fact that 'sell' and 'sale' sound the same with most southern accents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigitte Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 It drives me batty. I am a realtor and I see other realtors make that mistake quite often........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 It drives me batty. It is as if craigslist posters purposely reverse the two just to irritate me. :lol: Not sure it's just a Southern thing. I see it often on the FS boards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I thought it was a homeschooling bulletin board thing :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSheep Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I don't think we have that particular one around here as a swap like that, but there IS a local dialect that has the "long a" sound pronounced as a "short e", as in those things on the ends of your fingers are called "fingernells". Because of this a lot of people do pronounce "sale" as "sell", so things at the store sometimes are said to "go on sell". But most people here SPELL it right, they just SAY it wrong. And I don't think I've heard anyone use the "I will sale this" variation. The "short u" sound also gets the same treatment, as in "steady" and "study" are pronounced almost exactly the same--sort of somewhere between an eh and an uh. Oh, and "or" gets pronounced "ar" by locals, and often vice versa. Makes me cringe sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 It's not a southern thing, it's a stupid thing. Just saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2hunangirls Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I'm in the south, but I know the difference between sell and sale...no matter how someone pronounces it! It's an individual thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeannpal Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Uhh, yeah, must be a southern thing because we all know that people from the South have no idea how to speak well or use grammar correctly:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgialee Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I didn't mean it like that... I just never saw people confuse the two until I moved to TN. I just assumed it's because the two words are said the same and people just don't realize they're spelling it wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernm Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Being from the south, this thread bothers me. I'm not an uneducated hillbilly just because I was born in tn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myeightkiddies Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 There is a sign a few miles away which says, "Peacans For Sell". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgialee Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Being from the south, this thread bothers me. I'm not an uneducated hillbilly just because I was born in tn! I don't think that's the way it was meant... at least not by me. I was born in TN and all my family lives here as well. My own sister writes sale instead of sell and it drives me nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 There was a "pickal mango fo sell" sign at the end of my street in Hawaii. So, I don't think it is a Southern thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgialee Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 It seems like it's more of an under-educated thing... or too lazy to care thing (like my sister :( ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tohru Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I get annoyed when the $ is behind the figure, ie: 8$ rather than the correct way of $8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenCat Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 It's not a southern thing, it's a stupid thing. Just saying. :iagree:I've lived in the south for the past 22 years. It's not a southern thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisbeth Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 It's not a southern thing, it's a stupid thing. Just saying. :iagree: My Southern Belle mother is the most grammatically correct soul I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Funny! Someone just posted this same type of comment on a FB group I'm a part of this very day -- a group which is completely Washington state oriented (so, no, must not be a solely southern thing!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3littlekeets Posted January 7, 2012 Author Share Posted January 7, 2012 I am somewhat comforted to know that this error is an issue of education and not locale. I never thought about pronunciation contributing to the error, but in fact, it does make sense. Many of my friends here pronounce email as "e-mell" and they will go to the mill, "meal." I've been on Craigslist a great deal lately and it has really stuck out, along with chester drawers and chase lounge. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I've been on Craigslist a great deal lately and it has really stuck out, along with chester drawers and chase lounge. :D Someone on FB posted recently looking for their lost "Chiwawa." I thought it was a new kind of dog (mix) until I said it out loud in my head -- then I realized it was lazy spelling. LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I've noticed this a lot in the past few years and it's one of my pet peeves. I've seen it from all locales though so I don't think it is anyway a Southern Thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I've never seen it here, but in Minnesota we pronounce the two so completely different from one another that it would hard to mix them up. I'm sure we have something else we mangle, instead. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pqr Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Not a Southern thing at all, rather an indication of being barely literate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 It's not a southern thing, it's a stupid thing. Just saying. Indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerPoppy Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I get annoyed when the $ is behind the figure, ie: 8$ rather than the correct way of $8. Actually, I'm pretty sure that's how they do it in Quebec. (8$) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PentecostalMom Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I saw a sign today that said "Land Fer Sale". It amuses me to see how things are the same no matter where you go! We have lived all over the world and there are always people that cannot spell and use incorrect grammar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PentecostalMom Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I am somewhat comforted to know that this error is an issue of education and not locale. I never thought about pronunciation contributing to the error, but in fact, it does make sense. Many of my friends here pronounce email as "e-mell" and they will go to the mill, "meal." I've been on Craigslist a great deal lately and it has really stuck out, along with chester drawers and chase lounge. :D :lol: My favorite term on CL is "slay bed"....I mean really? Do we use a bed to kill someone? People should really look these things up since they are actually using a computer to post them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3littlekeets Posted January 7, 2012 Author Share Posted January 7, 2012 :lol: My favorite term on CL is "slay bed"....I mean really? Do we use a bed to kill someone? People should really look these things up since they are actually using a computer to post them. King Henry VIII may have jumped all over a listing for a slay bed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pqr Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 :lol: My favorite term on CL is "slay bed"....I mean really? Do we use a bed to kill someone? People should really look these things up since they are actually using a computer to post them. Well....there is Procrustes....he had a "slay bed" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdalley Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 :lol: My favorite term on CL is "slay bed"....I mean really? Do we use a bed to kill someone? People should really look these things up since they are actually using a computer to post them. Spade for spayed is a popular on on the local CL. And the ever popular loose for lose. And Dotson for Dachshund. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamaTanya Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 King Henry VIII may have jumped all over a listing for a slay bed! :lol::lol::lol: You slay me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tohru Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 (edited) Actually, I'm pretty sure that's how they do it in Quebec. (8$) Umm, yeah, but I see it on things for sell in the Midwest. Okay, I know, entirely toooo cheesy. :lol: Edited January 7, 2012 by jadedone80 a little too sassy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerPoppy Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Umm, yeah, but I see it on things for sell in the Midwest. Okay, I know, entirely toooo cheesy. :lol: Awww, darn... I missed your pre-edit sassy answer! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Man, the error I've seen recently ALL over the place has been "reign in" or "holding the reigns" -- also "doesn't phase him" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolamum Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I didn't mean it like that... I just never saw people confuse the two until I moved to TN. I just assumed it's because the two words are said the same and people just don't realize they're spelling it wrong. Same. We lived in a VERY tiny town in TN and I'm telling you the newspaper made for a great grammar lesson. ;) Not EVERYONE in TN or the South speaks that way, but I will say that's where I first noticed it. However, I know someone from OK, MI, & CA who also use the words poorly as well as other words {done did, etc.} and it drives me BATTY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybee Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I'm from the South, and never confused the two even though I have always heard them pronounced the same. My mother has a very Southern accent, but she doesn't make grammar and spelling mistakes. Ignorance and carelessness can exist anywhere; having lived overseas in quite a few countries, as well as in several regions of the U.S., I've seen some form of these kinds of mistakes everywhere I have lived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2bee Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I think it's a southern thing... it drives me crazy too. I think it stems from the fact that 'sell' and 'sale' sound the same with most southern accents. You mean there is a difference in the way that they sound? I'm from the South...I know how to use both words correctly, but I have always thought that they were homophones... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinE Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 You mean there is a difference in the way that they sound? I'm from the South...I know how to use both words correctly, but I have always thought that they were homophones... Sale rhymes with ale Sell rhymes with bell I've lived in the south most of my life, and many of the regional accents pronounce them the same. As a born and bred southerner, I'd like to say not all southern accents sound alike. Louisiana is a different accent from Georgia and they both sound different from Kentucky. I can't stand watching a movie about the South and listening to the muddled accents. Get it right guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 (edited) Uhh, yeah, must be a southern thing because we all know that people from the South have no idea how to speak well or use grammar correctly:confused: yep. I get your sarcasm. I'm from the deep South and NO one in our circle speaks like that. But here in the midwest I hear "we wuz" and "I'm out TO so and so's" instead of "I'm at." Really? Bad grammar makes me cringe, but I wouldn't go so far as to comment on it unless I felt the need to defend my Southern heritage. Edited January 7, 2012 by Remudamom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2bee Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Sale rhymes with ale Sell rhymes with bell I've lived in the south most of my life, and many of the regional accents pronounce them the same. Oh...kay...So, I'm guessing that ale, sale, bell and sell don't all rhyme then? Even though I've never heard them pronounced differently. But then again, I'm Hard of hearing, possibly have Menieres disease, so I miss-hear things all. the. time. Meantime sounds like meemtime to me. I just KNOW the difference... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustybug Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Oh...kay...So, I'm guessing that ale, sale, bell and sell don't all rhyme then? Even though I've never heard them pronounced differently. But then again, I'm Hard of hearing, possibly have Menieres disease, so I miss-hear things all. the. time. Meantime sounds like meemtime to me. I just KNOW the difference... No, they don't all rhyme. :) sale/ale have a long a sound like ape sell/bell have a short e sound like elephant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Spade for spayed is a popular on on the local CL. And the ever popular loose for lose. And Dotson for Dachshund. :D What about "rot iron" instead of "wrought iron"? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytwomonkeys Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 i'm in the south. i don't believe it's a southern thaang because i don't recall seeing that mistake - (or maybe i just don't buy enough, lol). all regions are flawed though. i'm from the north, live in the south, and have also lived out west. believe me. each place breeds intellectual ignorance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandymom Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 What about "rot iron" instead of "wrought iron"? :lol: I see it listed as "rod iron" all the time....drives me insane! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 It's not a southern thing, it's a stupid thing. Just saying. :iagree: And thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I really think the "Is this a southern thing?" is not so much because "Southerners are uneducated" but because people are more likely to confuse words if they sound alike, and they sound more alike in the south. I usta see people write "usta" instead of "used to" in Wisconsin sometimes. (it's a long u) -- it's said that way and so someone who's writing phonetically will spell it that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbkaren Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 In the OP you mention that you've seen that in one CL ad. What makes you think it's a "southern thing" based on one ad? (eta: I see you say "CL posters", so I guess it's a Craigslist thing, then?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbkaren Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I really think the "Is this a southern thing?" is not so much because "Southerners are uneducated" but because people are more likely to confuse words if they sound alike, and they sound more alike in the south. I usta see people write "usta" instead of "used to" in Wisconsin sometimes. (it's a long u) -- it's said that way and so someone who's writing phonetically will spell it that way. That's a possibility, I've seen signs in the south for "Farwood for Sale" too. So I guess it could be ignorance combined with a southern accent. I'm sure there's plenty of that up north too, but with different words! Here's one that's universal: "duck tape" lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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