--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@> wrote: > > > > Well, that reads like a hoax, too. Hilarious! > > I don't have any of the aversions mentioned in either > piece. The two words that set my teeth on edge are > "breakfasts" (just the plural) and "slather" (because > it's associated with the oft-repeated and deeply > annoying instruction "Always slather on sunscreen > before you go out," which nobody does unless they're > headed for the beach). >
Maybe it's regional but even educated Iowans mangle a few phrases. Most annoying: "I have went..." I kid you not. > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Surely this is an April Fool prank. > > > > > > Assuming your comment isn't itself prankish: > > > > > > http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4389 > > > > > > Many more along these lines. It's a real phenomenon > > > of considerable interest to language mavens. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > It's confirmed...they're phobias. > > > > > > > > > > Actually, it's not confirmed at all. The article makes > > > > > a major point about how zero research has been done on > > > > > word aversion. One person is quoted in the article as > > > > > *speculating* that it's "similar to phobias." That's it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_good_word/2013/04/word_aversion_hate_moist_slacks_crevice_why_do_people_hate_words.single.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
