I really do this too, almost always, but 70%% of the time (and I know I irritate people by doing this) I verbally correct their pronunciation. I also correct people (either out loud or in my mind) when they use a word wrong, say someone someone says "If I did X it would be categoric!" I'll be like "catastrophic" and like go "Yeah right..that." I know they hate me for this but I really can't help it. Even if I do say it out loud I, like you ALWAYS do this in my head.
I hear that! My mother told me once that she couldn't "decyphen" what my sisters and I were talking about. I stopped her mid sentence and asked her if she was aware that she just fabricated a word.
Decyphen - verb - the act of putting gas back in the tank after you've sucked it out through a hose.
In high school I would hear the phrase "can i axe you a question", I would literally walk to the front of the class and write the words "ask" and "axe" and talk about what each meant, using them in a sentence to clear up any confusion. Man that one really grinds my gears.
Mentally correcting people's pronunciation ALL THE TIME.
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I really do this too, almost always, but 70%% of the time (and I know I irritate people by doing this) I verbally correct their pronunciation. I also correct people (either out loud or in my mind) when they use a word wrong, say someone someone says "If I did X it would be categoric!" I'll be like "catastrophic" and like go "Yeah right..that." I know they hate me for this but I really can't help it. Even if I do say it out loud I, like you ALWAYS do this in my head.
My vote..it's normal :)
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I hear that! My mother told me once that she couldn't "decyphen" what my sisters and I were talking about. I stopped her mid sentence and asked her if she was aware that she just fabricated a word.
Decyphen - verb - the act of putting gas back in the tank after you've sucked it out through a hose.
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In high school I would hear the phrase "can i axe you a question", I would literally walk to the front of the class and write the words "ask" and "axe" and talk about what each meant, using them in a sentence to clear up any confusion. Man that one really grinds my gears.
it's not crazy i'm the same way
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lol i didn't mean to put @: PsychoNikki