Accent Expert Breaks Down Language Pet Peeves | WIRED

I saw someone in the comments of his other videos call him dialect daddy. I think about that often.

When people say “I could care less” but should be saying “I couldn’t care less”

I was always a bit annoyed when teachers would correct students who asked, “Can I go to the restroom?” If you look at Oxford Languages’ definitions, the word “can” also means “be permitted to”, so, “May I go to the restroom?” isn’t the only way to phrase that question.

This is the most educated "everybody just chill" I've ever seen.

can’t help but feel like this guy looks like a roman emperor.

Erik: "They're called eggcorns" Me: "Oh, you mean bon apple tea"

My pet peeve is when people say wreck havoc, instead of wreak. If you wreck havoc, you essentially create order, lol.

My husband came up with a wonderful word that doesn’t exist but should. He said he was “flustrated.” I think it’s a brilliant combination of being frustrated, heightened with the embarrassment of being flustered. I nominate this for the next Merriam-Webster go round!

“I could care less” instead of “I couldn’t care less” irritates me like no other.

Eliza had the slickest “hii” I’ve ever heard in my life

Regarding the verb usage of the word "table" — I learned long ago that it means the opposite in the UK than in the US — "to table something" in the US generally means to set a topic or situation it aside for discussion later, but in the UK, it means to bring it to the group for immediate discussion.

I will “literally” die on the hill defending my peeve when people type “would of,” rather than “would’ve.”

An old boss used to tell us "mock my words..." and we all did mock them when he wasn't around

Most hated eggcorn: "I could of" instead of "I could've"

This guy just summarized my four year linguistics degree in 15 minutes!

Australians with thick accents use uptalk ALL THE TIME. I am an Aussie and you get used to distinguishing between a real question and aussie uptalk. i remember reading an article about how UK employers found people who uptalked a lot were less desirable and seen as insecure, but not if they were australian. I think it’s because we learn to uptalk while saying what we mean with confidence (because uptalk is used so commonly when not posing a question).

My pet peeve is when people hear "should've" and write it as "should of" not realizing that they are hearing a contraction of "should have".

Idk who needs to hear this, but “definitely” and “defiantly” are two completely different words.

The eggcorns remind me of when I was in high school and I learned that “if it’s any constellation” was actually “consolation.” I always assumed that “if it’s any constellation” referred to a bad situation that may paint a bigger picture. Like a single star is just one moment. But if you put all of the stars together, you get a constellation. So if there is a bad or sad moment, I would say, “If it’s any constellation,” followed by a silver lining or the final end result. Like yeah, you may have messed up in your band performance, but if it’s any constellation, I didn’t hear it and I thought he performance was quite good. That’s how I used it growing up, and I was so confused when someone corrected me

The oe person who could correct almost anyones speech and he tells us to take it easy. Amazing. Love his energy.