Stop Correcting People ✋🏻
Summary
A straphanger shares a passionate plea: stop correcting people's pronunciation. She offers "Antigua" versus "Antigua" as a prime example of the kind of nitpicking that drives her crazy. Why does it matter? Nine times out of ten, you know what somebody's trying to say. Kareem agrees that English is a mess anyway, pointing out the absurdity of silent letters and words like "Arkansas." The spellings are diabolical, evil even. Just let people talk.
Full Transcript
Allow people to pronounce words wrong. Allow people to pronounce words wrong. Nine times out of ten, you know what somebody is trying to say, so just allow it. What are some examples? Like, ask—like, ask me a question.
Oh, why are you saying that to me? That's the first thing that came to mind. Ask me a question. Well, I told a friend I was like, "I'm going to Antigua this year," and she said, "It's Antigua." You know what I mean? Like, it is Antigua. No, it's Antigua. That makes absolutely no sense.
It makes no sense. Well, English is a historically a language that makes no sense. There's all these silent—like, what? Arkansas? A lot of the spellings of words is diabolical, evil. So what's your take?