Thank you, figuratively is what I meant. It’s so dangerous to snark about usage. I’ll just table my further participation as moot.
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Not if you “hob an arrow”, it ain’t! 
I just point 'em to Gresham.
On the subject of literally/figuratively:
And on place names, I’m from Loughborough. There’s an urban myth about a tourist (Australian or American) trying to get directions to Loogaborooga. Likely story. As if a tourist would go to the East Midlands…
As a Brit in the UK, I got confused in a recent meeting when an agenda item got ‘tabled’, and then completely ignored.
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One of my friends at school went on to study at Low-brow University…
Don’t forget Des Plaines…the “s” is not silent.
The last one is easy, or so I was taught by friends who lived there: it’s Willamette, dammit!
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Yes… yes, it is.
Gaffer’s tape is totally different. Easier to tear, less plasticized, and the adhesive doesn’t stay behind when you pull it up.
“Gaffer” was a mispronounciation (or dialect elision) of “grandfather” though, so it’s actually on-topic.
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It took me until college to realize that “albeit” was “all be it” and not “all bait,” even though I knew the meaning.
Didn’t Carter pronounce it “nukular” also? And he had been a nuclear technician on a submarine.
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However, if it’s a camel then it should be capitalised as a proper name.
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Curiously, he doesn’t actually EXPLAIN why this is a bad thing. Which was part of my point. Language has NEVER been static – ever, ever, ever. So who gets to determine what is and isn’t “sloppy” when it comes to the transition of language?
He also doesn’t explain why it’s considered “sloppy”, particularly when you keep in mind the different ACCENTS, and dialects, of people. Who is right and who is wrong?
This is far more complicated and not nearly as binary as he would make you believe by his “it’s sloppy!” comment.
Such claims (“SLOPPY!”) also come with a lot of racist and classicist baggage. It’s interesting that the “right” way to say things generally come from the more well off, and probably white, and those in urban or rural settings are “sloppy”.
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How does one pronounce “hros” ?
Oh! And I was probably in college before I realized that “awry” wasn’t pronounced “ah ree” but rather “uh rye”.
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I like the new pronunciation – “podcats.” Seems appropriate since the internet is made of 'em…
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Your support has convinced me to revert!
I’d guess like “Ross”, with an unvoiced H-sound tacked onto the start?
Like “cool whip”?
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