Do you correct someone when..

[Beachguyj]

At first I said no, but I actually would. I would also want to be corrected if I tried speaking a foreign language and said something wrong.

 

[AllMan]

Unless I know someone WELL -- I generally just try and use the SAME word pronouncing it CORRECTLY in conversation...

I tend to repeat it correctly in the next sentence instead of just correcting the person.

Yea that...I tend to ignore it, unless it is just a very obvious "what-the-fuck....did-you-drop-out-of-school-in-6th-grade" mispronounciation....that drives me crazy. So usually I will say something like "oh yea, I read the review on [insert correctly pronounced word here] too!" That way, they will realize they made a mistake and they can catch on to the correct way without feeling attacked.

Now if it's a friend---I will pump the brakes quickly, I will be like "wait, did you just say [insert fucked up word here]?" I will do it firmly, but with a friendly smirk out of love...I would rather be the one to correct my friends in privot ahead of time, before they get in front of a big board meeting and sound like a total idiot.

As for people correcting me (nobody's perfect), I usually take it well....because I would be so ignorant to not want to build my vocabulary and increase my intelligence....and any other self-worshipping person who gets offended by being corrected would be ignorant too.

 

[glasvegas]

Nobody likes a Ted but I'll correct someone privately.

 

[MoufOfKhaos]

If it's not my name I don't give two shits.

 

[Wanderingfool]

In general, I think it is rude to correct someone during the conversation.

But I'd want to be saved the embarassment of continuing to incorrectly pronounce the word, so I think it is okay to point it out later.

 

[TheOscar]

I rarely do. Especially if English was not their first language. I understand that.

Generally, I'm more uptight about spelling (and grammar). Even more so when the person is trying to represent themselves for the first time. But, again, if English was not their first language I'm more care-free.

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

if they use step on ya face technique etc
is very unpolites

hey dudeeeeee

Ya mean arCansawwwwwwwww?
' yeah arkush '

as say check they not 10 ton of bats in head with bulldozers fa fists ans stuck up pisswads vibrate their butt hole cause um shit umselfs cause ya got da Quasants worng

ans so on

there go

 

[Anders123]

Actually, come to think of it, I once had a friend who would say "I aren't" in the place of "I'm not" -- *shudders*

I tried to correct him by overt example many times in all the years I'd known him, but the habit was so ingrained by then that my efforts were completely futile. Eventually, I gave up and started calling him 'Weasel' based upon that infuriating show 'I Am Weasel' from the Cartoon Network.