Originally Posted by Western_Juniper
I don't get irritated by the trivial things other people do, but I'm bothered by my own sloppy speech.

I say "gonna"
hafta
wanna
s'posed'ta
coulda

I contract "I will not" to something like "um'not" and instead of just contracting "we are ready" to "we're ready" I will also contract "boxes're ready" "wheels're ready" and so on.

I say "goin'"
lookin'

I run words together like "can we" as "canwee"

I use the word "got" instead of some form of to have.

I'm sure there are many other habits of speech that I would change if I were more mindful of them.




This sort of thing doesn't bother me as much because I understand why we do it. We try to communicate in as efficient a manner as possible so naturally we trim things down and jam words together. Not quite on the level as germans yet, I'd say. It's more about the use of certain words or style of speech in an attempt to identify with a group.