In the English language, there are millions of common words out there people use in their everyday speech. Some of them, though, aren’t technically real words. Despite this, you can hear them used frequently.
The most commonly heard ones are “heighth,” “irregardless,” “supposably,” “funnest/funner” and “firstly.”
A poll was sent out to get the input of LSE students on this point of discussion, and this infographic displays some of the results.
Now, picture this: you’re in math class, and the teacher is talking about the dimensions of a shape.
“The length is seven, the width is five and the heighth is nine,” he tells the class. Did he just say heighth? you think to yourself. I’m pretty sure that isn’t even a word. You can’t pinpoint why, but it irks you to no end when anyone uses those so-called “words” in their day-to-day language. You’ve found that some people either care about it like you do, or they don’t even notice.
For me, I find “word” usage to be bothersome, if you hadn’t already guessed. That may just be because I’m a grammar and vocabulary police; not everyone is like that, which is completely fine. Even I find myself periodically saying “prolly” instead of “probably.” The way I see it, drawing attention to the incorrect usage of these “words” is just like correcting someone when they say “she don’t like cats.”
Just know this: you don’t have to feel obliged to listen to the new knowledge you may or may not have received by reading this article. It is only a mere suggestion that you can feel free to take however you like.
