Those who are insecure often project their supposed superiority in a variety of ways. One of the most popular ones is pointing out others' mistakes. However, sometimes the fact-checkers rely too much on their emotions and too little on the truth.
There's a Facebook group called 'People Incorrectly Correcting Other People' and it's full of humorous reminders that you need to be absolutely certain of what you're about to say when you're getting ready to bask someone, or else you're going to make a fool of yourself.
From folks who can't tell the time to grammar gurus stumbling on their own words, here are some of the most popular recent posts that were shared by the online community.
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Oh dear. Every day I have to remind myself some people really are that dumb
Amazes me that a stranger thinks they know where someone was born better than the person themself. Pity the OP's mother wasn't there too, the stranger probably would have contradicted her too
Typical American who thinks he knows everything and refuses to acknowledge he could be wrong (Yes, I know .... bring on the down votes, lol)
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What does that even mean? Did they extensively cover world accents?
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My Australian husband to American tourist here in Australia, “Have you seen any emus since you got here?” (Emu being a native Australian bird) American tourist, “Yeah, so it’s actually pronounced eeeemoo” All Australians everywhere, “Yeah nah, it absolutely isn’t”
"It's not at phase mom" /jk (the emo pronunciation got me that thought. )
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That's one dense mötherfücker.. 'Hmm, everyone at the hotel has the same accent her in NZ. Ofcourse they're all Scottish, they just dont want to admit it'.
What’s even funnier is that NZ doesn’t sound Scottish in the first place. It’s gone way down the language evolution track. This dude probably thinks Welsh and Cornish accents sound Scottish too
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Ay meyt whot er yea token bute no scot eent not tellyn ye theh from Scotlind
Ah ken, bute that Yank dinnae. 🏴
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As a New Zealander of mostly Scots descent, I'm lost as to how the two accents could be confused. I think someone was taking the p**s. However, I don't agree with OP's response either.
As an American, I'm a bit skeptical about the story, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's true. Some of my fellow countrymen really are this dumb and arrogant.
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She did say SOME americans think they know everything, not all?
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American here. You were a lot nicer than I would’ve been. I’ve said way worse stuff to other Americans when they’re being a******s. He greatly insulted you. You tried to tell him he’s wrong and to stop. He persisted, so obviously has no clue about common courtesy and not trodding on people’s boundaries. You weren’t even the only person he did it to the entire time he was there—-as a guest, ffs. Yeah, you were nice. I would’ve verbally burned him to the ground.
Sundes leek it… I mean sounds like it (still in Scottish accent from last joke)
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NTA, he needs to learn the difference between a scottish accent and an NZ accent, also even if they were, don't use stereotypes with real life people.
What was the stereotype he used? All I heard was "typical American thinks he knows everything" stereotype.
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Ok if you get obsessed with the idea that ONE person is Scottish, I get it but to think that EVERYBODY is, wth man 💀💀💀💀
Of cource not, and love the come back! 5 is a bit generous though..
Wow. I mean, I freely admit I'm bad at deciphering some accents but not THAT bad. One wonders if he was asking everyone outside of the hotel if they were Scottish as well.
You two seem like a great match: you sighing at the thought of servicing an American (likely over generalizing) and him, with his overconfidence. 😱🫣.
Hey, people can only take so much arrogant ignorance before they snap back. NTA. In fact, you may have prevented the bellhop from tossing him out the window. Through it if it couldn't be opened.
Not at all. In fact you should receive a reward. Also: upvote for a Kiwi.
NTA... please do not mistake all Americans as Stupid asinines like the American in the aforementioned article.
Say what you want about Scottish accents, I'm pretty impressed about opening up the borders. The Tasman Sea is a *bit* wider than the Rio Grande.
No, if he could afford to tour your country he had money. In this country if you HAVE money you are probably an AH to begin with...
Nope. Moronic people that like are why the rest of us (Americans) get such a bad name. FYI - not ALL of us are quite so ignorant or rude.
As an American girl, I sincerely apologize for the boorish and moronic behavior of some of my fellow countrymen but rest assured, not all of us are like the fxcknut you encountered
Insulting is never Ok. You were rude and unpolite. The guest was a d**k, and an arsehole. But it is enough for you to feel pitty for his intelligence, and keep your manners in front of guests
I am occasionally asked by people in the USA what part of England I come from (I’m Australian). I usually return serve by asking them what part of Canada they come from.
*Sigh* Why do 'muricans believe themselves to be the entitled-know-it-all?
Yet another BP post featuring a dumb American. When will we see something similarly hilarious about the Russians? The Chinese?
As an American, I am sure people from other countries have come across ahole Americans, I assure you, we are not all the same. However, I find this story to be bs for some reason.
American here; this was long overdue for that jerk. He's probably a know-it-all in his own neighborhood. And I also took classes that centered on accents of the English language. Apparently he must have skipped a lot of lessons. There are real differences between Scottish and NZ accents. You have my blessing to put any and all boorish Americans in their places! ♥
You've just described current American culture completely. Someone makes an outlandish statement that can be proven wrong scientifically but if you disagree with them then you're a fascist (or a commie loving socialist depending on which party you pissed off).
Usually the best response is just to laugh at them. In another room, if necessary.
As a Scottish person, I am proud of you! We would love you to be Scottish!
When people disagree on an issue, there are several possible routes they can take. Some might avoid it altogether (either by putting off the discussion or just agreeing with the other person in order to end the conversation). But, as you see in the pictures, it's not for everyone — others believe they need to actively resolve the matter.
In that case, they have a choice between being competitive or cooperative.
"Cooperative resolution means that people are seeking some kind of middle ground," explains Art Markman, Ph.D., and Annabel Irion Worsham Centennial Professor of Psychology and Marketing at the University of Texas at Austin. "Competitive resolution means that people are trying to convince the other person to change their belief."
This is one of those "bible is good enough for me" soccer moms, guaranteed.
Many factors lead people to take a cooperative or competitive stance when dealing with a disagreement. For instance, the personality characteristic of openness reflects how willing we are to consider new ideas, and people high in openness are more likely to be cooperative than those who are low in openness.
The characteristic of agreeableness reflects how much people want to get along with others — agreeable people are also more likely to seek a compromise than disagreeable people.
Markman also suggests a paper by Kimberly Rios, Kenneth DeMarree, and Johnathan Statzer in the July 2014 issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin to better understand what affects our tendency to be cooperative or competitive.
Turns out, people's certainty about their beliefs can be broken down into two components: clarity and correctness. Clarity determines if we are sure about what we believe. Each of us has some beliefs that we hold deeply and others to which we are not as firmly attached. Correctness focuses on whether we think our belief is 'correct' in some broader cultural context or not.
The authors suggested that the more strongly people believe their attitude is correct, the more competitive they will be in their discussions with others. (Interestingly, they did not assume that clarity would be as strongly related to competitiveness.)
"Being certain of your attitude can affect whether you try to convince other people that you are right," Markman writes. "In particular, the more strongly you believe that your attitude is the right one, the more you will focus on convincing others."
"That also means that if you find yourself in conflict with others on a regular basis, you might want to evaluate whether you generally assume that your attitudes are the correct ones."
Manners mentor Maralee McKee finds it sad that sometimes, when people speak, their words seem more spit out than thought out.
"Stories abound, and it has happened to me, about being called out in person in front of family members, coworkers, friends, and anybody and everybody else for minor things, from incorrectly quoting a movie line, to saying something happened on a Tuesday when it occurred on a Wednesday, to getting the name wrong of the restaurant an incident occurred in while telling a great story," she says.
But even if you're skinny your weight is still distributed fairly evenly around your body
According to McKee, even if the 'correctors,' 'nit-pickers,' and 'accusers' are right, correcting others over small things is rarely called for, it seldom wins anyone friends, and on the rare occasion when it is called for, it's tricky to accomplish politely.
For more people incorrectly correcting other people, fire up our older publications on the Facebook group, called 50 People That Had More Courage Than Brains To Go Incorrectly Correcting Someone and 45 Painfully Cringe Moments When People Thought They Knew Better, But Embarrassed Themselves Instead.
Except we'd still have to do a leapyear but with four extra days.
Dumb fűck probably doesn't even know it's the symbol for the Euro.
Which is correct sulphur or sulfur? Sulfur has been the preferred spelling of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) since 1990, and is the default form employed by many scientific journals 1. The alternative spelling sulphur may still be found in common use in the UK and Commonwealth, especially by laypeople.Mar 15, 2019
four is germanic. Colour is latin. The "u" was artificially introduced to make consistency with french spelling (french descends from latin). Original old english for four was "feower".
I use these differently even though we supposedly use UK english here. I use mold for the fungus and mould for shaping-something (verb or noun). I do the same with disc/disk and program/programme. I use disc = a circle, disk = a computer disk; and program = verb, to make a computer do something; programme = series of in-person/person-attended events , e.g. wedding programme.
This one shouldn't be here. It's simply the difference between British English and American English. Both are correct ,it simply depends on which English you use.
“Spelling and Grammar” would be replaced by the pronoun they, meaning are is perfectly valid.
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These people are walking among us, voting, and reproducing. Please excuse me while I go and find a little cave far,far away from these idiots.
It stopped getting funny after the first few. Idiocy is terrifying sometimes
One of the most confused pairs of words nowadays is "lie" and "lay". You lie in bed. A chicken lays eggs.
But "I lay in bed yesterday' is correct again, because the past tense of 'lie' is 'lay'.
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These people are walking among us, voting, and reproducing. Please excuse me while I go and find a little cave far,far away from these idiots.
It stopped getting funny after the first few. Idiocy is terrifying sometimes
One of the most confused pairs of words nowadays is "lie" and "lay". You lie in bed. A chicken lays eggs.
But "I lay in bed yesterday' is correct again, because the past tense of 'lie' is 'lay'.
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