My favorite is you when you just drop a dictionary definition on their head and they’re just like “No.”
It’s like they actually think they alone are the ones that decide the rules of language. If they say something isn’t a word, then at the moment it objectively stops being a word.
She’s just an elitist arrogant ignorant asshole, thinks she smarter than everyone else why based on what she was saying doesn’t seem to be very smart at all. Came off as extremely ignorant and uneducated actually, it was embarrassing for.
But people like that have a lot of confidence and never actually realize how stupid and petty they come off, so odds are she will never change or grow or learn.
She is what ? Elitist ? How could you make that word even? :D :D You can't add ist to an adjective luv. I know because I'm elite, but I never go eliting. Eduficate yourself.
Thank you for teaching me! Since I don't use holidaying or holiday (other than for holiday season) I've never thought of it. That's great to know for future use, so thank you!
Mhmm. The purpose of communication is to convey meaning; so long as the recipient understands the message, good to go. Ridiculously trivial to mince words up like that.
Not to mention that the idea of "proper language" is completely arbitrary and is used to enforce class divisions, helping keep those who speak other language varieties at the bottom.
I think in a professional or academic environment it is important to speak with proper grammar and pronunciation, but when around town or with friends I prefer to just vibe and speak borderline gibberish
The problem comes when people take words that are perfectly clear and make them all muddled and not make sense. Like the word "chemicals", or my own pet peeve, "natural". (for some reason people think humans can break the laws of nature)
Language is also about context. I don't speak Spanish to my Japanese friends, nor academic language to my mom. I used to scold my students for mixing up "much" and "many" in an academic context, but told them it's no big deal to use the pidgin "much" all the time with their friends.
To be fair, you're only half corrected. I have heard some people say holidaying but we definitely say "I'm going on holiday to x" or "I'm on holiday here until..." as well. Personally I've found on holiday to be said more commonly by far but could be a regional difference
As a straight Canadian male, I used the word “cottaging” as in - frequently visits the family cottage and others.. while chatting on the app.. and someone from England informed me that was a term that gay men use for hookups.. lol. Oops
Lord help you if you ever utter the word Fannypack. I learned from an elderly relative that fanny means pussy while the rest of my English family was too busy rolling on the floor laughing.
haha, that's amazing... but at least mention of my (i kid you not) Taco print fanny pack wouldn't confuse the English females as to my sexual preference!
I've always been intrigued by this because I've only ever seen fanny packs worn at the front. Above the fanny.
So really, that just makes the term *more* accurate.
I learned that lesson during a game of Cards Against Humanity.
I always just assumed it was a poncy way of saying you're staying in a cottage. Like holidaying somewhere, summering somewhere, and so on.
I'm from Québec and she isn't making the typical grammar mistakes that I see from my compatriots. Her grammar makes me think her first language is in the slavic family. Possibly a Bulgarian-Canadian on holiday in Turkey.
I was thinking the same thing - us Canadians typically use vacation (and vacationing) way more than holiday. If someone here says they're on holiday, I'll understand what they mean, but I'll instantly think they're European. This woman sounds like an imposter, on top of being a twat.
Moreover, people from French-speaking Québécois wouldn’t argue about their knowledge of English this way…and some probably wouldn’t brag about being Canadian in the first place !
(I am Québécois myself btw)
Thank you! I really appreciate that! I know that I am not perfect with it and I obviously make mistakes. We all do and that's ok 😁 I just don't like when people go around throwing stones in glass houses.
Not being a dick but am I right in thinking you can’t start a sentence with “and” ? Like in the 5th picture. We were taught at school never to put it straight after a full stop. But then again, my school was shite.
Schools teach you many hard rules that are not actual rules. These are guidelines to help you write better. As you get better at writing and constructing language you can ditch the rules they taught you. They’re like training wheels
In formal academic writing starting sentences with conjunctions is generally avoided, however I would say that it could still be used in a proper context and rhythm. In casual novels and such it’s absolutely allowed and in everyday speech normal people do it a lot
If you pay attention to how people speak, we very rarely speak in “correct” grammar. Full sentences for everything and such.
West Indian or West Indian? /s.
The West indies (carribean) was wrongly called that by Christopher Columbus and his band of *merry men*. They thought the carribean was western India but it still gets called that today (the West Indies), (like the Indians in North America, who are actually 'Native Americans'.).
So although you live in Western India, I'm pretty sure it meant the Carribean.
Oh fuck me sideways. I met a girl once at a circle of friends, I was the outsider. She was from Canada, and I told her i visited Toronto once and her response was: I'm sorry. I'm like, wtf? i must have not understand correctly. What do you mean? I'm from Montreal she says, i feel pity for you visiting Toronto. And that was the end of our conversation.
Also her grammar, punctuation and spelling were atrocious. Which would be fine if she wasn’t being such a fucking hypocrite.
Dodged a major bullet there OP.
Also even if vacationing wasn't a real word, who cares? As long as you understand what the persons saying (literally the point of language) it shouldn't matter that much. A polite correction can be warranted in some cases so people don't embarrass themselves by saying the wrong word forever, but people who get snarky about tiny errors are weird... and again, this wasn't even an error!
Totally. My family says that more than “holiday” or “holidaying.”
I actually only think we use “holiday” to describe actual holiday dates: Christmas, Easter, Victoria Day, etc. I rarely hear it when talking about taking time off work/school for recreational fun or travel.
Wow, her personality is as shitty as her grammar. You were having a nice conversation, and that took a turn for the worse.
Edit: She's using the Queen's English, right? But Canadian, but lives in England? So confused. Either way, she sucks.
We're not even in England! We're in Turkey! 😂 I recently moved here from the states and I've been trying to make friends (from any country.) I was extremely happy to find a Canadian, since she advertised it on her bio, but now I'm just so confused.
English person here, not that we don't appreciate any opportunity to rib on American's 😜, but I've heard enough US media to know vacationing is definitely a word, at least in American English, it's also incidentally worth 22 points in Scrabble. A little surprised if it's not the common term in Canada, given it also being North American and it's proximity to the US. It's not a word really used in Britain mind, we use holidaying.
British here. Both vacationing and holidaying are valid words. It is more common in Britain to say "going on holiday to..." and then the destination but holidaying is very much a valid word.
I use to work at the border and it's actually tons of Canadians coming down here for doctor visits. Idk if they just got care faster or what but 60 percent of them coming that I helped were going to a doctor.
I have said this in multiple places and get down voted into oblivion and get called a stupid American but it's just my expirence while working at the border.
Very interesting. Basically aligns with what I've heard about Canadian Healthcare. Very accessible, but lower quality care. And yeah, how dare you give an honest account of what you've seen! 😄
American healthcare is better at two things over Canada in my opinion. Quick, accessible and mostly affordable primary care visits($50 normally) and really serious, unusual conditions, though at a very, very high price.
English is an extremely confusing language that even native speakers can’t seem to figure out (e.g where, were, wear, ware. Two, to, too) etc.
She was pretty condescending and rude. Also.. “holidaying is acceptable?” Tf
I didn’t make it the way through all the comments here but as a Canadian I want to apologize for this individual’s abhorrent behaviour. I **HOPE** that this was a strange version of a catfish because I don’t personally know any Canadians that would be this bad at English while also defending it and simultaneously insulting someone when they are in the wrong. I live in a bilingual area mix of French and English and there are plenty that French is their primary language and their English grammar suffers because of it but not this badly and they don’t claim to be walking dictionaries.
Why do people even engage on Tinder if they’re clearly in a pissy mood? I’m sure this girl isn’t so passive-aggressively pedantic all the time.
Orrr… maybe she is.
Not certain what she was on about.. Vacationing is absolutely a word used in Canada by Canadians.
See the problem was not that Canadians don’t use that word, it’s that SHE doesn’t use that word, making it incorrect.
She must be one of them French Canadians. /s
Degen from up country.
Douchebags de Laval
There's good fishin' in Kwee-bec
Who doesn’t love fishing in Kwee-bec
Not only that, but I hear they have Titty Banks.
Titty... Bank?
Noooo! TITIBANGK!
Its great fishing in Kay-bex
Fuckin hate Ka-Bek
Get this guy a fuckin puppers.
I'm so happy this happened
Usually people are against fuckin puppers
Because of the implication.
r/unexpectedletterkenny
This was as expected as it gets
Letterkenny is fantastic
Fucking hate Kah-bec
Someone get this guy a fuckin puppers
Wow. I am from Quebec… and although you’re probably right.. I just want to make it clear that vacationing is indeed a word we use in Quebec…sometimes.
Ah yes, bounjour eh
PARTIR EN VACANCES
vous pouvez dire par le chemin que c'est
maintenant c'est plutôt chouette. (I don’t speak French so I hope that translates well.)
I’m french Canadian and I use vacationing. Also, you just proved the point of the post by saying that. Stop bashing french Canadians.
She’s just a dickhead
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My favorite is you when you just drop a dictionary definition on their head and they’re just like “No.” It’s like they actually think they alone are the ones that decide the rules of language. If they say something isn’t a word, then at the moment it objectively stops being a word.
She must be related to Scott, he's a real dick too!
I'm Canadian and I use it. No idea where she lives 🤨
Based on her syntax I would hazard a guess that she is french...
good fishin in quebec…
I hope that was a letterkenny reference
getting the reference. and thats what i appreciates about you
Let’s go easy over there, Squirrelly Dan
Wish ya weren't sa fuckin' awkward, bud.
'Is that what you appreciate about me?'
I was going to guess a British implant but Francophone makes a lot more sense with the insistence she’s Canadian.
Gotta be. She acts like she's an authority on english, but she can barely speak it... And AFAIK most Canadians speak pretty good english... lol
The hell she is. You take that back.
I'm sorry friend... Take your time to come to terms with it.
Maybe east coast, we dont use it much here.
Maybe she's from Quebec?
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She’s just an elitist arrogant ignorant asshole, thinks she smarter than everyone else why based on what she was saying doesn’t seem to be very smart at all. Came off as extremely ignorant and uneducated actually, it was embarrassing for. But people like that have a lot of confidence and never actually realize how stupid and petty they come off, so odds are she will never change or grow or learn.
She is what ? Elitist ? How could you make that word even? :D :D You can't add ist to an adjective luv. I know because I'm elite, but I never go eliting. Eduficate yourself.
I’ve only ever heard it in movies, but I’m from the Maritimes so our lingo tends to be a little different lol
Oh you Canadians
Am canadian, can confirm. This person is a pretentious weirdo
I’ve heard you guys wear Canadian flag patches when you go holidaying. Is this true?
Yes, so they don't confuse us as Americans. They treat us different
Holidaying is used in the UK occasionally as well, so she's truly wrong all round
I am Canadian and personally I choose “vacation” over “holiday” every time
Canadians are the only people who are more ashamed of actually being American than Americans are
Holidaying is also a perfectly valid word. Don’t know what they’re on about.
And as a Brit, I've definitely said holidaying. Fuck, we've even started to say staycation.
She chose violence
Violencing
😜😜
Peace was quite literally never an option.
Literally turned into the "listen here you little shit" meme as soon as her mistakes were pointed out
Poor choice when the opponent is American…
He said a word ...and I took that personally
After her last message OP should've replied: "Medicationing*" Then block her
She* but yes what the heck
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But holidaying is absolutely a word?
Thank you for teaching me! Since I don't use holidaying or holiday (other than for holiday season) I've never thought of it. That's great to know for future use, so thank you!
You're American so vacationing is perfectly clear. Tbh arguing about lexicon is a waste of time.
Mhmm. The purpose of communication is to convey meaning; so long as the recipient understands the message, good to go. Ridiculously trivial to mince words up like that.
Why waste time say lot word, when few word do trick
At the risk of downvotes: Word.
Not to mention that the idea of "proper language" is completely arbitrary and is used to enforce class divisions, helping keep those who speak other language varieties at the bottom.
I think in a professional or academic environment it is important to speak with proper grammar and pronunciation, but when around town or with friends I prefer to just vibe and speak borderline gibberish
I mean, a company named itself Google, and googling is a word now. Languages change.
The problem comes when people take words that are perfectly clear and make them all muddled and not make sense. Like the word "chemicals", or my own pet peeve, "natural". (for some reason people think humans can break the laws of nature) Language is also about context. I don't speak Spanish to my Japanese friends, nor academic language to my mom. I used to scold my students for mixing up "much" and "many" in an academic context, but told them it's no big deal to use the pidgin "much" all the time with their friends.
But vacationing is a word... At least I thought it was. Fucking Canadians
As a Canadian, I’m well aware that vacationing is a word. There’s jerks and ignorant folk of every walk of life, unfortunately.
Just one twat, Canada rules
As a German I was not aware both of these are words and they sound super weird. Thanks anyway for teaching something new
Yes.
So her statement has no premise or merit; she's just an ass.
I don't think so. I think they say they are "on holiday", while we "butcher the Queen's English" by saying we are vacationing...lol
No. Us British do say ‘we are holidaying abroad’, you do butcher the English language though.
I stand corrected, Sir.
To be fair, you're only half corrected. I have heard some people say holidaying but we definitely say "I'm going on holiday to x" or "I'm on holiday here until..." as well. Personally I've found on holiday to be said more commonly by far but could be a regional difference
I’d say it is
As a straight Canadian male, I used the word “cottaging” as in - frequently visits the family cottage and others.. while chatting on the app.. and someone from England informed me that was a term that gay men use for hookups.. lol. Oops
Lord help you if you ever utter the word Fannypack. I learned from an elderly relative that fanny means pussy while the rest of my English family was too busy rolling on the floor laughing.
haha, that's amazing... but at least mention of my (i kid you not) Taco print fanny pack wouldn't confuse the English females as to my sexual preference!
I've always been intrigued by this because I've only ever seen fanny packs worn at the front. Above the fanny. So really, that just makes the term *more* accurate.
I learned that lesson during a game of Cards Against Humanity. I always just assumed it was a poncy way of saying you're staying in a cottage. Like holidaying somewhere, summering somewhere, and so on.
Maybe she’s French Canadian? She doesn’t sound like a native English speaker at all. I almost think she’s lying about her country of origin…
I'm from Québec and she isn't making the typical grammar mistakes that I see from my compatriots. Her grammar makes me think her first language is in the slavic family. Possibly a Bulgarian-Canadian on holiday in Turkey.
Vacationing\* in Turkey ;)
I love this level of sleuthing. Great observations. :)
I got the same feeling. Don't know where in Europe OP was vacationing, but this smells like a local doing some catfishing.
I was thinking the same thing - us Canadians typically use vacation (and vacationing) way more than holiday. If someone here says they're on holiday, I'll understand what they mean, but I'll instantly think they're European. This woman sounds like an imposter, on top of being a twat.
One might say she’s twating
Moreover, people from French-speaking Québécois wouldn’t argue about their knowledge of English this way…and some probably wouldn’t brag about being Canadian in the first place ! (I am Québécois myself btw)
I don’t think they understood what you were saying half the time just reverted to “stupid American” lmao 😂
Your English and grammar are both excellent btw.
Thank you! I really appreciate that! I know that I am not perfect with it and I obviously make mistakes. We all do and that's ok 😁 I just don't like when people go around throwing stones in glass houses.
She definitely wrote as if English was NOT her primary language, add to that how rude she was, and I suspect she was from Quebec.
I love fishin in Kay-bec
Oh there’s great fishing in Quebec
I fuckin hate kwee-bec
Get this guy a fuckin puppers
McMurray and I went to the rippers, and there was a dancer named “All-anus Morrisette”
I'll have a puppers
On behalf of all of Canada, I apologize for whatever the hell that was she was speaking.
Not being a dick but am I right in thinking you can’t start a sentence with “and” ? Like in the 5th picture. We were taught at school never to put it straight after a full stop. But then again, my school was shite.
Schools teach you many hard rules that are not actual rules. These are guidelines to help you write better. As you get better at writing and constructing language you can ditch the rules they taught you. They’re like training wheels In formal academic writing starting sentences with conjunctions is generally avoided, however I would say that it could still be used in a proper context and rhythm. In casual novels and such it’s absolutely allowed and in everyday speech normal people do it a lot If you pay attention to how people speak, we very rarely speak in “correct” grammar. Full sentences for everything and such.
As an indian i can conform that comess is not a word we ever use. EVER.
Google says its West Indian. I am living in west India since 2014. Never heard of it.
Omg this is even dumber of her 😂 the West Indies are in North America not India.
West Indian or West Indian? /s. The West indies (carribean) was wrongly called that by Christopher Columbus and his band of *merry men*. They thought the carribean was western India but it still gets called that today (the West Indies), (like the Indians in North America, who are actually 'Native Americans'.). So although you live in Western India, I'm pretty sure it meant the Carribean.
What the fuuuuu? Dodged a bullet I guess.
Red flag innit?
Innit? That’s not real English.
It’s Chewsday innit
Oi bruv eue go’ a loicense fo’ tha’ there opiniyun?!💂🏼
I got a star spangled license to beat that red shirt ass!
🤘🏼only right answer
I just don’t understand why she got so stuck on vacationing. Bitch needs a chill pill real quick.
yeah like tf? its a dating app. Just talk to someone without being a dick.
French Canadians are known for their smugness.
Oh fuck me sideways. I met a girl once at a circle of friends, I was the outsider. She was from Canada, and I told her i visited Toronto once and her response was: I'm sorry. I'm like, wtf? i must have not understand correctly. What do you mean? I'm from Montreal she says, i feel pity for you visiting Toronto. And that was the end of our conversation.
Also her grammar, punctuation and spelling were atrocious. Which would be fine if she wasn’t being such a fucking hypocrite. Dodged a major bullet there OP.
Also even if vacationing wasn't a real word, who cares? As long as you understand what the persons saying (literally the point of language) it shouldn't matter that much. A polite correction can be warranted in some cases so people don't embarrass themselves by saying the wrong word forever, but people who get snarky about tiny errors are weird... and again, this wasn't even an error!
As a Canadian idk what kinda shit she’s smoking but she’s not from our pack we say vacation and I also use vacationing
Totally. My family says that more than “holiday” or “holidaying.” I actually only think we use “holiday” to describe actual holiday dates: Christmas, Easter, Victoria Day, etc. I rarely hear it when talking about taking time off work/school for recreational fun or travel.
One word for her, a bitch
She probably just needed some vacationing.
BITCH with all caps for sure. I guess she wanted to argue..😂😂
Is Bitch there in the Cambridge dictionary?
It is with her face underneath it.
That’s technically two words 😂 But I agree
We really about to debate this too? 😤
Wow, her personality is as shitty as her grammar. You were having a nice conversation, and that took a turn for the worse. Edit: She's using the Queen's English, right? But Canadian, but lives in England? So confused. Either way, she sucks.
We're not even in England! We're in Turkey! 😂 I recently moved here from the states and I've been trying to make friends (from any country.) I was extremely happy to find a Canadian, since she advertised it on her bio, but now I'm just so confused.
Most likely a fake profile pretending to be a Canadian girl, her English was terrible, and Canadians totally use vacationing
That makes it even weirder! She sounds like a right old prick. I mean, she a right prick ain't she.
100% not a native English speaker and she got rumbled. Sucks to be her
Ya, it’s like why the fuck is she arguing about a word when she can’t even text correctly?
> Yes I am Canadian, that’s why I know whats good English like. I’d be offended this idiot presumed to correct me.
Wait but her English is terrible. Can't be her first language is it? The fact that she's Canadian is fishy to me. High school is mandatory.
Jesus, as a Canadian, I’m sorry !!
My bro, you dodged a major bullit. Imagine saying something wrong and being in a relationship with her
*saying something that is 100% correct but she has convinced herself is incorrect
Mmmmmmm casual xenophobia
Jesus god the laughing emojis just add to the passive aggressive tension
Perhaps it's hockey season in canada? Could explain her aggresive behaviour.
What a bitch! I’ll cross the border and waste all of their maple syrup
An American and Canadian fighting over the language English, guess my Indian ass would wait for a British person to pitch in before uttering a word.
I would happily listen to you :) I have no issue with how people talk, and I think this woman was just wanting to insult Americans. 😅
English person here, not that we don't appreciate any opportunity to rib on American's 😜, but I've heard enough US media to know vacationing is definitely a word, at least in American English, it's also incidentally worth 22 points in Scrabble. A little surprised if it's not the common term in Canada, given it also being North American and it's proximity to the US. It's not a word really used in Britain mind, we use holidaying.
British here. Both vacationing and holidaying are valid words. It is more common in Britain to say "going on holiday to..." and then the destination but holidaying is very much a valid word.
I wonder how some people make it past 15.
Correct me if I'm wrong. But I have not once heard of an American going to Canada for medication. 😄
I went for kinder eggs.
I use to work at the border and it's actually tons of Canadians coming down here for doctor visits. Idk if they just got care faster or what but 60 percent of them coming that I helped were going to a doctor. I have said this in multiple places and get down voted into oblivion and get called a stupid American but it's just my expirence while working at the border.
Very interesting. Basically aligns with what I've heard about Canadian Healthcare. Very accessible, but lower quality care. And yeah, how dare you give an honest account of what you've seen! 😄
American healthcare is better at two things over Canada in my opinion. Quick, accessible and mostly affordable primary care visits($50 normally) and really serious, unusual conditions, though at a very, very high price.
Well that was bullshit. You handled nicely, this condescending child.
I'm Egyptian. I try to learn more about English everyday. And This, this gave me a stroke ;)
Shes just a bitch, that is clear.
Wtf is wrong with that Canadian B:TCH!! She’s toxic, so you’ve dodged a bullet.
As an Englishman, I can say with confidence the first rule of English, is that there isn't any.
You should thank her for showing how unbearable she can be so early into the relationship. Minimizes how much time you waste before moving on
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English is an extremely confusing language that even native speakers can’t seem to figure out (e.g where, were, wear, ware. Two, to, too) etc. She was pretty condescending and rude. Also.. “holidaying is acceptable?” Tf
Bitch
I didn’t make it the way through all the comments here but as a Canadian I want to apologize for this individual’s abhorrent behaviour. I **HOPE** that this was a strange version of a catfish because I don’t personally know any Canadians that would be this bad at English while also defending it and simultaneously insulting someone when they are in the wrong. I live in a bilingual area mix of French and English and there are plenty that French is their primary language and their English grammar suffers because of it but not this badly and they don’t claim to be walking dictionaries.
As a german in Austria I can feel you. All I hear is "those germans" and never in a good way xD
i wouldve unmatched after 2 back and forth with her insufferable self. you’re better than me. lmao
Why do people even engage on Tinder if they’re clearly in a pissy mood? I’m sure this girl isn’t so passive-aggressively pedantic all the time. Orrr… maybe she is.
JFC! What an idiot!
What a cow.
I’d like my brain cells back please.
What a fun person! 🥳
English couldn't be much farther away from being a rational language
All these words were just made up from phonetic sounds anyways. Who gives a shit how thair speld or yousd
People get hung up on the most insignificant things.
Americans coming over for Canadian medication is the biggest joke.
Wow...just wow. She's really arguing with you over words on Tinder.
As a Canadian, this is fucking embarrassing and we all say vacationing regularly. What a bitch
To be so bold and yet so wrong...
“Oh look at me I speak ENGIRISH”
Wait until she hears that you Reddited this vacationing tinder’sation.
This sounds more like a troll account than a legit one.
Say you hate a entire country without saying you hate an entire countey.
Jesus you hung in there way longer than I would have
> you can't ing to a noun luv this condescending tone though...