Overheard in D.C.: Language Arts Class
Spelling and grammar can be tough for some people, and infuriating for others. There's always the folks who can't spell anything at all, the ones who pluralize things by adding apostrophes, and the folks (including plenty of DCist commenters!) who take no small joy in correcting people. And then there's this lady.
Overheard of the Week
At Pentagon City Metro around 4 p.m. on Friday:
Woman 1 (on her phone, texting): "Is 'trynda' a word?"
Woman 2: "What?"
Woman 1: "You know, like, 'I'm trynda do somethin'"
After the jump, cool old ladies, beer, and a new fashion term.
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Pretty sure this lady was in one of the Police Academy movies
On the D6 bus in Northwest at 11 p.m. on Thursday:
A grandmotherly woman: “The sweetest baby I ever had was a god-damned nickel-plated .22 and a set of brass knuckles.”
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So this is who the iFart app is aimed at
At Misha's coffe shop in Alexandria:
Woman: "We got my son, who is in the 5th grade, an iPhone, and he has to hide it from his teacher."
Man: "Ha... probably because she still has a flip phone."
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A Jesuit education
At the Verizon Center after Georgetown beat UConn:
Inebriated Georgetown student to an older man wearing a UConn sweatshirt: "You blew it! You blew it like Johnny Depp in Blow!"
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What every little girl dreams of
Headed toward Franconia-Springfield during an evening commute:
Older woman on the phone: "Hi Steve, it's Beth. The wedding is off tomorrow... yeah... Mary's water just broke."
(names changed)
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This needs to catch on
On the Circulator bus:
A group of middle school boys are talking.
Boy 1: "Every boy in that school was wearing ballgrippers."
Boy 2: "What's ballgrippers?"
Boy 1: "My word for skinny jeans: they grip your balls!"
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Self-improvement is for the weak
On BoltBus from NYC to D.C.:
20-something girl on cell phone: "I'm not going to change who I am, I go out and get really drunk. That's what I do."