Hey, Americans ...

[blamebrampton]

Do you ever use forms of cliché other than plain old cliché? Such as clichéd or clichés? I see it used in a manner that I would consider wrong so often that I am wondering if it is one of those wacky idioms that English develops up all around the world. Or it could just be young people today with their emo music and Twittering ...

Comments

[silvershinigami.livejournal.com]

I saw this post and got horribly confused as to whether I was wrong for using clichéd and clichés. ;_; You made me run for a dictionary!

I think it's one of those things where it's kind of tricky to hear the difference in speech, so if people don't read enough to stumble across the correct usage, then they just assume it's cliché and only cliché.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I think you are right about people using it as they hear it. I recently read petty bourgeoisie used (not as a pun or idiomatic usage) by someone who had clearly heard the term but never seen it written.

[silvershinigami.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, that is definitely a word where not having seen it before would cause some confusion.

[rosathome.livejournal.com]

I have seen people write 'And, vwala!'

And I must admit to some sympathy. If you've never seen a word like that written, it's not obvious where to look it up in the dictionary to check its spelling.