# "of" vs "have" **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 15, 2011, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/of-vs-have/216558 "2011-09-15T10:23:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/of-vs-have/216558/41 "2011-09-16T05:35:47Z")
I should have of posted hear sooner. ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 5:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/of-vs-have/216558/42 "2011-09-16T05:37:22Z")
My biggest gripe is when people say, “I’m going to the store, THAN I need to go to work.” You fucking cunt rocket…it’s THEN, you’re going to the store…THEN you need to go to work. For fuck’s sake…learn the god damn language you pieces of scum. ---
**Author:** ![FadetoBlack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fadetoblack/32/6118_2.png) [@FadetoBlack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FadetoBlack)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/of-vs-have/216558/43 "2011-09-16T05:49:35Z")
I still can’t believe when people mix up “your” and “you’re.” I just wanna say to them, “Your a dumbass!” Of course their’s also their, there, and they’re. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shockwave179](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shockwave179/32/7496_2.png) [@Shockwave179](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shockwave179)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 6:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/of-vs-have/216558/44 "2011-09-16T06:16:42Z")
Seeing that this is already a mash up of bashing I’d like to throw this in as well because it’s hilarious. _Buffalo - Posessification_ Another strange linguistic trait among Buffalonians is the “posessification” of many business names, where it is changed to the posessive case. For example, it’s common to hear Buffalonians refer to “Rite Aid’s,” “Kmart’s” or “Noco’s,” as if there’s a “Mr. Noco” that owns the gas station chain. In some cases a business name is shortened and the posessive case added, for instance Blockbuster Video becomes “Blockbuster’s,” and La Nova Pizzeria changes to simply “Nova’s.” Wolck doesn’t mention posessification or “theification” of expressway names in any of his studies of Buffalo English, but the traits are commonly discussed on the Usenet alt.culture.ny-upstate newsgroup. A Buffalonian, in describing errands for the day, might say “I gotta’ go to Fleet’s to deposit my paycheck, then I gotta’ drive over to Quality’s and get some groceries, then maybe get some lunch at Burger King’s and buy some fertilizer at Wal-Mart’s later.” The habit is so pervasive that one area restaurant, The Abilene Cattle Company, started to call itself “Abilene’s” on radio ads a few months after it opened because that’s what everyone else called it. Posessification is not to be confused with adding an apostrophe-s to pluralize words, as is common in ads that haven’t been proofread or cheap, handpainted store signs on East Side bodegas (“i.e. GET LOTTO TICKET’S HERE”, “40 OUNCE’S”, “WE ACCEPT FOOD STAMP’S” and so on). To sum all up, the typical Buffalonian will still be shopping at AM&A’s for the next ten years, after which they’ll call the place “Bon-Ton’s,” pronounced as “Bahn-tahns”. To get there from the “Tahn-ah-tahn-ah-wahn-dah”, they’ll drive on “The Youngmann” to “The 90” to the Walden Galleria. If the person’s name is Alfreida, Sophie or Stan, they’ll call it “da Walden Galleria Mall dere,” or worse, “dat big mall where da Leonard Post used to be dere.” ---
**Author:** ![91MR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91mr2/32/7217_2.png) [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/of-vs-have/216558/45 "2011-09-16T06:22:08Z")
Ok, the last paragraph has some truth, but I have not noticed the other trends mentioned… ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/of-vs-have/216558/46 "2011-09-16T06:25:42Z")
I’ve never picked up on that around here. I guess we do it a little bit, though that article goes overboard. Calling highways “the” _highwayname_ is definitely a WNY thing. I like the Cheektovegas Pollockian he finished off the article with. ---
**Author:** ![FadetoBlack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fadetoblack/32/6118_2.png) [@FadetoBlack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FadetoBlack)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 6:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/of-vs-have/216558/47 "2011-09-16T06:30:55Z")
The posessification thing is something I’ve read about and something I remember hearing as a kid, but I think in modern times it’s gone by the wayside. They did a study in a department store in NYC years ago that noted that the New Yawk accent was much more prevalent in the workers of the store but not in the people shopping there. What they came up with was that people who are more educated and have the means to travel will probably speak something closer to Standard American English. Therefore, you wouldn’t hear a lot of this going on unless you are around people who never leave a certain neighborhood or area. Sorry to get all nerdy here. EDIT: Oh yeah, love da fact dat you mentioned Stawho dere in dat last part. I gotta represent: ![http://buystuffsonline.com/images/categories/Poland_flag.gif](http://buystuffsonline.com/images/categories/Poland_flag.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Shockwave179](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shockwave179/32/7496_2.png) [@Shockwave179](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shockwave179)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/of-vs-have/216558/48 "2011-09-16T06:39:57Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > Calling highways “the” _highwayname_ is definitely a WNY thing. I’ve never heard anyone from Rochester say “The 90”. The only people I know that say it that way are college friends from Buffalo. Here is the entire article if you guys want to read it. It’s pretty funny. [http://nycbbb.com/feature/buffaloenglish.htm](http://nycbbb.com/feature/buffaloenglish.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Shockwave179](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shockwave179/32/7496_2.png) [@Shockwave179](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shockwave179)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/of-vs-have/216558/49 "2011-09-16T06:40:12Z")
Double post. ---
**Author:** ![FadetoBlack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fadetoblack/32/6118_2.png) [@FadetoBlack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FadetoBlack)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/of-vs-have/216558/50 "2011-09-16T06:45:30Z")
Oh no someone please fix those posts before this turns into another shit show. ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/of-vs-have/216558/51 "2011-09-16T07:17:13Z")
I think our The \_\_\_\_\_ highway comes for all of our 90s - 90, 190, 290, etc. The Ninety just sounds nice, so that is how we say it. When describing other interstates I do not prefix it with ‘The’, “Take 495 to…”. Regarding store names and the like, I have never heard anyone talk as described in that article. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/of-vs-have/216558/52 "2011-09-16T08:28:30Z")
Also what I hate is people who type " I really love **80’s** music. It should be 80s. ---
**Author:** ![bracketracer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bracketracer/32/15592_2.png) [@bracketracer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bracketracer)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 7:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/of-vs-have/216558/53 "2013-12-05T07:42:13Z")
Revisiting. It’s a quick test. 100% [This is a link. Click here, since links are still not obvious, even after multiple hints.](http://m.staples.ca/sbdca/en_CA/cre/programs/grammarquiz/) ---
**Author:** ![Gl1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gl1/32/5471_2.png) [@Gl1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gl1)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/of-vs-have/216558/54 "2013-12-05T11:19:17Z")
I’m smarter that you’re. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/of-vs-have/216558/55 "2013-12-05T11:51:32Z")
i got a couple wrong. ---
**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/of-vs-have/216558/56 "2013-12-05T12:03:57Z")
> [@bracketracer](#): > > Revisiting. > > It’s a quick test. > > 100% > > [This is a link. Click here, since links are still not obvious, even after multiple hints.](http://m.staples.ca/sbdca/en_CA/cre/programs/grammarquiz/) I wish it was that easy to make the links in one area change… It actually probably is but SHUT UP!! ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/of-vs-have/216558/57 "2013-12-05T12:11:45Z")
Now their is a good test. I should of passed with flying color’s but thats a hard test. ---
**Author:** ![1QIKZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1qikz/32/6112_2.png) [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/of-vs-have/216558/58 "2013-12-05T14:26:39Z")
Holy fuck, how did I miss this thread and where the fuck was I when it came out? Surely many of you know my displeasure with respect to poor spelling and lax grammar consideration. I always wait to be flamed on here for catching people, and have been on other sites. Should we create a sticky with the most often abused contractions and grammar / spelling errors? ---
**Author:** ![L8APEX1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/l8apex1/32/7276_2.png) [@L8APEX1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/L8APEX1)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/of-vs-have/216558/59 "2013-12-05T17:00:17Z")
I’m glad this thread came back. The other day I had to sit through a PowerPoint presentation where the gentleman used “Kinda” in the slide title. Then again another gentleman used “shit” and “holy shit” during his presentation. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/of-vs-have/216558/60 "2013-12-05T22:36:01Z")
91%. I missed i.e. vs. e.g. I don’t use either. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/of-vs-have/216558.md?page=2)