I am bias

[DappledThings]

Just seen this again in another thread. Why is bias the only noun that people are regularly failing to turn into an adjective?

Is it because similar ones have a different ending as a noun whereas bias only has something appended?

I've never seen anyone say I am amaze or I am disappoint but in those cases you have to change "ment" to "ed" which is harder to do than just forget to add "ed".

But then I've never seen anyone say I am surprise either and that works the same as bias.

That reminds me of my diabetic grandmother who used to say "I've got di-betic" or "I've got sugar". My aunt was at the end of her tether and said "If you're going to have an illness, at least call it the right thing!".

And stealth instead of stealthy. They all grate on me.

He's got appendix.

I'd be tempted to ask if he's a book!

"spenny"
Is that supposed to be baby talk/slurred speech or do they actually not known it comes from "spend"?

All of these. In fact, reading this thread has given me blood pressure. And mental health.

I hate this. Also I am bias. I stop reading.

It's slang. SPENNY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

I need the laugh reaction.

Oh yes. They are a bit clicky.

I genuinely think they don't realise it's French, therefore they say it like they hear it. People don't read so they don't see it written down.

I used to proofread school reports for my local secondary. It was mainly for consistency (so that eg. Charlie was called Charlie throughout rather than sometimes Charlotte, or C. ). But some of the grammar was appalling, especially from the younger staff members.

People just repeat what they think they’ve heard. Infuriating.

Well I never.
I've only ever heard/read it as spendy (at least until today).

That’s a prob too though - just as many people have read it as click, so pronounce it
’click’. Instead of cleeeek like Clinique.

I assume they are hearing it incorrectly and so writing it incorrectly.

So they've heard someone say e.g. 'I love that name - I'm biased, though, as my son is called Ben' and (in my Northern accent at least 🤣) it sounds like 'I'm bias though'.

Why do they say 'I love that name - I'm biased, though, as my son is called Ben'? It sounds like they named their son Ben and grew to love it.

I also don't understand why people repeat a word or phrase without knowing what it means or what the word looks like. Maybe they do ask but don't get the right explanation.

Another one I keep seeing is "worse case scenario". It doesn't even make sense.

I agree regarding click/clicky and clique/cliquey. They don't sound the same, aren't spelt the same and the "wrong" version doesn't make sense. It calls to mind a huddle of mums in the playground furiously clicking their tongues and snapping their heels together.

[Have carefully proofread my post but am paranoid there are errors in it!]

I'm only bias on the days when I'm being a piece of tape.

I have, and had, a grumble about 'corn' beef being on sale in a local supermarket, and about ice tea, rather than iced tea. Is the Lipton's tea labelled as 'ice tea'? I mean the liquid in bottles.
Then I had to consider 'ice cream' which, presumably, at the beginning of its delicious existence, was cream which had been iced, i.e. iced cream.
(Pineapples from Mr. Darcy's hothouse, served with iced cream.)

In the Southern US, it's often spoken and written as "ice tea," but considering that it's basically the "house wine of the South" as Truvy explains in Steel Magnolias, it is likely on its way to the same level of linguistic evolution as ice cream.