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Ok but "melty" isn't a real word and I'll die on this hill
even if it's a real word I hate it
I don't care about melty, but "would of" will never be right no matter how many times people say it.
People don't say "Would of", they just miswrite "would've"
People sure do say would of. They even separate the words enough to make it clear, like you or I would separate would and have when we don't want to abbreviate
Would've
Something expensive is spendy. Something that melts is melty. What's the trub, bub?
Something expensive is spendy.
My dictionary doesn't think so, heh. Webster seems to say "chiefly Northwestern US" so that may explain it. I remember rolling my eyes and thinking that it sounded like something a self-important jackass would say. (edit: the first time I heard it, I mean).
I don't think I'd ever use it, but I also don't see it as weird or wrong anymore. Melty is fine. Slippy still grates on me a bit, but I can let it slide.
It doesn't need to melt. Many cars look melty
Neither is "ask" as a noun. You don't have asks, you have requests.