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Phrases that like really bug us all, basically
The Telegraph ^
| 5/29/2007
| Johanna Leggatt
Posted on 05/29/2007 2:17:17 AM PDT by bruinbirdman
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To: CalvaryJohn
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posted on
05/29/2007 5:00:17 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.)
To: gitmo
Between is used with two items, among is three or more.
To: MaryFromMichigan
“Bush’s fault.” (Can I get an Amen?)
Surely you jest.
No, I am not calling you Shirley.
I tell you what.
If you are from Texas, THAT is a complete sentence.
103
posted on
05/29/2007 5:07:33 AM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(Guns don't kill people. None of my guns ever left the house at night and killed anyone.)
To: bruinbirdman
"Best practices"-- pretentious and awkward management buzzwords.
Efficient usually suffices.
"That said"-- Yeah, you said it; I just heard you. What happened to however?
104
posted on
05/29/2007 5:10:59 AM PDT
by
Dysart
To: DManA
I've noticed southerners often begin a sentence
I feel like that we should . .
Actually, we say "I think we oughta"
105
posted on
05/29/2007 5:11:10 AM PDT
by
WKB
(It's hard to tell who's more afraid of Fred Thompson; The Dims or the rudibots.)
To: WKB
I hear especially from authorities being interviewed. Maybe they are trying to sound formal.
106
posted on
05/29/2007 5:13:44 AM PDT
by
DManA
To: Arrowhead1952
To: GATOR NAVY
"“I could care less” when they really mean “I couldn’t care less.”"That one always gets me too. I also despise "have your cake and eat it too".
108
posted on
05/29/2007 5:15:41 AM PDT
by
KoRn
(Just Say NO ....To Liberal Republicans - FRED THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT!)
To: bruinbirdman
"What's up?" When the speaker actually means to say, "How are you ?".
A good reply is, "the ceiling", or, "the sky".
To: DManA
Maybe they are trying to sound formal. .
Kinda like saying "You and I" when we
oughta be saying "You and me".
110
posted on
05/29/2007 5:18:09 AM PDT
by
WKB
(It's hard to tell who's more afraid of Fred Thompson; The Dims or the rudibots.)
To: bruinbirdman
This is slightly off topic but I hear a definite shift going on in how the soft j as in just or ginger is being pronounced. It seems to be moving forward in the mouth so that it comes our dzust and dzinger. Anyone else hearing that?
111
posted on
05/29/2007 5:18:52 AM PDT
by
DManA
To: MaryFromMichigan
112
posted on
05/29/2007 5:20:05 AM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(Guns don't kill people. None of my guns ever left the house at night and killed anyone.)
To: Red Boots
"What's up?".
"Ever thing" that ain't down!
113
posted on
05/29/2007 5:20:42 AM PDT
by
WKB
(It's hard to tell who's more afraid of Fred Thompson; The Dims or the rudibots.)
To: bruinbirdman
Well, for me, personally, I hate redundancies.
To: bruinbirdman
"Learners" instead of students.
This is rife in the education bureaucracy. I recently interviewed an educrat about a new charter school starting up in our area.
She went on and on about "learners". Finally I told her, " Learner is not a word. Go look it up in the dictionary; its not there."
What is wrong with using the word student ?
To: bruinbirdman
‘disrespect’ and its derivatives.
Drives me nuts.
An offshoot of the ‘self-esteem’ BS.
116
posted on
05/29/2007 5:23:49 AM PDT
by
Vinnie
(You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
To: Strategerist
"“At this point in time.” Means the EXACT SAME THING as “At this time” yet takes longer to say."The fleeting quality of time means that by the time you say “At this time” it is already another time.
To: Wil H
I cannot stand “winningest” Ouch!
Work is the worst for this stuff. My personal peeves are "touch base" and "24/7."
118
posted on
05/29/2007 5:26:09 AM PDT
by
Aquinasfan
(When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
To: WKB
"What's up?" If I'm feeling nasty, I say, "The sky. I'm surprised you haven't noticed."
Then I wonder why no one wants to talk to me !
To: MaryFromMichigan
Great minds think alike.
Overused and generally untrue.
120
posted on
05/29/2007 5:30:44 AM PDT
by
CharacterCounts
(Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me!)
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