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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: bruinbirdman
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posted on
05/29/2007 3:12:23 AM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax , you earn it , you keep it!)
To: bruinbirdman
“The fact of the matter...”
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posted on
05/29/2007 3:12:24 AM PDT
by
dakine
To: bruinbirdman
“At this point in time.”
Means the EXACT SAME THING as “At this time” yet takes longer to say.
For some reason, it’s impossible for any sort of official to give a press conference without saying “at this point in time.” I don’t get it.
“For all intensive purposes” isn’t annoying, just funny that people mishear “for all intents and purposes” so badly.
To: bruinbirdman
"High on the list of grievances was the increasing use of slang, poor grammar and the incorporation of Americanisms into everyday speech."
"Americanisms" are better for communication than snobbish baby talk (rhyming nonsense and language lacking needed words).
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posted on
05/29/2007 3:14:36 AM PDT
by
familyop
To: bruinbirdman
The infuriating rising inflections at the end of sentences that make everything sound like a question? - Steve GrantOh ... MY ... GOD ... that is like ... sooooo annoying! I hate thawt.
When the waitress plonks the plate in front of you and says, "there you go". Where do I go? Where's there? - Ken Clarke
I hate it when the restaurant wait person stops at the table to ask, "Are ya still working on that?" For heaven's sake, it's not a term paper. My fellow diners and I are not cows chewing the cud. Just ask, "Would you like me to remove any of these plates?", or something similar.
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posted on
05/29/2007 3:15:25 AM PDT
by
GretchenM
(What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus)
To: bruinbirdman
Two words that irritate me:
1. Awesome...some people apparently know no other word to express their feelings of being overwhelmed by something.
2. More importantly...should be “more important”. Importantly is apparently used to make one feel more important.
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posted on
05/29/2007 3:16:24 AM PDT
by
Maria S
To: bruinbirdman
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posted on
05/29/2007 3:18:26 AM PDT
by
don-o
(“I don`t expect Politicians to solve anyones problems...The world owes us nothing” Bob Dylan)
To: bruinbirdman
Someone ACTUALLY typed all that stuff in. They ACTUALLY collected all these silly phrases.
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posted on
05/29/2007 3:21:43 AM PDT
by
gitmo
(From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.)
To: bruinbirdman
I always heare that “pre-registration” starts soon. How does that differ from good ole registration? Now that I’ve mentioned it, can annoy everyone else.
To: bruinbirdman
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posted on
05/29/2007 3:22:02 AM PDT
by
gitmo
(From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.)
To: gitmo
That's a
world class
statement you just made.
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posted on
05/29/2007 3:23:22 AM PDT
by
GretchenM
(What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus)
To: Maria S
importantly
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Importantly \Im*por"tant*ly\, adv.
In an important manner.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0:
importantly
adv 1: in an important way or to an important degree; "more
importantly, Weber held that the manifold meaning
attached to the event by the social scientist could
alter his definition of the concrete event itself"
[syn: significantly]
2: in an important way; "for centuries jellies have figured
importantly among English desserts, particularly upon
festive occasion"
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posted on
05/29/2007 3:23:27 AM PDT
by
familyop
To: bruinbirdman
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posted on
05/29/2007 3:23:35 AM PDT
by
camle
(keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you)
To: don-o
Thank you for that great laugh. I’m still trying to imagine someone standing up and shouting “____” in a meeting, then getting to explain him/herself.
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posted on
05/29/2007 3:25:53 AM PDT
by
GretchenM
(What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus)
To: Strategerist
“At this point in time.
Means the EXACT SAME THING as At this time yet takes longer to say.”
.........and, can be expressed in one word...
‘NOW’
To: bruinbirdman
Phrases that like really bug us all, basically"We're a nation of immigrants."
36
posted on
05/29/2007 3:26:37 AM PDT
by
GOP_Raider
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To: bruinbirdman
I hate it when some PC thug is said to “Speak truth to power...”
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posted on
05/29/2007 3:27:22 AM PDT
by
gridlock
(How often must environmentalism have negative consequences before we stop calling them unintended?)
To: familyop
When I was a youngster, and doing dictionary exercises, we were never allowed to define a word by using the root of the word, or any form of the word in the definition. For example, we could not use “important” to define “importantly.”
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posted on
05/29/2007 3:27:25 AM PDT
by
GretchenM
(What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus)
To: GretchenM
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posted on
05/29/2007 3:27:38 AM PDT
by
don-o
(“I don`t expect Politicians to solve anyones problems...The world owes us nothing” Bob Dylan)
To: bruinbirdman
Using “less” when one means “fewer”.
“There were less people at the party then we expected.”
“Less” is a description for volume, nor a description for discrete units.
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posted on
05/29/2007 3:27:42 AM PDT
by
gitmo
(From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.)
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