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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: Hillarys Gate Cult
"Synergy ( also called TQMS ) The use of such to reorganize a company to get rid of the deadwood, usually producing the exact opposite result.""downsize"
yitbos
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posted on
05/29/2007 11:32:46 AM PDT
by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds." -- Ayn Rand)
To: IronJack
"Oh, and how about "the problem being is ..."""Being that . . . "
yitbos
342
posted on
05/29/2007 11:36:00 AM PDT
by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds." -- Ayn Rand)
To: -YYZ-
What you said, FRiend.
One of my current peeves is “foundational.” I’m also not fond of “societal” and cannot find any reason to judge “coronate” a verb.
343
posted on
05/29/2007 11:36:13 AM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(You have to defile a mummy completely, or they come back to life. You know that.)
To: P8riot
There’s a difference in quality.
“Irregardless” is not a word.
“Nukular” is a word, just a wrongly pronounced one.
344
posted on
05/29/2007 11:39:59 AM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(You have to defile a mummy completely, or they come back to life. You know that.)
To: DManA
"I hear especially from authorities being interviewed.""unnamed sources"
yitbos
345
posted on
05/29/2007 11:40:49 AM PDT
by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds." -- Ayn Rand)
To: Strategerist
That reminds me... I love it when football players being interviewed claim to be an ‘intricate’ part of the team.
346
posted on
05/29/2007 11:47:07 AM PDT
by
altura
To: kitkat
Okay, so what does yitbos mean?Yell If The Beer's On Sale!
347
posted on
05/29/2007 11:51:35 AM PDT
by
Petronski
(Fred!)
To: DManA
"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?"How did "tour" (too r) become "tore" as in "torist"?
Niger (American pronunciation) is now Neejer (French and Nigerian pronunciation). The media tried to start using Mexican pronunciations of California cities, San Paydroh (Mexican) for San Peedroh (American), Mejico for Mexico. It didn't go over well.
yitbos
348
posted on
05/29/2007 11:51:46 AM PDT
by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds." -- Ayn Rand)
To: Clemenza
Point of order . . . we are all “one race” because that’s the way we started.
“Human” is our race.
Our ethnic and geographic backgrounds might differ, but not our races.
Me, I don’t give a flying damn what La Raza says. If it wants to separate itself from the human race, that’s its lookout.
349
posted on
05/29/2007 11:53:02 AM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(You have to defile a mummy completely, or they come back to life. You know that.)
To: Red Boots
""Learners" instead of students.""client"
yitbos
350
posted on
05/29/2007 11:53:44 AM PDT
by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds." -- Ayn Rand)
To: bruinbirdman
351
posted on
05/29/2007 11:54:23 AM PDT
by
3catsanadog
(Vote for the person at the primaries; vote for the party at the election.)
To: 3catsanadog
“almost without exception”
352
posted on
05/29/2007 11:55:29 AM PDT
by
IslandJeff
(and when diamonds turn back into coal, grab ahold, grab ahold)
To: macmedic892
LOL! I had forgotten that one. Don’t the weather channel idiots love to say “hunker down”.
353
posted on
05/29/2007 11:59:08 AM PDT
by
Ditter
To: Half Vast Conspiracy
In Alabama the plural of "y'all" is "all y'all."LOL !
To: bruinbirdman
the incorporation of Americanisms into everyday speech LOL..what a wanker...
To: Half Vast Conspiracy
I’ve never been quite clear on that. Does that mean you can use “y’all” when addressing a single person? If so, it’s no improvement at all in terms of clarity over just plain “you”. I don’t know, off hand, if any language has a pronoun or word ending (for agultinative languages like Hungarian) than distinguishes between addressing a single person and a group.
Well, I just checked with my Hungarian co-worker and, yes, there is a clear difference between addressing a single person and a group.
356
posted on
05/29/2007 12:03:00 PM PDT
by
-YYZ-
To: Frank Sheed
Lexus radio commercials are the epitome of precious, priggish snotty-speak.
Any commercial that uses “purchase” instead of “buy” steers me clear of its product.
357
posted on
05/29/2007 12:04:39 PM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(You have to defile a mummy completely, or they come back to life. You know that.)
To: stayathomemom
Some people drop “basically” about 3 - 4 times in every sentence.
358
posted on
05/29/2007 12:04:56 PM PDT
by
3catsanadog
(Vote for the person at the primaries; vote for the party at the election.)
To: bruinbirdman
What has been driving me crazy over the last few years is the disappearance of the word "Yes" as an answer.
No one says "yes" anymore - they say "absolutely".
Watch an interview sometime, when the interviewer asks something like, "Did you find it hard to write your book while working full time?"
"Absolutely"
Or "Did you check out the new mall?
"Absolutely!"
Does EVERYONE say this nowdays?
"Absolutely"
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posted on
05/29/2007 12:05:30 PM PDT
by
Tokra
(I think I'll retire to Bedlam.)
To: Red Boots
Another point of order: here in the South, we do not say “you all.” That’s two words.
We say “y’all,” pronounced “yawl.” We MEAN “you all,” but we don’t feel like saying all that. ;)
360
posted on
05/29/2007 12:08:55 PM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(You have to defile a mummy completely, or they come back to life. You know that.)
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