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Oxford compiles list of top ten irritating phrases
Telegraph UK ^
| 11-7-08
| Charlotte Bailey
Posted on 11/07/2008 8:35:19 AM PST by edzo4
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To: edzo4
To: edzo4
“as of yet”. basically they’re saying “as of as of now”. News readers use this phrase constantly and it’s like shoving a hot poker in my eyes. Either a just plain “...yet.” or “...as of now.”
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:07:39 AM PST
by
Free_SJersey
(THE GOVERNMENT THAT GOVERNS LEAST, GOVERNS BEST.)
To: edzo4
At the end of the day it’s an absolute nightmare...been thinking about this 24/7 but at this moment in time I personally find this list not at all fairly unique. With all due respect it’s not rocket science.
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:08:04 AM PST
by
O6ret
To: Old North State
As this is British, Manchester United are defeating Liverpool, 2-nil.....
Are you kidding? The only thing better is Manchester United are defeating Liverpool 4-nil. You jest? The only thing better is "Arsenal are defeating Manchester United, 11-nil."
Sniff...!
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:08:56 AM PST
by
Frank Sheed
(Fr. V. R. Capodanno, Lt, USN, Catholic Chaplain. 3rd/5th, 1st Marine Div., FMF. MOH, posthumously.)
To: Deb
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:09:42 AM PST
by
Frank Sheed
(Fr. V. R. Capodanno, Lt, USN, Catholic Chaplain. 3rd/5th, 1st Marine Div., FMF. MOH, posthumously.)
To: AndyJackson
I was stunned that, this being a British list, “Brilliant” wasn’t at the top. They use it the way Paris Hilton uses “...like...”
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:09:51 AM PST
by
Deb
(Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
To: edzo4
“Not for nuthin, but . . .”
To: FrankR
Hubby’s pet peeve when watching football games is when the commentators say “Corderback” instead of “Quarterback.” Drives him crazy!
To: Deb
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:11:01 AM PST
by
Crawdad
To: Tax-chick
It’s true, very few qualifier make any sense applied to ‘unique’, I think only modal qualifiers like seemingly, apparently, necessarily, and yes, hopefully
work.
Language is defined by its use, so the modal use of ‘hopefully’ as a way of avoiding longwinded circumlocutions like “It is hoped that” is perfectly sound English. To all prescriptivists who insist that the word can only be used in the non-modal sense of ‘in a hopeful manner’, let me suggest you’re speaking the wrong language: move to France and get a job at the Academie Francaise.
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:11:11 AM PST
by
The_Reader_David
(And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
To: Crawdad
To: edzo4
At this moment in time, I personally can’t stand “I feel” and “basically”.
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:11:47 AM PST
by
DFG
To: sandyeggo
To: Lou L
If you tried to drink water from a firehose the pressure would rip your face apart.
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:12:31 AM PST
by
B4Ranch
To: Tax-chick
“Go armed.”
Wilco! Need more ammo anyway.
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:13:25 AM PST
by
Frank Sheed
(Fr. V. R. Capodanno, Lt, USN, Catholic Chaplain. 3rd/5th, 1st Marine Div., FMF. MOH, posthumously.)
To: Crawdad
“Can’t we all get along?” Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:14:03 AM PST
by
Deb
(Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
To: edzo4
As a Conservative on Free Republic what seems like 24/7, I am having a difficult time wrapping my mind around the concept, you know?
Perhaps you could break it down to the basics. It isn't rocket science after all is said and done at the end of the day.
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:14:34 AM PST
by
bd476
To: y'all
I’d of thought they’d of thrown under the bus under the bus.
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:16:42 AM PST
by
Cyber Ninja
(His legacy is a stain on the dress.)
To: LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot
Yes! “Hot water heater” is the worst! Closely followed by “general consensus.”
To: Tax-chick
Some of me customers want to know what is the “least inexpensive” thing we have.
So I tell the the most expensive.
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:19:18 AM PST
by
envisio
(If you ain't laughin yet... you ain't seen me naked. 8^O)
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