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07-14-2009, 06:37 PM
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Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by smartygurl
I say "anyway" alot so I am sure that irritates other people. As far as what bothers me, I hate hearing the word "ya'll".
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Hey! I'm from West Virginia originally and never got over using "y'all". BTW, A LOT is two words, smarty pants...I mean gurl.. Ha! |
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07-14-2009, 06:59 PM
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"Feminists. How many old maids have you made?"
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JustPassinThru
"To tell you the truth..." (Because you usually lie?)
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Often precedes a statement in which the speaker comes off not looking good in some way. As in "I'm telling you this even though ....... ".
Or they could just be fibbers! |
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07-14-2009, 07:19 PM
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Merry Christmas!
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"Decking the halls...etc.etc."
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Plano, TX (northern suburb of Dallas)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Buzz123
Along those lines, does it bother anyone else to hear, "Do you want to go with?" I wanna scream, "WITH WHAT???" I think that's more of a Midwest thing though.
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It must be a Midwest thing. I have never heard this one. |
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07-14-2009, 07:32 PM
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That's Asheville with an 'e'
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Economic Wasteland of Dumbya's follies
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___(fill in the blank)_____ American
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07-14-2009, 07:36 PM
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Merry Christmas!
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"Decking the halls...etc.etc."
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Plano, TX (northern suburb of Dallas)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by coyoteskye
oh, that expression bothers me to.
i don't know why though.
it just sounds silly.
but i'd say "she has been missing since friday" as opposed to your, "she was missing since friday."  |
Did my own grammar go missing on that one?   |
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07-14-2009, 08:18 PM
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Location: Brooklyn
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Over the years, I believe I've developed quite a strong allergy to buzzwords and catchphrases. I think it started in the 70s, when President Ford started babbling the word rebate--you may remember that it was virtually impossible to escape that word for a while there!
Then came the Era of the Euphemism, when garbagemen became sanitation engineers.
Lately I feel as though I'm surrounded on all sides; it's getting harder and harder to pick out nice, straightforward communication from the blizzard of bad usage. I know there's supposed to be a silver lining in every cloud, but at the present time...
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07-14-2009, 08:27 PM
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Being "impartial" is not necessarily a bad thing.
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: On a slow-sinking granite rock up north
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Just thought of another one.
It annoys me to hear of anyone discussing any business or person's "brand" - to me that's a scorch mark on a cow's rump and nothing more.  |
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07-14-2009, 09:06 PM
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Senior Member
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"Be Careful today. They are watching !"
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Arizona High Desert
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I have a whole cartload. "Win-Win" "The bottom line" "What do you want ME to do about it?" "Yeah, Riiight".
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07-14-2009, 10:51 PM
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Member
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Join Date: Jun 2009
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yes
Zero-sum game 
Someone's hubby and that woman's old man
Girl with a bun-in-the-oven (with or without hyphens) 
Taking of reality checks
Jet up the highway to Phoenix
A really outstanding, outgoing girl   
The movers and shakers
Would you like to come in here
Drive your vehicle over here please
Root-causes, target-ends, and interpersonal relationships
Last edited by willard e. kissinger jr.; 07-14-2009 at 10:59 PM..
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07-15-2009, 12:09 AM
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And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us
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Location: Suburban Chicago
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7 am tomorrow morning-----  As opposed to 7 am tomorrow night or 7 pm tomorrow morning? |
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