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Im pretty laid back but Ive been getting a little testy lately. My straw right now is "We should...…." and "We need to ………". This statement is usually followed by some chore that the person thinks needs to be done immediately. But not by them. So that just leaves me. This is getting old. My name is not We.
My mother was lying on her back coming out of a brain hemorrhage and when the nurse' aid asked her, "How do you feel?", my mother answered, "With my hands".
SHE WAS BACK!
I love that comeback! Even in post-emergency befuddlement, she managed to snap out a good retort.
It also wouldn't have been grammatically correct that way.
It is correctly sung "...good enough for me and Bobby McGee," just as one would say "good enough for ME," not "good enough for I."
Right. “...for me and Bobby” is an objective phrase and “Bobby and I...” is a subjective phrase. I am dredging up ancient elementary school lessons here, but I think that is where the distinction lies. (No, NOT “where the distinction lays”!!!!)
Howwwwwwever, “...for Bobby and me” would be considered better.
That misuse of “honest” probably (“prolly”?) happened from confusion with the word “frank.” To be frank is to be straightforward, to not beat around the bush or euphemize. To be honest is exactly that, to say the true CONTENT, either in a frank MANNER or not.
I have heard a lot of strange sayings from folks I've met from various parts of the country:
Rural Kansas -
I'll teach him how the cow eats the cabbage (someone needs to be taught a lesson)
Don't get me to lie to you (I don't know the answer to your question)
Pennsylvania-
It's all (meaning all gone)
Wisconsin-
I blow you no horn me (don't honk at me)
Come here once (I need to see you)
Except for that last one, which is probably a lazy way of saying Come Here AT Once, the sayings are colorful and I don’t find them annoying. But if they are overused, they would become irritating. ANY phrase used too often becomes irritating!
Someone has probably already mentioned, "Have your cake and eat it too." It doesn't irritate me so much as it makes no sense. My son used to mistakenly say, "Have your cake and ice cream too.' When I corrected him, he asked me to explain how that could possibly make sense. It made more sense that you get to have your cake and your ice cream too.
I'd have to agree with him. If I have my cake, why in the world would I not be able to eat it too?
My 20 something daughter still says, "like" and "go" Example, "I was like what and then she goes...." Grow up Valley girl!
I hate it when people right "welp" instead of saying "well." It sounds so stupid.
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