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"Back in my day" and "well, when I was your age..."
Now that I'm in my 70s I've become the guy who says that all the time.
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Originally Posted by wherewhatwho
"Not my job, not my problem"
I think these days it's "Not my circus, not my monkey."
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Originally Posted by Im45us
My wife hates " It's all good" .
Me, too. Usually said repeatedly after something bad happens.
My usual cringe goes to "from whence." "Whence" already means "from where." As in "return whence you came."
Speaking of redundancies:
ATM Machine.
PIN Number
VIN Number
Many more such phrases are out there. They suffer from Redundant Acronym System (RAS) which is ironically titled on Wikipedia and other sites as RAS Syndrome. Go figure.
Last edited by adjusterjack; 11-01-2019 at 04:45 PM..
If you take out the part about "Bobby" think of how ridiculous it would sound. "Me and Bobby" vs "Bobby and I."
Then you will see how ridiculous it sounds. You would never say, "Me went somewhere." And thus you would never say, "Bobby and me went somewhere."
You would say, "I went somewhere." Or else you would say, "Bobby and I went somewhere."
Same thing as if you were tagging yourself in a facebook picture or something like that. So many people say things like, "Here's a picture of Bobby and I." That's totally wrong. You would never say (hopefully - lol) "Here's a picture of I." You would say, "Here's a picture of me."
If you take out the part about "Bobby" think of how ridiculous it would sound. "Me and Bobby" vs "Bobby and I."
Then you will see how ridiculous it sounds. You would never say, "Me went somewhere." And thus you would never say, "Bobby and me went somewhere."
You would say, "I went somewhere." Or else you would say, "Bobby and I went somewhere."
That's silly logic. Why does the sentence have to remain the same whether you are referring to yourself and Bobby versus just yourself? If you were to say "Bobby and I hurt ourselves" does that mean without Bobby it would be "I hurt ourselves"?
Now that I'm in my 70s I've become the guy who says that all the time.
I think these days it's "Not my circus, not my monkey."
Me, too. Usually said repeatedly after something bad happens.
My usual cringe goes to "from whence." "Whence" already means "from where." As in "return whence you came."
Speaking of redundancies:
ATM Machine.
PIN Number
VIN Number
Many more such phrases are out there. They suffer from Redundant Acronym System (RAS) which is ironically titled on Wikipedia and other sites as RAS Syndrome. Go figure.
Redundancies sound ridiculous until you think about why they came about in the first place. People simply weren't paying enough attention in the conversation and would always "huh?" when you just say ATM or VIN or PIN. Or wondered what a needle had to do with their account... and it stuck.
Again, probably having something to do with the south, some words are bolstered by partnered words to clarify what it is:
INK PEN: pin/pan/pen all sound the same in twang, do you mean a FRYING pan, INK pen, or SAFETY pin?
CHEWING GUM: gum/gun (we love our guns) you just don't want to get this one wrong when asking for some gum...
If you take out the part about "Bobby" think of how ridiculous it would sound. "Me and Bobby" vs "Bobby and I."
Then you will see how ridiculous it sounds. You would never say, "Me went somewhere." And thus you would never say, "Bobby and me went somewhere."
You would say, "I went somewhere." Or else you would say, "Bobby and I went somewhere."
Same thing as if you were tagging yourself in a facebook picture or something like that. So many people say things like, "Here's a picture of Bobby and I." That's totally wrong. You would never say (hopefully - lol) "Here's a picture of I." You would say, "Here's a picture of me."
-“he did a 360” when talking about people making a change. Then he’s facing the same direction he started from. He did a 180 if he changed.
-calling a SO “my lady” makes me cringe.
-moms who refer to themselves as “mama bear” as in “this mama bear will come after you if you mess with my babies.”
significant other makes me cringe.
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