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Monday: The investigation was headed by Defective William James.
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In Canadian politics, there was once a provincial legislator about whom there was a rumor that he would defect to the other party. He denied the report, declaring "I am not a defective". (This is true: Ross Barbour, in Newfoundland, 1971, who was noted for a miscellany of other malapropisms. Not to be confused with the lead singer with the Four Freshmen, Barbour was the Liberal member for Bonavista South, 1959-71)
When addressing someone, when did the convention change by putting the first name instead of the surname following one's title? I get it from telemarketers, bank tellers, etc. I just got a call from a telemarketer asking for a Mr. Steve. I responded, "you have the wrong number, there is no Mr. Steve here. This is the Jones residence."
When addressing someone, when did the convention change by putting the first name instead of the surname following one's title? I get it from telemarketers, bank tellers, etc. I just got a call from a telemarketer asking for a Mr. Steve. I responded, "you have the wrong number, there is no Mr. Steve here. This is the Jones residence."
I have found that to be an inner-city/ghetto speech characteristic.
If you are dealing with a person who grew up in the ghetto, it is likely that he/she would address you in that manner.
Yes, I find it to be...strange.
Similar to your response, whenever someone calls my home and mangles the pronunciation of my last name, I can honestly say that nobody with that name lives at that address. Since anyone with whom I would likely want to speak would also likely know how to pronounce my name, I feel pretty sure that I am just getting rid of pesty solicitors when I rebuff them in this way.
When addressing someone, when did the convention change by putting the first name instead of the surname following one's title? I get it from telemarketers, bank tellers, etc. I just got a call from a telemarketer asking for a Mr. Steve. I responded, "you have the wrong number, there is no Mr. Steve here. This is the Jones residence."
In the South, it is considered very proper to address an older lady that you personally know as Mizz Jane or Mizz Edna.
But I have never heard anyone addressed as you described. Maybe, for some reason, the telemarketing call list that you are on has you listed as Jones Steve.
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Originally Posted by tkovar
"Soup de jure" (you're forced to order it?).
I always order the Soup de Facto. It has more body to it.
"I do dolt on her & let her know how special she is."
(From a forum posting. Right word, wrong place. You can always tell hunt-n-peck typists, too -- to a touch-typist, it is a lot easier to type "and" than to press shift and search for the ampersand.)
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I like to tell them that it still IS my name. 
