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RE: Choice of phrase grrrrrrrrr - 11/7/2008 1:22:38 PM   
windchymes


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Status: offline 		Growing up, my mom frequently said "I could care less".  I pondered that as a teenager and concluded that maybe it meant that the amount of not caring was so vast that it was actually infinite, that no matter how much you didn't care, you could keep on caring less. 

I honestly didn't hear it as "I couldn't care less" until I was an adult.  So for me, it works either way. *shrug*

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RE: Choice of phrase grrrrrrrrr - 11/7/2008 1:25:24 PM   
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RE: Choice of phrase grrrrrrrrr - 11/8/2008 6:35:34 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thank you for posting, it's a pet peeve of mine as well.

I also am irked by modified forms of 'unique' and improper uses of 'literally.'

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RE: Choice of phrase grrrrrrrrr - 11/8/2008 1:16:05 PM   
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Status: offline 		This begs the question what is annoying.  Personally, I feel that at the end of the day it is when something literally makes me burn with anger.  In terms of definitions, it is something that really makes me loose my temper!  Some people say I am fussy but I completely refute that. 

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RE: Choice of phrase grrrrrrrrr - 11/8/2008 1:19:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		'Fairly unique' The OED people hate that because something can't be fairly unique it either is or it isn't unique.

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RE: Choice of phrase grrrrrrrrr - 11/8/2008 1:22:10 PM   
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RE: Choice of phrase grrrrrrrrr - 11/8/2008 1:29:38 PM   
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RE: Choice of phrase grrrrrrrrr - 11/8/2008 2:40:54 PM   
BLGirl


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Status: offline 		I have always hated; "To be completely honest..."
 
You can usually bet that you are about to be lied to when someone says this line!
 
I end up thinking to myself; "I was hoping you were already being honest, but now since you pointed it out, I will be sure to listen extra close.."      Whatever! Ha.
 
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RE: Choice of phrase grrrrrrrrr - 11/8/2008 2:43:57 PM   
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ORIGINAL: ludwig9

This begs the question what is annoying.  Personally, I feel that at the end of the day it is when something literally makes me burn with anger.  In terms of definitions, it is something that really makes me loose my temper!  Some people say I am fussy but I completely refute that. 


Ludwig?!!!

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RE: Choice of phrase grrrrrrrrr - 11/8/2008 3:55:14 PM   
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RE: Choice of phrase grrrrrrrrr - 11/8/2008 5:35:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		Phrases that annoy me:
 
"A passenger has been taken ill." How quaint.
"We are sorry for the delay this was caused by delays in the London Bridge area." WTF does that mean? It would be nice if they said what the delay that caused the delay was.
 
 
You get the theme I'm going with.


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RE: Choice of phrase grrrrrrrrr - 11/8/2008 5:39:50 PM   
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"How do you feel about that?" "what do you want for dinner?" "Do you like this?" "Should I expect you tommorrow?" -
"I don't know."
Always makes me want to ask, 'And whom should I ask?"

Likewise, a blank stare when asked something inncous - 'What's your name?' 'What time should we expect you?' 'Did you have a good day today?' 'what would you like?'
the blank stare always makes me say 'The questions don't get any easier'

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RE: Choice of phrase grrrrrrrrr - 11/8/2008 5:48:44 PM   
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RE: Choice of phrase grrrrrrrrr - 11/8/2008 5:55:27 PM   
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ORIGINAL: missturbation

I cant believe you would make fun of something which irritates me so you mean mean people




Lmao. I could care less.


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RE: Choice of phrase grrrrrrrrr - 11/8/2008 5:57:33 PM   
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Status: offline 		Because "I couldn't care less" had become such a commonly-used cliche', people started using this twist on the phrase, "I could care less," in the vernacular.  It's as if saying the entire phrase had become too obvious.  As you perceive, "I could care less" has the opposite meaning that is usually intended, in context.

I'm not usually annoyed by misuse of words and phrases, but I notice.  Often misused, are words that express absolutes.  For example, there is no 'kinda' to "forever," "never," "always," "completely," "unique," or "literally."

Also, a misnomer is a mis-naming of, a poor name for something [see Groucho Marx, "Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms."]; it is not the same as a misconception.

And, ha, mano a mano is "hand-to-hand," in Spanish, not man-to-man.

The correct phrase for man-to-man would be shounen ai.  No, now I'm just playin' with ya.

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RE: Choice of phrase grrrrrrrrr - 11/8/2008 6:04:02 PM   
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RE: Choice of phrase grrrrrrrrr - 11/8/2008 6:06:15 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Dnomyar

"Whatever" is another one.

Yeah, but you're got to use the whiny/Valley girl tone.

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RE: Choice of phrase grrrrrrrrr - 11/8/2008 6:19:11 PM   
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ORIGINAL: thornhappy

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ORIGINAL: Dnomyar

"Whatever" is another one.

Yeah, but you're got to use the whiny/Valley girl tone.



Yea my niece does that one well.


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RE: Choice of phrase grrrrrrrrr - 11/8/2008 6:26:16 PM   
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Status: offline 		vicinity, innocuous, lose=to be unable to find and loose=not tight, - so much for misspellings
Don't get me started.
some of my favorite pet peeves turned out to be real words. doesn't that just twirk ya?
and god save me from intrical - not a word, you have either integral or intricate
dammit too late, i started.  gonna go look at another forum, maybe i will stop.
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RE: Choice of phrase grrrrrrrrr - 11/8/2008 6:38:13 PM   
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