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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Arlette on February 28, 2006, 02:45:00 am
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I've had a long day/night at work, so forgive me, but the frustration level is high, as is the need to vent.
To: Everyone that works with me
From: Arlette
Re: Words that do not exist
Per the subject line, please see below:
1. Anyways: Not a word. Remove the "s", then you're good to go..
2. Supposebly: Is the letter "d" not your friend? Do you hate "d"?
3. Mute: actually is a word, but it means to soften, as in volume. The word you're looking for is "moot". As in moot point. Meaning: irrelevant. If you say "mute point" one more time I will have to kill you.
4. Could care less: when you use this, the literal meaning is that you DO care. For future reference, when you want to indicate that you have no interest, the correct phrase is "Couldn't care less". As in, "I couldn't care less about the UAE ports deal, it's all politics." Also, see # 3 above. I will need to resort to violence if you say "I could care less" one more time when you actually mean you don't a give a shit.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
Arlette
(a.k.a. doesn't want to be grammar Nazi, but, get a grip! You're an adult! Anyway"s" was supposed to be left behind like puberty!)
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Your right....You must of have a bad day....Anyways, hope your next one is shorter.
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You couldn't come up with more then that? That's rediculous!
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What about the word, "Musk"?
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Originally posted by crusader:
You couldn't come up with more then that? That's rediculous!
definately rediculous!
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And I thought I was the only one that thought this way. How about "could of had"? As in, "I could of had a piece of toast"? It's "I could HAVE had a piece of toast"?
And there's always the confusion between "their", "there", and "they're". I've seen many egregious examples of this.
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Originally posted by xcanuck:
And I thought I was the only one that thought this way. How about "could of had"? As in, "I could of had a piece of toast"? It's "I could HAVE had a piece of toast"?
And there's always the confusion between "their", "there", and "they're". I've seen many egregious examples of this.
I agree with the "there" and "their", I get a chuckle every time I see that one. But I admit, I am a vicitm of the "could of had" one. It just flows better I guess.
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Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
But I admit, I am a vicitm of the "could of had" one. It just flows better I guess.
It makes sense when you pronounce it this way, since you're actually pronouncing the contraction, "could've"... it's only wrong when people extrapolate that pronunciation into "could of."
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For all intensive purposes...
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1) irregardless
2) dumb jock speak - "out-physical" (what the shit is that?)
3) how about the inability of people to use "ly"??? you know, as in any old adverb.
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YOU'RE right.
Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
Your right....You must of have a bad day....Anyways, hope your next one is shorter.
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Ive seen it used many times on here:
Noone
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Ive seen it used many times on here:
Noone
Our resident genius used it yesterday! (yes, I'm stalking.)
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Originally posted by crusader:
...genious....
Sometimes the jokes write themselves.
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Your all a bunch of loosers.
I'll admit I always mess up effect/affect though.
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here's the one mnemonic device that for some reason always stuck with me. i think it's because it was the first thing they taught my first day of college in journalism 101, before i starting ingesting every drug i possibly could.
RAVEN (Remember, Affect is a Verb, Effect is a Noun)
Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
Your all a bunch of loosers.
I'll admit I always mess up effect/affect though.
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Originally posted by crusader:
...genious....
Sometimes the jokes write themselves. [/b]
Ha... Touche
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Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
Your right....You must of have a bad day....Anyways, hope your next one is shorter.
wow, you win the prize for the worst sentence ever!!! :)
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Ive seen it used many times on here:
Noone
Wasn't Peter Noone the lead singer of Herman's Hermits? How do I know that?
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Originally posted by BookerT:
RAVEN (Remember, Affect is a Verb, Effect is a Noun)
Thanks!
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"You know". I work with people who will put this phrase in every pause in a sentence, you know. It is, you know, very annoying. You know, it gets to the point where, you know, you start to count the number of "you knows", you know, in their sentence and, you know, you lose track of what they are saying.
You know what I mean?
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The one that drives me nuts besides "definately" is "irregardless".
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"play it by year" - I hate people who insist that is what the phrase is and not "play it by ear." who plays it by year anyway? Play it by month? WTF!
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Originally posted by Sir HC:
"You know". I work with people who will put this phrase in every pause in a sentence, you know. It is, you know, very annoying. You know, it gets to the point where, you know, you start to count the number of "you knows", you know, in their sentence and, you know, you lose track of what they are saying.
You know what I mean?
You work with every NCAA/Professional football/basketball player?
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"aks." "ask" is a three letter word. is it really that hard to get them in the right order?
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"Goot" and "blest"
You have a goot day.
Oh, you know I will have a blest day.
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The one that makes me want to just up and smack someone is "I SEEN -fill in band name here- last week".
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I think most of these phrases are just pigments of your alls imaginations.
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Originally posted by mrpee:
I think most of these phrases are just pigments of your alls imaginations.
Alot!