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Beanmimo 
"August review site"
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 Posted - 03/24/2007 : 21:21:38
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How about those people who say
"Are you talking to me?"
when alone in their apartments while looking at a mirror.
The've got to be crazy. |
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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 03/24/2007 : 21:52:55
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Originally posted by Beanmimo
How about those people who say
"Are you talking to me?"
when alone in their apartments while looking at a mirror.
The've got to be crazy.
Or they're rehearsing 
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Sal[Au]pian 
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 03/24/2007 : 23:17:19
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
And thoughtless people who leave their nachos on the floor in dark cinemas where other people can trip over them and then, when you do trip on them, they start complaining that you trod on their nachos. 
Yet more misrepresentation from napper - surprise, surprise. I didn't say that it was dark (it wasn't) and I did say that I didn't complain to them. |
Edited by - Sal[Au]pian on 03/26/2007 10:16:25 |
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Sal[Au]pian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 03/24/2007 : 23:20:43
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| I'm now working in a new office and a guy there keeps saying "in reality" for no apparent reason. Everything he says is littered with it. Luckily he is a nice guy - otherwise it could be really annoying. |
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Whippersnapper. 
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 03/25/2007 : 12:32:21
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"The facts speak for themselves". 
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Whippersnapper.
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 03/25/2007 : 12:52:15
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Originally posted by Beanmimo
How about those people who say
"Are you talking to me?"
when alone in their apartments while looking at a mirror.
The've got to be crazy.
You talkin' about me?
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E.L.F 
"Me, nice Elf, aye."
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Posted - 03/25/2007 : 14:54:36
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This debate has thrown me into quite a dilemma..
I'm really confused now as to whether I'd prefer the man in my life to be Hanged or Hung..
but I guess it depends on my mood!
Wishing you All A Very Happy Easter to those who celebrate it,
your lurking friend,
Elf.
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Sean 
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 03/25/2007 : 23:26:25
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Originally posted by E.L.F
This debate has thrown me into quite a dilemma..
I'm really confused now as to whether I'd prefer the man in my life to be Hanged or Hung..
...or well hanged or well hung...? |
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Mr Savoir Faire 
"^ Click my name. "
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Posted - 03/26/2007 : 02:13:34
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I hate when people say "peruse". Despite its meaning of "to read thoroughly", the word is more often misused to mean "skimmed over". I have no idea how a word couldbecome its own antonym. What's bad is that everytime someone uses it, I have to insult them and ask what they mean.
I find it humorous when people say "I'm nauseous." They mean "nauseated," but sometimes, by complaining, they are "nauseous." |
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 03/26/2007 : 04:14:48
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A word that's become so abused that it's effectively a 'dead' word is "psychotic" when people actually mean "psychopathic". I gave up being annoyed about it when I realised that well over half of the usages on IMDb plot summaries are wrong (usually when referring to killers). So I don't see the point in using the word any more as few know what it means, and the rest will think it means something else. Although strangely enough the noun that 'psychotic' relates to (psychosis) hasn't been subject to the same misuse.
I'm guessing people must just like the sound of it. |
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Stalean
"Back...OMG"
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Posted - 03/26/2007 : 05:06:11
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Originally posted by Mr Stupid
I hate when people say "peruse". Despite its meaning of "to read thoroughly", the word is more often misused to mean "skimmed over". I have no idea how a word couldbecome its own antonym. What's bad is that everytime someone uses it, I have to insult them and ask what they mean.
I find it humorous when people say "I'm nauseous." They mean "nauseated," but sometimes, by complaining, they are "nauseous."
You might like to "peruse" this British perspective on nauseous versus nauseated, Mr. Stupid.  |
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Whippersnapper.
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 03/26/2007 : 13:42:45
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Originally posted by Mr Stupid
I hate when people say "peruse". Despite its meaning of "to read thoroughly", the word is more often misused to mean "skimmed over". I have no idea how a word couldbecome its own antonym. What's bad is that everytime someone uses it, I have to insult them and ask what they mean.
I always thought it had something to do with South America.  |
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Chris C
"Four words, never backwards."
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Posted - 03/26/2007 : 19:55:13
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Originally posted by StaLean
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Originally posted by Chris C
The (mainly) US usage of momentarily winds me up. According to my dictionary, momentary means "lasting only a moment, short-lived, transitory". This word does NOT mean SOON.
Correct usage is, I believe () "He was momentarily surprised at how many votes his top review had received"
Incorrect usage: "The MERPS will reject another review momentarily".
Not that I use momentarily very often, but it seems MSN Encarta disagrees with you on this one.
So that'll be Americans talking about an oddly american usage of a word.. |
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Stalean
"Back...OMG"
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Posted - 03/26/2007 : 20:03:09
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Indeed, all worthy instances of grammarian prescriptive rules. I find that "alot" for "a lot" truly bothers me. There is no such word as "alot." There is the word "allot" meaning 'earmark' or 'give as share.' Also:
1. The pronunciation "pitcher" for "picture."
2. The use of "use to" for "used to."
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Stalean
"Back...OMG"
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Posted - 03/26/2007 : 20:17:56
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Originally posted by Chris C
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Originally posted by StaLean
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Originally posted by Chris C
The (mainly) US usage of momentarily winds me up. According to my dictionary, momentary means "lasting only a moment, short-lived, transitory". This word does NOT mean SOON.
Correct usage is, I believe () "He was momentarily surprised at how many votes his top review had received"
Incorrect usage: "The MERPS will reject another review momentarily".
Not that I use momentarily very often, but it seems MSN Encarta disagrees with you on this one.
So that'll be Americans talking about an oddly american usage of a word..
Maybe not American for too long according to AskOxford.com:
"momentarily for in a moment:
'momentarily', in British English, means 'for a short time'. In US English it has the sense of 'very soon', a meaning which looks likely to establish itself in the UK too. For the time being, phrases such as the one used by airline staff 'we will be landing momentarily' can still cause consternation." |
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Hanged or hung?
