Language Peeves

Discussion in 'Evolution of Language' started by Sheldon Scott, Mar 31, 2015.

  1. Michelle Anderson

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    As in the the Fox News person Rita Cosby, who was describing a Little League baseball player with this phase: "He literally blew the spectators away!"

    That earned her a letter, cc'd to Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch with a lesson about the meaning of the word "literally" and what it would look like if the child "literally" blew the spectators away.
     
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  2. Mari North

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    Oh, @Michelle Anderson ... yes! I get such a kick out of that when I hear it! Things like "I literally tasted that a hundred years ago when I was a kid"... uh, really?! :rolleyes:
     
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    One that still makes me shudder is the commentator who described the Dutch footballer Arjen Robben as being "literally on fire." Ouch.

    I liked that one so much that I pinched it to use in my novel.
     
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    I dislike it when people say "I seen" instead of "I saw".
     
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    And theirselves instead of themselves.
     
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    The response "I'm good," in reply to a general question about how well one is keeping always makes me want to say, "That is for other people to decide."
     
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    :D
     
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  9. That reminds me of one of my late father's favorites- he'd often say "Same difference." :p
     
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  10. I agree with you on that.
    I also dislike the excuse for risky/foolish behavior "You only live once." But I found a good comeback to that: "You only die once, too."
     
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    When I'm talking to people I know, I say, "I'm good" because, Shug, I AM good. :D When I'm talking to prim and proper people , I say, "I am well, thank you. I hope you are also."
     
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    @Tom Locke could she have been saying "ya know"? Very common filler phrase, but annoying.
     
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    "Unbelievable". When someone says that after a remark or statement is made, It's as if they are calling the person who made the remark a liar.
     
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    Love this thread - so many funny responses
    Agree so much with the opening post too
    I tend to write how I speak, I can't suddenly be someone I'm not to fit in
    I don't class meself as 'common' - but a 'natural' cockney
    Common speak - well it makes me teeth itch .......................:p
     
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  15. Ken Anderson

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    I hear that on news reports all the time. If they don't even believe it, why are they reporting it?
     
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