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alwynsw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-03 07:18 PM Original message |
What perfectly good word misrepresentations piss you off? |
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Scott Lee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-03 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. "irregardless" |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-03 07:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. ALOT |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-03 07:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Actually, I was taught that "alot" was perfectly correct, |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-03 07:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Taught by whom? |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-03 07:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Okay. |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-03 07:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Washington State University list of common errors... ALOT |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-03 07:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Citation overkill |
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alwynsw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-03 07:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Try an ancient college English teacher of mine |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-03 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. "ironical" |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-03 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. hoar--as in frost |
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AquariDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-03 07:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. An old hare hoar... |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-03 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. masticate |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-03 07:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Ouch. |
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caledesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-03 08:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. All those w/ hairy uvulas please step forward. n/t |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-03 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. "Partial birth" abortion |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-03 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
13. Orientated |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-03 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
15. LIBERAL! |
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Political_Junkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-03 08:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Applause |
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vptpt (534 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-03 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. "Same difference" |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-03 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
17. I HATE HATE HATE people who think ignorant means rude |
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kodi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-03 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
18. lacksadaisical for lackadaisical in speech |
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roughsatori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-03 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
20. Smell or Smells for stink |
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caledesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-03 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
22. Women doctors....Is that the same as in Men doctors? |
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displacedtexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-03 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
23. fair |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-03 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
24. Fulsome, used as a synonym for plentiful |
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Stone Cold (161 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-03 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
26. the word... |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-03 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
27. Fagot |
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