what words annoy you?
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Hahahahahaha. I teach ESL. The biggest problem is the 12 verb tenses with students whose native language doesn't have any tenses (e.g. Chinese) and then explaining what a verb tense is and why we use them in English. Homonyms are tame in comparison.
Reminds me of this one:
I brought a bough that I had found by the slough near the edge of the borough. Though I thought I was tough, I began to cough. So my bough-hunting days were through.
This lesson in the logic of English pronuncimication is brought to you by the letters O-U-G-H.
It's always bored me that people have to use the same corporate buzzwords to be accepted and considered "In the loop".
Top 10 buzzwords
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The 10 most annoying corporate-speak phrases and what they really mean
http://guyism.com/lifestyle/the-10-...-speak-phrases-and-what-they-really-mean.html
The office seems to be overrun with the latest vernacular.
Top 10 buzzwords
Top 10 buzzwords - CNET.com
The 10 most annoying corporate-speak phrases and what they really mean
http://guyism.com/lifestyle/the-10-...-speak-phrases-and-what-they-really-mean.html
The office seems to be overrun with the latest vernacular.
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I word that bugs me is "no" because I like to have everything lol joking. I hate the word "whatever", I feel like someone just ran their fingernails down a chalkboard when I hear it. The other word is Bieber OMG that makes me crazy.
The phrases "it's for the children" or "think of the children". They're just synonyms for "let's suck ALL the fun out of life".
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I was at a restaurant last night, and at the table next to me there was a young woman who spoke with a strong Valley Girl dialect; and, I just wanted to drown her in her soup after hearing every sentence end as though it were a question, and contain the word "like" roughly six times per sentence.
I'm amazed they left out the golden Marketing jargon that seems to bleed into the rest of the world's offices. "Synergy" and "Proactive".
Oh, I forgot two that drive me crazy:
B.C.E. (Before Common Era)
and
C.E. (Common Era)
I'm am not an overtly religious person, but the fact of the matter is we've used the Gregorian calendar here in the west for nearly 2000 years. Just because some people feel uncomfortable when faced with anything connected with religion is no excuse to change the terms of reference we have used for nearly two millennium. The correct terms are: B.C. (Before Christ) and A.D. (Anno Domini) Frickin' DEAL WITH IT.
B.C.E. (Before Common Era)
and
C.E. (Common Era)
I'm am not an overtly religious person, but the fact of the matter is we've used the Gregorian calendar here in the west for nearly 2000 years. Just because some people feel uncomfortable when faced with anything connected with religion is no excuse to change the terms of reference we have used for nearly two millennium. The correct terms are: B.C. (Before Christ) and A.D. (Anno Domini) Frickin' DEAL WITH IT.
you are going to hate me, i always mess those two up.
mine is, Grip as in "I got a grip of stuff to do"
I like slang, I use it.. but that just sounds weird to me.
Oxymoron....Just pisses me off. I can handle being called one or the other, but both!
A chain grocer in the area has "ABOUT 8 Items" lines and "ABOUT 15 Items" lines. Those must be for the patrons who are unable to count that high. It's enough to cause "life rage".
"Sorry about the bad pictures, they were taken with my cell phone" --- Ever think of using a camera?
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