Something I've realized really annoys me...
07-09-2008, 12:58 PM
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So yea, I've noticed when people **** up sayings it really irritates me, I think mostly because it wouldn't take much to figure out what you are saying doesn't make any sense. I was reading a forum a few mins ago a guy used "falls on death ears" like 5 times in the post, who the **** does that make an sense too? The irony of it was he was basically trying to tell another guy how much smarter he was. It's like an epidemic though and I never correct people's english, it annoys the **** out of me when people do that, HOWEVER when someone uses a saying incorrect it's like a reflex, I can't avoid correcting them, it's like finger nails on the chalkboard.
So the only conclusion i can draw from all this is that people use sayings with relatively not idea of what they mean or how they apply to the situation, I assume they've just heard people say it and so they pass on the botched saying. So there's another thing, if you don't know what it means, don't say it, figure it out before you start saying it, that's all I ask
Alright then.
So the only conclusion i can draw from all this is that people use sayings with relatively not idea of what they mean or how they apply to the situation, I assume they've just heard people say it and so they pass on the botched saying. So there's another thing, if you don't know what it means, don't say it, figure it out before you start saying it, that's all I ask
Alright then.
07-09-2008, 01:31 PM
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I used to say, "for all intensive purposes", rather than "for all intents and purposes". Once I figured it out, I felt like an idiot, though I'm pretty sure nobody ever noticed.
The one that bugs me is "such is life". It's like some people just say that when they can't think of anything else to say. Or even worse, the French "c'est la vie", they'll use it totally out of context, even sometimes in place of "goodbye".
Also on the French note, it's VOILA. Not "WALLA" or any other dumbass interpretation.
AND GODDAMMIT, IT'S "ESPRESSO" NOT "EXPRESSO"!!
The one that bugs me is "such is life". It's like some people just say that when they can't think of anything else to say. Or even worse, the French "c'est la vie", they'll use it totally out of context, even sometimes in place of "goodbye".
Also on the French note, it's VOILA. Not "WALLA" or any other dumbass interpretation.
AND GODDAMMIT, IT'S "ESPRESSO" NOT "EXPRESSO"!!
07-09-2008, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by phinsup' post='904064' date='Jul 9 2008, 01:58 PM
So yea, I've noticed when people **** up sayings it really irritates me, I think mostly because it wouldn't take much to figure out what you are saying doesn't make any sense. I was reading a forum a few mins ago a guy used "falls on death ears" like 5 times in the post, who the **** does that make an sense too? The irony of it was he was basically trying to tell another guy how much smarter he was. It's like an epidemic though and I never correct people's english, it annoys the **** out of me when people do that, HOWEVER when someone uses a saying incorrect it's like a reflex, I can't avoid correcting them, it's like finger nails on the chalkboard.
So the only conclusion i can draw from all this is that people use sayings with relatively not idea of what they mean or how they apply to the situation, I assume they've just heard people say it and so they pass on the botched saying. So there's another thing, if you don't know what it means, don't say it, figure it out before you start saying it, that's all I ask
Alright then.
So the only conclusion i can draw from all this is that people use sayings with relatively not idea of what they mean or how they apply to the situation, I assume they've just heard people say it and so they pass on the botched saying. So there's another thing, if you don't know what it means, don't say it, figure it out before you start saying it, that's all I ask
Alright then.
I hear ya!
I personally am appalled at the lack of what I'll call "language skills" today. I don't know what is being taught in schools, but it appears to me to be mostly arrogance and ignorance.
On the other hand, stupid people can be fun.
07-09-2008, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by TheRX7Project' post='904070' date='Jul 9 2008, 11:20 AM
I'm reasonably sure this falls on death ears. You're barking up the wrong tree, and one in the hand is worth two in the bush. Fifteen will get you twenty.
what do you mean i'm banking in the wrong tree?
a couple holloweens ago, we were having fun with the two hands on the bush is better than a bird in a tree...
07-09-2008, 02:04 PM
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HA HA yea the "expresso" thing pisses me off, lots of people say that in florida. Hell they don't even teach cursive anymore. "all intensive purposes", ha ha what does that mean.
I dated a chick in highschool that would say "the pot thickens" I finally asked here what the **** that meant and he said "duh, you know the pot thickens when heats up" which is not only the exact opposite of what a "pot" does when it heats up, but it doesn't make any ******* sense. Needless to say, we dated for a while, she knew here way around the junk, even if she was dumb.
I also hear people use "6 to one Half a dozen to the other" when it doesn't apply to the situation at all, I say that's black, you say it's blue "6 to one half a dozen to the other" horse ****, that would me we're both saying the same thing, however we are not, yer saying it's blue and it's black. "potato, potawto" ********
I dated a chick in highschool that would say "the pot thickens" I finally asked here what the **** that meant and he said "duh, you know the pot thickens when heats up" which is not only the exact opposite of what a "pot" does when it heats up, but it doesn't make any ******* sense. Needless to say, we dated for a while, she knew here way around the junk, even if she was dumb.
I also hear people use "6 to one Half a dozen to the other" when it doesn't apply to the situation at all, I say that's black, you say it's blue "6 to one half a dozen to the other" horse ****, that would me we're both saying the same thing, however we are not, yer saying it's blue and it's black. "potato, potawto" ********
07-09-2008, 05:26 PM
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Ya know what bugs me? "Damn that car must be fas because the speedometer goes up to ______" or "it goes xxMPH in X gear!" and I actually used to punch this friend of mine for saying "noss" instead of "nitrous". He is now properly learned.
