Top 10 irritating phrases
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Ray Cassick wrote:
- axed
You mean like, "I axed her a question," or something?
BDF People don't mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous. -- Moliere
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Researchers at Oxford University have compiled a list[^] of the top ten irritating phrases: 1 - At the end of the day 2 - Fairly unique 3 - I personally 4 - At this moment in time 5 - With all due respect 6 - Absolutely 7 - It's a nightmare 8 - Shouldn't of 9 - 24/7 10 - It's not rocket science Any additional ones annoy you?
I want to know what "Putting all your ducks in a row" means I thought it was the same as putting one's eggs in a basket but it appears to be used as a positive statement so maybe I think I might have misunderstood.
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I know "gotten" is valid Americanese but it really grates.
It only seems to bother foreigners. I'm happy with that. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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Steve_Harris wrote:
which I frankly trust more than Wikipedia in being a guide to the English language
Maybe if you are French and think there should be an official bunch of old foggies defining what is and is not French... but this is English. English is a dynamic, living, fricking language. Also, this is the same Oxford dictionary that has words/phrases like phat, "bling bling", blog, "new jacks", def and jiggy[^]. Frick should definitely be in there. BTW that Oxford dictionary website is a bit flaky. blog[^] returns no results but it was added to the Oxford dictionary[^].
cheers, Paul M. Watson.
Frick is almost never used in the UK - it is only ever heard in US TV imports - in the UK we use "Effing" to mean the same thing - as Frick sounds too much like "Frig" - a word for (amongst other things) female masturbation. As a side note - the museum in St Helens, Merseyside has an exhibition of frigging - the word is used in the glass trade to refer to decorative, but unusable, objects made from waste glass by glass workers after their official shifts have finished - things such as glass shovels, hammers, hats etc
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Frick is almost never used in the UK - it is only ever heard in US TV imports - in the UK we use "Effing" to mean the same thing - as Frick sounds too much like "Frig" - a word for (amongst other things) female masturbation. As a side note - the museum in St Helens, Merseyside has an exhibition of frigging - the word is used in the glass trade to refer to decorative, but unusable, objects made from waste glass by glass workers after their official shifts have finished - things such as glass shovels, hammers, hats etc
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Here in Ireland they don't bother hiding behind slang, they just come right out and say it. You can guess ;) (Glass hammers eh? I'll have to see if Waterford Crystal down the road offers any.)
cheers, Paul M. Watson.
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Frick is almost never used in the UK - it is only ever heard in US TV imports - in the UK we use "Effing" to mean the same thing - as Frick sounds too much like "Frig" - a word for (amongst other things) female masturbation. As a side note - the museum in St Helens, Merseyside has an exhibition of frigging - the word is used in the glass trade to refer to decorative, but unusable, objects made from waste glass by glass workers after their official shifts have finished - things such as glass shovels, hammers, hats etc
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at least locally in the US "effing" or occasionally "frigging" is used. I've don't recall the last time heard "fricking"
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
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I want to know what "Putting all your ducks in a row" means I thought it was the same as putting one's eggs in a basket but it appears to be used as a positive statement so maybe I think I might have misunderstood.
It means you can get the entire flock with a single shot from a punt gun. You can see demos using balloon rafts on youtube if you want.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
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Researchers at Oxford University have compiled a list[^] of the top ten irritating phrases: 1 - At the end of the day 2 - Fairly unique 3 - I personally 4 - At this moment in time 5 - With all due respect 6 - Absolutely 7 - It's a nightmare 8 - Shouldn't of 9 - 24/7 10 - It's not rocket science Any additional ones annoy you?
I replaced a few of those: 6 - Absolutely Absotively, Posilutely! 10 - It's not rocket science
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Researchers at Oxford University have compiled a list[^] of the top ten irritating phrases: 1 - At the end of the day 2 - Fairly unique 3 - I personally 4 - At this moment in time 5 - With all due respect 6 - Absolutely 7 - It's a nightmare 8 - Shouldn't of 9 - 24/7 10 - It's not rocket science Any additional ones annoy you?
... when it is the exact opposite of what they mean Yes, the four of us became famous literally overnight" - Katie Holmes "He will have such an incredible opportunity, incredible opportunity, not only to change the direction of America, but literally, literally to change the direction of the world." - Joe Biden :omg: Rich