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11/13/2005 10:40:30 AM · #51 |
I hate it when a person - namely my father-in-law who was born and raised in the south, ends a discussion with "I'll tell you what". He's not going to tell me anything after that - no explanantion, no addition to the conversation, just uses it as a conversation ender. Aaagghhhh !
The other thing that drives me absolutely nuts is when a person says aks instead of ask - this is done often in Detroit where my Aunt lives. She does it herself. I hate it. She says Can I aks you a questions? Eeeerrrrrrr.
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11/13/2005 03:09:25 PM · #52 |
Originally posted by MPRPRO:
How about this one âA mans just got to know his limitations.â And they credit Dirty Harry?
It was William Shakespeare who wrote those words hundreds of years ago.. |
he also wrote go hither and maketh my day punk!
And oh yeah I was fixin to pronounce modern i could of but i was gonna try and see if the proof was in the puddin' boy i tell ya what!
Message edited by author 2005-11-13 15:47:54.
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11/25/2005 04:52:03 PM · #53 |
Okay, time to resurrect this thread!
My pet hate is when work colleagues turn the work 'ask' into a noun;
- "How many asks are on the list?"
- "He has a few asks"
- "Lets go through the asks"
Horrible. |
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11/25/2005 04:53:58 PM · #54 |
Originally posted by jhonan:
Okay, time to resurrect this thread!
My pet hate is when work colleagues turn the work 'ask' into a noun;
- "How many asks are on the list?"
- "He has a few asks"
- "Lets go through the asks"
Horrible. |
Shouldn't that be [t]asks?
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11/25/2005 04:58:03 PM · #55 |
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
Originally posted by jhonan:
Okay, time to resurrect this thread!
My pet hate is when work colleagues turn the work 'ask' into a noun;
- "How many asks are on the list?"
- "He has a few asks"
- "Lets go through the asks"
Horrible. |
Shouldn't that be [t]asks? |
You'd think so, yes. But apart from hearing it in meetings, I've also seen it written in emails numerous times. Instead of 'questions', 'requests', or as you said 'tasks'... |
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11/25/2005 05:03:20 PM · #56 |
Oh, and while I'm on a roll, here are a few more work-related phrases I hate:
- 'on the radar' ('I'll keep that on the radar', 'It fell off the radar' etc...)
- 'talk to it' (instead of 'talk through it')
- 'ping him/her' (contact someone via phone/im/email)
I'm leaving that job next week, so I can say all these things now... :) |
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11/25/2005 05:58:14 PM · #57 |
Originally posted by jhonan:
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
Originally posted by jhonan:
Okay, time to resurrect this thread!
My pet hate is when work colleagues turn the work 'ask' into a noun;
- "How many asks are on the list?"
- "He has a few asks"
- "Lets go through the asks"
Horrible. |
Shouldn't that be [t]asks? |
You'd think so, yes. But apart from hearing it in meetings, I've also seen it written in emails numerous times. Instead of 'questions', 'requests', or as you said 'tasks'... |
What's wrong with the word 'queries'? Probably too many letters.
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11/27/2005 05:37:51 PM · #58 |
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11/27/2005 05:53:01 PM · #59 |
Originally posted by jsas:
I hate the word ---WORK. |
couple that with "Monday morning" and you can really get me going!
:)
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11/27/2005 06:14:09 PM · #60 |
Funny... I had great grammar and pronunciation until I read this thread.
Now I'm all left feets... |
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11/27/2005 06:42:06 PM · #61 |
Originally posted by jadin:
Funny... I had great grammar and pronunciation until I read this thread.
Now I'm all left feets... |
I never knew feet could be pluralized. ;o)
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11/27/2005 06:44:32 PM · #62 |
I drove past an auto repair/muffler shop today with a big sign advertising that they were "excepting Mastercard and Visa."
Nice. |
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11/27/2005 06:47:02 PM · #63 |
Originally posted by Elemmennope:
I drove past an auto repair/muffler shop today with a big sign advertising that they were "excepting Mastercard and Visa."
Nice. |
Priceless lol |
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11/27/2005 06:47:27 PM · #64 |
Originally posted by Elemmennope:
I drove past an auto repair/muffler shop today with a big sign advertising that they were "excepting Mastercard and Visa."
Nice. |
So offer them AMex!!!
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