American words/expressions you don't like
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Sep 16th 2011, 6:08 pm
#197
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Sep 16th 2011, 6:16 pm
#199
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Sep 16th 2011, 11:37 pm
#200
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Re: American words/expressions you don't like
When I saw our resident this past spring, I was too freaked out to even think about a pic! Even though I know it's natural and I have seen plenty of them up close and personal, it still spooks me.
Sep 17th 2011, 10:34 pm
#201
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Re: American words/expressions you don't like
I, like , really, like , hate it , OMG!!, ya know , like when ,like, Dude, it , like takes people , like 50 words to , uh, umm you know , Dude, form a , like sentence ? , Dude, that you know, could umm, yeah, like be formed, kinda like , only , um yeah, by , uh yeah Dude, word ! using, like three.
Sep 18th 2011, 1:44 am
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Re: American words/expressions you don't like
I, like , really, like , hate it , OMG!!, ya know , like when ,like, Dude, it , like takes people , like 50 words to , uh, umm you know , Dude, form a , like sentence ? , Dude, that you know, could umm, yeah, like be formed, kinda like , only , um yeah, by , uh yeah Dude, word ! using, like three.
Sep 18th 2011, 9:46 am
#203
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Re: American words/expressions you don't like
I, like , really, like , hate it , OMG!!, ya know , like when ,like, Dude, it , like takes people , like 50 words to , uh, umm you know , Dude, form a , like sentence ? , Dude, that you know, could umm, yeah, like be formed, kinda like , only , um yeah, by , uh yeah Dude, word ! using, like three.
All the same.
Sigh.
"Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounc’d it to you, trippingly on the tongue."
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Sep 18th 2011, 12:22 pm
#204
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Re: American words/expressions you don't like
I would apply that sentiment to this entire thread.
Sep 18th 2011, 12:30 pm
#205
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Re: American words/expressions you don't like
Depends on your point of view. I always read "I don't like this usage" or "
" as just another way of saying "here's an interesting usage.. Why the difference?what's its history?" etc.
" as just another way of saying "here's an interesting usage.. Why the difference?what's its history?" etc.
Sep 18th 2011, 12:40 pm
#207
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Re: American words/expressions you don't like
I agree, the history of local sayings is fascinating and great fun to explore.
Sep 18th 2011, 12:56 pm
#208
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Re: American words/expressions you don't like
The thread title implies disapproval rather than just an interest in the origin of modern usage. You really can't describe many of these words/expressions as "American" anyway since most of them are regional.
I agree, the history of local sayings is fascinating and great fun to explore.
I agree, the history of local sayings is fascinating and great fun to explore.
I was reading an article on the Somerset dialect and variations and also on the Cornish language. Interesting.
It's just part of my pirate persona,
Sep 18th 2011, 2:58 pm
#209
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Re: American words/expressions you don't like
The thread title implies disapproval rather than just an interest in the origin of modern usage. You really can't describe many of these words/expressions as "American" anyway since most of them are regional.
I agree, the history of local sayings is fascinating and great fun to explore.
I agree, the history of local sayings is fascinating and great fun to explore.
