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[quote]LocoComoUnZorro wrote:
“It’s the same difference.”
WHAT?!?! A difference is by definition of the word NOT the same. So you can not call it a difference at all if the two things are the same. The correct phrase is “It’s the same thing.”[/quote]
I might disagree with you here, although articulating my thought might be difficult… perhaps this will work: The difference between two things might be syntactically the same, but semantically different.
Beyond this, surely we can think of a number of cases where the very same thing can be considered in one sense the same as another thing and in another sense different to that same thing.
Although, I also agree with you that most folks who exclaim “same difference” have never thought of it one way or the other, and thus, are speaking nonsense!
How about Fred Durst’s “Agreeance”
“Irregardless” – being the bastard child of “irrespective” and “regardless”, which both mean that something is inapplicable or should be disregarded. Logically, “irregardless” would be a double-negative word, meaning “regard.”
Though so many people misuse it I believe it’s made its way to some dictionaries…
Just like “their” will eventually become an accepted singular pronoun for people who like to pair it with “anyone,” or “someone.” For example: “Did anyone forget their tub of Grow! this morning?” which is wrong, because “anyone” is singular and “their” is plural possesive.
Damn ignorants… (and yes, I meant to spell it that way).
[quote]Moderator Shaun wrote:
Irregardless. There is no irregardless, but you hear people say this. It’s just regardless. [/quote]
Oops. Shaun beat me too it. Oh well…
People sound like morons when they ask:
“Where are you at?”
Just say “Where are you?”
Anyone that peruses the forum will be familiar with “Probly” or “Prolly”.
Ex: I should “Probly” learn propper english.
OR
I “prolly” should not have continued that M1T cycle for 6 mths.
Quick hijack: How hilarious is the STRONG WORDS today?
Hey, use of “their” is a way to get around the his or her conundrum.
The student will bring their homework to class…
The student will bring his or her homework to class…
Isn’t it becoming pseudo-acceptable for this purpose?
My biggest pet peeve is double negatives:
“I’m not saying nothing”
Or to quote the brilliant union representative from the local newspaper:
“There’s no strike yet. I told the boys we aint doing nothing until we run out of options”.
Cue the banjos.
[quote]Ex: I should “Probly” learn propper english.
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That was you being funny, right? Or is that a new way to spell proper?
[quote]vroom wrote:
Hey, use of “their” is a way to get around the his or her conundrum.
The student will bring their homework to class…
The student will bring his or her homework to class…
Isn’t it becoming pseudo-acceptable for this purpose?[/quote]
No… it is proper to use his… people only throw the “or her” in there to make sure they don’t offfend the feminazis.
It’s cliched, but misuse of irony. Half the time what people mean to say is coincidence.
When people say “literally” but mean “very”.
This reminds me of the book Stein on Writing (which is an amazing book).
Stein wrote in the introduction that he would be referring to a writer as “he” rather than “he or she”. And if anyone was offended by that then that’s too bad because “he or she” breaks the flow of prose and sounds like crap.
[quote]usdsig wrote:
No… it is proper to use his… people only throw the “or her” in there to make sure they don’t offfend the feminazis.
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[quote]ShaunW wrote:
looks like i’m not the only annoying pedant.
small joke-
what is the collective noun for pedants?
i don’t know either, but by damn, you’d better get it right!
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What’s another word for “thesaurus”?
[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
People sound like morons when they ask:
“Where are you at?”
Just say “Where are you?”
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That’s just because of the rule that says you can’t finish a sentence or question with a preposition. However, I find it’s much easier to state it as:
“Where you at, dumbass?”
And while we’re at it, if I see another post from somebody stating he has a 38" waste and wants to loose it, I’ll leave a nasty reply.
Example:
“Do you have these ones?”
“These” is sufficient.
Same with “those ones.”
Nate
The word “converse” being replaced with “conversate”.
For all intensive purposes as opposed to all intents and purposes.
S’s being attached inappropriately to regard, toward, and anyway. It is not in regards to, it is in regard to. You are not walking towards it, you are walking toward it, etc…
Also that fucking “C” that people add to especially, making themselves sound eCspecially stupid.
[quote]Fuquad wrote:
Since this has kinda moved to words…
I CAN NOT STAND it when people say “Supposebly.” It’s SUPPOSEDLY. When was the last time anything was “supposeb?”[/quote]
actually supposedly and supposably are both words. supposedly the adverb of supposed:
“swivel’s supposedly bringin’ the beers tonight”.
and supposably the adverb of supposable:
“supposably swivel goes out an’ picks up enough chicks for all of us”.
but you’re right, prolly most people should be sayin’ “supposedly” 'cause supposably there ain’t alot of times you talk about something that’s capable of being supposed eh ?