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AnotherHiggins
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Well, as long as he isn't going to try to gain further experience in the workplace.
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Michael52x
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Lexicographers Unite!
Yes, there should be something better than spellcheck.
The people who run this site, might have a little more time to correct some of the quirky lingo that is used by newb's.
I do not want to decipher, If I know what the problem is, I can best effect a course of action to ensure your completion. Ambiguity is the enemy.
"Impatience will reward you with dissatisfaction" RMS Cosmics'97
Yes, there should be something better than spellcheck.
The people who run this site, might have a little more time to correct some of the quirky lingo that is used by newb's.
I do not want to decipher, If I know what the problem is, I can best effect a course of action to ensure your completion. Ambiguity is the enemy.
"Impatience will reward you with dissatisfaction" RMS Cosmics'97
SantaMufasa
Technical User
I'm bumping this to the top since I miss the fun (and the catharsis) that this thread produces.
![[santa]](/data/assets/smilies/santa.gif "[santa] [santa]")
Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]
Michael said:
<grin>Dyslexic War Cry said:
Mufasa(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]
Do any of you "reach out" to colleagues or potential clients on a regular basis? I have a manager that seems to think she needs to reach out to anyone she needs to contact; by telephone, snail mail or regular mail.
Very irritating to hear in almost any conversation with or around her. GRRR
Very irritating to hear in almost any conversation with or around her. GRRR
lisaharris
Programmer
Actually.
I have a co-worker that uses "actually" at least 2 or 3 times in each sentence. It's actually quite annoying and I actually have not figured out to actually let him know that he actually gets on my nerves. Actually.
I have a co-worker that uses "actually" at least 2 or 3 times in each sentence. It's actually quite annoying and I actually have not figured out to actually let him know that he actually gets on my nerves. Actually.
SantaMufasa
Technical User
I believe that cookies disappear by Tools...Internet Options...General...Browsing History...[Delete]...(Cookies) [Delete Cookies].TCSBiz said:
Therefore, IMHO, the last cookie disappears, not by accident, but rather via several intentional steps.
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Mufasa(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]
No, no, no - cookies disappear in the middle of the night. Along with the last glass of milk. And the empty milk container is left in the fridge, and the empty cookie container is left on the kitchen counter.
It is intentional, however, no one in my house will admit guilt!
Susan
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls, and looks like work." - Thomas A. Edison
It is intentional, however, no one in my house will admit guilt!
Susan
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls, and looks like work." - Thomas A. Edison
Along with many of the phrases mentioned already, i'm having particular loathing for 'It's all a bit political' at the moment.
Nothing to do with politics you understand
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"Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. ~ Nietzsche"
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Nothing to do with politics you understand
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"Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. ~ Nietzsche"
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KenCunningham
Technical User
Seeing 'COB' above reminds me of the variant here on Airstrip 1 - 'COP' - Close Of Play, as in a game of cricket.
Still, at least it has some history I suppose.
Happy New Year, 'BTW' (another personal annoyance).
I want to be good, is that not enough?
Still, at least it has some history I suppose.
Happy New Year, 'BTW' (another personal annoyance).
I want to be good, is that not enough?
Ahhh, many great annoyances mentioned.
The link in the original post has been updated for words banished from 2007.
I highly agree with a few from there.
Post 9/11 definitely needs to go.
Mentioned above and also in the list,
"It is what it is"
As one submitter mentioned about that phrase:
"It accomplishes the dual feat of adding nothing to the conversation while also being phonetically and thematically redundant."
Just in case, another link to the list:
That also happens to be the college I graduated from. ^_^
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Give a man some fire, he will be warm for a day, Set a man on fire, he will be warm for the rest of his life.
The link in the original post has been updated for words banished from 2007.
I highly agree with a few from there.
Post 9/11 definitely needs to go.
Mentioned above and also in the list,
"It is what it is"
As one submitter mentioned about that phrase:
"It accomplishes the dual feat of adding nothing to the conversation while also being phonetically and thematically redundant."
Just in case, another link to the list:
That also happens to be the college I graduated from. ^_^
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Give a man some fire, he will be warm for a day, Set a man on fire, he will be warm for the rest of his life.
jerryreeve
Vendor
Me: What did their new car look like?
Wife: Exactly the same as the old one; only different.![[banghead]](/data/assets/smilies/banghead.gif "[banghead] [banghead]")
My daughter explains pronunciation to me: Each word in the English language is pronounced exactly as spelled, in the original language before English started using it.
Advertisement in yellow pages for a radio station party music service: "a great dick jockey service"
bill clinton: "...it depends on what the definition of what 'is' is..." After I heard this I suddenly realized how many times that I was using the phrase "what the definition/problem is is...."
I would like to get a definite ruling on what the "Midwest" is and why, since there is a Midwest, is there no "Midnorth, Mideast, or Midsouth" in the US?
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JerryReeve
Communications Systems Int'l
com-sys.com
Wife: Exactly the same as the old one; only different.
My daughter explains pronunciation to me: Each word in the English language is pronounced exactly as spelled, in the original language before English started using it.
Advertisement in yellow pages for a radio station party music service: "a great dick jockey service"
bill clinton: "...it depends on what the definition of what 'is' is..." After I heard this I suddenly realized how many times that I was using the phrase "what the definition/problem is is...."
I would like to get a definite ruling on what the "Midwest" is and why, since there is a Midwest, is there no "Midnorth, Mideast, or Midsouth" in the US?
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JerryReeve
Communications Systems Int'l
com-sys.com
The ax/aks vs. ASK thing has always bothered me. I've even heard this on integrated voice response systems on telephones.
One afternoon I saw a pickup truck with a large sticker on the back window that read: "Your eating my dust!" I laughed out loud at that - talk about advertising ignorance.
One afternoon I saw a pickup truck with a large sticker on the back window that read: "Your eating my dust!" I laughed out loud at that - talk about advertising ignorance.
I agree with many here... The ones I find most irritating are misuse of they're/there/their and your/you're, plus the overuse or rather misuse of "like".
What bugs me the most is people who talk in questions when recounting an event or trying to describe something. As in "I was standing? On the corner? And then this guy? Walking a dog? ..."
That slight rise of inflection at the end of every statement seems to imply that the person speaking to me thinks I cannot comprehend any type of narrative.
Here's are a couple more:
- there is only one "anyway" not "anyways"
- It is correct to use "these" or "those" vs. "These ones" or "Those ones"
I also think that "You know what???" is way overused. Especially because it is usually posed to someone who does not "know what".
OK. Enough said.
"I am sick and tired of being told that ordinary right thinking people in this country are fed up with being told they are sick and tired" - Monty Python.
What bugs me the most is people who talk in questions when recounting an event or trying to describe something. As in "I was standing? On the corner? And then this guy? Walking a dog? ..."
That slight rise of inflection at the end of every statement seems to imply that the person speaking to me thinks I cannot comprehend any type of narrative.
Here's are a couple more:
- there is only one "anyway" not "anyways"
- It is correct to use "these" or "those" vs. "These ones" or "Those ones"
I also think that "You know what???" is way overused. Especially because it is usually posed to someone who does not "know what".
OK. Enough said.
"I am sick and tired of being told that ordinary right thinking people in this country are fed up with being told they are sick and tired" - Monty Python.
dwarfthrower
Programmer
Fullest Potential"... Fullest presumably meaning fuller than 'full'?
Even "Full Potential" is redundant.
[sub]Never be afraid to share your dreams with the world.
There's nothing the world loves more than the taste of really sweet dreams.[/sub]
Webflo
Even "Full Potential" is redundant.
[sub]Never be afraid to share your dreams with the world.
There's nothing the world loves more than the taste of really sweet dreams.[/sub]
Webflo
Michael52x
Technical User
Stuff. Pure ambiguity. Could be anything."I know stuff"
"I got stuff" "I need stuff"
"For all intents and purposes"
Yeah, why are northern states like Michigan {my origin} and Wisconsin, Minnesota called "Mid west"?
Well, because there were few states past the Mississipppi river at the time, so everywhere was "west" beyond there.
As a left coaster now, I consider anything to the right of Texas, "east". {Are'nt quote marks passe?}
Oh! Another one: "So last year"
Sigh,,, I am so, like yesterday!
"Impatience will reward you with dissatisfaction" RMS Cosmics'97
"I got stuff" "I need stuff"
"For all intents and purposes"
Yeah, why are northern states like Michigan {my origin} and Wisconsin, Minnesota called "Mid west"?
Well, because there were few states past the Mississipppi river at the time, so everywhere was "west" beyond there.
As a left coaster now, I consider anything to the right of Texas, "east". {Are'nt quote marks passe?}
Oh! Another one: "So last year"
Sigh,,, I am so, like yesterday!
"Impatience will reward you with dissatisfaction" RMS Cosmics'97
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