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RichZ

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I ok with that now. I had a student explain, "I stopped caring so long ago, I could care less now, but I chose not to."
That's not an explanation, it's a justification.
 

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Every talking head on TV saying "the COVID 19 Virus."
What do you think the V in COVID stands for, you redundant fool?
 

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Every talking head on TV saying "the COVID 19 Virus."
What do you think the V in COVID stands for, you redundant fool?

I believe Covid 19 is the disease, SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes to disease.
 

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My brother hates the response "I'm good" to a question.
My silly pet peeve from years ago was when people would call Al Cowlings A.C. Cowlings. That means you're referring to him as Al Cowlings Cowlings because his middle name is Gordon. That is the equivalent of calling Orenthal James Simpson O.S. Simpson. I feel better now.
 

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There are many, but the one(s) that drove me nuts most when I had my cafe were other shops using the terms "paninis" or "panini sandwich" or "panini bread".
 

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My brother hates the response "I'm good" to a question.
My silly pet peeve from years ago was when people would call Al Cowlings A.C. Cowlings. That means you're referring to him as Al Cowlings Cowlings because his middle name is Gordon. That is the equivalent of calling Orenthal James Simpson O.S. Simpson. I feel better now.


French really hate seeing Rue Street here in the states.
I was over in England an the name of a road was "The" street.
Not a fan of people saying "I may do that" or "that may work" instead of saying "I might could do that". "Mighty could" is a criminally underrated colloquialism.
 
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My brother hates the response "I'm good" to a question.
My silly pet peeve from years ago was when people would call Al Cowlings A.C. Cowlings. That means you're referring to him as Al Cowlings Cowlings because his middle name is Gordon. That is the equivalent of calling Orenthal James Simpson O.S. Simpson. I feel better now.
Ride that Bronco, cowboy!
 
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Irregardless of what was said, I hate it when someone corrects or points out a grammatical or pronounciation mistake.
Oh and the use of literally :)
Every teen overuses the word literally now. My daughter got in an argument with us this week about how she “literally turned in her English assignment so she didn’t know why her teacher was emailing us and giving her an incomplete.” Her dad texted her she should learn that if she “literally” turned it in, he would have it. She actually had photo proof and proof that kids looked at it. It was sort of funny. But she probably uses literally 30 times a day.
 

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Irregardless...not a word

People in CT who say they've got an idear...new englanders tend to drop letters, not sure why they decide to add an r

Irregardless is a word. Not complicated. It's in the dictionary. You can say it's redundant in its meaning or means the exact same thing as regardless. You can say it's nonstandard or irregular. You can say it's awkward and doesn't read well. Those would all be opinions and are valid.

But it is a word.

 

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