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Words that really sh1t you off no end....

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Created by Mark _australia > 9 months ago, 16 Jan 2009
westhammer
WA, 507 posts
19 Jan 2009 12:20AM
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hEY STRIB ITS FIDDY NOT FITTY,,,GET IT RIGHT YA FAT SKINNY CANT BULLS EYE

elizabethb
QLD, 2081 posts
19 Jan 2009 1:24AM
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I have never heard/ read that before!!!

I've seen my fair share of poor writing and grammar too.
It appears the youth of today are becoming increasingly illiterate as the years pass....

colinwill78 said...


my word hate: betterent.

eg: i had better get the washing in before it pisses down, betterent I?

the word is "hadn't"


elizabethb
QLD, 2081 posts
19 Jan 2009 1:33AM
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The misuse of 'to' and 'too'...

Generally have found most can distinguish two (number) vs. to/too (but incorrect use).

westhammer
WA, 507 posts
19 Jan 2009 12:55AM
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God bless the queen,, go back to skool liz. say it as said in a latin style

Sagerhead
NSW, 26 posts
19 Jan 2009 3:05PM
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When people use the word ‘literally’ to add emphasis but they don’t mean anything literal at all.

It was blowing 30knots, literally all day! Arrghh!!

555
892 posts
19 Jan 2009 1:24PM
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'to be honest'

So, am I to take it that anything that you say which is not prefaced by 'to be honest' is a lie?

Nothing wrong with a text message.. it's obviously different to a voice message, or a video message.. 'text' or 'txt' is much shorter (syllablically) than SMS.

Which reminds me of two more defacto words/phrases that get on my nerve:
OMG and LOL. Both completely overused meaningless wastes of space.

Sometimes I have to laugh when people get carried away with the "F" word. (that which censorship will not allow.) It adds nothing, but says a lot!

Richiefish
QLD, 5612 posts
19 Jan 2009 2:43PM
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"it's all good" ............it's not you know !!!!

Mark _australia
WA, 23746 posts
19 Jan 2009 2:57PM
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555 said...


Nothing wrong with a text message.. it's obviously different to a voice message, or a video message.. 'text' or 'txt' is much shorter (syllablically) than SMS.



We always have had text messages on paper. An email is a text message.
"text me" arrggh!!

grumplestiltskin
WA, 2331 posts
19 Jan 2009 3:34PM
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555 said...


Sometimes I have to laugh when people get carried away with the "F" word. (that which censorship will not allow.) It adds nothing, but says a lot!


aww c'mon, the "F" word is the most versatile word in the english language

fishhunter
QLD, 7 posts
19 Jan 2009 4:43PM
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When I hear my son and my wife talking in the background, and my wife says,
"Ask dad".

Richiefish
QLD, 5612 posts
19 Jan 2009 5:06PM
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grumplestiltskin said...

555 said...


Sometimes I have to laugh when people get carried away with the "F" word. (that which censorship will not allow.) It adds nothing, but says a lot!


aww c'mon, the "F" word is the most versatile word in the english language


I like the F word for its versatility. It can be many things,noun verb,adjective etc.eg. that "F"ing "F" "F"er is "F"ed !

hills
SA, 1622 posts
19 Jan 2009 10:07PM
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then vs than
their vs there vs they're
tire vs tyre
wreakers instead of wreckers

Freeflow
QLD, 133 posts
20 Jan 2009 8:17PM
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110% -

elizabethb
QLD, 2081 posts
20 Jan 2009 9:20PM
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Freeflow said...

110% -


Yep! Agree...

Adding to that...

"Reaching their full potential" or your child has "reached their full potential or "fulfilled his/ her potential"

Pet hate hearing Teachers say this...

THERE IS NO SUCH THING! Your "full potential" is infinite and thus can never be reached!

Pittsy
SA, 251 posts
20 Jan 2009 10:26PM
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Soccer instead of Football. It's Bloody Football!

555
892 posts
21 Jan 2009 5:36AM
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Knew-queue-lar
or even worse: Knew-queue-le-are

I can handle different pronunciations, and shifting the emphasis to a different syllable like toe-mate-o / toe-mart-o, but adding in extra syllables?

It's New-clear. Why make it more complicated?

555
892 posts
21 Jan 2009 5:46AM
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Mark _australia said...

555 said...


Nothing wrong with a text message.. it's obviously different to a voice message, or a video message.. 'text' or 'txt' is much shorter (syllablically) than SMS.



We always have had text messages on paper. An email is a text message.
"text me" arrggh!!



So what do you call it if I send an 'SMS' from my computer? I type it, on a proper keyboard, in proper words, and then send it to a cellphone via the cellular network..

The only difference between that, and the same message via email is the technology used to transmit it.

If you're going to call a cellphone text message an SMS, then you'd better also start calling an email an SMTP.

What is this "paper" you speak of?

Cassa
WA, 1305 posts
21 Jan 2009 6:32AM
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When channel 10 weatherman says Queenslnd,, its Queensland you snorkle head!!

Diver
WA, 554 posts
21 Jan 2009 2:11PM
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When general conversation includes management double speak and jibber terms like;

Touch base, drill down, takeaway from this conversation, pro-active, communication tools, at the end of the day, process driven, positive outcomes, deliverables, blah blah blah...

Makes me want to

evlPanda
NSW, 9207 posts
21 Jan 2009 4:43PM
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When people just drop TLAs into a sentence, expecting everyone to know what they stand for.

(TLA = Three Letter Acronymn)

hills
SA, 1622 posts
21 Jan 2009 5:59PM
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Yeah that's FnBS!!

NotWal
QLD, 7436 posts
21 Jan 2009 10:41PM
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"lay" down instead of "lie" down. Its endemic but not vernacular.

555
892 posts
22 Jan 2009 5:17AM
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NotWal said...

"lay" down instead of "lie" down. Its endemic but not vernacular.


A lie down jibe would be a bit different to a lay down jibe though? Possibly quite a bit wetter, and less likely to plane on exit?

In fact, I think I've nearly mastered the lie down jibe! It's my second favorite after the 'didn't get far enough forward or down, so was ejected out the side' jibe..

Richiefish
QLD, 5612 posts
22 Jan 2009 8:25AM
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NotWal said...

"lay" down instead of "lie" down. Its endemic but not vernacular.


ya'll talk mighty pretty .............(gets dictionary out again)

grumplestiltskin
WA, 2331 posts
22 Jan 2009 10:02AM
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"Correctedness"

a classic Kevin Rudd mangling of the language.

there is a whole list of cliches by Kev the Robot, he just seems to spew them out automatically.

"working families" is a classic, if he hasn't used that 5,000 times ....

NotWal
QLD, 7436 posts
22 Jan 2009 12:16PM
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555 said...

NotWal said...

"lay" down instead of "lie" down. Its endemic but not vernacular.


A lie down jibe would be a bit different to a lay down jibe though? Possibly quite a bit wetter, and less likely to plane on exit?

In fact, I think I've nearly mastered the lie down jibe! It's my second favorite after the 'didn't get far enough forward or down, so was ejected out the side' jibe..


Yeah, didn't think of that. However in that case where you are laying something down, ie doing something active to something else "lay" is proper. Its when you do it to yourself that it becomes improper. The more you do it the more improper it gets.

getfunky
WA, 4485 posts
22 Jan 2009 11:54AM
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grumplestiltskin said...


"Correctedness"

a classic Kevin Rudd mangling of the language.

there is a whole list of cliches by Kev the Robot, he just seems to spew them out automatically.

"working families" is a classic, if he hasn't used that 5,000 times ....


Ha ha - I was very happy to see the Ruddster replace that geriatric twisted xenophobe that preceded him, but if I EVER hear the kn 'working families' line in person I will have a pulsating jugular in my hands moments later!!!

BTW I would have thought a Labour govt would be oposed to exploiting child labour in 'working families' (crikey i said it now!!) but there you go - it's crazy times.




Has anyone mentioned 'Quantam leap/progress' being misused?? It actually means very minute but most seem to think (prob due to the cr@ppy old teev show) that it means a huge or significant leap forward. I normally let it wash but got all stroppy last week when I saw a bloody scientist use the term!! Sure, talk in terms Joe Public can undertsand but don't add to the misunderstanding if you are a white coat dweeb i reckon!

Aahhh... I feel like i have had more than a quantum mood improvement already.

sausage
QLD, 4874 posts
22 Jan 2009 1:29PM
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"Shark" and "Stuck Mast" are two words that come readily to mind.

NotWal
QLD, 7436 posts
22 Jan 2009 2:10PM
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getfunky said...

Has anyone mentioned 'Quantam leap/progress' being misused?? It actually means very minute but most seem to think (prob due to the cr@ppy old teev show) that it means a huge or significant leap forward. I normally let it wash but got all stroppy last week when I saw a bloody scientist use the term!! Sure, talk in terms Joe Public can undertsand but don't add to the misunderstanding if you are a white coat dweeb i reckon!

Aahhh... I feel like i have had more than a quantum mood improvement already.


Sooo right. The great unwashed have it arse about. That's to be expected but when the boffins do it their credibility takes a hit.

Another like that is the mispronunciation of "data" as "darter". Its the latin plural of datum, (say "date-um") mostly used as a collective noun rather than a plural by us Occers. One expects educated people to get it right but in the end it makes no difference.

Another arcane tid bit - the prefix "giga" was formerly pronounced "jig-a" (like the dance) but it was rarely used until the computer revolution brought it to the fore. It shares a root with "giant". If you say "jig-a-byte" now people look at you strangely.

555
892 posts
22 Jan 2009 1:32PM
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NotWal said...
Another like that is the mispronunciation of "data" as "darter". Its the latin plural of datum, (say "date-um") mostly used as a collective noun rather than a plural by us Occers. One expects educated people to get it right but in the end it makes no difference.


It probably comes back to that rule about vowels only saying their names if there's an 'e' at the end of the word.. [Liz might be able to correct the rule - my primary school syllabus is a tad rusty!]

There's no 'e' on the end of 'data', so the "a" gets pronounced ahh.

In the same vein:

Po tay toe - Po tahh toe
To may toe - To mahh toe

How come one is right where the other one is wrong? At least the "leaders of the free world" have consistency there.



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