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Permalink Reply by Unseen on September 11, 2011 at 9:20pm

Animals that talk.

 

In the movies, silly!

 

Animals simply don't have the kind of mouth that could allow them to enunciate.

 

But come to think of it, neither do parrots.

 

It's a miracle!

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Permalink Reply by Spartacus of Thrace on September 11, 2011 at 10:41pm

When people use the word "regime" when they mean "regimen" [as in an exercise regime(n)].  I think this started 10 years ago when George W. Bush started using the word "regime" in just about every other sentence.

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Permalink Reply by Kim on September 12, 2011 at 12:14am

These  make me see red:

 

1.  "Onlyest" instead of "only".  Example:  "Don't break my DVD player; it's the onlyest one I have."  

2.  "Being have" (pronounced with a long "a") instead of "behaving".  Example:  "Junior, were you being have for Aunt Kim while I was gone?"

3.  "Is 'Kim' short for 'Kimberly'?"  What else could it possibly be short for?  What are the odds that 'Kim' will be short for anything else? 

4.  "I'm reading the horoscope....what sign are you?"  I always lie and say scorpio.  The person will read it and proclaim, "That is sooo true for you!"   I then say, "That's greeeeat!!!  Except I'm libra."

5.  Last but not least:  I think that parents that complain about their children's behavior to others in front of their children are insensitive and self-consumed.  This makes me assume two things:  this person is power-hungry and attention-seeking and is fulfilling those needs at the expense of a child; and, I'll bet this child's behavior is either perfectly normal for a child that age, or is a mirror-image of his/her role model.  I can't help my thoughts, but I don't think I'm wrong either.

 

That's my list.

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Permalink Reply by Rick on September 12, 2011 at 1:47pm

Having to explain that you dont need to prove a lack of belief in something.

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Permalink Reply by Robert Karp on September 12, 2011 at 1:53pm

[like]

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Permalink Reply by roberta on September 12, 2011 at 2:28pm

i hate it when people write their instead of they're. this is a sign that they have no idea of exactly what they're saying. 

here's another nice one: brazilians LOVE saying THANKS GOD as opposed to thank god (leaving aside the thanking god part, obviously.... LOL). that creeps me out.

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Permalink Reply by Unseen on September 12, 2011 at 2:33pm

"Thanks, God" does seem to exemplify a kind of buddyhood with God as opposed to "Thank God," which is probably short for "Thanks be to God."

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Permalink Reply by William C. Walker on September 12, 2011 at 3:26pm

My pet peeve is listening to people telling me their pet peeve is something I'm guilty of - like ending a sentence with a preposition.

 

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Permalink Reply by Robert Karp on September 12, 2011 at 2:32pm

When a frickin pop-up ad or video I want to watch online has NO VOLUME ADJUST BUTTON and it blasts away!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Jim Minion on September 12, 2011 at 11:56pm

When watch tv and the commercials come on at much high volume than the program you were watching.

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Permalink Reply by Unseen on September 13, 2011 at 3:20am

As for Guess what? (with the question mark) I guess it's fair to ask if it's an actual question or not. Sometimes it is and sometimes it isn't. If it means, for example, "What do you think I see/know?" of course it gets a question mark.

 

Its use as an imperative, I would think, must be fairly rare.

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Permalink Reply by scLovely on September 14, 2011 at 3:16am

I disagree. I think that if I am telling someone to "guess what", I would be wanting them to do just that. When someone says "guess what" to me, I feel inclined to take a guess at what they are about to tell me. Therefore, they are telling me to do something, not asking me a question.

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