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TrekkieMage Office Junkie
Joined: 17 Oct 2004 Posts: 5335 Location: Hiding
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Sun Jan 22, 2006 5:58 pm |
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I hate the "12-Year-Old-AOLer" language. I did however, find an online translator:
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Grammer and capitalization (I apolgize for my attrocious spelling, I'm falling asleep on my feet ) always bug me. Is it so difficult to hit the "shift" key?
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Founder Dominion Leader
Joined: 21 Jun 2004 Posts: 12755 Location: Gamma Quadrant
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Sun Jan 22, 2006 6:55 pm |
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I honestly can't even understand anything of the "internet language". Who made that up anyways?
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TrekkieMage Office Junkie
Joined: 17 Oct 2004 Posts: 5335 Location: Hiding
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Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:33 pm |
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Geeks who were too lazy to type out whole words...I donno.
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Hitchhiker Rear Admiral
Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 3514 Location: Ontario, Canada
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Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:06 pm |
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I remember listening to the radio and they had a list of words they wanted to get rid of for the new year. One was "blog" (which I don't mind using now, although I used to never use it) and another one was "body wash, otherwise known as soap" (which I found witty ).
I do think that "body wash" is overused.
And let's get rid of "accountibility", "corruption", "culture of entitlement", "attack ad", and "third option" while we're at it.
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Theresa Lux Mihi Deus
Joined: 17 Jun 2001 Posts: 27256 Location: United States of America
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Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:14 pm |
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I like body wash. If I say, "buy me some soap, please", odds are they'll come back w/ the bar stuff. Ewwww.
One of my favorite "idiot phrases" is, "I thought to myself". Well, duh?
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Cathexis The Angel of Avalon
Joined: 26 Dec 2001 Posts: 5901 Location: ~~ Where Dreams Have No End�
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Sun Jan 22, 2006 11:05 pm |
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Theresa wrote: | I like body wash. If I say, "buy me some soap, please", odds are they'll come back w/ the bar stuff. Ewwww.
One of my favorite "idiot phrases" is, "I thought to myself". Well, duh? |
Nice one.....yeah I can see how that is misused....
Personally, I can't stand double negatives....
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Seven of Nine Sammie's Mammy
Joined: 16 Jun 2001 Posts: 7871 Location: North East England
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Mon Jan 23, 2006 4:26 am |
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I use shower gel. It is not soap.
Sammie uses body wash. That isn't shower gel or soap.
I absolutely hate people on MSN who have changed all the letters to custom smilies- I can't read a thing they type!
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madlilnerd Duchess of Dancemat
Joined: 03 Aug 2004 Posts: 5885 Location: Slough, England
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Mon Jan 23, 2006 4:30 pm |
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Seven of Nine wrote: | I dislike "like" at the end of every sentence. I also dislike those people who swear every other word. Come on, be creative |
I say like, like way to much, like. Seriously, I sound so stupid, but I blame TV for making me this way.
Double negatives are SO irritating!! "I ain't done nuffing wrong!"
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Theresa Lux Mihi Deus
Joined: 17 Jun 2001 Posts: 27256 Location: United States of America
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Mon Jan 23, 2006 5:09 pm |
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My parents were in Pittsburgh a few months ago, a couple guys had on t-shirts that read: If you ain't a Steelers fan, you ain't *beep*". Dad was like, you know you guys are calling yourselves *beep*, right? They didn't have a clue.
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webtaz99 Commodore
Joined: 13 Nov 2003 Posts: 1229 Location: The Other Side
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Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:08 pm |
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My most hated mis-quote concerns music:
In countless TV shows, movies, talk-radio, cartoons, and even casual conversation I keep hearing that "music has charms to soothe the savage beast."
WRONG!!!!!
The proper quote is "Music hath charms to soothe the savage BREAST."
It refers to the "savage heart" of men, not any kind of animal.
That, and Bush's "nukuler". He's the leader of the free world, for crying out loud! Why can't someone get him to prcactice 5 times a day saying "noo-klee-er".
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