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#91
10-14-2005, 05:15 PM
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Re: Sayings that people totally butcher.....
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Good catch on the ATM machine thing, but it's "automated", not "automatic". lol. There are plenty more redundancies like this. [/ QUOTE ] Like PIN number? [/ QUOTE ] Or people writing "dollars" on a check, even when "dollars" is already there on the check. It comes off as "one hundred dollars and 20/100 dollars." [/ QUOTE ] i agree with this... my car insurance company told me to write "dollars" on my checks so they know the difference...What difference?... it allready says dollars at the end of the line on my check? 
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#93
10-14-2005, 05:22 PM
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You still playing weekly? I haven't seen any emails in the last couple/few weeks. [/ QUOTE ] not every week, we've had a couple sporadic games. i lost my original email list and had to redo it - might've forgot you, i'll check it monday. we better be careful - this is bordering on flat-out p*ker content in OOT.
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#94
10-14-2005, 05:26 PM
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Re: Sayings that people totally butcher.....
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[ QUOTE ] "Chomping at the bit" -----wrong. Its "champing at the bit". Everyone says chomping [/ QUOTE ] Why is this incorrect? Have you ever seen a anxious horse "chomp" at the bit in its mouth? This is the origin of the phrase. Adding "ate" to words in order to make the speaker sound more intelligent is common nowadays. I used to work for a VP who loved to say "we'll conversate over that". [/ QUOTE ] I don't know why its incorrect, it just is. Yes, "chomping at the bit" makes 'sense', but the fact remains that it is a bastardized version of the correct saying, which is "champing at the bit". Just because everyone says it doesn't mean its correct. It just means everyone is lazy and ignorant, but hey, that's the american way.
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#95
10-14-2005, 05:28 PM
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Re: Sayings that people totally butcher.....
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I used to work with this draftsman who used to say "elevate" meaning to "draft the elevations of this building" exterior or interior. He'd be like "I still need to elevate the North facade of this building". Uhhh, he isn't ELEVATING anything, he's drafting. Why can't he just say draft? Note: This guy also said "Six and one half dozen to another" [/ QUOTE ] Thank you. Ray?! You hear that? He didn't even know what he was saying. He was just saying what he heard, oblivious to its meaning.
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#99
10-14-2005, 05:33 PM
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Re: Sayings that people totally butcher.....
Maybe they are saying "Champing", but it just so happens that everyone you've ever come across who said this, had an accent that made their "A" sound like "O"???
Variance is a crazy thing.
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#100
10-14-2005, 05:34 PM
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[ QUOTE ] Irregardless -----not technically a word. Its regardless [/ QUOTE ] wow, i was going to make this thread based on this exact word the other day but figured it wouldn't go well. there are a few girls at my gf's work that say this thinking that b/c they say it they sound smart and it bothers the hell out of my gf. [/ QUOTE ] I called someone out via email a couple weeks ago on this, and he showed me that it was, in fact, listed in the dictionary. Granted, it said something like "improper use of 'regardless'" or something to that affect/effect. That's why I put 'technically'....
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