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#151
10-15-2005, 05:25 AM
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Re: Sayings that people totally butcher.....
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My wife gets really annoyed with overuse of literally. "She was literally drop dead gorgeous" "It's literally hot as hell out there" [/ QUOTE ] that literally makes my head explode. 
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#152
10-15-2005, 07:05 AM
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Re: Sayings that people totally butcher.....
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Purposely. [/ QUOTE ] how do people butcher this? [/ QUOTE ] Purposefully. Jesus Ray, snap the f*ck out of it.  [/ QUOTE ] Well these are both perfectly acceptable words - but I am willing to bet people misuse purposefully far more than they misuse purposely. Purposely is the one that means "intentionally" - purposefully means more like "determinedly". Purposely = on purpose Purposefully = with purpose
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#153
10-15-2005, 12:08 PM
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Re: Sayings that people totally butcher.....
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Purposely. [/ QUOTE ] how do people butcher this? [/ QUOTE ] Purposefully. Jesus Ray, snap the f*ck out of it. [/ QUOTE ] Well these are both perfectly acceptable words - but I am willing to bet people misuse purposefully far more than they misuse purposely. Purposely is the one that means "intentionally" - purposefully means more like "determinedly". Purposely = on purpose Purposefully = with purpose [/ QUOTE ] I stand corrected. It was 3:30, I was drunk. And stoned. Did take it down last night though.
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#154
10-15-2005, 12:10 PM
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It's not really a saying, but I'm getting increasingly annoyed by the people who leave out the space in "no one." It's not "noone." Why do people keep saying noone? This virus is going around almost as fast as the lose/loose one. [/ QUOTE ] Your write.
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#155
10-15-2005, 12:22 PM
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Re: Sayings that people totally butcher.....
eventually these misspoken sayings will become the most dominant form of the phrases and eventually be the 'correct' form of the sayings
nowadays, they are perfect cromulent phrases
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#157
10-15-2005, 01:24 PM
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Re: Sayings that people totally butcher.....
Anybody that says nucular when they mean nuclear is retarded. The President of The United States of America is included.
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#158
10-15-2005, 01:35 PM
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Re: Sayings that people totally butcher.....
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"The La Brea Tar Pits" actually means "The the tar tar pits". Slightly more helpful than this "gem" would be every single thing listed here: Common Errors in English [/ QUOTE ] Is that like steak tartar pits??? [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
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#159
10-15-2005, 01:37 PM
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It's ironic that noone said "irony". No, I guess it isn't. [/ QUOTE ] I think it's ironic that you did not read the thread before bringing up ironic. I already mentioned it, and specifically referred to Alanis Morissette's song "Ironic". Ohhhhh... the irony [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
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#160
10-15-2005, 04:07 PM
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Re: Sayings that people totally butcher.....
Lets nip this thread in the butt.
I always think of the Coppertone kid with the puppy nipping at her swim suit bottoms when I hear this. My mother always used to admonish us with: "Never lick a gift horse in the mouth."
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