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Sashadroogie
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| Aha! Thanks for reminding me! The use, or misuse, of irony! Got to be the all-time pettest peeve of 'em all!! |
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johnslat
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Dear johntpartee,
I coined a sentence once (or maybe it should be called an aphorism):
Realization never matches anticipation.
(At least, I'm pretty sure I coined it.)
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John the Aphorist |
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johntpartee
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| Realization never matches anticipation |
Ah, yes, but AFTER YOU SAID IT THE FIRST TIME did you say "to coin a phrase"? I think not! Gotcha! |
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steki47
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| Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 1:27 am Post subject: |
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| Sashadroogie wrote: |
I have no issue with passives. I think the following sentence is fine: I was interviewed by the school.
The active statement 'I interviewed with the school' always strikes me as though the candidate is attempting 'to take ownership' (another peeve of mine) of the selection process and present himself as an equal of the interviewer. There is rarely such equality - the interviewer is the top-dog and no trendy babble is going to change anything - apart from leaving me peeved! |
So...
Does it peeve you? OR:
Are you peeved by it?
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Sashadroogie
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| Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 7:48 am Post subject: |
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| steki47 wrote: |
So...
Does it peeve you? OR:
Are you peeved by it?
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Well, I guess in trendy-babble you could say 'I peeved with it'. |
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Sashadroogie
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| Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 7:53 am Post subject: |
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| johnslat wrote: |
Realization never matches anticipation.
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Dear John the Aphorist
Ian Gillan got there first with, 'It's not the kill, it's the thrill of the chase'. But did he coin it? |
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johntpartee
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| Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 7:56 am Post subject: |
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| "It's all water over the bridge." |
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Sashadroogie
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| Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 7:59 am Post subject: |
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 Or under the dam |
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Sashadroogie
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| Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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'We're pregnant'. Was very trendy in the nineties for couples to say this, despite the biological idiocy of such a statement. Thankfully, not much of a peeve these days as this phrase seems to have died out.
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Sashadroogie
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| Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Imply and infer. Not the synonyms some people seem to think. Urgh! As in 'What do you mean by that, Sasha?! What on Earth are you trying to infer by such slander?' Just dreadful, really. |
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Sashadroogie
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TEFL peeve: calling every ~ing form a gerund. No excuse for it at all. A hanging offence.
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Sashadroogie
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| Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 1:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Hanged and hung. From the lower orders again... |
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johntpartee
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| Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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| I've heard incorrect usage and mispronunciations for so long that none of them could really be called a "peeve", probably because I just got used to it. PhD's who say "asteriks", people who say "just between you and me" when there are twenty other people there, etc.; but, yeah,
really bugged me. "Hey, we're young, we're hip, we're POLITICALLY CORRECT!" Barf. |
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johnslat
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Dear johntpartee,
"Ah, yes, but AFTER YOU SAID IT THE FIRST TIME did you say "to coin a phrase"? I think not! Gotcha!"
You're right; I doubt I did. On the the other hand, do you think that the person who first coined the phrase "to coin a phrase" said/wrote something like this:
" ____________________, to coin a phrase, to coin yet another phrase."
Regards,
John
Dear Sashadroogie,
"Ian Gillan got there first with, 'It's not the kill, it's the thrill of the chase'. But did he coin it?"
Ah, but I never claimed to have coined an idea. There's nothing new under the sun.
Moreover, perhaps you've forgotten that I'm a geezer. "Perfect Strangers"
came out in 1984. I coined my phrase (sentence, actually) long before that.
Regards,
John
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johntpartee
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| Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 2:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Droll, johnslat. |
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