[jimjamuser]

Some of us got hit with too many concussion grenades during WW1.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Risuli

I'll add my pet peeve. "Two in a row." Two can only be consecutive. It takes three to make a row.

I didn't know that. That is the kind of question that might be asked at the pearly gates to determine if you go up or down.

[Pugchief]

Originally Posted by Marmaduke

My pet peeve it's when friends, good friends do not understand what R.S.V.P. means or... do not come to the party after saying they would, with NO Apology.
Worse than "showing up", after failing to respond.

One interpretation would be that they aren't really "good friends" if they treat you that way. Just saying....

[Pugchief]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

ONE big long gob of word salad.

So familiar....Where have I heard that expression before?

[Kevco]

Originally Posted by Arbud

Try this again. Different approach
Important is spelled important not impordant.
It is still ok to say also or too instead of As Well.

“Looky here, who am dat?”

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

How about, the first "two in a row" of twenty?

Maybe it should be - the 1st consecutive 2 items out of 20 ?

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by justjim

I had only one college professor who took off grade points for grammar. He was weird! High school different story. We are beyond high school, yes?

One ? is, do we stay "beyond high school" when we are here in a retirement area? I assume that there is a gradual mental decline. If only we could go back physically to high school level. Maybe next lifetime?

[Harold.wiser]

Proper grammer, what is that? It's rarer than hen's teeth!

[Whatnext]

Originally Posted by Harold.wiser

Proper grammer, what is that? It's rarer than hen's teeth!

Proper spellin has its place as well

[jimjamuser]

My pet peeve linguistically is in TOTV when people use the word "loose" when it should be "lose". This could be because they temporarily have a "loose" screw in their head that they need to "lose". Lose means to fail to win or fail to find something. Loose is adjective meaning than something is not tight or free from restraint. Example - the dog got loose. One interesting example is the former military command "loose arrows". Some people in TOTV land may just keep their finger on the letter O so long that it becomes OO in the word LOOSE when they really mean LOSE (and they fail to proofread). But, I think that many people must believe that LOOSE is correct in all situations. I wonder ?

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

My pet peeve linguistically is in TOTV when people use the word "loose" when it should be "lose". This could be because they temporarily have a "loose" screw in their head that they need to "lose". Lose means to fail to win or fail to find something. Loose is adjective meaning than something is not tight or free from restraint. Example - the dog got loose. One interesting example is the former military command "loose arrows". Some people in TOTV land may just keep their finger on the letter O so long that it becomes OO in the word LOOSE when they really mean LOSE (and they fail to proofread). But, I think that many people must believe that LOOSE is correct in all situations. I wonder ?

You lose me which makes me lost.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

It's only proper if you're from Pittsburgh...

'n at. Jeet yet?

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Pugchief

That's because couldn't is correct in this use.

I could care less means that there is less that you could care, whereas I couldn't care less is the superlative, meaning there is no less than you could care.

You're welcome.

"I could care less" is now an accepted form of sarcasm meaning the same as "I couldn't care less."

[Aces4]

There is no end to the obliteration of the English language. How about the annoying vetran, vetranarian, litrally, integerty, shtrong, shtraight, and annivershary to list a few anomalies. Then there are the newscasters starting a story with a couple they or a woman she or the policeman he.
Also, me and he are going away, him and me have a date tonight and this type of language is cutting across all levels of society. Listening to the English language now is often cringeworthy but them are the way it goes.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Originally Posted by Driller703

I thought for a minute you were going to say irregardless!

irregardless has been added as a word, if i remember correctly. Words can be added to the dictionary over time. How do you think all those high tech words are now found in the dictionary?

A high school acquaintance mailed a new word request and it was added to one of the dictionaries, though the word was a derogatory use of someone's last name. .