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It annoys me!

Is speaking proper English boring to some people? Why do we 'invent' new words, new expressions and odd phrases? The current phrase that is ridiculously overused is...."having said that" or "that said"!

There is no need for this filler....just continue on with your statement. Any 'new words' get on YOUR last nerve?

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ROMOS

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Best answer!

6 years ago. Rating: 10
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Ducky

LOL!! I think I may have been involved in some of these.

commented 6 years ago

country bumpkin

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I don't think women who like younger men should be referred to as, "Cougars".

6 years ago. Rating: 8
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Benthere

.... I agree, predator is better

commented 6 years ago

Ducky

@Ben….Lots of male predators around I guess?

commented 6 years ago

tabber

the comedian Mom's Mabley said, "I would rather pay a young man's way to Chicago, than to tell an old how to get there."

commented 6 years ago

Benthere

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.... I agree

6 years ago. Rating: 7
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Ducky

Any 'new words' get on YOUR last nerve?

commented 6 years ago

jhharlan

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I don’t like unwords, bad grammar, or lazy speech. Ain’t as a true verb and who was it that invented “bigly”? Aaaauuurrr!

6 years ago. Rating: 7
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Bob/PKB

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Some of the new words we are supposed to use to reference a person besides "he", "him", "she", "her"..... I can't even list them for you, since I won't be using them.

"Having said that"/"That said" - aren't they the same as "But" or "However"? What's wrong with "But" and "However"?

6 years ago. Rating: 7
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Clonge

It can be offensive to some, e.g. "You're pretty, however, you have a big but."

commented 6 years ago

Bob/PKB

Butt, butt, butt

commented 6 years ago

Ducky

But, having said that, maybe?

commented 6 years ago

Bob/PKB

Perhaps, however....

commented 6 years ago

Ducky

….if I'm being honest...

commented 6 years ago

Bob/PKB

Basically. (can't stand that word)

commented 6 years ago

Clonge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOHaNElAwCM

commented 6 years ago

Bob/PKB

Wow, Clonge, how on earth did you find that??

commented 6 years ago

Clonge

Even though she is "extra-terrestrial", I suspected I could find this on an "earth" website, and I was right. LOL! She has no tolerance for answers like this. Most common from her is " Um is not an answer", which is how many litigants respond when thinking of an answer.

commented 6 years ago

Bob/PKB

I'll stay out of her courtroom!

commented 6 years ago

Clonge

https://hbr.org/2018/08/how-to-stop-saying-um-ah-and-you-know

commented 6 years ago

sunnyB

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Going forward, if I have a window I will put you on my radar. Then we can jump start some new beginnings, that would be Awesome or Arsum as Will. I. am says it.