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Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 3:59 pm
by WildBill
Abraham wrote:hillfighter,

Of course, I'm often irritated, it's part of my job as a practicing curmudgeon.

Now, get off my lawn!
?? Practicing?? I thought you were already a professional. :mrgreen:

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 5:26 pm
by jmra
WildBill wrote:
Abraham wrote:hillfighter,

Of course, I'm often irritated, it's part of my job as a practicing curmudgeon.

Now, get off my lawn!
?? Practicing?? I thought you were already a professional. :mrgreen:
:smilelol5:

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 9:00 pm
by Oldgringo
Oldgringo wrote:
WildBill wrote:
Oldgringo wrote:"hate".... It seems, more and more, that if one disagrees with someone or their agenda, one is pronounced to be guilty of "hate". The words "hate" and "disagreement" are not automatically synonymous.
:iagree: Right on target Oldgringo.
By the same/similar token, "racist" is another word frequently misused.
Add "homophobic" to the list of misused accusations of the misunderstood minority.

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 3:47 pm
by RogueUSMC
WildBill wrote:
Abraham wrote:hillfighter,

Of course, I'm often irritated, it's part of my job as a practicing curmudgeon.

Now, get off my lawn!
?? Practicing?? I thought you were already a professional. :mrgreen:
'Professional' just means you get paid to do it...it doesn't mean you are any good at it...

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 5:59 pm
by WildBill
RogueUSMC wrote:
WildBill wrote:
Abraham wrote:hillfighter,

Of course, I'm often irritated, it's part of my job as a practicing curmudgeon.

Now, get off my lawn!
?? Practicing?? I thought you were already a professional. :mrgreen:
'Professional' just means you get paid to do it...it doesn't mean you are any good at it...
I don't know how much Abraham gets paid, but he is worth every cent!

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2014 7:52 pm
by nightmare
RogueUSMC wrote:'Professional' just means you get paid to do it...it doesn't mean you are any good at it...
Just look at the Tennessee Titans.

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 12:07 am
by Dadtodabone
council- a body of persons brought together for advice, governing, etc.
counsel- advice, opinion given to another
consul- official appointed by one country to oversee its interest in another country
console- give comfort

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 11:29 am
by WildBill
Saw vs. seen.

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 1:18 pm
by puma guy
AndyC wrote:site vs. sight
of vs. have eg. "would of"

Those make me want to yell an old Pulp Fiction/Samuel Jackson quote about English...
I would of posted that if I hadn't saw it was already here on the sight.

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 9:45 pm
by Oldgringo
If "folk" is more than one, how many is "folks"? :headscratch

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 12:24 pm
by Abraham
Any word effluvia emanating out of Obama...

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 4:51 pm
by Oldgringo
Abraham wrote:Any word effluvia emanating out of Obama...
:iagree:

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 1:18 am
by Dadtodabone
Oldgringo wrote:If "folk" is more than one, how many is "folks"? :headscratch
Less than "folk", when "folk" is used as an adjective.
As an adjective, folk encompasses all the inhabitants of a race or land, their culture, tradition, or history.
As a noun "folk" and [always] "folks" is a subset of a larger group.