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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.

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.


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.

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.

'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.

'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"?

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...

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"?

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.