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11-07-2008, 10:00 AM
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Heading the list was the expression 'at the end of the day', which was followed in second place by the phrase 'fairly unique'.
The tautological statement "I personally" made third place – an expression that BBC Radio 4 presenter John Humphreys has described as "the linguistic equivalent of having chips with rice."
full story here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...g-phrases.html
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11-07-2008, 10:04 AM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | Dang, I'm guilty on a few of those. Thanks for making me feel bad Rodent. 
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11-07-2008, 10:09 AM
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11-07-2008, 10:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Chicago | | | They are way off. "Like" is by far the most annoying, and most overused expression. We have some interns who use way too often. Next time she starts talking, I'm going to record how many times "like" appears in a one minute time span. |
11-07-2008, 11:09 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Marathon Man | | | "at the end of the day" is really annyoing, I hate it! |
11-07-2008, 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Eilif  They are way off. "Like" is by far the most annoying, and most overused expression. We have some interns who use way too often. Next time she starts talking, I'm going to record how many times "like" appears in a one minute time span. | They way that me and a my friends cured another friend of this was every time that she started talking, we held up a finger every time she said "like". She got really mad at us, but eventually stopped doing it.
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11-07-2008, 11:22 AM
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11-07-2008, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by notduane "ya know?"
no, I don't know, that's why you're tellin' me dumb*** | this and the extended "y'know what I mean"
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11-07-2008, 11:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Finland | | | Out of those, I only find #5 "With all due respect" annoying. It's because it's always followed by a rather negative comment. Spelling errors always annoy me but in a different way.
I don't know why "I personally" is on that list. I think it gives the impression that the person in question gives a more humble picture of himself by adding that extra word. Or are people really that cynical they believe someone says that only to give a better impression of himself or herself?
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11-07-2008, 11:23 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | I'm pleased that none of those are phrases I use.
It is so glaringly and obviously incorrect to use ANY modifier with the word "unique" that I'm astounded at the number of people who do so. Something is unique, or it is not. No modifiers can be used.
I stopped using the "rocket science" phrase after the Current Occupant provided an even better one. Bush once said "It's not rocket surgery." I have adopted that phrase ever since, the better to follow his outstanding linguistic example.
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11-07-2008, 11:27 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Marathon Man | | | I remember Munji giving people a lesson in how to use the word "unique" after he saw someone calling something "fairly unique" on Talkbass. |
11-07-2008, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Pilgrim I'm pleased that none of those are phrases I use.
It is so glaringly and obviously incorrect to use ANY modifier with the word "unique" that I'm astounded at the number of people who do so. Something is unique, or it is not. No modifiers can be used.
I stopped using the "rocket science" phrase after the Current Occupant provided an even better one. Bush once said "It's not rocket surgery." I have adopted that phrase ever since, the better to follow his outstanding linguistic example. | I don't even know why the term "rocket science" is used. As far as sciences go, it wouldn't even be in the top half on a difficulty scale.
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11-07-2008, 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Chris2112 I remember Munji giving people a lesson in how to use the word "unique" after he saw someone calling something "fairly unique" on Talkbass. | 11. Starting every thread title with "attn:"
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11-07-2008, 11:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Pacific Northwest USA | | | "What's up?"
"That'll work!"
"Senate legislative bipartisan coalition"
Just typing these phrases makes my skin crawl.
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11-07-2008, 11:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Seattle | | | "What not" isn't on the compilation... this can't be a legitmate study.
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11-07-2008, 12:02 PM
|  | (((o))) Moderator | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Antwerp, Belgium | | | 'I'm like totally' and 'oh...my...god' and 'ohmygoooood' should have made it in the list as well. |
11-07-2008, 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by iamlowsound I don't even know why the term "rocket science" is used. As far as sciences go, it wouldn't even be in the top half on a difficulty scale.
lowsound | Because rockets explode in a big way, when you get dud results in a particle accelerator, only you and 8 other people in the world can tell.
"WHAT!!! The results don't just change because I'm watching!!! the electrons are up to something!!!"
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11-07-2008, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by iamlowsound They way that me and a my friends cured another friend of this was every time that she started talking, we held up a finger every time she said "like". She got really mad at us, but eventually stopped doing it.
lowsound | I've been making a concious effort to remove "like" from my vocabulary, except when it's gramatically appropriate.
It's proving to be very difficult. For people in my age group it slips into casual conversation very easily. It's not as obvious as the typical California-girl "like, ohmygod!" ~hairtwirl~ sense, and that's what makes it, like, difficult. |
11-07-2008, 12:21 PM
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11-07-2008, 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by SuperDuck I've been making a concious effort to remove "like" from my vocabulary, except when it's gramatically appropriate.
It's proving to be very difficult. For people in my age group it slips into casual conversation very easily. It's not as obvious as the typical California-girl "like, ohmygod!" ~hairtwirl~ sense, and that's what makes it, like, difficult. | I also like to pick apart statements when "like" is overused. Proves to be good fun. Good on you for trying to get rid of it. I find myself doing it when I am around certain people, but as soon as I find myself doing it, I stop doing it.
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