Annoying words and phrasesMarketing bollocks, buzzword bingo, or your mum saying "fudge" when she really wants to swear like a trooper. Let's ride the hockey stick curve of this top hat product, solutioneers.
Thanks to simbosan for the idea
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 13:13)
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Oh and because I'm a naval-gazing loonI hate myself for using the phrase "Could I get..." in shops instead of "Could I have..." or "I would like..."
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Tis an offence......against god and the laws of nature. Whenever people say this to me I reply 'maybe' and then just stare at them as they haven't actually requested anything other than confirmation of a possibility.
Remember though that the first step to fixing a problem is admitting that you have one.
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number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Thu 8 Apr 2010, 14:05,
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Perhaps"Fetch me ... shop wench" would be preferable
Responses such as yours to someone who is basically being polite annoy me. Of course, if someone is being a cunt to you then by all means show your utter contempt for them, but it is not their fault that you didn't work harder at school/hate your job/have the customer service skills of a baboon.
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@><|= w0nu!) or cunt to my friends, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:21,
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..but failure to use spoken language appropriately is a form of laziness founded in contempt for others, essentially rudeness itself. I can forgive general sloppiness, let's be honest, we all make a twunt of ourselves occasionally and it would be fairly rude of me to consider someone's linguistic failings something to make fun of but where do you draw the line? If a person wants a question answered it is their responsibility to ensure that it is accurate, not mine. When a child asks a question incorrectly it would be normal to correct them but still answer what you believe they were trying to ask but shouldn't adults be able to communicate simply at least. If we were Korean I imagine it might be different, I believe meaning is attributed by the listener not by the speaker as in English, but we aren't (well i'm not at least).
I'll shut up now.
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number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:56,
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How exactlydoes being a mentally-challenged enthusiast of warships excuse your lack of specificity? Unless you in fact mean navel-gazing?
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Well...I saw three destroyers the other day. And a U-boat, and a spell-checker...
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