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People who say "less" when they mean "fewer" ought to be turned into soup, the soup fed to baboons and the baboons fired into an active volcano. What has you grinding your teeth with rage, and why?

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(I helped save b3ta! Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 14:36)
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People who use the term "off of" instead of "from"
like "It's that bloke off of the telly"

I hate it even more when these morons try and write this down and manage to come up with this nonsense "DJ Scott Mills off've radio 1 does this".

It makes NO sense!!!
(I helped save b3ta! camp freddy well, would you look at that!, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 8:50, 9 replies)
I quite like Jon Holmes' parody of this -
he uses the phrase "from out of off of".
(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 8:52, closed)
Or the whole should of/would of thing.

(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 8:53, closed)
I've clicked
because you put "Scott Mills" and "hate" in the same sentence.
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 8:56, closed)
^ this
couldn't agree more. That irritating man has taken it a step further and now says "off" in front of everything. As in "Brian, off Bolton"
(mcgriffto, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 9:40, closed)
When my eldest was about 3
he somehow adopted the term "does be" instead of using 'is'.

"That cake does be nice". It sort of made sense but made him sound like a pirate.
(I helped save b3ta! sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 9:12, closed)
he is clearly being possessed by Worzel Gummidge

(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 5 Apr 2011, 14:12, closed)
Possibly over pedantic but ...
...you don't mean "try and write this down" you mean "try to ....."

Sorry.
(I helped save b3ta! Ramsay Tupper, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 9:20, closed)
I've noticed that most people on this board who complain about language use...
...seem to have bugbears about things that are perfectly acceptable in dialectic English. Standard English has its place in writing but i'm not sure it's so important in everyday use.
(I helped save b3ta! rjmrjm, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 9:30, closed)

[whisper]You mean "dialect" not "dialectic" [/whisper]
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 9:32, closed)

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