I pointed this out a while back and someone (you or rory?) reckoned it was ok.
I still don't like it when I see it on emails to me.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:10, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

it is ok because everyone does it
therefore it is now an accepted use
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:16, Reply)

We use it the same way.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:19, Reply)

You make me sick

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:23, Reply)

so basically, intelligent people
demanding intelligence. good!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:26, Reply)

Jumping on the bandwagon by bastardising English isn't 'intelligent'.
It's pretentious if anything.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:28, Reply)

that's what lawyers
DO
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:31, Reply)

Bollocks. I refuse to use office speak because no matter how ubiquitous it is, I still find it abhorrent.

( Slippery Mick ‏, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:24, Reply)

irregardless of how many emails I get pinged with this shit I too hate office speak

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:25, Reply)

magic

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:26, Reply)

+ 2 chips on my soul it is then.

( Slippery Mick ‏, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:27, Reply)

Rubbish.
Phrases like this get used because they serve a purpose and allow important busy people like me to get on with swindling your old Nan out of her insurance claim.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:43, Reply)

I fucking hate them.
Ghastly abuses of the flexibility of the language.
( Kroney, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:45, Reply)