Re: OT: Hey Eurotrash, the Arabs Beat You to It
From: Bob Stephens (stephensyomamadigital_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 01/06/05
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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 14:55:32 GMT
On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 23:26:36 GMT, Richard the Dreaded Liberal wrote:
>>> Two of my pet hatreds:
>>>
>>> Some idiot with a harelip around 1978 mispronounced mnemonics as 'numonics'
>>> and now I see it everywhere including college textbooks.
>>>
>>> The other one is the spoken use of 'peripheral'. 8 people out of 10 say
>>> 'peripheal' these days.
>>>
>>> Oh yeah, then there's 'nucular' and 'simular'. ARRRGH!!!
>>
>> Very glamorous and fascinating.
>
> This is the most unique opinion I've ever heard! Very unique! Very unique
> indeed!
>
> ;-)
> Rich
Now *That* is my brother's pet peeve. Something is either unique or it
isn't, no modifier required. I sometimes torture him by saying "effectively
unique" or "presumably unique" just to watch the veins stick out on his
neck :)
Bob
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