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addiann - 2005-01-02 12:38:32 Well, I guess I was a bit snide about it all, but still. As for me I can do without "800-pound gorilla," "sea change," and "perfect storm," but those have been around awhile & probably appeared on previous years' lists.* * * * * * * * * * * * addiann - 2005-01-02 15:35:24 Some of the ones that make me particularly nuts are "garnish" as a verb instead of "garnishee"; accrediDation; and the rampant misuse of "bring and take". * * * * * * * * * * * * addiann - 2005-01-02 15:37:37 although those are admittedly all of the misuse sort, not different uses.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-01-02 15:45:34 I'm constantly if mildly irritated by the widespread misuse of "comprise." The right way is "the oncology ward, the IC unit, and the emergency room comprise the west wing of the hospital," not "the west wing of the hospital comprises the oncology ward..." Argh! Minor, but a tad irritating. But, Addiann, would you have an example for "accreditation" and "bring and take"? Were you referring to a mispronunciation with the former?* * * * * * * * * * * * addiann - 2005-01-02 16:28:37 yes, I once had to prove to an actor that the word didn't actually have two Ds. I've heard that mispronunciation on NPR even, as well as "I'm going to bring my kid downtown to the toy store" instead of "take". * * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-01-02 20:56:57 Oh, I see. I hadn't been very aware of the bring and take distinction. I'll have to try and catch myself using the words to see how I do so.* * * * * * * * * * * * Anna - 2005-01-03 13:37:26 Funny, although I don't like using it that way, I think that "comprises the oncology..." is correct, isn't it ? At least that's what a copy editor lead me to believe. The usage that I know for certain is incorrect is "comprised of" as if one is using "composed". * * * * * * * * * * * * Anna - 2005-01-03 13:40:40 My pet peeve: "I COULD care less". It's "I couldN'T care less", although the former is so widespread that most people accept it as correct.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-01-03 13:48:49 Checked my dictionary...oh, dear, I was wrong. Comprise may mean either "include" (the book comprises 300 pages) or "make up, compose" (the essays comprise his total work). So it floats both ways. But yes, "comprised of" is most definitely wrong. Without your comment, I would have been wrong about "comprise"--thanks Anna. "I could care less" is one of my bugbears, too. It seems so obvious to me. Oh, one more--the very widespread misuse of the reflexive pronoun "myself." This is a new thing that just started spreading plaguelike in the last year or two. "Tim and myself went to..." ackkk!* * * * * * * * * * * * Le Flaneur - 2005-01-04 00:14:46 I agree with Laura - "sea change" is just irritating when dropped in conversation. Since Addiann opened the floor to metaplasms, I suggest "irregardless" and "supposibly"* * * * * * * * * * * * tom - 2005-01-04 09:05:28 Two of my pet peeves are the confusion of "fewer" and "less", and "loose" and "lose".* * * * * * * * * * * * Dan Arbor - 2005-01-04 09:50:58 ..."there" and "they're" and "their"....* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-01-04 10:06:26 ("metaplasms"!--cool word!) Tom, thank you for reminding me--yes, I always make a mental correction with people misuse "fewer"/"less," and as you say, "loose"/"lose" is, inexplicably, often mixed up. Also, Dan, "your" and "you're".* * * * * * * * * * * * Dan Arbor - 2005-01-04 10:55:01 My what? Hahahaha! Sorry, feeling a bit punchy now after morning tea...* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-01-04 10:59:21My, we're in a good mood this morning, Davis Bessy meltdowns notwithstanding. :)* * * * * * * * * * * * Iss - 2005-01-04 14:53:36 I personally can't take any more of 'flustrated'. Either pick 'flustered' or 'frustrated' and get it over with. And I will NEVER accept 'alot' as correct no matter how often I see it. Or hear it. Which seems like every day, including from my postal carrier in a Christmas card.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-01-04 14:55:51 Hi Iss! "Alot" is intolerable. Does anyone use "flustrated" in a non-joke way? I mean, do users really not know that is not a word?* * * * * * * * * * * * Bob - 2005-01-05 10:58:39 There seems to be widespread confusion about using "real" instead of "really" (i.e. "I'm real hungry" or as pronounced here in the midwest, "I'm rill hungry") I've also never liked to see the word "gotten" outside of informal conversation. But that's just a personal peeve. * * * * * * * * * * * * Iss - 2005-01-05 14:55:44 I see 'alot' all the time at the hospital in medical charting and most of the 'flustrated's I hear are from my colleagues; i.e., nurses with a college degree. I will never look at the magazine "Real Simple" for Bob's exact reason that 'real' is not an adjective used as such!* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2005-01-05 15:01:58 Hi dear sis. Lots of exclamation points in this thread. This topic seems to have touched nerves--frayed ones. :) * * * * * * * * * * * * add your comment: |