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« Reply #75 on: October 16, 2005, 08:02:31 PM »
How about pluralizing with apostrophes? Can we gripe about that here?

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« Reply #76 on: October 16, 2005, 08:16:07 PM »
Of course!
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« Reply #77 on: October 16, 2005, 08:25:26 PM »
:cool:

I'm contemplating having that Frazz emblazoned on my forehead.
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« Reply #78 on: October 16, 2005, 08:41:02 PM »
Agh!
No!
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« Reply #79 on: October 16, 2005, 11:24:30 PM »
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« Reply #80 on: October 25, 2005, 09:49:03 AM »
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I could care less about <insert thing here>

If you're wondering why this saying doesn't make any sense, the answer is because it's wrong. The correct saying is "I couldn't care less" which makes a whole lot more sense.

Every time I hear someone say or write "I could care less," I die a little inside.  

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« Reply #81 on: October 25, 2005, 11:48:03 AM »
Every time someone says that, I wanna ask if they could care more.


My boss has one that makes me want to tear my ears off.  "All is we have to do is..."
« Last Edit: October 25, 2005, 11:49:40 AM by Mr. Anderson »
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« Reply #82 on: October 25, 2005, 11:54:22 AM »
Are you sure it's not "All's we have to do is...", because I've heard that one before.
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« Reply #83 on: October 25, 2005, 11:55:32 AM »
He says that, too.
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« Reply #84 on: October 25, 2005, 12:05:32 PM »
Or "The thing is, is that we . . ."  
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« Reply #85 on: October 25, 2005, 06:21:10 PM »
Teshi, you probably don't need to explain so much to this crowd . . . ;)

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« Reply #86 on: October 25, 2005, 06:42:25 PM »
I just like to be perfectly clear.

EDIT: And you never know when that mistake is going to be made. Even here it might creep up behind you. Nowhere are you safe.
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« Reply #87 on: October 25, 2005, 07:45:22 PM »
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Every time I hear someone say or write "I could care less," I die a little inside.

And I could care less. And I will.
Oh look! A butterfly! The situation is hopeless, but not serious.

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« Reply #88 on: October 26, 2005, 02:29:45 PM »
See?

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« Reply #89 on: December 07, 2005, 11:11:46 AM »
My manager is always saying stuff like "Brock and myself will get that done."  He uses it often, too.  Several times a day, usually.
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« Reply #90 on: December 07, 2005, 12:01:58 PM »
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« Reply #91 on: December 07, 2005, 02:11:54 PM »
I think it's an attempt to sound educated/professional.  Considering the people we deal with, I bet it works, too.  *disgusted*

"Blah blah blah, and so blah blah blah," is also a common one from him.
« Last Edit: December 07, 2005, 02:13:21 PM by Mr. Anderson »
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« Reply #92 on: December 07, 2005, 02:13:11 PM »
Although I know it's wrong, it doesn't sound bad to me.
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« Reply #93 on: December 07, 2005, 02:15:47 PM »
I think it sounds like fingernails down a chalkboard.
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« Reply #94 on: December 07, 2005, 02:19:56 PM »
Maybe I need to hear it and not read it.

After all, reading "fingernails on a chalkboard" isn't painful either.
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« Reply #95 on: December 07, 2005, 02:20:42 PM »
*giggles*
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« Reply #96 on: December 07, 2005, 03:06:33 PM »
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Although I know it's wrong, it doesn't sound bad to me.
Would you ever say, "Myself is going to the store?" Does it sound okay to you?
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« Reply #97 on: December 07, 2005, 03:14:11 PM »
JB, I know it's wrong.  I said so earlier.

And yes, it sounds completely wrong when taken by itself.
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« Reply #98 on: December 07, 2005, 03:34:45 PM »
I wasn't asking whether you knew it was wrong. :P I just wanted to know if it sounded bad to you.
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« Reply #99 on: December 07, 2005, 03:55:14 PM »
When you said
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Would you ever say, "Myself is going to the store?"
is looked like you were asking if I knew that it was wrong.

Although I guess you could have been asking if I would purposely say it wrong.
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