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    Re: Things people say that irritate you

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    Re: Things people say that irritate you

    Wrap my head around it.

    I have no idea what that means.

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    Re: Things people say that irritate you

    "I'm just saying"

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    Re: Things people say that irritate you

    "Your fly's down."

    Did it ever occur to people that sometimes I want my fly down?

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    Re: Things people say that irritate you

    Quote Originally Posted by Red Buckeye View Post
    Something I've noticed lately in message boards and on some of my friends facebook pages (I don't have a facebook page but have seen others) is people don't form complete sentences.

    Example: Dude's a beast! (You mean: That dude's a beast?)

    Example: Getting ready to take shower, take Bob to grocery. (You mean: I'm getting ready to take a shower, and then I am taking Bob to the grocery)

    Example: Can't decide between pizza and wings (You mean: I can't decide between pizza and wings)


    I know some will say it's just to save time, but I with this trend becoming more and more common I wonder what things will look like 10 years from now.
    Don't mind that, it's almost always readily implied.

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    Re: Things people say that irritate you

    It irritates me when people complain about how people say things even though there is no confusion or misunderstanding in what's being said. I used to be guilty of it at one time, but now I feel like I "grew out of it".

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    Re: Things people say that irritate you

    Quote Originally Posted by goreds2 View Post
    I have not read through this entire thread.

    When someone says, "This is my LAST cigarette". It never usually happens.
    This weekend, a couple visited and we were hanging out in the garage watching the Buckeyes. She says to her boyfriend, "I'll quit smoking if you do".

    How many times have we heard this?

    Very sad how addictive this habit is though.
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    Re: Things people say that irritate you

    "It's surreal" or "It was so surreal"

    "Your account is overdrawn"

    "license, registration, and proof of insurance please"
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    Re: Things people say that irritate you

    Quote Originally Posted by goreds2 View Post
    This weekend, a couple visited and we were hanging out in the garage watching the Buckeyes. She says to her boyfriend, "I'll quit smoking if you do".

    How many times have we heard this?

    Very sad how addictive this habit is though.
    I recently tried to quit and got unbelievably cranky (to put it lightly). For the most part, if you're surrounded by smokers, you're screwed. I'm just going to have to wait for a time when I don't expect to interact with people for a while because I can't expect people to have enough patience for me without a cigarette.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mdccclxix View Post
    I don't like it when someone says "real" as an adverb instead of "really". I do it sometimes myself, but I try not to.

    "That's real cool." "It was real big." "That's real far." Ugh, just pronounce the word.
    I believe that tendency comes from the influence of German on American English and is common in the Midwest, where large populations of German immigrants influenced the vernacular. In German, some words are the same in adjective and adverb form. The word for "real" in German is "echt." However, "echt" can also mean "really" depending on context. So a German would say "Das ist echt cool" (yes, many young Germans say "cool") or "Das ist echt Gross" and it would translate as "That is real/really cool" or "That is real/really big." Another example would be "langsam," meaning "slow/slowly." A German would say " Bitte, langsam fahren" to mean "please, drive slow/slowly." As the German lacks a distinct adverb form, German immigrants likely used the adjective form for both.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yachtzee View Post
    I believe that tendency comes from the influence of German on American English and is common in the Midwest, where large populations of German immigrants influenced the vernacular. In German, some words are the same in adjective and adverb form. The word for "real" in German is "echt." However, "echt" can also mean "really" depending on context. So a German would say "Das ist echt cool" (yes, many young Germans say "cool") or "Das ist echt Gross" and it would translate as "That is real/really cool" or "That is real/really big." Another example would be "langsam," meaning "slow/slowly." A German would say " Bitte, langsam fahren" to mean "please, drive slow/slowly." As the German lacks a distinct adverb form, German immigrants likely used the adjective form for both.
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    I've always thought that most improper grammar is simply laziness.
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    Re: Things people say that irritate you

    Quote Originally Posted by Yachtzee View Post
    I believe that tendency comes from the influence of German on American English and is common in the Midwest, where large populations of German immigrants influenced the vernacular. In German, some words are the same in adjective and adverb form. The word for "real" in German is "echt." However, "echt" can also mean "really" depending on context. So a German would say "Das ist echt cool" (yes, many young Germans say "cool") or "Das ist echt Gross" and it would translate as "That is real/really cool" or "That is real/really big." Another example would be "langsam," meaning "slow/slowly." A German would say " Bitte, langsam fahren" to mean "please, drive slow/slowly." As the German lacks a distinct adverb form, German immigrants likely used the adjective form for both.
    Interesting. I actually took German, so I recall what you are referring to.

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    Re: Things people say that irritate you

    "bitte" is why Cincinnatians are known for saying "Please?" instead of "What?" when we don't understand something.


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