Re: Most annoying word

["Suzette Leeming" <suzette -dot- leeming -at- gmail -dot- com>]

A little off-topic, but....

My daughter had picked up some disturbing language traits growing up, such
as "he goes..., then I go..." when she really means "he said..., then I
said..." and "like" as in "and I was like, really surprised...".

I annoyed her endlessly by making comments such as "where did he go? oh, you
mean he SAID; why didn't you say that?" I kept that up for years. The
result? She no longer uses phrases like that, and in fact is currently in
university studying (drum roll!!!!!!!) english and linguistics (along with
philosophy, sociology, anthropology, etc.). She has also become a critic
among her friends.

Aaah, a job well done!

Suzette Leeming


On 2/28/06, Claire Conant <Claire -dot- Conant -at- digeo -dot- com> wrote:
>
> "Expresso".... YIKES.
> And in speech: "aten" as in "I have already aten" (when they mean
> "eaten")... Double YIKES... and I am personally embarrassed because my
> daughter says that all the time. I have no idea where she got that from
> as I didn't teach her that. =) Blame it on the schools.
>
> And all the others already mentioned.
>
> Claire - Looking forward to be reminded of other annoying words I hate.
>
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