Redundant Issues in Conversation

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  • MySignaturecolour
    MySignaturecolour Posts: 48 Member
    The woman that sits next to me at work every conversation starts with "I literally", really you are literally killing my over usage of that word.
  • MySignaturecolour
    MySignaturecolour Posts: 48 Member
    HOLY CRAP she just did it again when she answered the phone she told the person on the other in "I literally just walked back to my desk" they are half-way across the country they could care less if you just walked up to your desk. Just answer the damn phone. UGH.

    Ok chilling out and literally putting my headphones on.
  • Lovdiamnd
    Lovdiamnd Posts: 624 Member
    I need to go to the ATM machine :mad: :explode: :mad: :explode: :flowerforyou: "Automated Teller Machine" machine
  • sullus
    sullus Posts: 2,839 Member
    "The La Brea Tar Pits" must drive you nuts ...
  • jonjhayden
    jonjhayden Posts: 165 Member
    I'm guilty of this one, I get into trouble every time I mention the hot water heater. I'm reminded that if the water is already hot then I don't need a heater, right?
    I hate to quibble but it is possible to need a heater for hot water. Perhaps you would like your hot water to be even hotter.

    The thing that people say that drives me nuts is "anyways". Of course there are those that will argue that it is in the dictionary and therefore is correct, but the dictionary labels it as an informal or dialect form of the word anyway which is the correct word to use.

    Another thing that drive me nuts is when tries to sound smart by using the a subjective pronoun but an objective pronoun should actually be used. For example: "As for you and I, we can walk." Since "you and I" are objects of the preposition "for" it should be "you and me".

    I could go on as well.
  • jonjhayden
    jonjhayden Posts: 165 Member
    I have a guy at work that asks people if they rent or lease a property. They're slightly different by definition but for all intents, they mean the same thing.

    Oh, oh there is another one. When people mean to say "for all intents and purposes" but instead say "for all intensive purposes". What the hell are "intensive purposes"? Only the most extreme purposes? I don't know. It's mind bottling!
  • sabified
    sabified Posts: 1,035 Member
    Sometimes, well, most of the time, I'm a little akward with people. Sometimes, I get so caught up in what they say, that I can't think of a next thing because I can't move off of it.

    That must suck that you have that issue problem.


    LOL

    ETA: and EVERYTHING jon's said. I used to say "anyways" and had to write anyway abt 500 times to get it right. I'm glad I was forced to- the world should know this.

    my peeves are when people say "Pacific" instead of "specific" and "Has per" instead of "As per". People using words/phrases out of context also tends to bug me.
  • jonjhayden
    jonjhayden Posts: 165 Member
    Okay. One more for mfp specificallly is not knowing the difference between loose and lose.

    One has a "loose" tooth. If the tooth falls out, then they "lose" the tooth.

    It drives me nuts when I read someone wants to loose weight.
  • sullus
    sullus Posts: 2,839 Member
    Okay. One more for mfp specificallly is not knowing the difference between loose and lose.

    One has a "loose" tooth. If the tooth falls out, then they "lose" the tooth.

    It drives me nuts when I read someone wants to loose weight.

    This post takes my breathe away. I can hardly breath!!
  • LMT2012
    LMT2012 Posts: 697 Member
    Got a note once informing me she was headed "next store" to borrow a cup of sugar. :noway:

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