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The use of, "annoys me to no end" , irritates me limitlessly, deanjens (by way of a welcome  ) If your annoyance is without destination or an object that you hope to achieve, then why allow it to annoy you? Fairly obviously, you cannot mean that your annoyance is going to "no end", because that is clearly impossible - you can, I suppose, travel toward "no end" but you can never get to it. 
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The use of, "annoys me to no end" , irritates Rhuby limitlessly
Swedish Mama, Rhuby! Who you been taking curmudgeon lessons from?
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isn't this an example that AnnaS should be commenting about? -since "annoys me to no end is really just a transposed (there is) no end to my (being) annoyed?--? isn't it an example of anastrophism-- a turn around a phrase for rhetorical effect..
That what Rhu's turn of phrase is about..
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Faldage, can RhubarbCommando not put a tongue-in-cheek post without someone causing a rhubarb over it? You usedn't to do this, dear!  Rhuby said, Fairly obviously, you cannot mean that your annoyance is going to "no end", because that is clearly impossible - you can, I suppose, travel toward "no end" but you can never get to it. Oh, my dear, but there is a "no end" place: it's called Kansas.
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Thanks, but just as with the poorly-conceived, offensively inappropriate 'rectal suppository' sub-thread, I'm staying away from this (at least I know what our newcomer's intentions really were).
[beatific smile]
Faldage, FWIW, your equally tongue-in-cheek post wasn't lost on moi
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>but there is a "no end" place: it's called Kansas.
and here I've been thinkin' Kansas was no place....[/end]
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>pyjama
Hi Bingley,
Sorry I came in on this late.
The original is pyjama, with no s. We never use Pyjama it in an adjectival form. The word we have for Pyjama top is Kurta. (We have no word for pyjama parties)
Max, I have known other people confused with the words Hindi and Hindu.
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KansasAre we back to the Rhuby Red Slippers? pajamas
Do Brits use 'jamas or 'jammies like you often hear in the US, especially when talking to the youngest children?
collective noun
Commune.
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This is a multiple answer:- a) I can tetch with the best of them when the mood takes me - I just had a sudden burst of patriotic fervour which started me fighting the War of Independence (and probably losing it ) all over again! No offence was intended, and apologies if any was taken. b) I certainly don't wear Rhuby red slippers - the colo(u)r clashes with the burgundy of the whites of my eyes. c) "'jamas"; "Jammies"; "Jim-Jams" are all fairly usual contractions over here.
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I attribute it (British usage) to an incapacity for abstraction.
then we will just have to use the abs-traction machine at the gym.
[Jackie, you shouldn't encourage me, even by PM!]
And Rhuby, I should see Dr. Bill about those contractions if I were you!
Rod
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