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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 6 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Re: cranky ol' joe #50243 02/09/02 04:33 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass here's #16, which I had forgotten (see list): 16. use of juxtaposed to mean something more than placed side by side (i.e., transposed) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pet peeves #50244 02/09/02 05:13 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US S slithy toves enthusiast slithy toves enthusiast S Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US I wasn't around when this took off, but here are a couple that grate on me: Kudos used as a plural. (I know, dictionaries are starting to knuckle under, but it's still awful.) Sentences like this: Give it to whomever wants it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pet peeves #50245 02/09/02 05:31 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Give it to whomever wants it. Love it. I shall inarguably use it often ... Would you have been happier if they said "Give it to whomsoever wanteth it."? The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pet peeves #50246 02/09/02 06:03 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US S slithy toves enthusiast slithy toves enthusiast S Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US A wise teacher once advised me: Be very careful how you use who and whom. And if you ever have the urge to use whomever in a sentence, stifle it. Whomsoever? Oy! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pet peeves #50247 02/09/02 06:05 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Oy? That's the vay! The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pet peeves #50248 02/09/02 06:10 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass why can't the Yiddish experts (major assumption there) standardize their Orthography? Oi! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pet peeves #50249 02/09/02 07:27 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US S slithy toves enthusiast slithy toves enthusiast S Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US Oi gevald! Mea culpa, already! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pet peeves #50250 02/09/02 07:54 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 why can't the Yiddish experts standardize their Orthography? Duh! It's transliteration. Yiddish is wrote in Hebrew characters. There's different conventions. You got the Hepburn, the PinYin, the Imperial and the Farnsworth. You're lucky nobody uses the Farnsworth anymore or you'd be seeing things like oai yebhalth. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pet peeves #50251 02/09/02 08:04 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass You got the Hepburn, the PinYin, the Imperial and the Farnsworth. I'm sorry, is this Arguments? I thought is was Pet Peeves. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pet peeves #50252 02/09/02 08:17 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I thought is was Pet Peeves. No, you didn't. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 6 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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