people say 'salty' way too much these days
― how's life, Thursday, 15 June 2017 11:26 (seven years ago) link
(xp) I hate that too but I heard it a lot after Borough Market attack so seemed churlish to get too annoyed about it.
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Thursday, 15 June 2017 11:43 (seven years ago) link
ivanka simpering 'my father' in her soft, precise, expensive voice.
― estela, Thursday, 15 June 2017 11:46 (seven years ago) link
Hahahaha I repost that complaint every time one of my friends who should know better say 'floor' and this time, yes, it's my friend who is on a tefl course and managing one of the concessions at Borough Market (she was there on that Saturday but went home after a 7pm swiftly at the pub).
― syzygy stardust (suzy), Thursday, 15 June 2017 14:48 (seven years ago) link
"Latest and greatest"
― brimstead, Thursday, 15 June 2017 14:59 (seven years ago) link
was "thank you captain obvious" discussed yet?
― billstevejim, Friday, 16 June 2017 05:22 (seven years ago) link
Anything that Eddie Butler says during a rugby match especially when he rolls his r's.
― wtev, Saturday, 17 June 2017 20:27 (seven years ago) link
when did "individuals" replace "people" in official statements?
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 23 June 2017 11:14 (seven years ago) link
'persons'
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 23 June 2017 11:15 (seven years ago) link
Have I mentioned 'home invasion'?
― syzygy stardust (suzy), Friday, 23 June 2017 11:29 (seven years ago) link
the only acceptable 'captain x' formulation is of course 'cap'n save-a-x'
― total eclipse of the beefheart (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 23 June 2017 11:33 (seven years ago) link
I am sure this has been mentioned, but I don't really like seeing "Here's the thing" in professional writing and it's not the best when repeated over and over in speech either.
― MrDasher, Friday, 23 June 2017 12:26 (seven years ago) link
we started out friends
― kinder, Friday, 23 June 2017 12:57 (seven years ago) link
The 'sir' in "you, sir, are a gentleman".
Actually the whole lot of that faux polite bs
― wtev, Friday, 23 June 2017 15:04 (seven years ago) link
"Here's the thing"
yea this is annoying
― marcos, Friday, 23 June 2017 15:08 (seven years ago) link
cf "here's why"
pitiful filler language
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 23 June 2017 16:09 (seven years ago) link
personally i love arbitrary language that signifies nothing
― Unchanging Window (Ross), Friday, 23 June 2017 18:13 (seven years ago) link
gee, i'm sorry the rest of us aren't fast enough at thinking of what we wanna say so we gotta pepper our language with shit that stretches it out while we grasp desperately at anything resembling a cogent thought in the form of a human sentence
― why ruin a good tradition? (Will M.), Friday, 23 June 2017 19:20 (seven years ago) link
Ha Will, you're assuming I don't have a good command of language and that I'm quick on my toes. You're wrong.
― Unchanging Window (Ross), Friday, 23 June 2017 19:39 (seven years ago) link
*not quick on my toes. Didn't make my best case there, but you know what they say about assumptions...
― Unchanging Window (Ross), Friday, 23 June 2017 19:40 (seven years ago) link
I have a so-so command of the English language, and am very slow on my toes, and I use a lot of fill words/phrases so I can sound semi-smart by the time I get to the end of my sentence
― why ruin a good tradition? (Will M.), Friday, 23 June 2017 19:47 (seven years ago) link
I have trouble with people using 'ascertain' in conversation but I think the Kids in the Hall are almost entirely to blame for that.
― President Buttstuff (Old Lunch), Friday, 23 June 2017 19:48 (seven years ago) link
Hahah, alright fair enough. Personally I just like using fill words with my good buddy as a kind of banter at times. Apologies I thought you were coming at me.
― Unchanging Window (Ross), Friday, 23 June 2017 19:48 (seven years ago) link
I do shit like in one sentence use the word capitulate when I could've probably just used a synonym that didn't make me look like an asshole, and then two sentences later forget the word "promotion" and go "what's that word for when you're doing one thing and then a boss is like good job, do this harder thing"
xxp lol ascertain
― why ruin a good tradition? (Will M.), Friday, 23 June 2017 19:48 (seven years ago) link
no i was coming at everyone who is trying to blow up my spot using fillers, Ross you're A-OK in my book would banter w/ you
― why ruin a good tradition? (Will M.), Friday, 23 June 2017 19:49 (seven years ago) link
:) oh shit, now I'm in total agreement with you re: spot using fillers.
― Unchanging Window (Ross), Friday, 23 June 2017 19:53 (seven years ago) link
when did ironic/faux-naïf comma splices come into common use, I use them myself sometimes but I'm not really sure how I feel about them. is this Saramago's fault somehow?
― the baby grew up to be a secessful kid (unregistered), Friday, 23 June 2017 21:22 (seven years ago) link
definitely been noticing that a lot in the past year or so
― Number None, Saturday, 24 June 2017 11:05 (seven years ago) link
― Guidonian Handsworth Revolution (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 24 June 2017 11:15 (seven years ago) link
"We identified that there were two key issues to be addressed."
i.e. 'identify' governing a 'that'-clause. It's so common in the reports I have to read and edit for work that I don't try to correct it, but it never sounds good to me. It can often be replaced by making the object in the clause the object of 'identify' ("We identified two key issues to be addressed"), which sounds way better.
― jmm, Saturday, 24 June 2017 12:51 (seven years ago) link
too many people don't use simple english in business, it's bullshit
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 24 June 2017 13:06 (seven years ago) link
"we plan to establish a brand strategy for internet search exposure going forward" -> "we got adwords"
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 24 June 2017 13:08 (seven years ago) link
― the baby grew up to be a secessful kid (unregistered), Friday, June 23, 2017 5:22 PM (yesterday)
the lagoon effect, i do it too now
― k3vin k., Saturday, 24 June 2017 17:15 (seven years ago) link
Saramago and lagoon, driving common usage
― blog haus aka the scene raver (wins), Saturday, 24 June 2017 17:18 (seven years ago) link
it's great, everyone do it
― qualx, Saturday, 24 June 2017 17:19 (seven years ago) link
I am also not 100% on what is meant by ironic/faux-naïf comma splices btw
― blog haus aka the scene raver (wins), Saturday, 24 June 2017 17:20 (seven years ago) link
what is an ironic comma splice really, hard to tell, all i know is it's Good
― k3vin k., Saturday, 24 June 2017 17:32 (seven years ago) link
― jmm, Saturday, June 24, 2017 1:51 PM (five hours ago)
The original sentence works better than your fix if they don't actually know what the issues to be addressed are, but they do know that there's two of them. I admit that this is probably a very niche use.
― emil.y, Saturday, 24 June 2017 18:03 (seven years ago) link
but you wouldn't say "identified" in that case. Discovered or found would be better.
― sarahell, Saturday, 24 June 2017 18:07 (seven years ago) link
They would be better, true. But I don't think it would be wholly inaccurate to use identified in that case. Maybe I'm wrong and it's still too much language twisting?
― emil.y, Saturday, 24 June 2017 18:10 (seven years ago) link
it wouldn't be inaccurate, in that a reader would understand the meaning of the sentence, it just would be an awkward use of the word "identified" when other words would be more appropriate.
― sarahell, Saturday, 24 June 2017 18:12 (seven years ago) link
I don't know much about comma splices but I know, what I like
― space chipmunk (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 24 June 2017 19:19 (seven years ago) link
In casual writing I've become addicted to mid-sentence end marks! which I know, is mad and wrong, but do I care? apparently not.
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Saturday, 24 June 2017 22:14 (seven years ago) link
Progressive
― quet inn tarnation (darraghmac), Saturday, 24 June 2017 22:21 (seven years ago) link
I mean is this all a sudden the new backpatting selfdescriptor or have I just not noticed it before, shit is everywhere
― quet inn tarnation (darraghmac), Saturday, 24 June 2017 22:22 (seven years ago) link
https://irishelectionliterature.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/hsmyth1.jpg
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Saturday, 24 June 2017 22:30 (seven years ago) link
https://ptmoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Progressive-Logo.jpg
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 24 June 2017 22:38 (seven years ago) link
Can anyone point me to a thread that's the opposite of this? IE. Words, usages and phrases you love
― Unchanging Window (Ross), Sunday, 25 June 2017 07:35 (seven years ago) link
I tried it once phrases you like
& there was another one recently that had a few more takers I think
― blog haus aka the scene raver (wins), Sunday, 25 June 2017 07:44 (seven years ago) link