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Subject:Re: Most annoying word From:"Julia Countryman" <julia -at- dreamcatcher-media -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 1 Mar 2006 11:47:22 -0800
That is the cake taker in my book. I had forgotten that one. I had a
college prof who said it throughout lectures in Ecology, and it just doesn't
seem to fit into the scientific vernacular well at all. That drove me
nuts.
Julia Countryman
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That's why we call it the present.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Chad LaCroix" <chad -at- architext-usa -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 11:31 AM
Subject: RE: Most annoying word
> I have a couple more before the thread drops.
>
> "What not" - as in, I went and took a shower, shaved, and what not. I had
> teacher back in grammar school that could not speak for 45 seconds without
> saying it. Even as a child it drove me nuts. I still cringe when someone
> says it.
>
> Also, any phrase ever made popular by the blue collar comedians:
>
> "You might be a redneck"
> "Tater Salad"
> "Giterdone"
> "WidjaDidja"
> ...and many more
>
> Can they really call themselves "blue collar" anymore, anyway? They're
> multi-millionaires now after all.
>
> ~Chad
>
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