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When you ask an employee if something got done and they say "It should be!"

G26ster wrote:

Redneck_Buddha wrote: You mean, "Howston" Street?

"Howston" is correct. Two different people with two different names and pronounciation.

Houston Street (/ˈhaʊstən/ HOW-stən) is a major east-west thoroughfare in downtown Manhattan, running crosstown across the full width of the island of Manhattan, from Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive (FDR Drive) and East River Park on the East River to Pier 40 and West Street on the Hudson River.

Despite the spelling, "Houston" is pronounced "HOUSE-ton", and is therefore not pronounced like the city of Houston, Texas.[2] The street was named for William Houstoun, whereas the city was named for Sam Houston.

Ha! I thought they were doing that from spite 'cause the Rockets beat the Knicks in the 1994 NBA Finals.

ScooterSissy wrote:

anygunanywhere wrote:One of my pet peeves is when people make the "H" silent in a word when it isn't.

For some reason you hear this a lot in Humble, TX since they pronounce the word "umble". Just to annoy them I say Humble with the hard H.

Mrs Anygun has the habit of saying "umble" when she speaks of someone's virtue of humility.

Drives me up the wall but I let her off because she scares me.

Anygunanywhere

Ha, go to New York and ask them about "Houston Street" - you'll laugh.
Literally
But don't take your guns.

You mean, "Howston" Street?

Here's a list of pet-peeve pleonasms, from the Department of Redundancy Department. Not only are they redundancies that are strung together, but they also contain a bunch of words that are unnecessary:

-"Past history"
-"Pre-planning"
-"ATM machine"
-"End result"
-"Totally necessary"
-"Basic fundamentals"
-"Circulating around"
-"Close proximity"
-"Pair of twins"
-"Dual tandem"
-"Unsolved mystery"
-"True facts"
-"Rio Grande River"
-"Somewhat unique"

Some of these may be open for debate.

While we are at it, let's give a thought to these phrases and words:

"Chalant" (in case you really do care)
"I've told you a million times, stop exaggerating!"
"Half the lies we are told are untrue."
"It's deja vu all over again" - Yogi Berra
"When you hit a fork in the road, take it" - also Y.B.
"If we do not succeed, the risk of failure greatly increases."

howdy wrote:The phrase "no problem" when I say thank you to a waiter. Chick-fil-a instructs workers to say "my pleasure". I like that.

I know there is too much apathy around here but I don't care...

Want to solve that problem? Don't say thanks to a server for doing a job they are paid/tipped to do.

"Selfie"