"Ride" instead of: Car, truck, etc.
White guy ebonics...
Word use that drives you up the wall!
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Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
"Up the wall" as in "Word use that drives you up the wall." What and where is said wall, and how does one get up it? 
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Pacifist
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Adding to the already lengthy list is the all-too-common misuse of the pronouns "I" and "me."
Correct: My sister and I went to the mall.
Incorrect: My brother accompanied my sister and I to the mall.
Correct: My brother accompanied my sister and me to the mall.
Correct: My sister and I went to the mall.
Incorrect: My brother accompanied my sister and I to the mall.
Correct: My brother accompanied my sister and me to the mall.
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RoyGBiv
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Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
They're
There
Their
I've lost count of how many times I've hit reply, wanting to correct someone on a forum (this and others).
Never have hit the submit button.
There
Their
I've lost count of how many times I've hit reply, wanting to correct someone on a forum (this and others).
Never have hit the submit button.
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Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
speach - Please it's speech!
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Not trolling but I hate it when people use that "word." In fact it's not even a real word, the word is regardless. You might've been making a joke and if you were I apologize because it's hard to sense humor in text.rdhetrick wrote:I have a few, but I usually don't comment on them irregardless of who their from....
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BigBangSmallBucks
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Jaguar wrote:I need more coffee, its to early in the mourning and this is making my head hurt.
Irregardless - I hate that.
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People who say "you" instead of "thou" as the second person singular pronoun.
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DIY video for driving up the wall. "The Electric Company"G26ster wrote:"Up the wall" as in "Word use that drives you up the wall." What and where is said wall, and how does one get up it?
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Unless it's a peach of a speech. Then maybe they're just being economical with their syllables.Abraham wrote:speach - Please it's speech!
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Fortunately, it's not used anymore, but I always hated "groovy".
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Far out!
Outta sight!
Lame, sixties hippie speak, ugh...
Although, some mockingly said: Farm House, outta state!
Outta sight!
Lame, sixties hippie speak, ugh...
Although, some mockingly said: Farm House, outta state!
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Gravy, man!
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Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Prolly, it's just so cutesy...
Or, maybe the "Prolly" folk actually think "Probably" is spelled that way...
Or, maybe the "Prolly" folk actually think "Probably" is spelled that way...
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Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
guilty...Abraham wrote:Prolly, it's just so cutesy...
Or, maybe the "Prolly" folk actually think "Probably" is spelled that way...
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