Saturday, November 08, 2008
To coin a phrase .
What a wonderful living language English is and how it changes over time. New words and phrases get adopted while others become a nuisance. 'Damp Squid: The English Language Laid Bare' is named after the mistake of confusing a squid with a squib, a type of firework. Researchers compiled the list using Oxford University Corpus database, which alerts them to new words and phrases by monitoring books, papers, magazines, television and the internet. The database can tell which words are being misused as well as identifying expressions which are disappearing.
Oxford University's top [sic] ten most irritating phrases:
1 - At the end of the day
2 - Fairly unique
3 - I personally
4 - At this moment in time
5 - With all due respect
6 - Absolutely
7 - It's a nightmare
8 - Shouldn't of
9 - 24/7
10 - It's not rocket science
I agree with this list, these words and phrases have past their time. They are long-winded, bad grammar and unnecessary. Their use is lazy and I will be glad to see the back of them!
What a wonderful living language English is and how it changes over time. New words and phrases get adopted while others become a nuisance. 'Damp Squid: The English Language Laid Bare' is named after the mistake of confusing a squid with a squib, a type of firework. Researchers compiled the list using Oxford University Corpus database, which alerts them to new words and phrases by monitoring books, papers, magazines, television and the internet. The database can tell which words are being misused as well as identifying expressions which are disappearing.
Oxford University's top [sic] ten most irritating phrases:
1 - At the end of the day
2 - Fairly unique
3 - I personally
4 - At this moment in time
5 - With all due respect
6 - Absolutely
7 - It's a nightmare
8 - Shouldn't of
9 - 24/7
10 - It's not rocket science
I agree with this list, these words and phrases have past their time. They are long-winded, bad grammar and unnecessary. Their use is lazy and I will be glad to see the back of them!
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At the end of the day I personally, and with all due respect, have to agree with you. It's a nightmare how some of these phrases are used 24/7 and shouldn't of been allowed to happen. You are absolutely not fairly unique in your view. It's not rocket science to compile a message without using these phrases.
John
John
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: 8 November 2008 at 20:05
: 8 November 2008 at 20:05
I see the supply teaching is a little quiet at the moment and you now work for the Bristol Evening Post or another tabloid! You should score quite high when playing bullshit bingo!
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