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lancefisher said:
Shouldn't that be a "Cold Water Heater". Seems like once the water is hot you don't need to heat it anymore.:rolleyes:
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You need the hot water heater to get you enough warm water to clean the PCV valve or maybe wash your hands before you install more RAM memory in your PC computer with the DVD disk drive. :rolleyes:
 
I'll add USAGE, UTILIZE, and SIGNAGE. While we're at it, you can drop the internet shorthand. Spell it out. It's not like you're running at 300 baud or messaging my cellphone.
You can add smileys also. I hate smileys.
 
One that bothers me as a yankee in the south is ideal, as in "I ain't got no ideal how to do that."

Then of course there is y'all and all y'all. I still haven't gotten a good explanation on the usage, as y'all already seems to be plural to me. I've heard that "y'all" is good enough to address a gathering of a few people, but more than that, and you should address the crowd as "all y'all".
 
While we're at it, let's ban:

"butt naked" for buck naked

"peaked my interest" for piqued my interest.

Forte (meaning strong point, not the musical term), pronounced like fort instead of the ubiquitous "fortay", is probably beyond saving.

The Army in Iraq has started pronouncing cache like "cashay". "Cache" is now sometimes spelled "cachet" (which is a different word). That's coming full circle.

The differences between imply and infer, uninterested and disinterested, are now lost in America.
 
Bill Jennings said:
Then of course there is y'all and all y'all. I still haven't gotten a good explanation on the usage, as y'all already seems to be plural to me. I've heard that "y'all" is good enough to address a gathering of a few people, but more than that, and you should address the crowd as "all y'all".
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As a child of the South, my take on this is that y'all is always plural and all y'all merely adds emphasis that everyone in a group is included. What confuses some people not familiar with y'all is that it is plural even if you're addressing one person: "Y'all have grits?" means you're asking if the store or restaurant has grits.
 
DoubleD said:
While we're at it, let's ban:

The Army in Iraq has started pronouncing cache like "cashay". "Cache" is now sometimes spelled "cachet" (which is a different word). That's coming full circle.
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Really? I guess it makes as much sense as when a soldier became a "troop" during Viet Nam. "...11 troops were injured."

I could care less. :(

My buddy came up with "for say" meaning "per se."

There's no mustard to cut Mr. Sportscaster. It's "cut muster." Muster as in measuring up as to rank.

I swear I once heard, "He doesn't cut the coach's particular brand of mustard."
 
a former girlfriend of mine once said about someone else that "he smokes like a fish".
 
oo oo another french one:
"Foyer"

when did it become 'foi-yer'? eeeeouch, ouch, ouch!

wait a minute, how do we say this: Des Moines? is there a trend here?

:) oops sorry John.
 
etsisk said:
a former girlfriend of mine once said about someone else that "he smokes like a fish".
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Well, that makes perfect sense if you're talking about salmon. :D:D

--Kath
 
Doggie Dog World anyone? That doesn't even make sense!!!

"Dog EAT Dog World."

I also second the mustard comment from sportscasters. Dick Vitale is the worst at it:

"Ohh - look at that, he cuts the mustard! Get out the relish, someone get that kid a hotdog! Mustard! Mustard!"

As for y'all....'round here its "Are Y'all ready to go?" (for one), and "Are Y'all ready to go?" (for more than one). Never heard "all y'all" in real life.
 
My S-I-L said, until well into her 30's "Don't look Gifford in the Mouth"!!!

She figured Gifford was the name of some horse and understood the general meaning of the idiom but never really heard it correctly or something! She took our teasing well.

It was "Don't look a Gift Horse in the Mouth"
 
quote un-quote .. i was taught it should be end quote

'you know?' .. (if i know, then why are you telling me?)
 
mikea said:
You need the hot water heater to get you enough warm water to clean the PCV valve or maybe wash your hands before you install more RAM memory in your PC computer with the DVD disk drive. :rolleyes:
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Or that DSL Line
 
mmilano said:
quote un-quote .. i was taught it should be end quote

'you know?' .. (if i know, then why are you telling me?)
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How about air-quotes?
 
Seeing how (all) y'all have had so much fun with this thread I think it's worth a few reputation points",
 
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