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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 3:02 pm
Yeah, I did know word at one time. Mummy, owes you big time for making you spend all afternoon going back over the thread. Perhaps you could request the "word."
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 3:03 pm
Bon, thank you. I am never going to use either word ever again.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 3:18 pm
Same here. I'll just say "that person" instead of whomever/whoever. LOL. Too complicated!
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 3:25 pm
Pamy's gonna kick my rear end. Sorry, Pamy. Whoever brought that up should never have mentioned it to whomever wanted it mentioned. (Is that right, Bon?)
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Lainee
Member
07-19-2005
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 3:45 pm
Paisley Member 07-17-2005 Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 1:35 pm The dictionary does say you can "pluck" things with tweezers but in manicure school the teacher told us you tweeze your brows and you pluck a chicken. Paisley...this reminded me when I was in cosmetology school one of the girls NEVER broke the habit of saying "wash" your hair and the instructor would see red when she heard it...cause you SHAMPOO your hair, you WASH your clothes. LOL
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 4:53 pm
From my computer's built-in dictionary (New Oxford American Dictionary): tweeze |twēz| verb [ trans. ] pluck, grasp, or pull with or as if with tweezers : the brows were tweezed to an almost invisible line. ORIGIN 1930s: back-formation from tweezer (see tweezers ). ------------- From the Thesaurus: tweeze verb tweezing her eyebrows pluck, tweezer, pinch, extract.
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Just_gail
Member
08-25-2007
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 4:58 pm
I hate to hear the word "borrow" when "lend" is what is meant. For example "Can you borrow me some money?" It should be "Can you lend me some money?"
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Jenjackso
Member
02-10-2009
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 4:58 pm
I had many teachers who told me that something was one way or another but it was their own personal preference. I pluck or tweeze my brows, depending on what mood I'm in. LOL, the word tweeze underlines as a misspelled word.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 6:52 pm
LOL!!!! at all ya! Bonbon, isnt that funny? I wonder why or how 1 word can do that!! Bee, it's all good, I have neither confirmed nor denied if that is indeed the word! (I am sure that last sentence is not properly formatted, hope it didn't send chills up anyone's spine!) I am going to have to agree with I dont think I will ever use whomever again!
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Mummy35332
Member
09-09-2005
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 10:30 pm
Often we can do things, but should be asked if we will do something. My kids do it all the time. 'Mom can you 'do this or that?' I say yes I can and then do nothing until they ask if I will do it.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 10:41 pm
LOL, Mummy. I did that, too! Also, when they would say, "Can you make me a pie?" or whatever, I would say, "Abracadabra...you're a pie!" LOL
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Mummy35332
Member
09-09-2005
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 10:47 pm
Mine would be "Poof you're a pie."
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 10:51 pm
Oh, yeah! That's how it went... "Abracadabra, Alakazam...Poof! You're a pie!" It's been a hella long time since I've said it. Thanks for bringing it back to me.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 1:09 am
I had an elementary school teacher who, when a student asked, "can I go to the bathroom?" answered with, "If you can't, you better go see a doctor!" 
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 4:59 am
Misuse of "bring" and "take" bugs me. You bring "to" and you take "from."
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Bluejaxrock
Member
04-23-2004
| Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 7:32 am
Thank you, Dogdoc. That bugs me, too. I brought the cake home; I took the cake to work.
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Penny
Member
07-14-2009
| Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 7:40 am
Word of the day. you's or youse or however you choose to spell it. I cringe when anyone says "Do you's want to come to my house ? or "do youse guys think that will work? " etc... Second word of the day. seen... as in "I seen you do that" rather than "I saw you do that " Toss that around for a few minutes !!! BTW love this thread.
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 8:13 am
Why do so many people have trouble with the past tense. Usually Judge Judy doesn't say anything, but the other day someone said, "I brang...," and she angrily said there was no such word. So many people mix up borrow and loan, too.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 8:38 am
"Take me out to the ball game, take me out with the crowd..." I don't have a problem with "can you take me to the mall?" It's not "bring me out to the ball game". But thank goodness I don't have people asking me to "borrow" them money. That's a no-brainer to me! If you can't even speak, you're not getting a dime. LOL.
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Jenjackso
Member
02-10-2009
| Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 11:25 am
About the kids asking if you "can" do something. I wait for more than the will, I also wait for the please.
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 11:49 am
If you can't even speak, you're not getting a dime. Good one!
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Mummy35332
Member
09-09-2005
| Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 2:06 pm
I wait for the please too. I am so proud, my 13 yo just used 'I' correctly.
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Trekkie
Member
07-09-2005
| Friday, September 04, 2009 - 4:22 pm
People are always asking me if I "want" to do things. As in, "Hey, wanna give me a hand with this?" My answer is usually, "NO, but I will." You should be asking the question, "Hey, WILL YOU give me a hand with this?" Weather you want to or not is not relevant.
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Sassyza
Member
09-03-2009
| Friday, September 04, 2009 - 4:54 pm
My pet peeve is when someone says, 'I could care less' when it is 'I could NOT care less'.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Friday, September 04, 2009 - 4:55 pm
After I posted earlier today, I realized I probably used a word incorrectly? I posted, "Ross is hysterical!" I should have said, "Ross is hilarious!"
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