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Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 3:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
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."

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 3:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
Bon, thank you. I am never going to use either word ever again.

Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 3:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
Same here. I'll just say "that person" instead of whomever/whoever. LOL. Too complicated!

Beekindpleez
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07-18-2006

Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 3:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beekindpleez a private message Print Post    
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?)

Lainee
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07-19-2005

Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 3:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lainee a private message Print Post    
Paisley
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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

Sanfranjoshfan
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09-17-2000

Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 4:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sanfranjoshfan a private message Print Post    
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 ).

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From the Thesaurus:

tweeze

verb
tweezing her eyebrows pluck, tweezer, pinch, extract.

Just_gail
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08-25-2007

Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 4:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Just_gail a private message Print Post    
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?"

Jenjackso
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02-10-2009

Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 4:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jenjackso a private message Print Post    
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.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 6:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
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!

Mummy35332
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09-09-2005

Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 10:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mummy35332 a private message Print Post    
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.

Beekindpleez
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07-18-2006

Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 10:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beekindpleez a private message Print Post    
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

Mummy35332
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09-09-2005

Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 10:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mummy35332 a private message Print Post    
Mine would be "Poof you're a pie."

Beekindpleez
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07-18-2006

Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 10:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beekindpleez a private message Print Post    
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.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 1:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
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!"

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 4:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
Misuse of "bring" and "take" bugs me. You bring "to" and you take "from."

Bluejaxrock
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04-23-2004

Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 7:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bluejaxrock a private message Print Post    
Thank you, Dogdoc. That bugs me, too. I brought the cake home; I took the cake to work.

Penny
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07-14-2009

Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 7:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Penny a private message Print Post    
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.

Puzzled
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08-27-2001

Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 8:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Puzzled a private message Print Post    
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.

Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 8:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
"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.

Jenjackso
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02-10-2009

Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 11:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jenjackso a private message Print Post    
About the kids asking if you "can" do something. I wait for more than the will, I also wait for the please.

Puzzled
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08-27-2001

Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 11:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Puzzled a private message Print Post    
If you can't even speak, you're not getting a dime.

Good one!

Mummy35332
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09-09-2005

Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 2:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mummy35332 a private message Print Post    
I wait for the please too.

I am so proud, my 13 yo just used 'I' correctly.

Trekkie
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07-09-2005

Friday, September 04, 2009 - 4:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Trekkie a private message Print Post    
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.

Sassyza
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09-03-2009

Friday, September 04, 2009 - 4:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sassyza a private message Print Post    
My pet peeve is when someone says, 'I could care less' when it is 'I could NOT care less'.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Friday, September 04, 2009 - 4:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
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!"