words that make you grit your teeth

[OakLeaf]

The worst was when my high school (prep, but bohemian kind of prep, so I really expected better) heard from my mom (who was a teacher in the Lower School) that I'd gotten married to my first husband. School decided to start addressing all my alumna mail to "Mrs. Ron XXX"... when I'd kept my own freakin name, my first name AND my last name. They got an earful from me on that one!

I always assumed that "I could care less" was, um, would it be sarcasm, or another figure of speech? I thought it was intentional to state the opposite of what was actually meant, anyhow.

And - well said, Lisa.
<tying my fingers behind my back so I don't keep going on this one>

[Chile Pepper]

I always assumed that "I could care less" was, um, would it be sarcasm, or another figure of speech? I thought it was intentional to state the opposite of what was actually meant, anyhow.

Um, no, but then I couldn't care less about the derivation of the phrase.

[Zen]

And - well said, Lisa.
<tying my fingers behind my back so I don't keep going on this one>

I'm wearing my oven mitts

[lph]

Well I thought the phrase was really "I couldn't care less (about x,y or z)", ie. "I don't care at all".

Re: "the other discussion": this thread was started to let people vent a little on words or phrases that upset them in general. So I think it's only fair to let everybody say which phrases upset or offend them no matter what they are and no matter if you happen to use them. No-one's decreeing that you can't say this, that or the other, and as long as it's mentioned in a reasonable manner I find it rather enlightening what bothers people.

Sorry, that syntax sucked.

[kelownagirl]

Both are correct according to Wiki.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/could_care_less

I could care less
I couldn't care less

[Blueberry]

Ohhh....I hate "Mrs."

My prior law firm wanted to run an ad announcing I had joined the firm. They wanted to refer to me as "Mrs. CA." It ran as "Ms. CA." I'm not sure they ever understood why I cared, but I didn't feel the need to advertise my marital status. One way or the other.

CA

[boy in a kilt]

Irregardless
mismessaged
At this point in time
"Access" used as a verb
"Image" used as a verb
Members of the media using military jargon
Most buzz words
not un...

[LBTC]

lph - I agree about the "other discussion" Well said.

That said, Lisa, I agree with you wholeheartedly, although, as lph said, am not sure this is the right place for the discussion (which, I think, is what you and CC both were saying about the turn in the conversation way back when).

And now back to our originally scheduled discussion:

Nascar speak can be quite irritating at times. It always irks me to hear compedness.

H&B
~T~

[salsabike]

"compedness"?

[Mr. Bloom]

It's your interpretation that what I said is offensive.

Lisa, I think the world of you and agree with much of what you said in this post (even what I didn't quote above) – but particularly with this statement. But let’s look more closely at what transpired here:

First, Flybye posted a comment that was “on topic” with the gist of this thread. Two minutes later, the response was:

Umm excuse me, some of us aren't religious & don't see why we can't say "oh my god"..

I'll keep saying it

I suppose that I could take the same phrase, change a couple of words, and say this:

Umm excuse me, some of us aren’t overweight and don’t see why we can’t say something offensive to overweight people

Or,

Umm excuse me, some us aren’t men and don’t see why we can’t say something offensive to men

This was a disrespectful response to Flybye’s on-topic and unoffensive post. She didn’t attack, she didn’t chastise…she simply stated how she felt about something meaningful to her.

So then, I explained why I agreed with Flybye and I gave the foundation of my belief and support – I believe without an attack and without making it personal - using a single verse from scripture, and I get this response:

Just another thing..Please remember that religion is not shoved down our throats down here as much as it is in the US.
Mr Silver, must you quote every single verse in the Bible? You don't have to point it out, the non religious folks are not complete morons thanks. It's not going to change my view about religion.

Umm, excuse me? For the record, the Bible has over 31,000 verses

This is a generally lighthearted place and I hope to contribute to it staying that way, but simply said:

I will stand up for what I believe and will not accept the current world view that holds that people of faith are fair game for attack when they express the basis for their beliefs - whether it's here or anywhere else.

Having said this, Mr. Silver joins Flybye in allowing this issue to rest.

[salsabike]

LB, what is "compedness"?

[LBTC]

"compedness"?

Yeah, it took me several televised races before I figured out he was referring to competitiveness.


H&B
~T~