words that make you grit your teeth

[Zen]

Don't mistake ignorant (lacking in knowledge or training) for stupid (lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull).

[salsabike]

You know...I thought I would LOVE this thread. I’m a word lover. I thought it would be great fun to hear all the different expressions people hear, use, dislike, etc.

To coin a bad phrase, never have so many people been so offended by so much—and so little. People yelling at others about what they posted and insisting on 1) their individual right to keep on saying whatever the other person didn’t like; 2) their right not to have to hear things they personally don’t like; 3) people who are sophisticated e-users, who know that you can’t always be accurate in interpreting the underlying connotations of messages, filling in the connotative blanks and getting offended by their own blank-filling-in. Ee-yow! Would it really have been that hard to just post your own words without arguing back about others’ posts?

I don’t THINK I’ve ever put a thread on “ignore” before, and I sure didn’t think I’d be doing it with this one. And with a lot of posters on this thread whom I really like and enjoy. Oh, well. I’ll still be glad to see you all, y'all, or all y'all, on other threads.

[Fujichants]

I am too tired to read through all of the posts, so my apology if this has already been said:

"could of" instead of "could HAVE".

or "would of" instead of "would HAVE"

And this coming from college graduates. Sigh.

[Zen]

I kudda hadda V8

[crazycanuck]

What's wrong with saying " I reckon?"

[SouthernBelle]

I noticed Phil Liggett used 'reckon' frequently during the tour.

[crazycanuck]

I didn't know reckon was used up north..I thought it was just an Aussie/Kiwi thing..