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A lot of people hate the word "moist", but I honestly don't know why. I think it's the "moi" sound. Not sure though. I really dislike the word "crisps"... that one just bother's me. I dunno, I guess it's just the end of the word mostly, just the sps. Just "crisp", is fine, but the added s makes it sound like your whispering, and the work itself takes longer than it should to say.

What words bother you? (Keep it clean :wink: )
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I'm currently annoyed with benign, benignly, and benignness. The author of my solo having used them over half a dozen times. Not that I hate saying it, just thought he could have possibly found some other descriptive synonym to use. :) But by the time you've finished writing a really long book, you might not realize you've used it that much.

Sometimes easy words trip me up if I start to think about them too much. Like "asked" or whether or not I'm pronouncing "t" and "d" in certain words.
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'Disrespect' used as a verb.
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Yes, "asked" is annoying!
"Fairly" kind of annoys me- it's nice if you use it once or twice in a book, but every other sentence is just plain annoying.
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'Often' gets me every time! Don't quite know what to do with the t.
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lymiewithpurpose wrote: ↑June 4th, 2019, 12:01 pm 'Often' gets me every time! Don't quite know what to do with the t.
I offin ignore the 't.'
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KevinS wrote: ↑June 4th, 2019, 12:04 pm
lymiewithpurpose wrote: ↑June 4th, 2019, 12:01 pm 'Often' gets me every time! Don't quite know what to do with the t.
I offin ignore the 't.'
I'm pretty picky with pronunciation (ack, tongue twister! :lol: ) so I like to leave the t in. "Off-ten."
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I can never say the word "however" right. :roll:
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JayKitty76 wrote: ↑June 4th, 2019, 12:10 pm
KevinS wrote: ↑June 4th, 2019, 12:04 pm
lymiewithpurpose wrote: ↑June 4th, 2019, 12:01 pm 'Often' gets me every time! Don't quite know what to do with the t.
I offin ignore the 't.'
I'm pretty picky with pronunciation (ack, tongue twister! :lol: ) so I like to leave the t in. "Off-ten."
It must be nice to list-en to you. (Wink.)
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KevinS wrote: ↑June 4th, 2019, 12:52 pm
JayKitty76 wrote: ↑June 4th, 2019, 12:10 pm
KevinS wrote: ↑June 4th, 2019, 12:04 pm

I offin ignore the 't.'
I'm pretty picky with pronunciation (ack, tongue twister! :lol: ) so I like to leave the t in. "Off-ten."
It must be nice to list-en to you. (Wink.)
I say it like "off tin"... but that one is annoying
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This is a peculiar topic.

As I read these posts, I find that they are peculiarly odd.

I have my own peculiarly hated words, but I shall not opine.

Ponderous why I am peculiarly peeved presently.
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realisticspeakers wrote: ↑June 5th, 2019, 5:07 pm This is a peculiar topic.

As I read these posts, I find that they are peculiarly odd.

I have my own peculiarly hated words, but I shall not opine.

Ponderous why I am peculiarly peeved presently.
Ah ... those pesky plosives.
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realisticspeakers wrote: ↑June 5th, 2019, 5:07 pm This is a peculiar topic.

As I read these posts, I find that they are peculiarly odd.

I have my own peculiarly hated words, but I shall not opine.

Ponderous why I am peculiarly peeved presently.
I can't even say the word peculiarly!
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ej400 wrote: ↑June 5th, 2019, 7:54 pm
realisticspeakers wrote: ↑June 5th, 2019, 5:07 pm This is a peculiar topic.

As I read these posts, I find that they are peculiarly odd.

I have my own peculiarly hated words, but I shall not opine.

Ponderous why I am peculiarly peeved presently.
I can't even say the word peculiarly!
I used to be able to, but then after reading that you couldn't, I couldn't either!! Agh!!

"Peck-yoo-lee-arh-ly." (OK, I'm pretty sure that's how you say it.)
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JayKitty76 wrote: ↑June 6th, 2019, 4:46 pm
ej400 wrote: ↑June 5th, 2019, 7:54 pm
realisticspeakers wrote: ↑June 5th, 2019, 5:07 pm This is a peculiar topic.

As I read these posts, I find that they are peculiarly odd.

I have my own peculiarly hated words, but I shall not opine.

Ponderous why I am peculiarly peeved presently.
I can't even say the word peculiarly!
I used to be able to, but then after reading that you couldn't, I couldn't either!! Agh!!

"Peck-yoo-lee-arh-ly." (OK, I'm pretty sure that's how you say it.)
:lol: :lol: This word trips me up EVERY ... SINGLE ... TIME I come across it. Usually takes me about 6 or 8 tries before I get it right. :oops: :oops:
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