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Re: Annoying words
Posted: November 24th, 2020, 11:47 am
by maxgal
"Gift" as a verb.
"Dialogue" as a verb.
"Parent" as a verb.
"Friend" as a verb.
"Lay" as a synonym for "lie."
Re: Annoying words
Posted: November 24th, 2020, 4:41 pm
by Monaxi
maxgal wrote: ↑November 24th, 2020, 11:47 am
"Gift" as a verb.
"Dialogue" as a verb.
"Parent" as a verb.
"Friend" as a verb.
"Lay" as a synonym for "lie."
I agree!
Re: Annoying words
Posted: November 27th, 2020, 4:09 pm
by loupo
In voice over work my absolute pet hate is the word 'digital'. I also loathe 'qualitative and quantitative'
Quite like moist
Re: Annoying words
Posted: December 31st, 2020, 12:47 pm
by ashleighjane
in regards to trying to actually say them ...vehemence and vehicle! just...why?!
Re: Annoying words
Posted: January 5th, 2021, 5:55 pm
by maxgal
"Grasped."
Possibly even more annoying than "gasped."
Re: Annoying words
Posted: January 30th, 2021, 12:53 pm
by maxgal
"Ejaculate" used to describe a way of speaking.
Re: Annoying words
Posted: January 30th, 2021, 12:54 pm
by maxgal
"Prepuce" ... I had to look it up, and now can't quite banish it from my mind.
Re: Annoying words
Posted: January 30th, 2021, 12:56 pm
by ashleighjane
maxgal wrote: ↑January 30th, 2021, 12:54 pm
"Prepuce" ... I had to look it up, and now can't quite banish it from my mind.
Re: Annoying words
Posted: January 30th, 2021, 4:55 pm
by maxgal
ashleighjane wrote: ↑January 30th, 2021, 12:56 pm
maxgal wrote: ↑January 30th, 2021, 12:54 pm
"Prepuce" ... I had to look it up, and now can't quite banish it from my mind.
O sure, go ahead and laugh!
It's not your mindworm.
Though it
could be....
Re: Annoying words
Posted: January 30th, 2021, 5:01 pm
by ashleighjane
maxgal wrote: ↑January 30th, 2021, 4:55 pm
ashleighjane wrote: ↑January 30th, 2021, 12:56 pm
maxgal wrote: ↑January 30th, 2021, 12:54 pm
"Prepuce" ... I had to look it up, and now can't quite banish it from my mind.
O sure, go ahead and laugh!
It's not your mindworm.
Though it
could be....
Re: Annoying words
Posted: January 30th, 2021, 7:11 pm
by mightyfelix
maxgal wrote: ↑January 30th, 2021, 12:54 pm
"Prepuce" ... I had to look it up, and now can't quite banish it from my mind.
Well, now I
have to...
Re: Annoying words
Posted: February 6th, 2021, 6:11 pm
by maxgal
OK, let's climb back up out of the gutter.
Currently my peeve is: "...I don't wonder he acts so..."
(just try to say it c...l...e...a...r...l...y...)
Re: Annoying words
Posted: February 8th, 2021, 3:57 pm
by JayKitty76
maxgal wrote: ↑February 6th, 2021, 6:11 pm
OK, let's climb back up out of the gutter.
Currently my peeve is: "...I don't wonder he
acts so..."
(just try to say it c...l...e...a...r...l...y...)
This is the same for me except with the name “Thomas Sawyer” !
I end up doing a long hissing S but a soft break between the words, if that makes sense. Just so I don’t run the two words together and make it mumbo jumbo.
Re: Annoying words
Posted: February 9th, 2021, 8:15 pm
by dronald
"Sects"
Reading mostly theology and church history, this word drives me nuts. The singular is easy but the plural sounds like a different word. I tried at least 12 times to say it right until I gave up and assumed it probably doesn't sound that bad to someone listening.
Re: Annoying words
Posted: February 9th, 2021, 8:26 pm
by KevinS
dronald wrote: ↑February 9th, 2021, 8:15 pm
"Sects"
Reading mostly theology and church history, this word drives me nuts. The singular is easy but the plural sounds like a different word. I tried at least 12 times to say it right until I gave up and assumed it probably doesn't sound that bad to someone listening.
Say 'insects,' then drop the 'in.'
