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maxgal
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"Gift" as a verb.
"Dialogue" as a verb.
"Parent" as a verb.
"Friend" as a verb.
"Lay" as a synonym for "lie."
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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!

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In voice over work my absolute pet hate is the word 'digital'. I also loathe 'qualitative and quantitative'

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in regards to trying to actually say them ...vehemence and vehicle! just...why?! :lol:
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"Grasped."
Possibly even more annoying than "gasped."
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"Ejaculate" used to describe a way of speaking.
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"Prepuce" ... I had to look it up, and now can't quite banish it from my mind. :evil:
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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. :evil:
:lol:
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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. :evil:
:lol:
O sure, go ahead and laugh!
It's not your mindworm. :evil:
Though it could be.... :twisted:
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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. :evil:
:lol:
O sure, go ahead and laugh!
It's not your mindworm. :evil:
Though it could be.... :twisted:
:shock:
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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. :evil:
Well, now I have to...
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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...)
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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” ! :lol: 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.
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"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.
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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.'
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