Annoying Words & Phrases

So, what you're saying is that clichés literally raise your hackles. It makes you hot under the collar. It stirs your pot.

From a 10,000 foot level, I can see where you’re coming from. But if you do a deep dive, and see who's pulling the strings, you'll realize that at the end of the day, we're all in this together. Literally, it is what it is.
 
scotchandcigar said:
So, what you're saying is that clichés literally raise your hackles. It makes you hot under the collar. It stirs your pot.

From a 10,000 foot level, I can see where you’re coming from. But if you do a deep dive, and see who's pulling the strings, you'll realize that at the end of the day, we're all in this together. Literally, it is what it is.
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Omg I hate you but also love you.

If you just stopped after raise your hackles, it would have been a witty comedic response to Channel's irritation.

But then you kept going. It was beating a dead horse, preaching to the choir, carrying coles to Newcastle, selling snow to a snowman and shitting a shitter.
 
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Channel98 said:
People should share their thoughts and opinions without resorting to dumb clichés which are not to be taken literally. That includes "comparing apples to oranges," "raining cats and dogs," "kick the bucket," "think outside the box," "the elephant in the room," "throw someone under the bus" and many hundreds of others.
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I like using these little metaphor phrases.

That being said, I hate most of them. Over time, I've gotten used to saying them but when I think about them, most are actually dumb as hell and I gave a WTF look the first time I heard them.
 
In 2015, Dollar Tree purchased Family Dollar for nine billion dollars. Today Dollar Tree announced it is selling Family Dollar to two private equity groups for one billion dollars. Dollar Tree is losing eight billion dollars. Oy vey!

Neil Saunders, an analyst at GlobalData Retail, said today, "The sale closes the book on a sad and troubled chapter for Dollar Tree. Dollar Tree bit off far more than it could chew." Uh, no, Dollar Tree neither bit anything nor chewed anything.
 
Dollar stores and their rise and fall is wildly fascinating. There's a million YouTube videos about it and you should check them out. Basically they have no labor and they set up in rural areas where it's too far away to go to a regular grocery store or Walmart. I'm not sure why they failed though. I guess it's because they had to raise their prices so people figured I may as well drive a little bit longer to get better shit for the same price.

Also, if you're selling shittier products than Walmart, you are in an interesting business sector. They're like the OG brick and mortar Temu.
 
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I was waiting in a parking space in Portsmouth NH, while Mrs. Scotch picked something up, and I noticed this sign. Who the-fuck came up with "50 minutes", and why? Did someone suggest 1-hour, and it got shot down?


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Parking enforcement officers in Portsmouth can issue a citation for violation of parking regulations and restrictions – but they don't call it that. No, it's a "penalty charge notice." But that sign doesn't cite any city regulation and it appears to be on private property. I would ignore it.

Parking Rules & Regulations

Curb Parking and Surface LotsMETERS - Parking meters are used by the city to create turnover (short-term) parking for downtown businesses. The electronic meters are designed to accept nickels, dimes, quarters and credit cards. Credit card transactions require a minimum of 1 hour to activate a...
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Once again, the Word Search game within Words With Friends has provided me with content for a post.

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The category for all these words is "multiple pronunciations" - which, by the way, they misspelled!
Anyway, I thought it would be interesting to see how each of you pronounce these words:

1. Caramel - A) CAH-ruh-mel, or B) CAR-mel, or C) both

2. Sherbet - A) SHER-bit, or B) SHER-bert, or C) both

3. Caribbean - A) cah-ruh-BEE-un, or B) cuh-RIB-ee-un, or C) both

4. Foyer - A) foy-YAY, or B) FOY-yer, or C) both

5. Pecan - A) pee-CAN, or B) pee-KAHN, or C) both

6. Route - A) ROWWT, or B) RUTE, or C) both

7. Leisure - A) LEE-zhure, or B) LEZH-yer, or C) both

8. Niche - A) NITCH, or B) NEESH, or C) both

9. Aunt - A) ANT, or B) AHHNT, or C) both

10. Data - A) DAY-tuh, or B) DAHH-tuh, or C) both

11. Either - A) EE-ther, or B) EYE-ther, or C) both

12. GIF - A) GIFF, or B) JIFF, or C) both

You can just post your A, B, or C choices in order.

Here are mine:
1. C - I know it should be 3 syllables, but I know I don't always say it that way
2. A
3. C - again, I feel like B is correct, but I slip and use both
4. B
5. A
6. C - I say A for wiring things, and B for highways
7. A
8. B
9. C - this is a big one for me. I grew up saying A, but in New England they look at you funny if you don't say B
10. A
11. C - I think B is correct, but I say both
12. A - without a doubt
 
1. Caramel - A) CAH-ruh-mel,

2. Sherbet - A) SHER-bit,

3. Caribbean - A) cah-ruh-BEE-un,

4. Foyer - A) foy-YAY,

5. Pecan - A) pee-CAN,

6. Route - A) ROWWT,

7. Leisure - A) LEE-zhure,

8. Niche - C) both

9. Aunt - A) ANT,

10. Data - B) DAHH-tuh,

11. Either - A) EE-ther,

12. GIF - B) JIFF
 
1. Caramel - A) CAH-ruh-mel,
2. Sherbet - B) SHER-bert,
3. Caribbean - A) cah-ruh-BEE-un,
4. Foyer - A) foy-YAY,
5. Pecan - A) pee-CAN,
6. Route - B) RUTE,
7. Leisure - A) LEE-zhure,
8. Niche - A) NITCH,
9. Aunt - A) ANT,
10. Data - A) DAY-tuh, or B) DAHH-tuh, or C) both
If it the information one, it is B. If it the Starfleed Android it is A.
11. Either - A) EE-ther,
12. GIF - B) JIFF,
 
Why would anyone pronounce "sherbet" as "sherbert"? B-E-T spells "bet," not "bert."

I pronounce "harass" to rhyme with "embarrass" – but I know I'm in the minority. From Dictionary..com: "harass, a 17th-century borrowing from French, has traditionally been pronounced in English as har-uhs, with stress on the first syllable. A newer pronunciation, huh-ras, has developed in North American (but not British) English and has become the more common one in the U.S., especially among younger speakers."
 
Channel98 said:
Why would anyone pronounce "sherbet" as "sherbert"? B-E-T spells "bet," not "bert."

I pronounce "harass" to rhyme with "embarrass" – but I know I'm in the minority. From Dictionary..com: "harass, a 17th-century borrowing from French, has traditionally been pronounced in English as har-uhs, with stress on the first syllable. A newer pronunciation, huh-ras, has developed in North American (but not British) English and has become the more common one in the U.S., especially among younger speakers."
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I heard it before I saw how it was spelt.
 
Channel98 said:
Why would anyone pronounce "sherbet" as "sherbert"? B-E-T spells "bet," not "bert."
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Through my childhood, I always heard "sherbert". But then again, I grew up in NJ. People also say "expresso", when it's "espresso". Don't aks me why.

People also say LIE-berry instead of library. And who pronounces the "r" in February?
 
scotchandcigar said:
Through my childhood, I always heard "sherbert". But then again, I grew up in NJ. People also say "expresso", when it's "espresso". Don't aks me why.

People also say LIE-berry instead of library. And who pronounces the "r" in February?
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Not that I use the term much, I am not a coffee drinker, but I say expresso and hear the same.

It is libRary.
And FebRuary (although it is a soft r but it is there).
 
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