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02-23-2010, 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by lovespink88
LOL!
I usually end emails with "Best Regards" but I do shorten it to Best when it's someone I know or am I contact with frequently.
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There are some people I work with who have Best Regards and have it set as part of their signature. It sounds weird to me, especially at work.
"You can use grant #A_____ for that purchase"
"Best Regards",
FirstName LastName
It seems unnecessary to me and too formal for that particular type of communication.
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02-23-2010, 09:12 PM
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Fiddly and twee.
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02-23-2010, 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel
Fiddly and twee.
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*Sitting here trying to figure out a time when either of those 2 words would be used*
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02-24-2010, 12:55 AM
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Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel
Fiddly and twee.
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The only time I've ever heard twee being used was from a friend in Dublin, who thought that Maeve Binchey's writings were too twee. I heard it as Two, Three, and thought she had a speak impediment at first!
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02-23-2010, 01:07 AM
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"low-key" (not in the typical usage, but the way it's being used now days)
Example:
Well, she's going out with him now, but lowkey I still like him and it bugs me.
(and I usually see it spelled as one word).
ETA another one:
PROLLY
As in, "I'm prolly gonna get a D on that test."
I can't STAND when people actually think the word is "prolly" instead of "probably"! Makes me think of "prolly want a cracker?" 
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02-23-2010, 03:55 AM
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I guess my "word" pet peeves are more like words and phrases.
"Oh no you/he/she/ didn't" --stupid.
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02-23-2010, 03:59 AM
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I can't stand when "plethora" is mispronounced as "ple-THOR-a." This is new, it didn't used to bother me.
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02-23-2010, 12:32 PM
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I'm not a huge fan of gonna, but I REALLY hate it when people spell it "genna." WHAT?
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02-23-2010, 09:17 PM
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^LOL that's what I was doing!
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02-23-2010, 09:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by knight_shadow
*Sitting here trying to figure out a time when either of those 2 words would be used*
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Originally Posted by LatinaAlumna
^LOL that's what I was doing!
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I hear/read it from people in the fiber arts community, and it annoys me to no end.
"I don't like <insert technique, type of needles, yarn, whatevers> because it is too fiddly for me."
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02-23-2010, 09:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel
I hear/read it from people in the fiber arts community, and it annoys me to no end.
"I don't like <insert technique, type of needles, yarn, whatevers> because it is too fiddly for me."
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OK. I thought it was something that everyone said.
Like "We're feeling all fiddly since we moved, but twee will get used to it"
Or something.
Sorry...I was really reaching with that one lol
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02-24-2010, 12:26 AM
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"I hate to tell you this, but..."
Oh, no you don't hate to tell me. You're dyin' to tell me.
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