as someone else said WHATEVER is my big hate! @riz many of my Chinese students use gonna/gunna wanna shudda as you mention, but gotta is the one I dislike most.. It seems they think it is cool talk. I collaborated with a Chinese Prof doing a play translation and he kept on sneaking those words in believing it is cool idiomatic American.
Oh and btw @vkh see - look at your Dec 2018 post, you can actually write reasonably (on occasion) - not a single capitalised 'very' in sight, nor a single 'syndrome' to be seen. Well done young feller! (is there a condescending patronising emoji?) ok, pretend this is a pat on the head then:
@vkh see - even you learn, and adopt new and strange vocabulary whilst at the same time decrying my use thereof ... silly twit. But I cannot find a superior word for obstreperous. Fractious is a nice word too.
@vkh and the thread title brings to mind that incessantly prattling boxer James (lights out) Toney who after a pretty successful career made the embarrassing mistake of stepping into the UFC ring. You are not one to pay attention to detail, are you?
'Gift' reminds me of a Russian German student. He was talking about Novolny and Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury and kept on talking about a Gift. I was puzzled, but then he mentioned he keeps on confusing words from other languages, and I had a sudden flash of light. Das Gift in German is poison. Suddenly the whole conversation made sense! So I have no Gift for you!
Well that's one way of putting your foot in it, to get to the 'crutch' of the matter! (There's a malapropism for Chatilion's thread surely) ... two feet would be somewhat more secure.
@crypto What wit, what intellect, what a riposte! What do you think it actually means? Try 'Get a brain' instead since there is no evidence of yours. You could also try 'whatever' the apogee zenith of your wit no doubt. You deserve sarcasm, so I dispense it freely.
@crazy the Rolling Stones track wasn't bad at all, though I'm usually no RS fan. The voice of Dylan reminded me of The Band era, so I dug up my Last Waltz video for some meandering in memories later today. Thanks.
Here's The Band & Eric Clapton - When I Paint My Masterpiece
@falicia America does not know how to be at peace with itself. They no longer take a part in world peace. They may come closer to the world again with a new president, but they have been becoming progressively more divided for almost 30 years, and I suspect that will continue for a long time.
rankles, doesn't it. As I mentioned elsewhere, the idiom ... having your nose rubbed in it. Well regard the floorboards closely, focus. The nonsense Trump speaks now is universally derided, more and more Republicans will say so too.
Yes, I agree there will be no happy ending. The same division will exist. We, you and I, view this from opposite sides, but WE both know nothing has been resolved, sadly.
isn't 'cantankerous' a lovely word - how it trips off the tongue! Obstreperous isn't so bad either, stroppy I guess in common speech. Fractious is a word rarely used, but works well in this context.
Two sides to every coin, but this is America, two sides are missing. Alternatively two-faced - DT has taken two-faced out of politics, now there is only bald-faced
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RE: Sayings or phrases that grate on my nerves...
as someone else said WHATEVER is my big hate!@riz many of my Chinese students use gonna/gunna wanna shudda as you mention, but gotta is the one I dislike most.. It seems they think it is cool talk. I collaborated with a Chinese Prof doing a play translation and he kept on sneaking those words in believing it is cool idiomatic American.
Oh and btw @vkh see - look at your Dec 2018 post, you can actually write reasonably (on occasion) - not a single capitalised 'very' in sight, nor a single 'syndrome' to be seen. Well done young feller! (is there a condescending patronising emoji?)