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Mister Ed

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34. The worst, to me, is calling a conspiracy theory a conspiracy. That's become all too common. n/t

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A grammatical observation and question [View all] choie Saturday OP

Twitter brain... SheltieLover Saturday #1

Hmm I remember Bush always said just "nuclear" choie Saturday #3

120 char communications destroy neural networks SheltieLover Saturday #5

Curiously, Jimmy Carter, a U.S. Navy nuclear engineer pronounced it the same way Brother Buzz Saturday #6

Another one The Blue Flower Saturday #2

YES!!! choie Saturday #4

And "Oval" instead of "Oval Office." wnylib Saturday #15

Cyber works really well as a noun LearnedHand Saturday #20

As in "Baron knows the cyber" Disaffected Yesterday #22

People no longer canetoad Saturday #7

Lord, that's right! choie Saturday #8

Oh yeah. Drives me mad. No one donates. Gave and given are vanishing Easterncedar Saturday #14

Gifting or gifting grinds my gears nt r�is�n_dubh Yesterday #25

Mine too canetoad Yesterday #27

Like you said, it's grammar. I've had some experiance in the South and noticed a long time ago that folks shortened..... FadedMullet Saturday #9

Yep, that's one! Easterncedar Saturday #13

Very common in Appalachia r�is�n_dubh Yesterday #26

Kinda drove me a little crazy too. FadedMullet 6 hrs ago #41

Agree With You :: I Do (!) wyn borkins Saturday #10

Thanks wyn! choie Saturday #11

Yes, it seems to be an accelerating trend Easterncedar Saturday #12

You want to go with? radical noodle Saturday #16

I noticed that while watching the Darral Brooks trial. I thought it was a Wisconsin LoisB Saturday #18

It's also an Illinois thing. 3catwoman3 Yesterday #31

I think it's started in the last few years and not just in Wisconsin radical noodle 23 hrs ago #36

This isn't new. It's a function of how English is spoken by people in areas where there were a lot of settlers who spoke WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #35

Really? radical noodle 23 hrs ago #37

Language spreads. WhiskeyGrinder 22 hrs ago #40

Interesting. LoisB 22 hrs ago #39

I agree. You are not being intolerant. It seems as if everything is shorthand LoisB Saturday #17

Language is very fluid and fast moving LearnedHand Saturday #19

This! Sometimes I love playing with language and B.See Yesterday #30

Oh dear - language changes. How painful. nt GenThePerservering Saturday #21

And ya, like I mean, your know, Disaffected Yesterday #23

One reason I enjoy listening to BBC World Service and Al Jazeera Disaffected Yesterday #24

I've noticed that, too. calimary Yesterday #28

I've actually come to enjoy many of the shortenings mentioned here EverHopeful Yesterday #29

I detest impactful. Clunky and awkward. 3catwoman3 Yesterday #32

"Impactful" is not very graceful but "influential" is definitely not a substitute LearnedHand 23 hrs ago #38

Leaving important words out leads sdfernando Yesterday #33

The worst, to me, is calling a conspiracy theory a conspiracy. That's become all too common. n/t Mister Ed Yesterday #34

Recommended. H2O Man 5 hrs ago #42