tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15451736.post7798254694052011588..comments2024-03-28T07:46:42.106-04:00Comments on Margaret Moore: Pet PeevesMargaret Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11556769462995493735noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15451736.post-57678832103718898862008-01-29T08:35:00.000-05:002008-01-29T08:35:00.000-05:00isnt fist a verb in some movie genres and places l...isnt fist a verb in some movie genres and places like prison - like 5x more than "to finger"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15451736.post-55732186061589070762007-04-13T17:51:00.000-04:002007-04-13T17:51:00.000-04:00Gardens your paper. LOL.I hate some of those too.....Gardens your paper. LOL.<BR/><BR/>I hate some of those too... They really grate on me. While others? Not so much. I think some of them I got so used to, while working in business, that they became part of my vocabulary. For example... prioritize doesn't bother me. Fisted her hands does. Doesn't one make a fist or form a fist???? My Oxford (concise edition admittedly) does list fist as a verb but with the meaning to strike with a fist. (Have never actually heard it used that way.) Not "to form a fist".<BR/><BR/>That one really bugs me. (So does journaling.)Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15451736.post-61385333441761855552007-04-11T15:43:00.000-04:002007-04-11T15:43:00.000-04:00I agree...journaling is an ugly "word". Doesn't f...I agree...journaling is an ugly "word". Doesn't flow, awkward to say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15451736.post-27776638813828606192007-04-11T10:51:00.000-04:002007-04-11T10:51:00.000-04:00Kimber, if the switch is done cleverly and not oft...Kimber, if the switch is done cleverly and not often, I'm more likely to smile than growl. (TWoP recappers do this all the time, actually.) But "journaling" in particular makes me cringe.Margaret Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11556769462995493735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15451736.post-4112549515258965932007-04-11T08:44:00.000-04:002007-04-11T08:44:00.000-04:00I'm guilty of making nouns verbs. Yep, not proper...I'm guilty of making nouns verbs. Yep, not proper but much more efficient. I figure communication is all about getting the message across (and the former newspaper gal in me is conscious about wasting writing real estate).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15451736.post-69371544644438687572007-04-10T22:36:00.000-04:002007-04-10T22:36:00.000-04:00The snow has definitely been strange, especially w...The snow has definitely been strange, especially when it snows in the morning and then it's gone by the afternoon, only to repeat the same pattern the next day. {:0Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15451736.post-19176230510448873492007-04-10T18:44:00.000-04:002007-04-10T18:44:00.000-04:00Prioritize ... well, I have to admit, that one sur...Prioritize ... well, I have to admit, that one surprised me to find its usage only dated back to the 60s. I'll have to remember that, but I'll also remember that English is a fluid language and we have to 'go with the flow.' (Otherwise we'd still be spelling horror with a U - even the English dropped that in the 1920s). <BR/><BR/>Then I read <I>it's the right of the person disagreeing with them to have an opinion and voice it, too.</I> and thought, boy, I wonder if I could have Margaret meet my father - I've been trying to tell him that for years.<BR/><BR/>But I really (and literally) laughed out loud when I reached this: <BR/><BR/><I>Revising a chapter, realizing I had it right the first time and not being able to blame the about-face on anybody else's stupidity.</I><BR/><BR/>Just thought you'd slide that one in there, didn't you? Thanks for my chuckle today, Margaret.<BR/><BR/>And *sigh* unfortunately not only is my garden papered, but the walkway between my house and the one beside. It's really doesn't add any sort of aesthetic quality, does it?Leah Braemelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02096818299653189737noreply@blogger.com