08-15-2008, 12:30 PM
aarone46 Wrote:I've got a couple of linguistic pet peeves...
It's far too common for people to double up the word "is" and say things like, "The thing is is that..." or "The problem is is that..." The second "is" makes absolutely no sense, and so many people have no idea that this phenomenon even exists.
Secondly, just like someone above talked about the overuse of the term "ironic," the same is true for "literally." John was so distressed after his girlfriend dumped him, his heart was literally torn in half. If that were true, he'd literally be dead! You can't use the word "literally" simply to emphasize a point, yet sadly so many do.
Can you tell I was an English major?
I'll add mine to that.
People who say they "seen something"
People that say "for all intensive purposes" You mostly catch that in emails and message boards.
People that say "irregardless". I have a bunch of friends that use that one, and I yell at them all the time.