Also, it’s iceD tea. The tea has been chilled, it’s not hot, it’s ICED. I think people miss this one, like supposeD to, because the T at the beginning of “to” has the same sound as the D at the end of supposed. But as TJ keeps pointing out, if people pay attention to what they are saying, it will make sense!

Thank you for this post and the comments – I have thoroughly enjoyed myself.

A man I know who is a professional public speaker has several unfortunate verbal tics, mostly that he starts every other sentence with “It seems to me that…” No, you’re paid to give your opinion, JUST SAY IT.

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We all make mistakes, especially when our fingers tend to type faster than we think, but the people who make more than is really excusable, don’t care to correct them nor learn the proper usage really infuriate me.

1. I had a friend who would say “I really feel like he pigeonheld me.”

2. Another friend says “let me tell you me.” No matter how many times we tell him that he’s mixing two phrases – “let me tell you” and “believe you me” (which is annoying as well) – he refuses to believe it.

3. This one is less wacky, but it annoys me so much: my mother-in-law often says “so I says.” The worst part is that she has trouble formulating her thoughts because she’s not the brightest bulb (yes I’m a snob), so this will often be a part of a longer phrase that goes like this: “Dave did this to me, so I says, I says, ‘Dave, you shouldn’t,’ uh, I says, “you shouldn’t….’” I just want to yell SPIT IT THE F OUT. And it’s SAID. SO I SAID.

“__ struck a cord with me.”

I’m not sure how striking a rope or cable… well, maybe if you were playing a string instrument, and .. but then you would still be striking a CHORD.

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