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Subject: 
Re: Geek Speak?
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lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek
Date: 
Wed, 13 Nov 2002 14:28:46 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jeff Jardine writes:

Does anyone else out there has their own linguistic pet peeves?
                          ^^^

Here's another pet peeve - writers who trust a spell-checker, but don't
check their grammar.  :)

Jeff J



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  Re: Geek Speak?
 
(...) No comment on the origin of "me like," but here's a misuse that really cheeses me off: overuse of the word 'impact,' especially as a verb. It used to be a noun meaning a physical collision, but is often used when the speaker should be using (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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