Cliches you'd like to give a jolly good thrashing

[Aerich]

Originally posted by Lady Blue03: 'When all is said and done' [img]tongue.gif[/img] edit: i also remembered this one: "Play it by ear"...I mean wtf does it mean. How is waiting for information considered playing your ear? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

"Play it by ear" is a reference to learning and playing musical instuments without sheet music. Typically, playing by ear means listening to a bar or two and then picking out the notes used on your own instrument. So "playing it by ear" is synonymous with working without a plan or direction.

[Jaradu]

Since we're on the subject of grammar and pronunciation, how do you say "altitude"?

I've noticed that most Americans say "alti-tood", whereas English say "Alti-chewed". Is it just an accent thingy?

Originally posted by shadowhound: It's always in the last place you look" Of course it is [img]tongue.gif[/img]

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[ 06-28-2004, 12:13 PM: Message edited by: Jaradu ]

[Dron_Cah]

Uh, the kettle doesn't usually boil when watched, because people take it of the burner/flame before it starts, doh! I think it also refers to one's temperment. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[Arledrian]

Originally posted by Jaradu: Since we're on the subject of grammar and pronunciation, how do you say "altitude"? I've noticed that most Americans say "alti-tood", whereas English say "Alti-chewed". Is it just an accent thingy? quote: Originally posted by shadowhound: It's always in the last place you look" Of course it is [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]Yeah, it's the same with tuna - toona and chewna, etc. I say the latter because I'm from England and Holland originally, I'm just spending a few years over here in the States. I still find it funny, though - I'll never get used to toos-day and suchlike. [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

[Attalus]

I hate the turns of phrase such as : "So, I was, like, mad, and he was, like, ,'So?'...."

[Aelia Jusa]

Originally posted by Jorath Calar: "More than happy" Like in "I'd be more than happy to do it" How can you be *more* than happy? That sounds like a dangerous mental disorder "They had to take Jorath away... he was more than happy".

LOL - and I really did . And then I thought about it later and laughed again... but I was just happy, don't you worry about that. Just happy, nothing more

"Comfort zone" is another piece of trite pap I dislike.

[DBear]

What gets me is on the news when every city in the Middle East is referred to as "The Holy City of...". Enough already!