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Originally posted by SarzWix
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Certainly is - it means using unnecessarily long words - down with verbosity! (B*gger - did it again!)
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'obviously' Why use it.....'obviously' I cant think of a reason?
Why was it obvious, what was so obvious? drives me mad mad mad mad!Comment
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I love words
I'm sure I'd get along really well with Stephen Fry 
And maybe he'd introduce me to his friend Hugh Laurie... HMmmmmmmm. Medical words in that gorgeous gravelly voice.....
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My current favourite is from an email that I received a couple of weeks ago...
Hi Hazel - I've had to escalate this matter to my Colleague Georgina.....
That's not normal English now, is it?Comment
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no it's not Hazel, indeed since when did colleague get a cap C
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My OH uses "fundamentally" far too often, drives me bananasHayley B
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Snowdrop uses 'however' way too much!aka
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Something like "tracheobronchitis" - how's that work for you?Originally posted by SarzWix View PostI love words I'm sure I'd get along really well with Stephen Fry And maybe he'd introduce me to his friend Hugh Laurie... HMmmmmmmm. Medical words in that gorgeous gravelly voice.....A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/
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In front of me I have an exerpt from 'Mrs Byrne's Dictionary'.
The word of the 4th October (it's a calendar) is:
zenzizenzizenzic-meaning, the 8th power of a number. Where the 'eck would anyone use that?!?!Comment
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Sounds like some strange form of speech impediment! Or like a record with the needle stuck!Originally posted by SlugLobber View PostHappy Gardening,
Shirley
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and , if it was so 'obvious' in the first place why do they need to point it out by saying 'obviously'?Originally posted by Headfry View Post
'Spin', 'spin doctor/ing', it's LYING !!, stop trying to make it sound ok!Last edited by BrideXIII; 07-10-2008, 04:10 PM.Vive Le Revolution!!!'Lets just stick it in, and see what happens?'
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Specificity - I have to use this word at work quite a lot and I can't say it correctly - I always end up sounding like a bit of a tit when I tryKernow rag nevra
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well the 8th son of an 8th son is a wizard,Originally posted by SlugLobber View Post
the 8th son of an 8th son of an 8th son is a sorcerer soooooo.......
ok forget it i am confused enough already.Vive Le Revolution!!!'Lets just stick it in, and see what happens?' Cigarette FREE since 07-01-09 Comment
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sooooo....... at the end of the day
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