Shirty
Daring to Zlatan
It winds me up when people say that they could "visually see" something. How else were they expecting to see it ?
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Unnecessary repeated use of different words that mean the same thing
- Thread starter Kumquat
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Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
- 30,622
The great baseball player Yogi Berra was famous for doing this. Some of his finest quotes include:
“It’s like deja vu all over again.”
“We made too many wrong mistakes.”
“You can observe a lot just by watching.”
“If you don’t know where you’re going, you might end up some place else.”
Responding to a question about remarks attributed to him that he did not think were his: “I really didn’t say everything I said.”
“Half the lies they tell about me aren’t true.”
“It’s like deja vu all over again.”
“We made too many wrong mistakes.”
“You can observe a lot just by watching.”
“If you don’t know where you’re going, you might end up some place else.”
Responding to a question about remarks attributed to him that he did not think were his: “I really didn’t say everything I said.”
“Half the lies they tell about me aren’t true.”
- Jan 3, 2012
- 16,612
I think there are probably some fine intellectual and philosophical gems in there! You could base a management training course on "if you don't know where you're going, you might end up some place else."
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 70,340
I've told you a million times not to over-exaggerate.
Baldseagull
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I heard " a very eclectic mix of diverse styles of music", from some poncy **** describing some poncy album on some poncy radio station my radio became mistuned to whilst driving to Bristol. I nearly ****ing exploded.
Norman Potting
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seagullmouse
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- Jan 3, 2011
- 676
I had to look this guy up. Wow what a career. Bet there aren't many footballer-philosophers out there these days. The media like to tell me how wise David James, Clarke Carlisle and Graeme Le Saux are. In the kingdom of the blind...
brightn'ove
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It's how I've blagged a 2:1 so far at uni 
It's sadly depressing that people get wound up by these type of things.
It's sadly depressing that people get wound up by these type of things.
Nibble
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- Jan 3, 2007
- 19,238
I was always taught at school that certain words like "big" should not really be used as they are quite childish and should never be used in delivery of facts as it offers no real indication of size as big is very objective . This has always stuck with me and I have been wincing a lot of late, the last year this word seems to have crept into news readers vocabulary on all channels but esp the BBC. Eg "A big lorry has jacknifed and blocked the A27" or "a big earthquake has struck on the island of BongoBongo" . It's painful to listen to, dreadful.
brightn'ove
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Subjective
Nibble
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- Jan 3, 2007
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Sorry, yes, dunno why I typed that.
On a slightly different theme, the pronounciation of the letter 'H' by some, its Aitch not 'Haitch'!!!!! it has the same effect of scratching your finger nails down a black board, (Kids, ask your parents) please don't add in and then over accentuate the 'Hhhh'. Thanks for listening.
Seagulls over Essex
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I replied to the wrong post and now this....that'll teach me for trying to be a smart Alec
I think you meaned to say that'll learn you