May 15
Are there any words that drive you up the wall?
Mine is “orientate.” Makes me want to scream. You don’t “orientate” something, you “orient” it. I’m also not fond of “proactive,” but it doesn’t make me itch like “orientate” does.
Oh, and as for little bodily gestures: You know when someone wants to physically illustrate the concept of double quotes, so they use their index and middle fingers on both hands and make that little waving gesture in the air? That little thing just adds to my desire to eradicate most of the human race.
Okay, ‘nuff said. Actually, I’ve been feeling guilty for not posting lately, but as you can see below, I’ve been busy…
Book tally: 290 pages, 84358 words
May 15th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
Yes. While you’re eradicating, please don’t forget all those who don’t realize that “unique” has only one meaning. There are not stages of “uniqueness”. It drives me nuts!
You have been busy indeed!
May 16th, 2007 at 6:09 am
Ooh! Good one! Now that you’ve brought that one to my attention, I’ll probably hear it five times in the next day or so.