katlupe
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Littering.........including cigarette butts.
What insignificant things bug you?
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I remember back in the 60s and 70s, when smoking was mainstream, all of the intersections were full of cigarette butts. People would take the opportunity to throw out their butts while they were stopped and it was not unusual to see the occasional pig empty the ashtray right there in the street. Nasty!
Beezer
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While both "regardless" and "irregardless" mean "without regard to" or "in spite of," "irregardless" is considered a nonstandard word and should be avoided in formal or academic writing.
Beezer
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I suppose it's a bit like 'fat chance' and 'slim chance'...they both mean the same thing.
Cretins!
Webster's is not an English dictionary. No, irregardless is not the same as regardless. Can you find "duh" too?
It's listed in many dictionaries...
Are you making a difference between English (American) and English (British)? Irregardless, it's listed as an English dictionary and includes the word irregardless, albeit as nonstandard.
LadyEmeraude
on vacation, back in September.
spitting on the side walk and seeing anyone do it bugs me, although insignificant to many.
Lawrence00
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At 2 amI hate the sound of someone's car alarm going off while they do nothing about it for a 1/2 an hour or so.
debodun
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- way upstate in New York, USA
What Aunt Bea said.
Lawrence00
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Being forced to talk to my phone by corporate voice mail systems and "0" is an invalid choice.
Not as a proper word.
I bet I can sell you a set of square tires.
First, may I ask you how you acquired the square tires?
E-Bay.
There's a woman who litters the pavement in front of our building with cigarette butts. The next time I see "the man" I'm going to tell him who it is.
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No, it doesn't. "regardless" means without regard to or in spite of. "Irregardless" doesn't mean anything.
That can be said of several words, one that grates on me is "anyways", not sure why that word is plural when it begins with "any." People seem to be mangling the English language more than ever these days. The grammar and spelling on-line is often very low level.
Not going to answer Mack's question?
jujube
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Packaging.
Preparing dinner tonight, I had to open three packages that had "tear here" places on the packet but that I thought I was going to have to go out to the garage and fire up the chain saw to open.
Harrrumph.....
Preparing dinner tonight, I had to open three packages that had "tear here" places on the packet but that I thought I was going to have to go out to the garage and fire up the chain saw to open.
Harrrumph.....
And the older you get the more difficult it becomes. I have a scissors handy in the kitchen for that reason.
Since I have some fairly serious hearing loss -- not enough to be deaf, but enough to be a PITA for normal hearing people -- I cannot stand loud, protracted sounds from all sorts of sources. To wit, bars, restaurants, yard work, you name it. If you're part of said sounds, my first reaction is to tell you to GTFO -- not interested in what you have to say about anything.
Visit Nepal where men spit and blow snot straight onto the ground every 20 to 30 seconds. I know ..... you think I'm exaggerating. I'm not. On the other extreme you've got Singapore where spitting and chewing gum are illegal.