Archives for November 2006

13 words I hate:

1. Well, the first word is going to be HATE because I think it’s over used. I feel that Hate is a very strong emotion and people say they “hate this” and “hate that” and what they really mean is that they “don’t like” or “dislike” something.

2. The word Woilla – over used on designing shows, by pseudo starlets and pretty much everyone lately. The word is Voila people as in Vvvvvv wa LA.

3. Sorry – another over used word in my opinion. My husband over uses the word. He’s sorry for everything all the time. Why? drop a piece of paper- sorry, sneeze loudly – sorry. Why? Mix it up. Say excuse me or maybe sometimes don’t say anything at all because, maybe, just maybe, there is nothing to be sorry for.

4. Ok – “How are you today?” – OK, “how was your day?” – ok, “Was the movie a good one?” It was Ok. Anyone with a teenager probably knows how frustrating it is to hear this word 100 times each day, but when adults can barely hold a conversation and repeatedly answer with the word Ok it drives me nuts. I think that it’s been said that the average adult has 700 or so words that they use regularly in their vocabulary. Use them.

5. eh? Canadians do not go around saying EH all the time. Honest! Seeing as I’m in Canada and know many Canadians you can believe me when I say that no one I know says eh more than once every two or three weeks- if that.

6. We also don’t say aboot either. No matter what you think you heard when you spoke with a Canadian, we are saying “about” (AhhhhBout).

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