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Old 12-12-2005, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by ELIUD
Well here I was thinking I had a really good handle on myself, and for the most part I do, but when people people - even NEWS ANCHORS - use the word HEIGHTH I wanna kill them and stop the world from sounding like Sylvester the Cat.

Repeat after me everybody who doesn't know it yet, "Length...Width...Height...NEVER HEIGHTH!!!!

OMG, I KNOW!!!!

Here's one that kills me that journalists use ALL THE TIME, is "pled" instead of "plead" or "pleaded". If a baker has already prepared the dough, its been "kneaded" it hasn't been "kned". Jesus Christ!
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