Linda Andrews shares:<\/p>\n
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- My “banned for life” nominee is “wardrobe malfunction<\/strong>.” If I never<\/em> hear that phrase again, it’ll be just fine with me!<\/li>\n
- Another language pet peeve that irks me is when a reporter talks about a “senseless<\/strong>” murder. Is there any other kind?<\/li>\n
- A couple of redundancies that also get my goat are “ATM machine<\/strong>,” or “HIV virus<\/strong>.” The “M” in ATM already stands for “machine,” so saying “ATM machine,” is saying “automated teller machine machine.” The “V” in HIV already stands for “virus,” so, when someone says “HIV virus,” what they’re really saying is “human immunodeficiency virus virus.” What they SHOULD say is “ATM” and “HIV,” period.<\/li>\n
- Another interesting language miscue, and it’s something I hadn’t thought
\nabout myself until I heard someone else bring it up, is when someone says, “I thought to myself..<\/strong>.”. Can you think to anyone else but yourself?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Linda Andrews shares: My “banned for life” nominee is “wardrobe malfunction.” If I never hear that phrase again, it’ll be just fine with me! Another language pet peeve that irks me is when a reporter talks about a “senseless” murder. … Continue reading