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(68 Posts)
amt101 Tue 03-Jan-17 11:09:09

I get so cross at nucular instead of nuclear and furoreeee instead of furore.

goose1964 Tue 03-Jan-17 11:01:06

it's often used instead of individual

Galen Tue 03-Jan-17 10:50:36

We had a night sister at one hospital who if she said ' someone looks a bit poorly' had to be interpreted as meaning they were in cardiac arrest!

Lilyflower Tue 03-Jan-17 10:30:26

Quite not qquite!

Lilyflower Tue 03-Jan-17 10:30:11

Like being a bit dead or qquite pregnant!

Skweek1 Tue 03-Jan-17 10:27:26

Hold on, Indinana - when you've removed 30 equally unique drawstring teabags from the box, that is surely a breach of the trade description act in that there aren't 80 bags in there. If I were you, I would complain to the manufacturers that you found one which was less unique than the others!

grabba Tue 03-Jan-17 10:25:10

I get annoyed when supposedly educated people use this expression too.

moobox Tue 03-Jan-17 10:24:10

Let's have less moans on here. Who said that? Should have been fewer - like at Morrisons - should be 10 items or fewer - grrrr

ninathenana Mon 02-Jan-17 23:36:28

Uniquely different. angry

Indinana Mon 02-Jan-17 23:27:34

I bought a box of drawstring teabags once. It stated on the box that it contained 80 unique drawstring teabags grin grin grin

LadyGracie Mon 02-Jan-17 22:19:37

Return back - grrrrrr. .......

SueDonim Mon 02-Jan-17 20:41:33

'One of the only...' always annoys me. It's either 'the only' or 'one of only two/five/nineteen'.

Christinefrance Mon 02-Jan-17 19:46:34

No rosesarered your husband is right , it is so irritating.

rosesarered Mon 02-Jan-17 19:25:57

tchgrin DH is always shouting at tv about unique , it seems to be the only thing he is pedantic about.I just sing 'Let It Go' at him.

Antonia Mon 02-Jan-17 19:07:39

Exactly. It is either unique or it isn't. And I am unanimous in this!

kittylester Mon 02-Jan-17 18:29:43

I'm always shouting at the telly about it. Very unique, almost unique, totally unique, more or less unique!angry

bellsisabelle Mon 02-Jan-17 17:37:21

grin

He should have settled for unusual.

Christinefrance Mon 02-Jan-17 17:35:21

Watched George Clarke in Amazing Spaces, he said of a house in Canada " It's very unique "
No George it's either unique or it isn't, there are no shades of this.