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Little things which really annoy!

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Foxygloves Wed 16-Aug-23 19:34:58

I hesitated about whether I should perhaps have put this in TV etc but I know I am being pedantic.
It’s little things like mispronunciation of place names or getting them just wrong.
Edinburgh grans may wish to correct me but in tonight’s Annika, they referred to the Walter Scott Memorial.
All my life I have known it as the Scott Monument.
No?

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Marmin Wed 23-Aug-23 07:50:41

In linguistics, a word that is heavily overused is said to become an 'empty' word.' Amazing' is an obvious example.

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