From ARMINTA TORBETT: hates to see JUST SAYIN' in the written form.
FROM PATTY BURCH: OVERUSED EXPRESSIONS:
"GAME ON"
"LET'S DO THIS"
In speaking to one of our esteemed County Commissioners about whether we could hold an SB5 PETITION SIGNING RALLY on the Court House lawn, he said that he would have to check on the "PROPERNESS" of the request. Being the kind of gal I am, I said, "While you check on the PROPRIETY, I'll be making signs." I looked in five dictionaries and "properness" isn't given as a word; however, the Webster's Third New International Dictionary (3-volume set) not only gives "properness" but also "properer" and "properest"! OOPS!
Watching the final game "In The Know" for the year, the host Bill Schiffman actually used the words "PROPS" and "DUDE". My, oh, my, we know that slang is passe when a middle-aged guy in Columbus thinks it's COOL to use it!
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Aunt Sue, My neighbor Pete who is in his 80's and still working 5 hours a day at the hardware store...is from Fayette County. He stops and we talk if he happens to be driving by when I am getting in or out of my truck.
He is the one that has the weird sign on his house, when you turned around in his driveway. I asked him about the sign...and he said "Oh I used to have a swimming pool in my back yard". As if that explained anything!
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