Hey, Americans ...

[blamebrampton]

Do you ever use forms of cliché other than plain old cliché? Such as clichéd or clichés? I see it used in a manner that I would consider wrong so often that I am wondering if it is one of those wacky idioms that English develops up all around the world. Or it could just be young people today with their emo music and Twittering ...

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[bryoneybrynn.livejournal.com]

I use cliched. Also, I use the accent, I'm just too lazy to figure out how to do it on my keyboard (Word always supplies it for me). That said, I've only ever used it in conversation - I've never used in a paper or something.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

On a Mac, you can do it by typing option + E, then E. Not sure about PCs because I am too much of a wanker to have ever owned one ;-).

Clichéd is quite right, and we have uncovered another area where English construction fails to cross the Atlantic easily.