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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[empress-jae.livejournal.com]

it might have to do with dialect in some cases, and also folks just never having heard the word properly which in turn means they have never been corrected. man, what community was i perusing the other day?...anyway, while trying to make her point, a commenter threw in "intensive purpose" into her rambling. after a couple of WAT? responses from the masses, i finally realized she was trying to say "to all intents and purpose" and decided to gently correct her. in a hissy fit, she said i was wrong, and then an argument broke out after others told her that SHE was in the wrong. i just sat back and palmfaced. youth.

regardless, i like your twittering theory, or as my Finnish boss calls it "twooting"

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

HA! Oh dear, yes. Poor lamb, if she hadn't argued, it would have been one of those perfectly understandable mistakes, like the non-punning use of petty bourgeoisie.

And Twooting is BRILLIANT!