Wordie: Redundant and Repetitive: Comments

Comment by dontcry, 2 months ago

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:44:01 +0000

Funn --ee! I laughed out loud at tuna fish -- mainly because I say it all the time! When I thought more about it, I realized that in my mind, tuna and tuna fish are two different things. One always comes in a can, the other never does.

One that gets me every time is a phrase you see in writing, sometimes spoken *cringe* that contains a morning time like: "We'll meet at school at 9:00 am Tuesday morning."

Comment by bilby, 2 months ago

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:31:31 +0000

Several tour companies have told me that pre-booking is necessary.

Comment by rolig, 2 months ago

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:33:43 +0000

At this point in time I can't think of anything else.

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:58:01 +0000

Don't remind me.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:23:05 +0000

Well it's about TIME! What, you had a job to do or something? ;->

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:19:12 +0000

Okay, all good suggestions, and added. ;-)

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:01:10 +0000

Yikes, I spend the day in meetings, and come back to find my list has become quite the hangout! Alas, I have to run... I'll add your suggestions in the morning!

Comment by colleen, about 1 year ago

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:46:50 +0000

PAST HISTORY. *shakes people by the lapels*

Comment by yarb, about 1 year ago

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:41:59 +0000

Great list.

re: tuna fish - this may not be redundant in a place where Cactus Apple (second illustration) is also on the menu.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:22:57 +0000

Eeek!

Comment by colleen, about 1 year ago

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:00:28 +0000

Oh, I remember now! The question, by nurse, doctor or other healthcare worker, "Do you have a past history of n?"

Drives me batshit.

Comment by colleen, about 1 year ago

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:44:12 +0000

Did I? I may have. I don't remember either, reesetee! :)

Speaking of things that I don't remember, there's a redundancy I hear in the doctor's office that annoys me, but I can't quite recall it. Something to do with health history.

Comment by oroboros, about 1 year ago

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:25:26 +0000

How about closer proximity? Or, if X is in the proximity of Z; Y is in close proximity...

Comment by oroboros, about 1 year ago

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:19:32 +0000

At times, virtual experience, as distinguished from actual experience, is an appropriate usage, n'cest pas?

Comment by oroboros, about 1 year ago

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:03:12 +0000

A haven for crooks is not a safe haven for the law-abiding.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:51:02 +0000

Tuna fish! I'm guilty of saying it sometimes when I can't stop my mouth quickly enough.

Also, actual experience, close proximity, and foreign import. Eesh.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:49:00 +0000

You know, colleen, I think you mentioned that before. *brain like a sieve*

Comment by oroboros, about 1 year ago

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:43:22 +0000

An "agreement" can have dissenters. Mutual agreement, presumably, has none.

Comment by colleen, about 1 year ago

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:16:06 +0000

No, in law. But I worked in bookstores for many years. :)

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:15:18 +0000

Colleen, are you "in books" too? :-)

Comment by colleen, about 1 year ago

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:19:02 +0000

isbn number. *shudder*

Comment by generationnext, about 1 year ago

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:25:55 +0000

What a great list!

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 10:15:36 +0000

Excellent ones, thanks all!

Comment by jennarenn, about 1 year ago

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 06:26:52 +0000

chai tea?

Comment by oroboros, about 1 year ago

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 06:23:55 +0000

I've always been intrigued with: "it goes without saying..." and "needless to say..." as redundant fillers.

Comment by SonofGroucho, about 1 year ago

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 05:48:05 +0000

How about "I personally"?

This is a great list.

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:59:42 +0000

Technically you're right, seanahan, but it's still redundant. Not to mention the fact that people use this phrase to clarify that they don't mean midnight, in reference to an event that would almost surely never occur at midnight, so no clarification was really needed. I'd say this is true at least 90% of the time it's used.

"Let's meet for lunch at 12:00. Uh... noon."

Comment by trivet, about 1 year ago

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:57:07 +0000

But you don't need to clarify 12 with noon unless you've been in a windowless space for a few days and/or your circadian rhythm is way off...

Comment by seanahan, about 1 year ago

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:21:56 +0000

What is wrong with 12:00 noon? Some one asks what time, you say 12, think for a moment, and clarify with noon. Sure, you could have just said to start with, but when reading a clock, the brain has an easier time saying the number than saying "noon".

Comment by trivet, about 1 year ago

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:55:31 +0000

or a bigger list of peeves...strategic plan

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:16:45 +0000

Truly, you are more creative than I. I'm fresh out of ideas. :-)

Comment by trivet, about 1 year ago

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:14:32 +0000

honest truth. bare naked. unexpected suprise.

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:09:59 +0000

Excellent, thanks for those. Keep 'em coming!

Comment by trivet, about 1 year ago

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:05:08 +0000

favorited!

added bonus? free gift? 12 noon? kill -something- dead? GPS system?

eek!

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:53:43 +0000

Good one!

Comment by trivet, about 1 year ago

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:51:29 +0000

pita bread?