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Redundant and Repetitive

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Because saying it once might not get the point across.
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9 months ago uselessness said:

Don't remind me.

9 months ago reesetee said:

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

9 months ago uselessness said:

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

9 months ago uselessness said:

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!

9 months ago colleen said:

PAST HISTORY. *shakes people by the lapels*

9 months ago yarb said:

Great list.

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

9 months ago reesetee said:

Eeek!

9 months ago colleen said:

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

Drives me batshit.

9 months ago colleen said:

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.

9 months ago oroboros said:

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

9 months ago oroboros said:

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

9 months ago oroboros said:

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

9 months ago reesetee said:

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.

9 months ago reesetee said:

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

9 months ago oroboros said:

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

9 months ago colleen said:

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

9 months ago reesetee said:

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

9 months ago colleen said:

isbn number. *shudder*

about 1 year ago generationnext said:

What a great list!

about 1 year ago uselessness said:

Excellent ones, thanks all!

about 1 year ago jennarenn said:

chai tea?

about 1 year ago oroboros said:

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

about 1 year ago SonofGroucho said:

How about "I personally"?

This is a great list.

about 1 year ago uselessness said:

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."

about 1 year ago trivet said:

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...

about 1 year ago seanahan said:

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".

about 1 year ago trivet said:

or a bigger list of peeves...strategic plan

about 1 year ago uselessness said:

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

about 1 year ago trivet said:

honest truth. bare naked. unexpected suprise.

about 1 year ago uselessness said:

Excellent, thanks for those. Keep 'em coming!

about 1 year ago trivet said:

favorited!

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

eek!

about 1 year ago uselessness said:

Good one!

about 1 year ago trivet said:

pita bread?

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