>>>One of my language pet peeves is signs at supermarket express lines that say "15 items or less." 15 items or FEWER....
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>>And what about the "HOV lane - vehicles with 2 or more people or motocycles". Now why would anyone have two motocycles in a car...
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>>>While we're being pedantic, another one I have also given up on since it's so prevalent now is "different than." In the U.S. the correct wording is "different from." In the UK, as I understand it, it's "different to." But "different than" is just plain wrong.
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>>Not much more different (from the proper usage) than (!) most of the other mistakes :).
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>>IOW there's a case when you can say "different than"... and that's when it's "more different from ... than".
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>>BTW, I always laugh (inside, at least) when I hear that two of something are "both different". Sure, one has to make the distinction - because it may happen that only one is different, while the other is the same.
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>LOL
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>We should get together and work on a standup act....

LOL - I can hear the announcer already. Ladies and gentlemen the Copa Cabana is proud to present Mike Beane and Dragan Mumblemumbleovitch! No offense Dragan. We met before and when you said your last name I couldn't really make it out. I just now remembered that. You struck me as a good guy, so I hope you'll get a laugh out of it too.