>>>My personal favorite pet grammar peeve is the use of "myself" as in "If you have grammar questions, just call Tamar or myself." ^%$#%^& (sound of fingernails on blackboard).
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>>Yeah, that one's high on my list, too, as is using "I" at the end of that sentence.
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>>On the pronunciation front, one of my top items is "temperature." Last time I looked (just now <g>), there were 2 r's in that word, but most people elide the first one.
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>>Tamar
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>The two that drive me nuts are:
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>"relitor" for realtor
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>and
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>"jewlery" for jewelry
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>I hear these all the time in Montana.
Every time President Bush says "nukeylar" I cringe.
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