Phrases that need to disappear

**coracle** · March-12-14, 07:28 PM

"It takes a village ......"

"What difference does it make.....?"

**Hermod** · March-14-14, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by rb336

ANYone giving over 100%, or using over 100% for anything that CAN'T be over 100%

McGovern endorsed Eagleton "1,000%" in 1972 before he canned him.

**Hermod** · March-14-14, 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by Pam

An Olympics related one- using "medal" as a verb.

I can remember war heroes or generals described as "bemedalled"

**Hermod** · March-14-14, 07:22 PM

Originally Posted by Honky Tonk

"one-OH-one point nine"

Short for one-aught-one point nine.

**Hermod** · March-14-14, 07:24 PM

Originally Posted by zacha341

i really prefer to use zero when "0" comes up, but in radio talk and communication "oh" is preferred.

wun-zeeero-wun-dot-niner

**Hermod** · March-14-14, 07:26 PM

Originally Posted by Gistok

Well on a similar vein as the ad hominen goose egg posts...

The people who developed "sans serif" type face should have been shot!

It is thanks to them that several news broadcasters made the same faux pas 3 years ago when North Korea's former fearless leader KIM JONG IL died. Except on sans serif upper/lower case it comes out as "Kim Jong Il" [[the DYES font isn't as bad as most)... and many broadcasters called him "Kim Jong the second".

Couldn't a better differentiation between a capital "I" and a lower case "l" be found??

Kim Jong Mentally-Ill