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Shak
#1 Posted : Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:01:00 AM
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Saying sometimes in december instead of SOMETIME in December,can be able...instead of i can or i am able,wreck havoc instead of WREAK havoc etc. Any other mistakes that tick you off?

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danny6
#2 Posted : Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:08:00 AM
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You meet a tax payer,you say 'hi' and replies the same and swiftly follows with 'otherwise'.Please....... that is not meant for extending greeetings

'When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door,that we do not see the ones which open for us'.
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AMG
#3 Posted : Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:11:00 AM
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Me I don't like it when people start sentences with 'Me I. . .','Us we. . ' 'Them they. . .'
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Burning Spear
#4 Posted : Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:19:00 AM
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The rain was raining heavily and me and Jack we got late.
"You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it". Malcolm X
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Shak
#5 Posted : Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:20:00 AM
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@ danny 6,once found myself saying 'otherwise' as a greeting,but i blame Churchill for that

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254.co.ke
#6 Posted : Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:30:00 AM
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On a different note is the word Welcome the most mispelt in Nairobi? Have seen so many WELLCOME
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tusker8
#7 Posted : Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:38:00 AM
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1.there is word like 'overspeeding' - you are either speeding or not. Its based on a roads speed limit - if any.
2. No such word as gossiper - one is a gossip,nota gossiper.
3. mail(barua) has no plural. Its remains :mail
4. enquire/inquire
5. envelop/envelope
6. if i was/if i were

zoko mingi sana...

and i get very agitated when i hear newscasters err while they are 'casting' news to the publics or using the same,old,banal cliches every day.

A journey of a thousand miles start with a cash advance
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Kaigangio
#8 Posted : Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:42:00 AM
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'...the walls were constructed from mad and thatched with glass. When i entered i saw one sit but i did not seat down.....'

NEVER TALK OF A RHINO IF THERE IS NO TREE NEAREBY - ZULU PROVERB
...besides, the presence of a safe alone does not signify that there is money inside...
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washiku
#9 Posted : Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:58:00 AM
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Hahaha. AMG umenichekeza. Ati 'Me I don't like it when people start sentences with 'Me I. . .','Us we. . ' 'Them they. . .' '

There are those used to 'There is no different btn them,no different btn....'. It bores me.


'Tough times never last but tough peope do.'
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sayshap
#10 Posted : Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:58:00 AM
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Especially ladies > 'Imagine I got the call and I was like wow....' !@Wendz @Leona etal,Tell us,how does wow look like?Is it an animal or aplant?

And our Bantu relatives who even shrub while writing..for heaven sake,how is this possible?


I never follow my dreams,instead I hunt them down and beat them up into submission...!
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