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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/22/2009 Posts: 2,449 Location: Africa
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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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Rank: Member Joined: 12/4/2007 Posts: 313
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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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Rank: Member Joined: 3/23/2009 Posts: 17
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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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Rank: Veteran Joined: 7/22/2008 Posts: 1,139
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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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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/22/2009 Posts: 2,449 Location: Africa
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@ danny 6,once found myself saying 'otherwise' as a greeting,but i blame Churchill for that
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Rank: Member Joined: 11/17/2006 Posts: 143
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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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Rank: Member Joined: 8/22/2008 Posts: 82
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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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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/27/2007 Posts: 2,768
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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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Rank: Chief Joined: 5/9/2007 Posts: 13,095
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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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Rank: Member Joined: 8/28/2008 Posts: 31
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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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Rank: Member Joined: 11/17/2006 Posts: 143
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@ Tusker8 : I wont pretend to be a master of the queens language but I think the reason why 'we' use Over...this and that is coz we want to stress on a point and secondly we have set our unwritten standards.
This was from my teacher in high school-mind you physic's teacher: Ndung'u (referring to one of the classmate) you cannot be mannerless,you either have good or bad manners!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/27/2008 Posts: 4,114
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Premises (meaning building,place,location,etc.) is singular. We say,for example,'Don't enter my premises',but never 'Don't enter my premise' A premise is a basic principle or assumption.... 'I sold Co-Op shares immediately on the premise that stocks fall after an IPO...' Nothing is real unless it can be named; nothing has value unless it can be sold; money is worthless unless you spend it.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/27/2008 Posts: 4,114
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Speaking of newscasters,have you heard this one: 'Finally,here is tomorrow's weather forecast' Now,truly; is it possible to read tomorrow's weather forecast today? A forecast of tomorrow's weather,may be... ...but not tomorrow's weather forecast - that one will be read tomorrow,won't it? Nothing is real unless it can be named; nothing has value unless it can be sold; money is worthless unless you spend it.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 1/16/2007 Posts: 1,320
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What kills me is EQUIPMENTS.!! ..... the sons of Zeruiah .....
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/27/2008 Posts: 4,114
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How many can utter the following words differently? HAT HEART HUT HURT Come on; have a go.... Nothing is real unless it can be named; nothing has value unless it can be sold; money is worthless unless you spend it.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 11/19/2008 Posts: 839
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tusker-number* 'you nag like a nagger.....' correct that one if you can...... the englishman has different uses for the words enquire and inquire.... look for a genuine Oxford Learning Dictionary... do not look for .... Oxenford Classic Diktionary.... its all in the label... I'm the real Massey F.....shut your mouth I'm the real Massey Fergu...... Shut your mouth....
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/27/2008 Posts: 4,114
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Then of course there is 'Error is to human'!!!!! Surely,even though to err is human,that one makes no sense... Reminds me of the popularly misquoted phrase: 'Do to others what you would wish them do to you' I always ask,what if they have a different taste? what Jesus actually said was,'Don't do to others what you wouldn't wish done to you' Nothing is real unless it can be named; nothing has value unless it can be sold; money is worthless unless you spend it.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 11/13/2008 Posts: 1,565
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@Mukiha - those words remind me of another set of words - CUP and CAP.....now it is so annoying when people call a CAP,or rather,pronounce it,as 'CAPE' (kayp and not c-ah-p). 'Thats a nice Reebok CAPE' WTF? Jesus,Mary and Joseph! A CAPE is what is draped on Superman/Batman's shoulders or that part in RSA where ships go around the continent. THAT IS A CAPE. What you wear on yo head is a CAP (c-AH-P) and not CAPE or C-UH-P)
The problem with equality is that we desire that it be with those that have more than us rather that those that have less
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/22/2009 Posts: 2,449 Location: Africa
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What about those who say 'nice time' when saying good bye? It irritates the hell out of me!
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Rank: Member Joined: 8/22/2008 Posts: 82
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I have been to machakos SEVERALLY.... Jesus Chris of Nazareth on a bicycle.
Dare you say that in my presence.
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