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  1. Dr Doran

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    That, accompanied by a fist pumping upward in the air is just ... intolerable.
  2. Dr Doran

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    OK, now that we all agree, how about other annoying phrases: 1.) "that's what SHE said." Used whenever someone says anything that can be (lamely) twisted by another person into a vaguely sexual innuendo or double-entendre. This can get really, really dumb, like if you say innocently at a...
  3. Dr Doran

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    Yep. The year formerly known as 371 BC (battle of Leuktra when the Spartans finally got their butts kicked but good by the Thebans) is the same year as 371 BCE. The year formerly known as 14 AD (death of Augustus Caesar, accession of Tiberius) is the same year as 14 CE. And the year...
  4. Dr Doran

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    That phrase is big where I live. I'm an atheist and even I hate it. While we're on the "egregious dechristianization" topic ... Another thing I don't much like is the replacement of BC and AD (I am an ancient historian after all) with BCE and CE, standing for "before the current era"...
  5. Dr Doran

    Californians Please check in!

    If you had mentioned it a slightly longer while ago than a few days ago. Saturday and Sunday I have plans. Couples often have plans because their schedules are complicated. I may be able to carve something out on Saturday but not in the evening: I have a dinner to attend. Sunday we are having...
  7. Dr Doran

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    Sorry, not "Oxford" but "Oxf'd" or "Oxfuhd."
  8. Dr Doran

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    To make it worse, she had a very mild speech defect, like a lisp: SPEECH DEFECT PLUS "AFRICKER" PRONUNCIATION OF THE WORD AFRICA: ABSOLUTELY ABOMINABLE. I kept wondering if I should wear earplugs as a sanity-guard. Now she's as Oxford where she can mispronounce Africa all she wants.
  9. Dr Doran

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    Whilst an undergrad at Berkeley, I took a "proseminar" from a British woman on Roman Africa. And the entire semester she pronounced it "Roman Africker." AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
  10. Dr Doran

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    Only one of my brothers but he was not present -- thankfully for him. A physiological mess. While we are on the subject of pronunciation: I cannot cannot cannot stand the way British people say "Mummy" instead of "Mommy." No offense, Brits -- I love your country and I would not be...
  11. Dr Doran

    Matt Deckard Apparel

    Vanian looks brilliant in that suit. Just brilliant. Every detail is superb. I'd prefer more pointed vest-bottoms too, but that's nothing compared to the overall effect: the wide legs, the belt-back, the lapels, everything. I still have my old Damned records. This seems to be the first...
  13. Dr Doran

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    I admire the fact that you restrained yourself to only an exchanged glance ... I think that would be hard. Some horrible grimace would no doubt have crossed my face; the "foshizzle" user would have seen and challenged me, making insulting (and cheap) references to my ethnic background; a fight...
  14. Dr Doran

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    I am happy to say I have never heard that. My ears are yet unsullied by this atrocity to human language. On an anthropological level, however, I am pleased that you told it to me, so that I may have some intimation of the full extent and folly of human beings.
  15. Dr Doran

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    Please stop -- you're murdering me.
  16. Dr Doran

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    Also the hideously annoying "recockulus" as a substitute for "ridiculous." Said only (as far as I know) among female undergraduates at University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. How do these memes spread? How can we kill them? Lysol?
  17. Dr Doran

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    Annoying terms: 1. Spooktacular 2. Craptastic 3. "Couple-three" as in "I have a couple-three errands to run, then I'll come over and drink your Glenmorangie."
  19. Dr Doran

    My First Real Vintage Suit

    Yes, Mr Mueller, your hair is very nice. A good color, and a good style.
  20. Dr Doran

    My First Real Vintage Suit

    Yes, a thread please.
  21. Dr Doran

    What are you wearing today??

    That story always scared me. Is there a movie of it yet?
  22. Dr Doran

    What are you wearing today??

    Ah, yes, I DO understand -- you use it as an anti-head-flotation-device. Yes, I have a small necklace that I occasionally use for this purpose on float-head days.
  23. Dr Doran

    What are you wearing today??

    Could I have this tie when you die? Better yet, are you interested in selling it?

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