Please, please stop saying...

[ailbhe]

"Only you can make yourself feel guilty." This is not true - what is true is that only you can stop yourself from feeling guilty, which is totally different and much harder.

"Dialated." Your cervix is not a telephone.

"Loose" instead of "lose" and vice-a versa. The former is confusing and the latter is irritating.

"No offense but" and all similar variations on the theme.

Thank you. (And you can all stop saying "Thankyou" while you're about it, and all).

Comments

[helenprev.livejournal.com]

So which is right; Thank you or thankyou? I am generally an extremely pedantic speller but have never been at all sure which of those is correct!

[ailbhe]

"I thank you" is the original phrase, and thankyou alloneword has not yet been officially deemed correct.

I believe that in many parts, one can say "cheers" and avoid the issue entirely.

[helenprev.livejournal.com]

Cheers! :-D

Now you have said it, that makes perfect sense. I will now annoy myself every single time I say 'thank you' until I have learned not to! ;-)

Actually, in real life, I do say 'cheers' more often than not.

[ailbhe]

No no no - "Thank you" is a perfectly correct abbreviation of "I thank you". I only spelled it out to make it easier to remember that it's not alloneword.