And now for something I didn't know...the use of funner and funnest is a generational thing and I do not belong to this funner/funnest generation, but I may be willing to be flexible on this one. The word "fun" has always been and always will be a noun, but since the 1970s it has been increasingly used and accepted as an adjective and, therefore; its comparative and superlative forms have transitioned from "more fun" to "funner" and "most fun" to "funnest". While funner and funnest still sound ridiculous to my pre-1970s language-learning ear, I can accept this change in an informal sense since it follows standardized grammatical structure for adjectives...but just this once! See, I'm more funner than you thought!
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Dear More Funner People
And now for something I didn't know...the use of funner and funnest is a generational thing and I do not belong to this funner/funnest generation, but I may be willing to be flexible on this one. The word "fun" has always been and always will be a noun, but since the 1970s it has been increasingly used and accepted as an adjective and, therefore; its comparative and superlative forms have transitioned from "more fun" to "funner" and "most fun" to "funnest". While funner and funnest still sound ridiculous to my pre-1970s language-learning ear, I can accept this change in an informal sense since it follows standardized grammatical structure for adjectives...but just this once! See, I'm more funner than you thought!
Dear Careless People
If you have no interest whatsoever in something, the correct phrase to use is...I COULDN'T care less. When people say...I COULD care less, what they're actually saying is that they do indeed care a little bit because they still COULD care even less than they do now. It's nonsensical and illogical. Some have tried to say the latter phrase is more ironic, but they're idiots and I COULDN'T care less about their opinions!Dear Irregardless Idiots
Let's talk about irregardless. The proper word is regardless. The prefix "ir" and the suffix "less" make it a double negative, which is incorrect and redundant. However, irregardless is listed in many dictionaries, but as a nonstandard or erroneous word and regardless is always suggested instead. What this boils down to is stupid people have incorrectly used this word so much that it is semi-accepted now. If we all started saying that two plus two equaled five, would it eventually become commonly accepted as fact? I think not. So, please stop saying irregardless because for those of us who know better, you sound like an idiot!Dear Julie Chen
For those of you who watch Big Brother...succubus is a perfectly fine word to use on national television when referring to that nasty evil bitch Britney. Don't listen to Julie Chen, she's clearly an idiot! I'm sure the ex-wife of Les Moonves knows the meaning of succubus since she probably refers to Julie as such after she stole her husband from her! Don't get me wrong, I actually like Julie Chen, but she says some pretty stupid things sometimes on live television. I guess when you're married to the boss, it doesn't really matter how stupid you sound though.
Dear Michael Kors
When someone changes their mind or way of doing something they are doing a "one-eighty" because they are going in the opposite direction. To say you did a "three-sixty" would mean you went back to where you started. Remember: a full circle is 360 degrees, so half a circle is 180 degrees. It's really not that complicated. So, Michael Kors on Project Runway, telling the designer they did a three-sixty was really an insult because it meant that they hadn't changed at all!
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