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EverHopeful

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29. I've actually come to enjoy many of the shortenings mentioned here

Reply to choie (Original post)

Sun May 24, 2026, 02:22 AM

9 hrs ago

Not sure why.

One usage that still irks me though, is what feels like an overuse of "concerning." Often things that should be described as horrifying, or at least worrying or troubling, are called "concerning." Always makes me think of Susan Collins.

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A grammatical observation and question [View all] choie 14 hrs ago OP

Twitter brain... SheltieLover 14 hrs ago #1

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120 char communications destroy neural networks SheltieLover 14 hrs ago #5

Curiously, Jimmy Carter, a U.S. Navy nuclear engineer pronounced it the same way Brother Buzz 14 hrs ago #6

Another one The Blue Flower 14 hrs ago #2

YES!!! choie 14 hrs ago #4

And "Oval" instead of "Oval Office." wnylib 12 hrs ago #15

Cyber works really well as a noun LearnedHand 12 hrs ago #20

As in "Baron knows the cyber" Disaffected 10 hrs ago #22

People no longer canetoad 14 hrs ago #7

Lord, that's right! choie 13 hrs ago #8

Oh yeah. Drives me mad. No one donates. Gave and given are vanishing Easterncedar 12 hrs ago #14

Gifting or gifting grinds my gears nt r�is�n_dubh 9 hrs ago #25

Mine too canetoad 9 hrs ago #27

Like you said, it's grammar. I've had some experiance in the South and noticed a long time ago that folks shortened..... FadedMullet 13 hrs ago #9

Yep, that's one! Easterncedar 13 hrs ago #13

Very common in Appalachia r�is�n_dubh 9 hrs ago #26

Agree With You :: I Do (!) wyn borkins 13 hrs ago #10

Thanks wyn! choie 13 hrs ago #11

Yes, it seems to be an accelerating trend Easterncedar 13 hrs ago #12

You want to go with? radical noodle 12 hrs ago #16

I noticed that while watching the Darral Brooks trial. I thought it was a Wisconsin LoisB 12 hrs ago #18

It's also an Illinois thing. 3catwoman3 7 hrs ago #31

I think it's started in the last few years and not just in Wisconsin radical noodle 1 hr ago #36

This isn't new. It's a function of how English is spoken by people in areas where there were a lot of settlers who spoke WhiskeyGrinder 3 hrs ago #35

Really? radical noodle 1 hr ago #37

Language spreads. WhiskeyGrinder 25 min ago #40

Interesting. LoisB 48 min ago #39

I agree. You are not being intolerant. It seems as if everything is shorthand LoisB 12 hrs ago #17

Language is very fluid and fast moving LearnedHand 12 hrs ago #19

This! Sometimes I love playing with language and B.See 7 hrs ago #30

Oh dear - language changes. How painful. nt GenThePerservering 11 hrs ago #21

And ya, like I mean, your know, Disaffected 10 hrs ago #23

One reason I enjoy listening to BBC World Service and Al Jazeera Disaffected 10 hrs ago #24

I've noticed that, too. calimary 9 hrs ago #28

I've actually come to enjoy many of the shortenings mentioned here EverHopeful 9 hrs ago #29

I detest impactful. Clunky and awkward. 3catwoman3 7 hrs ago #32

"Impactful" is not very graceful but "influential" is definitely not a substitute LearnedHand 1 hr ago #38

Leaving important words out leads sdfernando 6 hrs ago #33

The worst, to me, is calling a conspiracy theory a conspiracy. That's become all too common. n/t Mister Ed 6 hrs ago #34