Redundant and Repetitive

trivet commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

pita bread?

February 7, 2007

uselessness commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

Good one!

February 7, 2007

trivet commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

favorited!

added bonus? free gift? 12 noon? kill -something- dead? GPS system?

eek!

February 7, 2007

uselessness commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

Excellent, thanks for those. Keep 'em coming!

February 7, 2007

trivet commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

honest truth. bare naked. unexpected suprise.

February 7, 2007

uselessness commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

Truly, you are more creative than I. I'm fresh out of ideas. :-)

February 7, 2007

trivet commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

or a bigger list of peeves...strategic plan

February 7, 2007

seanahan commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

What is wrong with 12:00 noon? Some one asks what time, you say 12, think for a moment, and clarify with noon. Sure, you could have just said to start with, but when reading a clock, the brain has an easier time saying the number than saying "noon".

February 8, 2007

trivet commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

But you don't need to clarify 12 with noon unless you've been in a windowless space for a few days and/or your circadian rhythm is way off...

February 8, 2007

uselessness commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

Technically you're right, seanahan, but it's still redundant. Not to mention the fact that people use this phrase to clarify that they don't mean midnight, in reference to an event that would almost surely never occur at midnight, so no clarification was really needed. I'd say this is true at least 90% of the time it's used.

"Let's meet for lunch at 12:00. Uh... noon."

February 8, 2007

sonofgroucho commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

How about "I personally"?

This is a great list.

February 8, 2007

oroboros commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

I've always been intrigued with: "it goes without saying..." and "needless to say..." as redundant fillers.

February 8, 2007

jennarenn commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

chai tea?

February 8, 2007

uselessness commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

Excellent ones, thanks all!

February 8, 2007

generationnext commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

What a great list!

March 29, 2007

colleen commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

isbn number. *shudder*

September 26, 2007

reesetee commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

Colleen, are you "in books" too? :-)

September 26, 2007

colleen commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

No, in law. But I worked in bookstores for many years. :)

September 26, 2007

oroboros commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

An "agreement" can have dissenters. Mutual agreement, presumably, has none.

September 26, 2007

reesetee commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

You know, colleen, I think you mentioned that before. *brain like a sieve*

September 26, 2007

reesetee commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

Tuna fish! I'm guilty of saying it sometimes when I can't stop my mouth quickly enough.

Also, actual experience, close proximity, and foreign import. Eesh.

September 26, 2007

oroboros commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

A haven for crooks is not a safe haven for the law-abiding.

September 27, 2007

oroboros commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

At times, virtual experience, as distinguished from actual experience, is an appropriate usage, n'cest pas?

September 27, 2007

oroboros commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

How about closer proximity? Or, if X is in the proximity of Z; Y is in close proximity...

September 27, 2007

colleen commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

Did I? I may have. I don't remember either, reesetee! :)

Speaking of things that I don't remember, there's a redundancy I hear in the doctor's office that annoys me, but I can't quite recall it. Something to do with health history.

September 27, 2007

colleen commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

Oh, I remember now! The question, by nurse, doctor or other healthcare worker, "Do you have a past history of n?"

Drives me batshit.

September 27, 2007

reesetee commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

Eeek!

September 27, 2007

yarb commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

Great list.

re: tuna fish - this may not be redundant in a place where Cactus Apple (second illustration) is also on the menu.

September 27, 2007

colleen commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

PAST HISTORY. *shakes people by the lapels*

September 27, 2007

uselessness commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

Yikes, I spend the day in meetings, and come back to find my list has become quite the hangout! Alas, I have to run... I'll add your suggestions in the morning!

September 27, 2007

uselessness commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

Okay, all good suggestions, and added. ;-)

September 28, 2007

reesetee commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

Well it's about TIME! What, you had a job to do or something? ;->

September 28, 2007

uselessness commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

Don't remind me.

September 28, 2007

rolig commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

At this point in time I can't think of anything else.

July 21, 2008

bilby commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

Several tour companies have told me that pre-booking is necessary.

July 21, 2008

dontcry commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

Funn --ee! I laughed out loud at tuna fish -- mainly because I say it all the time! When I thought more about it, I realized that in my mind, tuna and tuna fish are two different things. One always comes in a can, the other never does.

One that gets me every time is a phrase you see in writing, sometimes spoken *cringe* that contains a morning time like: "We'll meet at school at 9:00 am Tuesday morning."

July 21, 2008

Wordplayer commented on the list redundant-and-repetitive

Congratulations, these are the exact opposite of oxymorons!

April 22, 2011