Onomatopoeia, it's a fun word on it's own, but I love the while idea of it. Especially in other languages, like the million different words for dog barks.
It bugs me when people say "the thing is is that" (if you listen for it, you'll start hearing it... or maybe that's something that people only do in my area.) ("What the thing is is that..." is fine. But "the thing is is that..." bugs me.)...
If it's Wednesday, "Friday" or "this Friday" would describe the day in 2 days. "Next Friday" would be 9 days away. I think it's clear and have never had an issue with people not knowing which day is being discussed. Maybe people around here are more consistent about it than other areas?
I've only heard this said by Indian people, so I've been assuming that when I see it written online it's Indians. Per that link it looks like all over the US it's at least occasionally used. That's crazy, and I can't stand it; hopefully this doesn't become standard.
Favourite word and why?
Mine is insidious as it sounds cool and is apt in our modern world of fast news
What linguistic constructions do you hate that no one else seems to mind?
It bugs me when people say "the thing is is that" (if you listen for it, you'll start hearing it... or maybe that's something that people only do in my area.) ("What the thing is is that..." is fine. But "the thing is is that..." bugs me.)...