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OriginalGeek

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1. I say folks and howdy and y'all

Reply to barbtries (Original post)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 07:21 PM

Mar 2012

been doing it all my life. :-/

But I'm not the pet peeve police so don't pay no nevermind to me. I recognize and accept your right to hold any peeve you wish, pet or otherwise. Not that you need my permission either way.

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silly pet peeve. [View all] barbtries Mar 2012 OP

I say folks and howdy and y'all OriginalGeek Mar 2012 #1

i meant in speeches. barbtries Mar 2012 #4

Ohhhh, kinda like when OriginalGeek Mar 2012 #12

yeah barbtries Mar 2012 #16

Ladies, Gentlemen, and distinguished guests: Lasher Mar 2012 #27

You're right. Silly. trof Mar 2012 #2

I have the same silly pet peeve Duer 157099 Mar 2012 #3

so i'm not all alone in this! barbtries Mar 2012 #5

Not alone at all. I loathe the word especially when used by politicians. snagglepuss Mar 2012 #25

It's common use in Chicago. Wait Wut Mar 2012 #6

lol barbtries Mar 2012 #8

Don't mind "folks". "Kin" annoys the hell out of me. ohiosmith Mar 2012 #7

i don't know that i've heard that a lot though barbtries Mar 2012 #9

It's a kihnspiracy! OriginalGeek Mar 2012 #13

Kin actually means "child" in German and Yiddish pink-o Mar 2012 #18

I greatly prefer "folks" to "youse" Major Nikon Mar 2012 #10

lol barbtries Mar 2012 #11

we visited my wife's relatives in Indiana last year OriginalGeek Mar 2012 #14

I used to hear that pipi_k Mar 2012 #15

I say "folks" a lot. I like it. (nt) bigwillq Mar 2012 #17

One of my pet peeves are people that A Simple Game Mar 2012 #19

i peeve you then. barbtries Mar 2012 #20

it used to mean your parents, didn't it? IcyPeas Mar 2012 #21

exactly! barbtries Mar 2012 #22

I am sick of hearing the politicians right and left RebelOne Mar 2012 #23

You sound like good folk to me! madinmaryland Mar 2012 #24

yeah, barbtries Mar 2012 #26