I myself
If there's one phrase I hope to never hear again, it's the phrase "I myself" as in "I myself enjoy integrating chocolate, whip cream and Smucker's Goober into my sex life." It has supplanted "Trust me.", "Period.", "I'm/he's/she's/it's baaaaaaack" and "muwhahaha" as things that when I see in writing cause me to completely tune out the author.
Save yourself some typing and drop the "myself" - we'll all understand what you're saying. (Side note: if you need to say "trust me" to earn my trust, then you probably need to provide better reasoning to gain my trust.)
Thus ends this mini-rant. :-)
Comments
Along the same lines, will people please stop saying "Can I ask you a question?" :)
-R
Posted by: Richard Bannister | November 5, 2003 01:31 AM
Can I ask you a question..trust me... it'll be worth it.. at least that's what I personally think...muwahahaha
Oh dear.. I've gone and done it now ;)
Posted by: ben b | November 5, 2003 02:22 AM
My pet peeve is "in my honest opinion," as if to imply that the speaker has a dishonest opinion they usually share.
That and "irregardless," which one of my old math profs used constantly.
Posted by: flargh | November 5, 2003 05:01 AM
The one that gets to me is "All in all". I've told everyone at MacGamer that if they end a review with "All in all" then they're fired.
Posted by: Corey Tamas | November 5, 2003 05:58 AM
"The" Oh how that word irritates me. I love "I could care less"
Posted by: a2daj | November 5, 2003 11:41 AM
Can I ask you a question? Don't you agree that all in all, irregardless, in my honest opinion, we're all intolerant? :)
-R
Posted by: Richard Bannister | November 5, 2003 05:02 PM