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In the grammar pet peeves thread we were discussing kindergarten words that creep into adult conversation, such as Steve Jobs describing the iPhone as the "funnest".
Sometimes it might be more than a word. For example, when my one year old daughter was learning to put sentences together instead of "What's the matter with you?" she said: "Mare-shoe". It became so habitual with me when speaking to family members that I used it thirty years later in my new daughter-in-law's presence and had to explain.
Sometimes it might be more than a word. For example, when my one year old daughter was learning to put sentences together instead of "What's the matter with you?" she said: "Mare-shoe". It became so habitual with me when speaking to family members that I used it thirty years later in my new daughter-in-law's presence and had to explain.