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[bubosquared]

*BOGGLE*

Okay, people¹, please stop using the phrase "a tad bit". That is not an expression! "A tad" means "a bit", so what you're really saying is "a bit bit". I dobn't know if this is wannabe-Britspeak or whatnot, but it drives me up the wall! *twitch

¹ And by "people" I mean people on various communities I read, not you lot, for the record. Don't hink I've ever seen anyone on my friendslist use that expression. Thank fuck.

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[yonmei.livejournal.com]

A tad bit?

Perhaps it's half a tadpole?

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

... I must remember that one and use it on the next person to commit this abberation in my sight. :D

[lightandashes.livejournal.com]

A tad bit of an abberation?

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

I KEEL YOU! :P

[jalfred.livejournal.com]

How 'bout "a wee bit?" I like that one.

Well, I just like the word "wee."

[omgimnaked.livejournal.com]

Redundant expressions are not completely uncommon. I assure you that no one down here in South Carolina has the kind of pretension to use wannabe-Britspeak, but people say "tad bit" here all the time. I guess that's because we're all so woefully uneducated. *tear*

[rsadelle]

"Might could" is another southern redundancy you're likely to hear from South Carolinians.

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

I've managed to avoid that one so far. Thankfully. I think that would break my brain. <g>

[ruby-fruit.livejournal.com]

*boggles with you*

I. What?

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

I ... don't know?

No one is ever again allowed to make fun of my weird fetish pairings. Because Marcus/Lee may be fucked up, but they're at least in the same universe.

[ruby-fruit.livejournal.com]

And I really hope they're talking movieverse Bobby, or Ultimate Bobby, 'cause otherwise he's like, thirty to her 16. And that's just wrong.

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

People have paired her with Spike, though. Also, Angel/Buggy is canon. The whole Buffyverse is just fucked-up.

[ruby-fruit.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha! Buggy? That's beautiful. And true. No pairing is normal in that 'verse. Still, Bobby's suffered enough without inflicting Dawn on him.

Also, at first glance, I thought that was a Bobby/Jeanne-Marie community.

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

OH GODDAMMIT STUPID TYPO!

Still not as bad as "Booby". Or "groins".

See, that's what I thought at first, too! Which would be ... interesting.

[ruby-fruit.livejournal.com]

*glare*

It would be! And hot.

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

*ponders writing a Bobby/Aurora & Bobby/Jean-Paul story*

[ruby-fruit.livejournal.com]

...

DO THIS AND I WILL BEAR YOUR CHLIDERN.

Or, you know, illustrate it.

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

I'm still waiting for, like, half the other art you tried to bribe me with! Including illustrations for the Hooker AU. :P

Okay, fine, I'll consider it. *pets poor Jean-Paul* I apologise in advance, honey.

[ruby-fruit.livejournal.com]

I'm working on it!

Aw, he'll be fine, he heals fast, remember?

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Even from geting his heart broken?

[ruby-fruit.livejournal.com]

...

AWWWWW. *cuddles him*

Um. Possibly not.

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

My point exactly. He's going to be miserable because once again the guy he's in love with is sleeping with his sister. Poor guy.

[babyofthegroup.livejournal.com]

...

::shudder::

Also, anywhere in the US South (from the Mason-Dixon line on down) you'll come across "a tad bit" -- it's just Southern slang, and you get used to it :D

[starbrow.livejournal.com]

'Tad' is not even used here, as far as I can tell. The appropriate phrase to use if one wants to sound British (well, this is more Scottish, AFAIK, but hey) is "wee bit".

[carelessmemory.livejournal.com]

Oy! I sure hope I've never used that. It sounds wrooooong. Like when people say "CD-skiva" in Sweden. 'Skiva' means 'disc', so what they're saying is "compact disc disc". Drives me up the wall. I keep having to smack my friends, and random people on the street, over their heads. :\

[wimmeke.livejournal.com]

Sounds like computer talk to me... All we ever really do on here is exchanging bits, so while my actions on my keyboard are causing a bit bit bit ... (times approx 50000 ?) ... bit bit bit to go your way, it took quite a tad bit bit bit ... (times approx 50000 ?) ... bit bit bit for it all to get here in the first place.

I should not postpone going to bed a tad bit longer. (In computer terms, that *is* the shortest thing available)

[ripperlyn.livejournal.com]

Hi there, I just got off the phone with absolutelyvile and she's been trying to phone you cause apparently you're in Edinburgh as well? She's going to be here on Monday and she and I are trying to sort out times to get together, so she says your phone has been off when she's tried, so maybe you can get in touch with her. :)

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Argh! Yeah, I just noticed my mobile's battery's been dead for a while. Do you have a number where I can reach her? (You can e-mail it to me, or text it at 07981754356.) Ta!

[ripperlyn.livejournal.com]

Done, and I've sent this on to her email account. :)