Ann: Does it make me a total language snob if I cringe when I hear people abuse the English language?Pam: You’re only a snob if you correct them.
Ann: Oh, I learned a long time ago not to do that! I corrected a guy on a date and it was our last.
Pam: What did he say?
Ann: He kept saying “irregardless” until I just couldn’t take it another minute and I told him, “Irregardless is not a word.”
Pam: I suspect that solved the problem. He probably didn’t say another word all night.
Ann: “Irregardless”, it was the end of the relationship.
Pam: My pet peeve is adding “at” to the end of a perfectly complete question, such as, “Where are you AT?” and “What time is it AT?”
Ann: You hear that everywhere. I constantly had to deprogram my children from that bad habit. What about “Nuclear and nucular”.
Pam: If World War III breaks out, they should make that the password to get into the bomb shelters! Only those who pronounce it correctly are admitted. It would eliminate that particular annoyance.Ann: Wow, harsh! Who’s being the snob now?
Pam: At least I have the good sense not to chase off a date, even if he did say, “That’s not what I meant to infer.”
Ann: I’ll imply from that remark that you're as big a language snob as I am!
Pam: Enough of this. Are we going for coffee or not?
Ann: Sure. Where should we meet AT?
(Private message to Sister Pauline at Saint Agnes Academy: Look what you’ve done to us!)
