Linguistic Pet Peeves

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"If I had to write ten jokes about potholders, I don't think I could do it. But I could write ten jokes about Catholicism in the next twenty minutes. I guess I'm drawn to religion because I can be provocative without harming something people really care about, like their cars."
-George Meyer, Simpsons writer

So? They're still stupid.

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"If I had to write ten jokes about potholders, I don't think I could do it. But I could write ten jokes about Catholicism in the next twenty minutes. I guess I'm drawn to religion because I can be provocative without harming something people really care about, like their cars."
-George Meyer, Simpsons writer

Oh, that was just terrible.

Couldn't resist.

Well, I can't speak for anyone else. But in my case, it's because I'm an asshole.

Well, if you're going to bring New England-specific linguistic pet peeves into it, we might as well discuss the seemingly random re-zoning of the letter "R".For example: Let's get in the cah and go to Pawrtucket.

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"If I had to write ten jokes about potholders, I don't think I could do it. But I could write ten jokes about Catholicism in the next twenty minutes. I guess I'm drawn to religion because I can be provocative without harming something people really care about, like their cars."
-George Meyer, Simpsons writer