For the Love of Language
3 min readAug 23, 2021
A short list of things I wish people would stop saying
I love language. I’m an English-speaking person, but I, know bits and pieces of a few different languages. I’m also usually a patient person. I like to think of myself as understanding and accepting of others. But some things I hear just unleash my inner curmudgeon and my snark rears its ugly head. Here are just a few expressions that irritate the heck out of me.