I'm prit'near sure it's a southern thing too :p

Having swiftly and shamefully embarrassed someone last night for using it, I had to laugh at myself (after I appologized sweetly and made up) and come tell you.

Apparently I still have a bad reaction to the word "pro-active". A very bad reaction. Luckily "pro-active" sightings have dropped drastically in the last 5 years...I can feel my jaw unclenching as I type.

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I have problems with pregnant pauses, both giving and receiving.

I hate it when I lose the thread of my thoughts.

"Now where was I before I so rudely interrupted myself?"

Sounds like a malady I once heard referred to as "pausnia"...afflicts many actors who think it adds drama to their performances <rhymes with " William Fatner" coughcough>

My daddy always pronounced "deaf" as "deef", as in "If you don't turn that music down yer gonna be deef!"...eeeeeeerrrrrrrrrgggghhhhhh