# Annoying use of words in American

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-use-of-words-in-american/461449>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 27, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-use-of-words-in-american/461449 "2008-08-27T18:33:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-use-of-words-in-american/461449/81 "2008-08-29T09:10:57Z")

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I still like “Period.” A lot of times the situation is too serious or the person is too upset (or scary) to make a retort and not die, but when people use it in lighthearted conversation I’m obligated to say “thank you for punctuating your sentence.”

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-use-of-words-in-american/461449/82 "2008-08-29T13:06:58Z")

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Anyone remember some food commercial (maybe soup?) and the tag line in it was “It’s already ready already!” Twenty or so years ago, IIRC\>

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