# Sayings to take exception with? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 16, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sayings-to-take-exception-with/188974 "2003-07-16T20:18:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TeaRoses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@TeaRoses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaRoses)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sayings-to-take-exception-with/188974/41 "2003-07-18T05:34:46Z")
“You have the right to your opinion.” What’s that supposed to mean? You’re damn right I have the right to my opinion, it’s a mental state, not an action. Try and stop me. I guess there are good uses of that phrase too, when it’s used to convey a “live and let live” attitude but essentially it seems patronizing to me. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sayings-to-take-exception-with/188974/42 "2003-07-18T05:36:01Z")
Yeah, **skyzoo** , it’s kind of like throwing in, “I’m not lying to you!” Why would one assume that I think they’re lying to me unless, perhaps, they think that the normal form of information interchange, and this one must be marked as different? ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sayings-to-take-exception-with/188974/43 "2003-07-18T09:36:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by deb2world > When someone is talking and ends most of their comments with “know what I mean?” “Know what I mean” is usually accompanied with a tap on your shoulder if you aren’t looking directly at them. Don’t you just love that? Know what I mean? … LOL. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sayings-to-take-exception-with/188974/44 "2003-07-20T18:12:54Z")
So, is it properly, “I _couldn’t_ (or _could_) give a rat’s ass?” ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sayings-to-take-exception-with/188974/45 "2003-07-20T19:31:51Z")
THe saying I _REALLY_ hate is _Reasonalby Inltellengent_. As in “Your a reasonably Intellengent Guy” So i’m not actualally intellenget, but a close facimile? Screw you and the horse you rode in on! ---
**Author:** ![wakimika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@wakimika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wakimika)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sayings-to-take-exception-with/188974/46 "2003-07-20T19:43:11Z")
“Most car accidents occur within two miles of home.” That one makes me want to scream quietly. When you consider the percentage of driving done within two miles of the home, that is hardly surprising. If it’s even true. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sayings-to-take-exception-with/188974/47 "2003-07-20T20:02:34Z")
Here’s my peeve: “to try and” … as in " the board of supervisors hired a consultant to try and fix the tax rolls". Shouldn’t that be " to try _to_" fix the tax rolls? If he’s trying, he might not succeed. Therefore, he can’t “try _and_” unless he’s guaranteed success, so he’s not “trying” at all. He’s “going to”. My most-hated “non-word” of all is “irregardless”. It just _sounds_ tacky. ---
**Author:** ![smaft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@smaft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaft)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sayings-to-take-exception-with/188974/48 "2003-07-20T21:21:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MLS \* > > The little boy’s father is going to read him a bedtime story. He brings a book about Australia upstairs to the bedroom. “I don’t want that one!” cries the child. “What did you bring that book I didn’t want to be read to about down under up for?” You missed a couple- “What did you bring that book I didn’t want to be read to \*out of \* about down under up for?” ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sayings-to-take-exception-with/188974/49 "2003-07-20T21:40:39Z")
Right! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![finette6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@finette6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/finette6)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sayings-to-take-exception-with/188974/50 "2003-07-20T23:44:37Z")
“So Don’t I” meaning “So do I” Granted, this is usually heard from illiterate young white trash girls, but it still bugs the HECK out of me! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sayings-to-take-exception-with/188974/51 "2003-08-15T00:37:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ringo \* > \*\*“On the fritz” I’ve always taken to be an onomatopoeic expression, with “fritz” approximating the sound one might get, instead of performance, out of a misbehaving appliance. \*\* The late John Ciardi held a similar opinion, but the phrase “pre-dates widespread use of electricity”. According to [this site](http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-ont4.htm), the character Fritz from _The Katzenjammer Kids_ is as likely a source as any, but “nobody really knows”. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sayings-to-take-exception-with/188974/52 "2003-08-15T02:00:24Z")
**"I know \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ like the back of my hand".** Does anyone really know the back of their hand that well ? To me it’s a lousy expression. The comedian Dom Arrera (sp?) said Italians (but probably everyone) use this qualifier to say anything they want: "Hey Tony I saw your sister last night she was dreesed like a tramp - she’s really turning into the neighborhood slut - **But I don’t mean that in a bad way".** LOL [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sayings-to-take-exception-with/188974.md?page=2)