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Originally Posted by Seattle Forrest
(2) People who say "irregardless."
Agreed.

(3) Cyclists who call people going the wrong way "salmons." It's a clever innovation and all, but the plural of salmon is salmon.
The plural of the fish is "salmon". The plural of the contrarian cyclist is up for grabs I think. It might be useful to make a distinction; I wouldn't want people to think I was some kind of fishophobe.

(4) Linguistic prescriptivism and peevology.
Ha ha. Right on!
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