(Jon is talking to a pedantic friend)
Jon: Do you realise how infuriatingly frustrating it is having you pick up on every single little minute error within every sentence I say?
(The pedant winces. Jon rolls his eyes.)
Jon: What?
Pedant: It's just that the phrase "infuriatingly frustrating" is something of a tautology. The two words mean the same thing. It's not necessary to have...
Jon: I'm warning you!
Pedant: And don't get me started on following the word "little" with the word "minute".
Jon: Aaaargh!!!
(Jon batters the pedant to death with an "m" he decided not to use when he used the phrase "to who it may concern")
Jon: Do you realise how infuriatingly frustrating it is having you pick up on every single little minute error within every sentence I say?
(The pedant winces. Jon rolls his eyes.)
Jon: What?
Pedant: It's just that the phrase "infuriatingly frustrating" is something of a tautology. The two words mean the same thing. It's not necessary to have...
Jon: I'm warning you!
Pedant: And don't get me started on following the word "little" with the word "minute".
Jon: Aaaargh!!!
(Jon batters the pedant to death with an "m" he decided not to use when he used the phrase "to who it may concern")
4 comments:
Now do 'infuriating' and 'frustrating' really mean the same?
Is it possible to say 'a' tautology?
Lemme guess: Anonymous pedant = Andy?
Weirdly, it wasn't me but as soon as I read it I thought:
"I bet people will think this was me."
QED. Hmm...
Oh NO! Are you saying there is more than one of the A.H Species on this planet... oh dear!
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