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5. My wife does that

Fri Jan 27, 2023, 09:45 AM

Jan 2023

It has puzzled me for years why the "hand" is in there, and I've chalked it up to a regionalism.

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In watching the local news and weather the traffic report lady [View all] Beachnutt Jan 2023 OP

Probably just a regional idiom carry-over Marthe48 Jan 2023 #1

Linguistic redundancy increases automatic error correction. Tetrachloride Jan 2023 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author sl8 Jan 2023 #7

"Right" is sometimes synonymous with "correct" HariSeldon Jan 2023 #3

First thing I learned today Effete Snob Jan 2023 #6

Oh I get it now... MiHale Jan 2023 #4

My wife does that Effete Snob Jan 2023 #5

I try and stay away from the far right lanes.... Chakaconcarne Jan 2023 #8