Re: Words that are annoying you right now?

On 9 Apr 2006 06:30:39 -0700, "Bob G" <bobjames27@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


casioculture@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
The word that's annoying me right now is "vista", and strangely, I've
been hearing it a lot over the past few days!

Example: "it opened up a new vista..." *cringe*

Brace yourself for Microsoft's new operating system next year.

I've just been reading a book about Microsoft software, and I wondered what
persuaded them to the the word "controls" to describe places where you enter
data on the screen.


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