Just a simple "says" would have been fine

And not made me even more grumpy than I already was/am

I once met someone who would say "quoted" when he meant "said". It was very curious, like meeting someone from the 19th century.

Posted By: paulg on September 23rd 2014 at 10:13:42

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Good Old Pinkun Headline (NCFC) - paulg, Sep 23, 09:36:45
- Pontificate? (n/m) (NCFC) - NorfolkSteve, Sep 23, 11:05:30
- Should be "exposulates that" (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Man, Sep 23, 09:49:12
  - Just a simple "says" would have been fine (NCFC) - paulg, Sep 23, 10:13:42
- Sports journalists use 'admit' when they mean 'say' (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Sep 23, 09:47:40
  - Or "insist" (NCFC) - Old Git, Sep 23, 10:01:10
    - hyperbolus journalisticus - the dramatic elevation of the mundane to sell newspapers (NCFC) - Old Man, Sep 23, 10:25:45
      - I'd buy that. (n/m) (NCFC) - paulg, Sep 23, 10:53:51
- The greatest thing to remember when questioning interpretation, or what could have been (NCFC) - pants, Sep 23, 09:46:59
  - and don't ever get me started on this (NCFC) - pants, Sep 23, 09:53:29

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