Q Talk

[LuvSoCal]

I think I noticed a baby bump.  I could be wrong.

[San Antonio Gal]

---

@rms1954 wrote:

I asked a simple question.  If you don't care there's no need to be involved.  That’s your business but I’ll find someone else to talk to about it.

@HonestLife did not make a "complaint."  Just a simple question.  Is there something wrong with that?

---

Nothing wrong with you asking @rms1954 .

[rms1954]

---

@San Antonio Gal wrote:

---

@rms1954 wrote:

I asked a simple question.  If you don't care there's no need to be involved.  That’s your business but I’ll find someone else to talk to about it.

@HonestLife did not make a "complaint."  Just a simple question.  Is there something wrong with that?

---

Nothing wrong with you asking @rms1954 .

---

Thanks.  I really feel so unwelcomed on these forums lately.  One can't even have a simple thought or question and within seconds they come out of the woodwork and you get this

[Spurt]

---

@HonestLife wrote:

@rms1954  Again with frivolous complaining. A single misspoken phrase, call up the national guard 🙄

---

I understand @rms1954 : If someone earns their living speaking and selling products then viewers expect a certain level of professionalism regarding grammar, and common known phrases, otherwise its known as malaprop (the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect).....Comedian Norm Crosby made a successful career out of his malaprop routine, but it's not necessary a good thing for a shopping channel vendor representative....and shows a lack of preparation....

[Puppy Lips]

Actually, I think both ways make sense.

[proudlyfromNJ]

@rms1954  Please feel free to make your complaint. Everyone can complain. I'm not sure it will help as if hosts or representatives don't know proper English by now I doubt if they will learn. And yes, they need to study what they will present and learn pronunciation. 

[santorini]

I'll jump in with a "gripe" about another former host.  Stacy Stauffer (sp?) was on recently and kept saying MARSkapone.  Grab a dictionary, honey.  You're misplacing the R.    Mascarpone.

[rms1954]

---

@proudlyfromNJ wrote:

@rms1954  Please feel free to make your complaint. Everyone can complain. I'm not sure it will help as if hosts or representatives don't know proper English by now I doubt if they will learn. And yes, they need to study what they will present and learn pronunciation. 

---

Thanks.  But it was NOT a complaint.  I just wanted others opinions or clarifications.  I did some further research and I guess it's all in the way you use it.  

[rms1954]

---

@Puppy Lips wrote:

Actually, I think both ways make sense.

---

I think you are correct.  I did further research.  I feel she used it incorrectly in her sentence.  

She kept saying "Not a force to be reckoned with"  

So, a force to be reckoned with is someone or something that should not be ignored or dealt with lightly. The phrase is used to refer to people or things that are powerful, influential, and maybe even dangerous. It's often used as a way of warning someone not to underestimate such a person or thing.