If you say "sip on" rather than "sip," why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My least favorite, that is said constantly in our school district, is "share out." As in, "we'll share out the survey results." Why not just share?

I hate that too. Annoying education/corporate jargon.

Let's share out and then we'll loop in Sarah to make sure we're all on the same page.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sippin' on gin and juice
Laid back
With my mind on my money and my money on my mind

It's not new.

Sipping on a chili dog
outside the tastee freeze


It's not a matter of bieng new. It's new to here.

It's SUCKING on a chili dog...
Sipping makes no sense.

[Anonymous]

That's almost as bad as when people say 'whenever' when they mean 'when'.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sipping on involves a certain attitude and is a whole activity. Sipping is just sipping.

Yes it's the attitude of the sweaty middle aged man who cleans out gutters for a living, driving a truck with no AC and a ladder and a rake in the bed, which broke down in front of a house with a pool party going on and when he asks to come in to use the phone because his is dead, he wants to impress all the teen girls sitting around the pool so he pretends he's at home at parties like these by saying "sipping on" instead of gulping.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's almost as bad as when people say 'whenever' when they mean 'when'.

+ 1 hate that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sipping on involves a certain attitude and is a whole activity. Sipping is just sipping.

Yes it's the attitude of the sweaty middle aged man who cleans out gutters for a living, driving a truck with no AC and a ladder and a rake in the bed, which broke down in front of a house with a pool party going on and when he asks to come in to use the phone because his is dead, he wants to impress all the teen girls sitting around the pool so he pretends he's at home at parties like these by saying "sipping on" instead of gulping.

Lol. Unclench. I am as left as they come and am a hot 40-something woman with multiple degrees who is planning to leave work early to go home and sip on a margarita or two poolside today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sipping on involves a certain attitude and is a whole activity. Sipping is just sipping.

Yes it's the attitude of the sweaty middle aged man who cleans out gutters for a living, driving a truck with no AC and a ladder and a rake in the bed, which broke down in front of a house with a pool party going on and when he asks to come in to use the phone because his is dead, he wants to impress all the teen girls sitting around the pool so he pretends he's at home at parties like these by saying "sipping on" instead of gulping.

Lol. Unclench. I am as left as they come and am a hot 40-something woman with multiple degrees who is planning to leave work early to go home and sip on a margarita or two poolside today.

If you were as hot as you say, you would be sipping it instead of sipping on it.

[Anonymous]

No one respectable says “sip” anyway, so the entire distinction is irrelevant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one respectable says “sip” anyway, so the entire distinction is irrelevant.

Sure they do. "You should try this. It's really good. Here, have a sip. I said a sip!! Hey!!!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sipping on involves a certain attitude and is a whole activity. Sipping is just sipping.

Yes it's the attitude of the sweaty middle aged man who cleans out gutters for a living, driving a truck with no AC and a ladder and a rake in the bed, which broke down in front of a house with a pool party going on and when he asks to come in to use the phone because his is dead, he wants to impress all the teen girls sitting around the pool so he pretends he's at home at parties like these by saying "sipping on" instead of gulping.

Lol. Unclench. I am as left as they come and am a hot 40-something woman with multiple degrees who is planning to leave work early to go home and sip on a margarita or two poolside today.

If you were as hot as you say, you would be sipping it instead of sipping on it.

You clearly do not understand the distinction. I will indeed be sipping on them.