Re: My favorite superfluous repetitious redundant duplicative phrase is:

But the prize has to go to Yogi Berra and his Yogiisms:

We made too many wrong mistakes.
The game isn’t over until it’s over.
You can observe a lot by watching.
I always thought that record would stand until it was broken.
(When asked if first baseman Don Mattingly had exceeded his expectations this season:)
I’d say he’s done more than that.
It’s déjà vu all over again.

:-)

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Heard just now on the Australian television coverage of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games (at a medal ceremony):

They always start with the bronze medal presentation first.

:-)

by chacham (Prior) on Jul 27, 2014 at 16:49 UTC

Perhaps they meant to do something not yet done at a bronze medal presentation. That'd make it a bronze medal presentation first. :)