Pet peeves
Oct 16, 2020 08:34:42 #
JRiepe wrote:
I would think most of us have pet peeves like habi... (show quote)
It annoys me when the car in front rides their brakes around even the slightest curve or down hill grade
Oct 16, 2020 08:43:26 #
For many years I've heard people speak a sentence and follow up with "you know".
Oct 16, 2020 08:44:38 #
Xanadu
Loc: Clay County FL
Me and my brothers are going to the store.
"I" and my brothers. Or as you point out, My brothers and "I".
"I" and my brothers. Or as you point out, My brothers and "I".
Oct 16, 2020 08:49:41 #
Xanadu
Loc: Clay County FL
A professor was lecturing on the grammar.
"You can have a positive and you can have a negative. Although not correct, you can also have a double negative. But you can never have a double positive."
Student in back row responds, "Yeah, right."
"You can have a positive and you can have a negative. Although not correct, you can also have a double negative. But you can never have a double positive."
Student in back row responds, "Yeah, right."
Oct 16, 2020 09:04:51 #
One among many possible driving-related pet peeves but a good one. Some are simply due to drivers who clearly aren't concentrating on driving and others simply because the driver's an inconsiderate jerk. And smart phones have added a whole new category of "distracted driving" pet peeve issues.
Oct 16, 2020 09:07:14 #
lsaguy wrote:
This a new peeve for me. I was trying to watch a video on learning GIMP. The kid kept going on and on about GIMP's antialiasing (AntiahlIahsing) capability. Does alias (AlEus) have a new pronunciation because it's anti? Couldn't seem to learn anything from him because every time he mispronounced alias I thought he was a moron.
My wife says I'm just grumpy.
Rick
My wife says I'm just grumpy.
Rick
Listen to the wife.
Oct 16, 2020 09:07:22 #
chuckla
Loc: Kennesaw, GA USA
With me it's apostrophes- as a culture we seem to have gotten to the point where if there's an S at the end of a word we put an apostrophe in front of it. Seem's superfluou's sometime's!
Oct 16, 2020 09:31:02 #
The excessive use of ‘absolutely’ when a simple ‘yes’ will suffice. On that same vein, I found it refreshing that Barret responded to her interrogators in simple, concise language without the excessive verbiosity which seems to be the norm nowadays.
Oct 16, 2020 09:33:51 #
sodapop wrote:
It annoys me when the car in front rides their brakes around even the slightest curve or down hill grade
Exactly and also when they almost come to a complete stop when making a 90 degree turn from one street onto another. Staying in the left lane on the interstate, not giving turn signals, not making a complete stop at a red light before making a right hand turn are some others. Also why do motorists entering the interstate from an entry ramp turn on their right hand signal light when there's only one way you can go?
Oct 16, 2020 09:54:30 #
berchman
Loc: South Central PA
I hate it when people pronounce the "t" in often. It should be a silent t. I also can't stand listening to females speaking with a froggy voice, technically known as "vocal fry."
Oct 16, 2020 09:58:49 #
Oct 16, 2020 10:27:04 #
Can't speak for the U.S. but here in the U.K. too many people with far to much to say seem insistent on starting sentences with 'SO'.
Oct 16, 2020 10:44:04 #
People who answer questions with a question:
“What did you have for dinner last night?”
“Roast beef?”
Also...I think this may be a regional speech pattern...people who end every sentence with a rising inflection as though they’re asking a question.
“What did you have for dinner last night?”
“Roast beef?”
Also...I think this may be a regional speech pattern...people who end every sentence with a rising inflection as though they’re asking a question.
Oct 16, 2020 10:53:40 #
berchman
Loc: South Central PA
Dannj wrote:
People who answer questions with a question:
“What did you have for dinner last night?”
“Roast beef?”
Also...I think this may be a regional speech pattern...people who end every sentence with a rising inflection as though they’re asking a question.
“What did you have for dinner last night?”
“Roast beef?”
Also...I think this may be a regional speech pattern...people who end every sentence with a rising inflection as though they’re asking a question.
It started as a "California Valley Girl" style of speaking and it was combined with froggy voice. Now, it has infected almost everyone. I hear even male speakers doing it.
Oct 16, 2020 11:02:19 #
I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request. (Pirates of the Caribbean)
Or you could just say "no."
Or you could just say "no."
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