pmorin
Loc: Huntington Beach, Palm Springs
[Little things annoy me.] quote
For sure! Little things have annoyed me all my adult life. Like my first wife, she was 5 ft 1/4 inches tall, annoyed the hell outta me! Divorce was the only cure. Then my second wife’s mother, 4 ft 9 inches tall, man was she ever annoying! Once again the only happiness came after the divorce. My wife now is 5 ft 9 inches tall and I am as happy as can be. Yup, it’s the little things in life that always annoyed me.
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luvmypets wrote:
My issue: "ax" for "ask". "I want to ax you a question."
Also, the lack of capitalization. We enter customer information into our computer and a couple of the younger employees were not capitalizing. I questioned them and their answer was that it didn't matter. I explained that it looked unprofessional and I wanted them to start capitalizing. Later, I had to show them which words to capitalize because they weren't taught how to.
I'm with you on this one.
Found this on facebook as a suggestion. What do you think?
jerryc41 wrote:
Little things annoy me. For example, watching TV, a character will say, "My name is Lieutenant Fred McDonald." That isn't his name. His parents didn't name him Lieutenant. He should say either, "I am Lieutenant Fred McDonald" or "My name is Fred McDonald."
Another thing that annoys me is the excessive use of the word "need." "I'm going to need you to come with me." Really? When will he need that person to come with him? Watch old movies and TV shows, and you will not hear "need" used so often. We have become a very needy society.
Yes, I do find it difficult getting through each day.
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That's just a couple of the many annoyances I also find on the Internet. Annoyance No.1 = "hat" when it's obviously a baseball-type cap. No. 2: "guys" when there are gals present, too. No. 3: "out there" when what they're talking about couldn't be to distinguish from "in here." No. 4: "like" a useless word. Ex. "He spoke to me, like, several times before...."
Sunnely wrote:
I'm with you on this one.
Found this on facebook as a suggestion. What do you think?
I love this. It's going out to all my over-60 friends.
Starting a sentence with the word " So " annoys me.
pbearperry wrote:
Starting a sentence with the word " So " annoys me.
I agree. The worst part is when it is someone you love who speaks that way. Correction is seldom welcome.
MadMikeOne
Loc: So. NJ Shore - a bit west of Atlantic City
Sunnely wrote:
I'm with you on this one.
Found this on facebook as a suggestion. What do you think?
Love it. Maybe we should throw in a typewriter and see how they manage that. Hmmmm, I’d better google “how to use a typewriter youtube” to see if there are instructions out there somewhere.
This entire thread is putting a really big grin on my face. Thanks to all!
EDIT: There are definitely typewriter how-to videos on youtube. This old person just googled it.
MadMikeOne wrote:
Love it. Maybe we should throw in a typewriter and see how they manage that. Hmmmm, I’d better google “how to use a typewriter youtube” to see if there are instructions out there somewhere.
This entire thread is putting a really big grin on my face. Thanks to all!
EDIT: There are definitely typewriter how-to videos on youtube. This old person just googled it.
About 2000 or 2001 a student walked past a teacher's office and saw an IBM Selectric typewriter on the desk. He stopped at my office to visit and asked, "Where did Dr. _____ get that neat word processor?" I don't think he had ever heard the word "typewriter."
luvmypets
Loc: Born & raised Texan living in Fayetteville NC
Sunnely wrote:
I'm with you on this one.
Found this on facebook as a suggestion. What do you think?
So true!!
BTW...my truck has a 6 speed standard transmission. LOL!!!
Reporters that don't know the nomenclature of what they are reporting on whether it is aircraft accidents or whether they are talking about ammunition. They just can not get it right.
People have forgotten the difference when using A and An. A big gripe of mine.
sb
Loc: Florida's East Coast
I hate it when people use present tense to discuss something that happened in the past. News people should know better. "He walks into the store, and then gets shot...".
No one is going to mention overuse of "multiple" ?
As in "he has multiple ears"
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