"My Name is..."
Oct 22, 2018 06:38:11 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Little things annoy me. For example, watching TV,... (show quote)
What's worse is saying, "I am Lieutenant Fred McDonald" rather than, "I am Lieutenant McDonald". Rank and last name only.
Oct 22, 2018 06:51:16 #
ottopj
Loc: Annapolis, MD USA
Nothing but Tiffany Problems! You folks need to get a life! Other people have real problems.
Oct 22, 2018 07:07:26 #
I miss the word much. We used to say: That was so much fun." Today, it's "That was so fun." (sigh) The English language is devolving.
Oct 22, 2018 07:46:15 #
Oct 22, 2018 08:00:41 #
dpfoto
Loc: Cape Coral, FL
I like get like tired like of like hearing like the like word "like" used like so like much like by like the like younger like generation... like.
Oct 22, 2018 08:17:31 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Little things annoy me. For example, watching TV,... (show quote)
Wow, Jerry, you really hit a nerve on this one. I love it. The many posts have made me feel like I'm not the only one. Those that tell us to ignore it and to stop complaining and do something worthwhile just don't get it.
I watch TV and I read many posts here on UHH. That is where I read and hear most of these infractions. Most of them are peeves of mine and it drives me nuts. It's every single day.
On TV, mostly, the use of GROUND instead of FLOOR is really annoying. The guy was found inside the building and lying dead on the kitchen floor. They then say "we found him just lying there on the ground." Well, which one is it, people? A-a-a-r-g-h!!
Well, enough of a rant for today. Keep up the good work, Jerry.
Oct 22, 2018 08:20:14 #
The one that really bugs me is when persons on TV start a sentence with "So","
Oct 22, 2018 08:23:11 #
Oct 22, 2018 08:25:23 #
ottopj wrote:
Nothing but Tiffany Problems! You folks need to get a life! Other people have real problems.
Oct 22, 2018 08:47:24 #
Oct 22, 2018 08:48:13 #
luvmypets wrote:
...they weren't taught how to.
They didn't learn how to. : )
Oct 22, 2018 08:51:11 #
TomC. wrote:
On TV, mostly, the use of GROUND instead of FLOOR is really annoying. The guy was found inside the building and lying dead on the kitchen floor. They then say "we found him just lying there on the ground."
Funny you should mention that. I watch a lot of English and Australian TV, and they tend to use "floor" when they are talking about the ground. I watched a series about traffic accidents, and the police kept referring to victims lying on the floor.
Oct 22, 2018 09:15:05 #
My most annoying pet peeve is the use of the words "I mean" at the start of an answer to any question such as: "Hello, how are you?"
Answer: "I mean, I'm doing good." and using "good" instead of well. They may elaborate with "I mean, I'm doing very good."
Can't a person say "extremely well?" Overuse of the word "very" annoys me.
Answer: "I mean, I'm doing good." and using "good" instead of well. They may elaborate with "I mean, I'm doing very good."
Can't a person say "extremely well?" Overuse of the word "very" annoys me.
Oct 22, 2018 09:38:04 #
1Feathercrest
Loc: NEPA
jerryc41 wrote:
Little things annoy me. For example, watching TV,... (show quote)
We have become a nation of grammatical morons.
Oct 22, 2018 09:42:56 #
LVP
Loc: Seekonk, MA
All these little things are the foundation of our language. I hate to see it crumble away.
It really is painful, in a fork scraping on a plate kind of way, listening to words being misused.
The devil is in the details.
I'm surprised that no one his mentioned my favorite peeve.
The incorrect use of the words "less" and "fewer".
To the any sayers,
It really is painful, in a fork scraping on a plate kind of way, listening to words being misused.
The devil is in the details.
I'm surprised that no one his mentioned my favorite peeve.
The incorrect use of the words "less" and "fewer".
To the any sayers,
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