Pet Peeves

[Neil D]

I have a pet peeve*....

It's reading posts designed for general public enjoyment, and NO ONE comments on the post!

So, since ya'll are NOOW feeling a bit guilty, why don'tcha go over to one of those funny posts in one of the oddball forums, like the "Weirder, Lighter, Stranger" forum, or "Neil's occasional stories and other things of interest" blog or add a caption to the "Add your caption to this!!" forum and put in an appreciate post....

*Neil's shameless plug for his forum* post.

[LynnDel]

I know, Neil, it's like, um, spitting in the wind.

LD

[Neil D]

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LynnDel said:

I know, Neil, it's like, um, spitting in the wind.

LD

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"And you don't mess around with Jim.... "

* with appologies to Jim Croce"

[cricket]

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3.Old foolish men thinking they could atone for their mistakes they make with their first or third wives children by

marring

a fresh womb and make more lives to wreck.DELUSIONAL!

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G4J! I know what you meant, but I thought the Freudian slip was soooo appropos! Thanks for sharing.

[cricket]

One of mine is people throwing guilt trips on other people--especially when the first party (the guilt throwers) have more to be guilty about than the second (the receivers).

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Now I have to raise the whole "bring" and "take" issue. Just drives me batty.

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Bring it on, Amelia. I can take it!

[Michelle]

Listening to a less-than-perfect violinist perform. It is worse than the proverbial fingernails on a chalkboard! I refused to let either of my children contemplate playing violin--I honestly think I'd go insane!

M

[Gail]

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One of mine is people throwing guilt trips on other people--

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Are you directing this at Neil? LOL

[Bravus]

As you know, I'm a pretty mellow guy, so it takes a fair bit to peeve me. But the one grammatical one that bugs me is when people say 'the people that' instead of 'the people who', and so on. 'That' is for animals and inanimate objects, 'who' is for people.

On the hyphenation thing, Stan: you saw it from the American side, as if it makes people partial Americans, but think of it from their side as immigrants. If they're just called 'Americans', mightn't they feel robbed of some of their heritage? I dunno, it's not a simple one, but I'm inclined to let people label themselves... and to accept whatever they decide.

Driving peeves are more likely to be back seat driving peeves. My beloved is a much less mellow person than me, so in situations like Melia's I'll very happily just hang behind the slow person and go slow for a bit, but Suzie will be urging me to overtake and so on... It's all good. <img src="/adventist/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

[Denise]

An insensitive person. Also, a person when you need someone to talk to and listen, as soon as you talk, they are giving you all kinds of advice, and telling you this and that, why can't they just be quiet and listen? Sometimes a person needs a listening ear only.

[Michelle]

"Irregardless"

Annoys me, but sends my mother into orbit!

Grammar annoyances: Those who feel that it's their God-given duty/right to correct the grammar of anyone they're talking with! And then to cackle over "Catching" the other person in a verbal mistake.

(some people just don't understand the difference between written grammar and spoken grammar GRRRR--not addressed at anyone who has posted on grammatical issues--just a comment)

M

[Taylor]

I have very few pet peeves. However it does bugg me when someone chews with their mouth open especially if they are eating something noisy like chips. On the other hand I can put up with that or anything else for a short term basis.

[LynnDel]

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when someone chews with their mouth open especially if they are eating something noisy like chips

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Just don't marry them, right? <img src="/adventist/images/graemlins/yucky.gif" alt="" />

LD

[Gail]

TV wrestling

[Taylor]

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when someone chews with their mouth open especially if they are eating something noisy like chips

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Just don't marry them, right? <img src="/adventist/images/graemlins/yucky.gif" alt="" />

LD

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no kidding <img src="/adventist/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

[Bravus]

People who spell 'tongue', 'tounge'. Argghh!

[GreatLakesGramma]

- Daylight Savings Time

- People who jump on every extreme health fad bandwagon, and unrelentingly browbeat everyone who has any kind of chronic illness with the latest one, insisting that this will cure you completely, no matter what you have, or what actually caused it.

- Misspelled words and bad grammar in books, magazines, newspapers, business signs, etc. And the grammatical errors mentioned above by Gail, LynnDel, Amelai, Jeannieb, and Michelle.

[Dottie]

about "Americans"--today I heard Paul Harvey say that if people move to a new country and don't speak the language it's the same as if someone puts the picture of the first wife in the second wife's bedroom.

about grammar--it bugs me when I read the "Review" and find the word "shear" used instead of "sheer," etc. The least they editors could have done is put in [sic] to at least let us know that they realized the error. And what's this phrase "a couple houses on the road?" Where is the preposition "of"?

[Nicodema]

One of my pet peeves: when people in the store (grocery, whatever) get in my way and then act toward me like I'm in theirs.

Driving peeve: idiots who "parallel" you in the lane next to yours, effectively "lane-locking" you when they can see quite clearly your only way out is to move into their lane. For crying out loud, PASS already if you want to be ahead of me, but just DO IT. GO. Get the %$#&* out of the way so I can MOVE!!!

Another driving peeve: someone floating along 20mph below speed limit, or weaving in the lane next door -- you pass them finally and OF COURSE, AS USUAL, the freakin' dolt has a cell phone glued to his ear. ARGH. Get a LIFE. You do NOT need to be on-call, on-tap, 24/7. Get OVER yourselves so the REST of us can get to work in one piece and ON TIME.

While we're on the subject of cell phones?

(1) At work: when you leave your desk, take the stupid thing with you INSTEAD of turning it up FULL VOLUME which you STILL apparently cannot hear but which effectively annoys the CRUD out of everyone in a 7-mile radius and prevents them from doing ANYTHING for the next 3 minutes besides listening to your STUPID ringtone.

(2) In the car: one hyphenated phrase: HANDS-FREE KIT. ONLY if you MUST. Better yet: DON'T. Or at least: PULL OVER FIRST.

(3) In church, restaurant, concerts, movie theatre, live theatre, etc.: just freaking don't, OK? turn the stupid thing off or at least on vibrate (and take your call, like your squalling brat, OUTSIDE so OTHERS are not disturbed.)

(4) The mall and the rest of public space is NOT your living room. I don't go out to listen to YOUR conversations which bore the living SKBATCH out of me. Shut UP. You are NOT fascinating; your idiotic banter is NOT entertaining; this is NOT television, radio, or a live stage, so SHUT UP. Translation: shut up. I mean really. No, really. Shut up. And this goes for subjecting me to what private disciplinary conversations you have with your children at home consist of, too. I go out to get stuff done and to enjoy myself. If I want your living room and its environs, I will come visit YOUR home. Don't BRING it to me in the public square.

Driving peeve #3: am I the ONLY person in the world who needs to actually BE somewhere when I'm out on the road? The light is red. We have to wait. The light turns green --- HELLO, WAKE UP, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT ANYMORE. GO! for crying out loud -- GO!!!! Come on people, it's not like I'm some 18-year-old Japanese boy with lightning reflexes here. When a half-asleep middle-aged woman is noticing how long it takes you dolts to wake up at a green light there's a problem. Y'all got oil sludge in yer veins or WHAT???

OK that's enough peeving for now, don't wanna get myself in a dither.

[Nan]

OK Nico, sit down - or should that be standing up - breathe in deeply - all the love in.....all the peeves out... and again...and again...

And I agree with all you have said LOLOL

[Michelle]

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about "Americans"--today I heard Paul Harvey say that if people move to a new country and don't speak the language it's the same as if someone puts the picture of the first wife in the second wife's bedroom.

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Don't speak, or don't learn? having lived in areas where I did not speak the local language, I know it takes time to learn (I still feel guilty speaking English in HK, but it is an official language, so I don't feel as guilty as I would if I were still in China and not speaking Mandarin).

M

[Michelle]

Another Pacific Press (I think--pretty sure it's not Review) spellcheck induced error that sends me into orbit is "reigns" instead of "reins" when talking about a horse.

In fact, one of the things that really bugs me is when the publisher either tries to save money by using spellchecker, or doesn't have a well-trained proofreader, and they leave all kinds of usage errors (such as the aforementioned shear/sheer). Usage is a difficult area for second language learners, and is a VERY IMPORTANT AREA for publishers! Sloppy proofreading is annoying. (though occasionally quite amusing--one of my students researched "Buffalo Soldiers" and in the research paper she referenced Geronimo--however, in her final paper, which she didn't proof after the spellchecker went through, she wrote about Geranium--I got a laugh out of that one)

(and I'll get down off my high horse because I've found mistakes in my proofreading jobs, too, and they've embarrassed me to no end!)

M

[LynnDel]

One of my pet peeves is the discontinuation by manufacturers of items I have liked and depended upon. Most of these, it seems, are in the cereal department.

I used to love Concentrate cereal, but it disappeared decades ago. I once found some on a grocery shelf in a little Mom & Pop store and was thrilled, until I got the boxes home and found they were years past expiration date. My other favorite cereals also disappeared, including Team Flakes (around almost forever), and Oat Flakes (were around just for a short time). I miss Ruskets, gone so long that I'm not sure how to spell it. I used to get broken ones by the brown paper bagful at the Loma Linda market. My breakfasts just aren't the same anymore.

LynnDel

[LynnDel]

Dottie,

I am frankly confused as to whether "of" is required when saying "couple [of] houses," etc. Because of my confusion, I did a tiny bit of internet research (meaning I clicked on three grammar sites), without being further elucidated as to what is the acceptable usage of "of" when coupled with "couple."

What I found is that "couple" is in common usage both with "of" and without "of." I also found this at englishplus.com:

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The word of following the prepositions outside, inside, off, or atop is nonstandard. Simply drop the word of.

Incorrect: He looked inside of the box.

Correct: He looked inside the box. [/]

That was news to me, but still doesn't help us with "couple."

I don't have a peeve with the incorrect use of of, even when I see "could of" instead of "could have." It hurts my eyes, but it sounds the same, no matter how you spell it (right, Stan?). <img src="/adventist/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

LD

[gina i]

People who eat with their mouth open, people who like to tell others who/what to be like, potlucks with too much tofu, drivers who don't respect pedestrians, RHUBARB!!