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What are some pet peeves you have in the way people talk?

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I'll second the complaint about the whole "acrossT the street" thing. I think it's regional (South?) so it's like getting annoyed over someone's accent, but it still bugs me big time.

I'm also subject to my wife watching 4 episodes of Oprah some nights, and it really bugs me when she goes into her black talk. She is extremely well-spoken and very professional 99.995% of the time, but every so often she goes into black talk if she's trying to be all girly-girly with someone or describing something graphic..."girl, you gotta go get yo-self a nice day in the spa"

(not sure if I explained that last bit correctly, but WTH)
 
Originally posted by: LolaWiz
supposiBly.... or "I SEEN" instead of "i have seen" or "i saw".
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I think supposably has become the accepted pronunciation in the army...at least, that's what one would think from hearing it used so often.
 
In consideration of the Soda vs. Pop controversy, recall that originally it was called "soda pop." "Soda," of course, is the adjective describing "pop," the noun.

Similarly, with regard to "blue jeans," it is customary to refer to one's "jeans," not one's "blues."

Therefore, "pop" is the correct noun to use, and persons refering to such a beverage as "soda" are lesser human beings deserving of scorn and ridicule.

QED.
 
The only Pittsburgh-ese mannerisms I've picked up is the lack of saying "to be" in sentences.

E.g., "The room needs cleaned" rather than "the room needs to be cleaned" or "the room needs cleaning." You won't find a soul in Pittsburgh that says it the latter way. Something like merging the past and plu-perfect... oh well. I do have a tendency to slur my "ower" words into a "aaur" sound. Heh yeah we're full of speech mannerisms here.
 
Originally posted by: KingGheedora
Literally, what a strange word. The primary definition is actually; without exaggeration or inaccuracy. But people often misuse it, such as in this sentence: "When I heard that my mother had cancer, I was literally torn apart inside." The speaker wasn't ACTUALLY torn apart inside, hence the use of literally was incorrect.

I looked up the word literally on dictionary.com and found this:

?Usage note Since the early 20th century, literally has been widely used as an intensifier meaning ?in effect, virtually,? a sense that contradicts the earlier meaning ?actually, without exaggeration?: The senator was literally buried alive in the Iowa primaries. The parties were literally trading horses in an effort to reach a compromise. The use is often criticized; nevertheless, it appears in all but the most carefully edited writing. Although this use of literally irritates some, it probably neither distorts nor enhances the intended meaning of the sentences in which it occurs. The same might often be said of the use of literally in its earlier sense ?actually?: The garrison was literally wiped out: no one survived.
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And saw that one of the definitions actually matches it's misused meaning. Why must some words be their own antonyms???
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They literally took forever to get here
I was literally bowled over when I heard the news
 
Originally posted by: b0mbrman
I think supposably has become the accepted pronunciation in the army...at least, that's what one would think from hearing it used so often.
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You have a rifle. Use it. 😉

 
Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Originally posted by: KingGheedora

And saw that one of the definitions actually matches it's misused meaning. Why must some words be their own antonyms???
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They literally took forever to get here
I was literally bowled over when I heard the news
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I suspect that people guilty of abusing the term "literally" are in fact searching for the word "utterly" and failing to conjure it.

 
"I haven't/aint done nothin'" (<- Oh so you have done something then?)

And then, I'm not going to type it but I absolutely hate the N word. I don't so much mind cursing in general (to each his own) but I seriously hate the 'N' word. A year ago back in High School this African American freshman sat down next to me and for the next 5 minutes all I heard was the 'N' word every 3 seconds. I didn't say anything but being a Senior back then I wish I would have.

-Kevin
 
Originally posted by: Garth
I suspect that people guilty of abusing the term "literally" are in fact searching for the word "utterly" and failing to conjure it.
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But you would, in the main, be wrong.

People have simply used it as ironic emphasis for so long, that many who misuse it today have no idea what they're doing.

You say you don't understand ironic emphasis? And yet you consider your grammar skills awfully good *? 😉

Finally, another pet peeve of mine would be those who repeatedly overuse just about the eeakest meaning of the word conjure when a more direct term would be far beter English.








* Where "awfully" and other such adjectives are used in direct opposition to their literal meaning for ironic emphasis.

 
Conversations like this piss me off:
"Your grammer sucks."
"Look who's talking, grammAr expert"
"...That's not even a grammar error, i love you"


 
Originally posted by: Perknose

You say you don't understand ironic emphasis?
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No, I didn't say that.

And yet you consider your grammar skills awfully good *? 😉
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I didn't say that, either.


Finally, another pet peeve of mine would be those who repeatedly overuse just about the eeakest meaning of the word conjure when a more direct term would be far beter English.
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I said precisely what I meant, and quite honestly I am glad to have annoyed you in doing so.

<---- can spell "better" better than you. 😛

 
Here's 1 that totally drives me nuts:
dominate instead of dominant -- this has become all the rage on sports board: "xyz was dominate tonight". Dominate is a verb, and dominant is an adjective!
 
over in PA they seem to leave out the words "to be"


this needs done

that needs washed.....


it bugs the hell out of me
 
When people say "ya know?" after every statement. even if its the complete sentence of "You know what I mean?" Drives me crazy!!! ya know? 😉
 
My aforementioned idiot coworker can't seem to comprehend the fact that "wound up" is NOT present tense:

"We should do ABC in case we wound up doing XYZ"
"We might wound up having to go to the customer's site"

But considering that he's also guilty of pinion9's "match a prefix from column A with a suffix from column B", the raping of corporate-speak, and insanely rancid breath, his "wound up" violations are the least of my problems.
 
When people ask "Guess what?"

What are the chances people are actually going to guess...why start a comment with such a vague question?
 
"Dude."

But the WORST offender is:

TOUCH BASE.

Oh my god, before the beginning of summer, I never heard that expression before. The second I started my new summer job, that was used every freaking day, and it annoys the hell out of me. Strangely, I can't think of a better expression in place of it.
 
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