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

[lawschooljunkie]

1. Anytime people add consanants on the end of a word: i.e. Idear, Lawr, Anyways
2. amount vs. number: They are different.
3. Improper use of plurals: i.e. Data vs. Datum
4. Passive voice, the hell is bugged out of me when the passive voice is spoken by people.

 

[Bowhuntr11]

When black girls get loud for no reason...(Not being racist...) Just answering the question.

 

[Mellman]

when people talk with food in their mouth, i fvcking HATE that...learn some damn manners noobs!

and on here, its the "i have x for sell"

 

[GML3G0]

I hate it when people end every couple of words with this clicking sound that they make with their tongues on the roofs of their mouths.

"So, like, [tsk], I have an, [tsk], idea and, [tsk], I thought that, [tsk], maybe..."

 

[Philippine Mango]

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.

And saw that one of the definitions actually matches it's misused meaning. Why must some words be their own antonyms???

Agreed!

 

[Paperdoc]

Irregardless!
Regardless is legit. So is irrespective.
But there is NO Irregardless!

Another nomination: putting an apostrophe into "its" when is does not belong.
"It's" is the contraction of two words: "It is". It is NOT an posessive pronoun. A dog may chew its bone, not it's bone.