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

[Garet Jax]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: ValkyrieofHouston
Other than that I could care less about grammer.

Obviously! :roll:

That's his way of saying he likes grammar since he could care less.

 

[Stunt]

Originally posted by: Imp
"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.

Contact? Talk? Meet?

I'll contact you tomorrow.
We can meet and discuss our objectives.

 

[Garet Jax]

Moved to Maryland a few years ago and the natives here say oooon for on.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: Garth

Originally posted by: Perknose

You say you don't understand ironic emphasis?

No, I didn't say that.

"You say" used as a phrase, not meant to be taken literally, Rufus. WHOOOSH!

And yet you consider your grammar skills awfully good *?

I didn't say that, either.[/quote]WHOOOOSH, again, Billy Bpb. You managed to entirely miss the point! Check the asterisk, you might be bright enough to understand the ironic sarcasm I employed: * Where "awfully" and other such adjectives are used in direct opposition to their literal meaning for ironic emphasis.

Catching on yet? :roll:

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.

I said precisely what I meant, and quite honestly I am glad to have annoyed you in doing so.[/quote]
You said what you said in the LAMEST possible use of the word "conjure". That was my point, and it stands. Please go look up "conjure" in the dictionary -- hell,, I even linked it for you -- and even you will see what I mean.

Annoyed? You are but a mosquito on my ankle. If you are proud to have achieved the status of a mosquito in my world, so be it.

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

^^^^Claims an obvious typo as his biggest triumph. Gee, guess you really showed me, huh? :roll:

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: JujuFish

Originally posted by: huberm
living in Indiana, I frequently hear people pronounce the word "creek" as "crick"....

It makes the saying, "Up sh!t creek without a paddle," flow better.

I think it's funny to ask people who mispronounce "creek" as "crick" how they think one should say "sheet."

 

[dave518]

When people pronounce bagle like "beg-el" instead of "baygul".
Put-Put instead of minigolf.
The word cupon pronounced as "kyu-pon" instead of kupon. I do believe though that you can say it both ways.
"cahtch-up" for ketchup... apparently "cat-sup" is a proper way to pronounce it.

It is most definitely soda, not pop.

"Hweel" instead of wheel or "hwy" instead of why

 

[Maximilian]

Originally posted by: akshatp
"For all intensive purposes"

What I hate more is when I try to tell people that it is actually "All intents and purposes" and they in turn tell me that that is ridiculous, and that it doesn't make any sense that way.

LOL

Hahahaah, thats a good one. Very true too.

 

[OSX]

Originally posted by: sindows

Originally posted by: EGGO
When people say, "like".

Especially like when they use it like, after every 5 words. They like remind of the days of like middle shcool. Its like they haven't learned like any grammer since then.

But seriously though, people stop using "like" and learn how to form a proper sentence or at least attempt to make one that resembles one. Its just as annoying as people who give speaches and half the speech consists of "Umm". When I say that, I don't mean someone who occasionally says a few "ums" during a speech but those who for some reason, feel the need to include it after every sentence.

For some reason, it just irritates the hell out of me. And just as a side note, I'm a horrible speaker myself but I don't "um" and "like" my way through speeches. If I'm having trouble with it, I just make up some bs along the way until I remember what I'm trying to say.

OMGWTFBBQ1!!11!!

 

[Stuxnet]

Originally posted by: dave518
It is most definitely soda, not pop.

You're most definitely wrong.

 

[Pollock]

My precalc teacher says "arn" instead of on. It doesn't irritate me so much as it is funny. I'm just waiting for him to say "Jarn" instead of John. Also, my mom likes to say Target with some kind of French accent. :frown:

Misuse of good and well irritates me as well.

 

[VitaminR]

I had an instructor for an Intro to Meteorology class who apparently couldn't say the word sublimation, it always came out "sublimitation."

 

[xtknight]

You've all but failed English class. 'All but failed it'? So that means I've done everything but fail it, thus I've passed it? What?

 

[Doctor Nyse]

When my step father says DININT instead of DIDN'T

 

[ta8689]

My girlfriend's dumb friend says "ambleance" instead of "ambulance". It pisses me off because she wont try to say it properly.

 

[Stuxnet]

"worsh" instead of "wash"

I know this sounds horrible, but when I hear someone say "worsh", they are permanently placed in the "Idiots" stack in my brain.

 

[herkulease]

when people say "you know" at end of sentences.

No I don't know.

 

[ColdFusion718]

Originally posted by: jlbenedict

Originally posted by: PoloShirt
I don't like accents.

Specifically southern accents and new york accents.

Learn to speak correctly or don't speak at all you hick.

You are an asshat.

A majority of southerners have that "southern" accent. If you are born in the south, and have lived there for quite some time, you will develop the accent. It doesn't matter if you are a hick, millionaire, snotty brat, emo, etc..

I've lived in Maryland since 1999, but originally from the south. I'm barely holding on to my southern accent, but sometimes, depending on what I'm saying, it will come out. Last time I've talked to my mother, she mentioned to me that I do not sound like I'm from "down there" anymore.

I can guarantee you this: I'm far from a hick

I agree. I've met some very intelligent people with southern accents. In fact, I've met some women who had very sexy southern accents. My future brother-in-law was born and raised in the south so he speaks with a bit of a southern accent (lives in California).

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: xtknight
You've all but failed English class. 'All but failed it'? So that means I've done everything but fail it, thus I've passed it? What?

Yes, you passed, but in the speaker's opinion came within a cvnt hair of failing. This is a common construction, and perfectly proper English.

 

[yhelothar]

You guys get peeved too easily.
But then again, it's not surprising considering this board is filled with pretentious nerds.

 

[VIAN]

"souF" instead of "souTH"

"receiP" instead of "receipT"

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: jbourne77
Another complaint similar to giantpinkbunnyhead's: I HATE "corporate speak". I hate it because the people that tend to use it are typically the ones that have no bloody clue what they're talking about, and they use them in an effort to mask their idiocy:

value-add
synergy (tied with "value-add" for most abused)
champion (to "champion an effort/project")
thought-leader (a new one that the asshats here have begun using, and it makes me want to PUKE - "we need to be thought-leaders in the marketplace". FSCK YOU!!!!)
proactive (seems to be finally dying out, thankfully)

- Will add more as they come to me.

When you are finished thinking outside the box, we'll touch base and collaborate to devise a goal oriented, diverse, flexible synergistic alliance.

 

[Stuxnet]

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Originally posted by: jbourne77
Another complaint similar to giantpinkbunnyhead's: I HATE "corporate speak". I hate it because the people that tend to use it are typically the ones that have no bloody clue what they're talking about, and they use them in an effort to mask their idiocy:

value-add
synergy (tied with "value-add" for most abused)
champion (to "champion an effort/project")
thought-leader (a new one that the asshats here have begun using, and it makes me want to PUKE - "we need to be thought-leaders in the marketplace". FSCK YOU!!!!)
proactive (seems to be finally dying out, thankfully)

- Will add more as they come to me.

When you are finished thinking outside the box, we'll touch base and collaborate to devise a goal oriented, diverse, flexible synergistic alliance.

*AHHHHHHHHHHRGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

*sets self on fire; jumps out window*

 

[Stuxnet]

A guy I know pronounces WiFi as "weefee".

But he was home schooled.

 

[j00fek]

dont spit when you talk to me

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

Originally posted by: VanillaH
lol @ UBS. It shocks me there are still people calling computers CPUs. LCDs arent the only "Flat screens". I could go on, but you get the picture.

I HATE that.

The pretty box is a "computer" not a CPU. Your monitor is not a computer.

- JaAG