Little Pet Peeves

[HushHush]

I hate hate hate hate the word irregardless.  Its not a word! It drives me absolutely bonkers and a very good friend of mine would use it constantly.  Finally, before she moved across the country, I pulled her aside and told her gently that irregardless is not a word and it drives me nuts.  She laughed and apologized and said that she knew it wasn't a real word but her family had gotten her in the habit of saying it.  We thought it was funny that I was so concerned about hurting her feelings by commenting on it that I let it bother me for a year before I said something.

Charlotte

[Xanthia, Maker of fine Tin-foil hats since 2007]

Socks with sandals unless on a small child.  Even worse, socks with flip flops.

That is a good one! But how do you do socks and flip flops? That's like a sock wedgie in between your toes?!?
I hate panty hose with open toe or open back/sling back shoes. Although I did see in a fashion magazine that you can do that now. It's "in". But I still can't!!!!!!!!!

Yes, exactly, it becomes a sock wedgie between your toes, and it DRIVES ME NUTS!  I would never say something to anyone about the socks with sandals thing, because they may have a medical condition that precludes wearing a full shoe (I had a bad allergic reaction on my feet to the leather is some shoes I bought from a store, and could not wear "real shoes" for quite a while), but I keep thinking, if your feet are that cold WEAR A SNEEKER!

[Venus193]

Charlotte, I so agree with you.  Another one of mine is "normalcy."  This only became a word because a president used it instead of the correct "normality."

There are so many others, such as the incorrect uses of "I" and "me", but nobody accepts those corrections except at work.

[dawbs]

Alot.

alot is not a word.  a_LOT is 2 words.
A lot = correct
Alot = a word that doesn't exist.

Drives me mildly bonkers. 
(right up there w/ abuse of homophones.  Your is not you're.  Aisle is not isle. etc.
Of course, the internet is a haven for these abuses, so I shouldn't play on it :-)

[Gileswench]

The one that drive me up a tree is 'one of the only'. By definition, only is one. 'One of' indicates that there is more than one to choose from. Please, please, please, I beg of you, try using 'one of the few'! It makes sense!

[T'Mar of Vulcan]

Venus, you'd better hope I never have to send you anything! Because I'm known as the person who sends gifts you need the help of an explosives expert to open! Seriously, we have so much theft here at our Post Offices, I tape the things up so well that it just makes it too much trouble to open. Everyone who's ever gotten a package from me has had to phone others who know me to commiserate about how the *heck* you get Marina's darn parcels open!!

There are so many others, such as the incorrect uses of "I" and "me", but nobody accepts those corrections except at work.

My pet peeve - and I only see it on the Net from Americans, so it must be in common use somewhere in the States - is the use of the word "drug" as the past tense of "drag". "He drug the couch into the right position." NO, NO, NO, NO, NOOOOOOOO!!!!! It's "He DRAGGED the couch!" DRAGGED!!! DRUG IS NOT THE PAST TENSE OF DRAGGED!!!! Yes, I do feel strongly about it.

A pet peeve that we have here in S.A. is when people say, "I threw him with a pen" to mean "I threw a pen at him". Yes, I know it's a direct translation from Afrikaans and the English-speaking kids pick it up from the Afrikaans and Coloured kids (whose first language is Afrikaans) as do all the others but it makes me want to SCREAM. And I've said it before, and then wanted to jump off a building!!

Other "direct translation" peeves I have are:
"What time did you stand up this morning? I stood up at 6.30." NO! It's, "What time did you GET up this morning? I GOT up..."
"How late is it?" NO! It's, "What TIME is it?" (I remember making the opposite mistake in high school and writing, "Wat is die tyd?" {What is the time} instead of, "Hoe laat is dit?" {How late is it} - directly translated it seems fine, but writing "Hoe laat is dit?" means "What time is it?" Sorry, that was confusing.)

And let me not get started with people who can't tell the difference between IS and ARE. "I are going to lunch." You correct them and they're like, "But WHY can't I say that?" Um, because it's WRONG?

That said, Afrikaans is a lovely, expressive and simple language. But it cannot be directly translated into English without making the person seem like a complete idiot. If I care enough to get Afrikaans grammar right, I don't see why Afrikaans people can't be bothered to at least try to get English grammar right.

Oh well!

[HogwartsAlum]

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My best friend taped the paper to a vintage paperback.  This is the same person whom I wouldn't lend books to anymore.

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Oh that is just not smart (sorry for sounding mean about your friend). That is just wrong.. I love to read and I loooove books and that breaks my heart a little.
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I collect cabinet cards (old Victorian pictures, about 4-1/4 by 6-1/2) that fit in those old albums with the picture slots.  You can get them at flea markets and antique malls. Often the dealers will stick a price tag on the back, which you cannot remove without taking some of the paper with it.  Sometimes they stick it over writing on the back of the card, that has the subject's name written by a family member.   Some ding-a-lings stick a sticker on the FRONT, ON THE PICTURE ITSELF!  I never ever buy from those people.  That drives me crazy.

The good ones write a price and booth number on the back in pencil, and never over other writing on the card.

[HogwartsAlum]

Alot.

alot is not a word.  a_LOT is 2 words.
A lot = correct
Alot = a word that doesn't exist.

Drives me mildly bonkers. 
(right up there w/ abuse of homophones.  Your is not you're.  Aisle is not isle. etc.
Of course, the internet is a haven for these abuses, so I shouldn't play on it :-)

It's vs. its.  It's is a contraction of "It is," and its is the possessive.  I see "The dog crouched over it's bone" all the time and it makes me want to scream.

[ZipTheWonder]

Venus, 'normalcy' is allot older than the precedent who favors it's use.  Irregardless, I aspect you wont be convenienced to use it when conversating.   

[Pixie]

My Mom taught me a cute trick for wrapping pictures, books or paper items.  I wrap the item in plastic (saran wrap) wrap first, then gift wrap it.  That way no tape or sticker has to go on the item itself, but on the plastic wrap.    That new press and seal plastic wrap is great for this as it will seal itself without damaging the item.


My pet peeves are few but odd:

1. There they're and their.    "They're there for their supper."

2. "I borrowed him my _______"

People who say "Libary or FebUary rather than the real words. 

I also dislike "axed"

[dawbs]

Venus, 'normalcy' is allot older than the precedent who favors it's use.  Irregardless, I aspect you wont be convenienced to use it when conversating.   

*kaboom*

that was the sound of my head exploding
 

[Cyndi]

When people walk into my room, see that I have headphones on and my discman is running.....AND STILL TALK TO ME! All I hear is "mumblemumblemumble". Double the annoyance if the person gets mad at me when I ask them to repeat what they said.

In-text author notes in fanfiction.

Anybody who can't be bothered to post a fanfiction with proper spelling and grammar.

People that chew loudly with their mouths open. My dad does this. He can't help it because part of it is his Parkinson's, but he has always been a really loud eater. It's nasty LOL.

People that diss Godzilla and anime they rule.

Getting stuck behind a slow walker ANYWHERE. Double the peeve if they give me dirty looks when I politely excuse myself to get by.

When people talk to me while I'm trying to read. GO AWAYYYYYY!

Anybody who assumes autism = retarded.

Anybody who assumes autism = no emotions.


In choir peeves:

When people close their music/folders before the director lowers his hands to indicate the song is over. Way to break the mood of the song!

Excessive talking. I don't care really, but I can't make out Pro's instructions over other people's voices. This is also why I hate warming up in the Ministry Hall on Sundays where there are boutiques or the blood drive. Thankfully Pro knows of my condition and he'll stand by the soprano section to give instructions.

People who don't have their music in order, so we have to wait for them to rummage around before we can start a song.

People that show up randomly. Either commit or quit, because every voice matters and if an important person can't be counted on then we're always up in the air wondering if they'll show up.

Frequent tardiness, especially if they miss every single instruction Pro gave before we start. Double peeve if they ask ME for this info when I'm trying to listen to further instructions!

Excessive perfume at concerts. Perfume + Sweat + Close quarters = STINKAGE! Not to mention that some people are allergic and who wants to do a concert with watery eyes and snot rolling down your top lip?

[JoyinVirginia]

Whenever someone says "I hate to tell you but..."
If you really hated to tell me something, you WOULDN'T tell me at all!
This usually prefaces some bit of trivia like "i hate to tell you but route 17 goes thru Gloucester, not route 14"
And they are usually wrong because route 14 DOES SO go thru Gloucester, so there!
Joy in VA

[Morty'sCleaningLady]

Tardiness and public nail clipping.  Oh how I am grossed out by the sound of nail clippers at the office!  I know how long your commute is, mine's longer.  I am able to get all of my personal grooming done at home! 

Last night's commute reminded me of two more -- loud cell phone conversations and excessive cologne.  I felt really badly that his Nana's cataract operation needed to be rescheduled, but I don't think Nana wanted everone in that train car to know about it.

[ZipTheWonder]

*kaboom*

that was the sound of my head exploding
 

What, you don't like conversating?  LOL!