People writing persay instead of per se :bomb2: :bomb2: :bomb2:.
For some reason it just makes me really angry.
What are yours?
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People writing persay instead of per se :bomb2: :bomb2: :bomb2:.
For some reason it just makes me really angry.
What are yours?
Lots of things bug me, I'll give you a list after my meeting.
when people can't get their "There" "Their" and "they're"'s together correctly.
people who interupt me >:(
Children
Br33ZaAH language.
People eating with their (that ok Colovion? ~;) ) mouth open!
When my kids say "It was so fun!" No dear, it was fun, or is was so much fun. Or a lot of fun. But not so fun.
Also, people who use the word bath as a verb. "I'm going to bath my two-year old." NO! You are going to bathe your two-year old. The letter E was invented just for this reason.
But the worst, the most annoying, the most insidious disruptor of the intellectual process, is the term "baby" as it's used these days in commercials. As in, "Buy Cornflakes, baby loves them." or "This soap is soft on baby's skin".
:furious3: ARRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!
It's the baby, a baby, my baby, your baby. Not just baby.
And when I hear some heinous beyotch say "I'm going to bath baby." Well, death row is looking me in the eye because Im going to strangle the very life out of the mother just so her kid doesn't grow up and learn to speak like her.
But isn't baby's correct? I am going to wash the baby 'his' skin? That is how I remember it... Been a while *REQUEST!* is it though or tho? and when? And explain to me, what is the difference between through and thrue?Quote:
Originally Posted by Beirut
You can't use the word baby without putting, a, the, my, your, before it.
They're not saying babies love Cornflakes. They're saying baby loves Cornflakes. They're trying to personalize a collective and it sounds really, really stupid.
The difference in the words you cited is simply that one spelling right and one is wrong.
Still I see a lot of thru and tho, internet slang I guess ~:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Beirut
Grocers' apostrophes. (Eg using an apostrophe in a plural, "Apple's 50p a pound, banana's a pound a bunch")
Also people writing its for it's and vice versa.
I wouldn't say they get to me, I just assume any native English speaking person who does it is thick.
I'm not sure I agree that verbing nouns is annoying though. And I thought thru was an American spelling?
OMG - this is really going rampant here in Germany - and in German spelling you don't even use the apostrophe for the genitiveQuote:
Originally Posted by English assassin
But see for yourself
Some of these examples only make sense if you understand German - my personal favourite is #16
I hate, hate, hate ~:furious3: it when people spell night as 'nite' and right as rite. It's almost always done in marketing, and it makes me think that advertisers or product marketing people think we must be dumb as dirt.
Go to the local breakfast diner, and what do they have on the menu? The WORST of them all.... prepare yourselves.... a tend-'A' loin biscuit. GAH! ~:furious3:
Omg that's hilarious Ser! ~D even better 'cause I know German...lmfao *laughing at the pictures*... ~:cheers:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ser Clegane
What really bothers me is when people spell things wrong when it's just a few letters that need to be typed...like...'u' or 'c ya' instead of 'see you'...*shudders* :furious3:
Lexica'sQuote:
Originally Posted by Ser Clegane
On No! We have infected the Germans now ~:eek:
I admit my guilt for using thru and tho', for through and though (or although). There has been a trend to drop the 'ough' or convert it to it's sound, in US english, since there is so much varience.
I guess I've been on the internet too long now to let creative spelling bother me much. However, one that makes me cringe is "of" being used for "have".
"I should of driven slower.", for "I should have driven slower.". I understand where it comes from ('of' is how the contraction should've sounds), but 'of driven' makes no sense.
“Irregardless”
I even hear news anchors use this one on occasion.
“I could care less”.
They always mean “I couldn’t care less” but few people get it right.
The word “too” too often gets reduced to “to”.
I use this, but follow it with "But I'd be dead"Quote:
“I could care less”.
They always mean “I couldn’t care less” but few people get it right.
What bugs me?
Mostly people, I am very comfortable with my own company and rarely get bored so I really have to be in the mood to put up with people, and I really hate people who talk too much (Like my wife does, mainly at bed time). Right now I am at work and there are poeple here who spend all day talking, it gets on my nerves, I wouldn't mind but they talk so much and say nothing.
And another one, round dodgers, need I say more. ~:cheers:
edit: Oh, and, made up sayings like "Thinking out of the box" what the hell does that mean, I'm not in a box.
Bad grammar, bad punctuation, bad spelling, holding one's cutlery incorrectly, socialism, a lack of meat in the main meal of the day, the denouncing of the sacred name of cheese, someone not liking potatoes,and (worst of all) tea with no sugar are the things that get to me...
There are a lot more, but the list would be too long.
so many - to many to name actually
Yes, just keep it locked up in cu2 with all the other loonies (like badpakboi) and spare me...Quote:
Originally Posted by Fragony
Misplaced arrogance... i.e. people who don't deserve to be arrogant but are so anyway.
Idiots... you want to diss them but they are just too stupid to understand...
And last of this selection... lag on my PC.
~Wiz >_
People using adjectives instead of adverbs-"Look how fast he's running!" "He perfomed poor".
One word:
Irregardless
It had to happen.....fast is an adverb as well as an adjective......Quote:
Originally Posted by Big King Sanctaphrax
Yrs
Mr Pedant
narrowminded people... cant talk to them.
Apre's ski? Oh. My. God.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ser Clegane
:dizzy2:
Whoever did that does need to be beaten, seriously.
Ahh.. The apostrophe. It's annoying, isn't it? Good thing about Finnish that there are no apostrophes in it.
Fortunately...
Bob's quick guide to the apostrophe, you idiots
Also available as a poster.
Woops-I appear to have tripped myself up... :embarassed:Quote:
Originally Posted by English assassin
People who are to stupid to even associate with. I get frustrated because I know they are idiots and if I get this strong urge to tell them. I wish I lived in a world where idiots were whiped out.
Another thing is the word 'feduciary'. I can't f4cken stand it when people use that word, it angres me beyond anything! :furious3:
Ah, that would be "too stupid", damn it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Byzantine Prince
Ever heard anyone in the office ask for statistics for “physical year 2004”?
Not calendar year or fiscal year but physical year. Ay caramba.
People who try to be smart using terms from other languages but make terrible mistakes. Like CA in RTW -- 'Vae victus'. GAH!!!
~Wiz
Er, Latin Noob here-What's wrong with that? I always thought it meant 'woe to the vanquished'.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Wizard
"I could care less" gets my blood flowing...
other than that, people telling me to say "well" when I really mean the noun "good".
I've found myself accidently typing "there" instead of "their", so that doesn't get me too upset. On many of the technicalities, I am often unsure. That's why I got me "Elements of Style".
~:cheers:
No, that's 'Vae victis'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big King Sanctaphrax
Vae = nominativus; that's the subject form.
victis = dativus; the form used for 'giving'. When translating, it adds 'to' to the word. So I just used the English dativus.
In the wrong RTW version, it's 'victus', which is the nominativus form, which means the translation is 'Woe defeated'.
~Wiz
folks at my work asking me for my john henry when they need me to sign something. i always tell them, john henry was a steel driving man, it's my john hancock you want... ~;)
Political Conservatives. Just irritating.
People drawing outrageous comparisons.
"George Bush is the 21st century Hitler!"
:no:
Fiduciary? Why? It is a useful word when applied correctly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Byzantine Prince
The way it sounds irritates me. Someone should make up another word for it so us feduciaryphobes can rest in peace. ~:)
When I'm Queen of the Planet I'll have everyone quartered who I can recollect saying, "at this point in time" when they could simply have said "right now" or "now."
Also, anyone I can remember having said "co-conspirator." You don't need a frigging 'co' there since you can't conspire by yourself, anyhow!
Oh and I truly will feel sorry for anyone foolish enough to have said 'irregardless.'
For good measure, also the jerk who coined the term 'automobile.' Why he thinks he can mix ancient Greek with Latin is anyone's guess, but we can ponder it while watching him swing.
:hanged:
OK: trust.Quote:
Originally Posted by Byzantine Prince
Just made it up. Use as you see fit.
I really hate it when people throw their ciggy butts out the car window.
*gets out his whip*Quote:
I wish I lived in a world where idiots were whiped out.
I assume that you meant 'wiped'
Be careful what you wish for
ichi :bow:
Well the Romans used Greek words in their vocabulary as well. That's why English has 90% of all it's Greek inspired words.Quote:
Originally Posted by Proletariat
I'm tempted tosay that doesn't qualify for this thread, as it's not a small thing, given the destruction fires caused by cigarette buts can cause.Quote:
Originally Posted by ichi
Sure, but it's just shoddy to blend languages half way through a word.Quote:
Originally Posted by Byzantine Prince
I just wish people won't use "their", "there" and "they're" as interchangeably equal. :dizzy2:
Also "should of" as in "should of been" ~:eek: :embarassed: "Should HAVE been". ~D
Then you would hate a lot of other words like television. It's not that bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Proletariat
People who are so ardent in their belief of God at a young age.
Without getting too offensive with my list, I'm just going to say that every grammar and spelling error previously mentioned (including the German ones) burn my arse. Also, I hate spilling things, and I hate furres.
Worst is people that calls you and don't say anything......
Damn uppity goats getting my trash, now that'll make me angry ~:)Quote:
Originally Posted by t1master
ichi ~:cheers:
good to see you over here :bow:
I would like to take this moment to denounce the sacred name of cheese. :charge:
People who don't understand science trying to use it to support their social/political agenda.
ok a few things...
Cold wet bread....
People who raise the pitch of their voice at the end of a sentance, so they sound like they're asking you a question. It gives the impression that they think you're stupid as you should know what they're talking about. (ALA Australian soaps)
David Beckhams voice....I just want to squeeze his neck until his pips squeak, just to shut him up. ~;)
Here's some more:
People who say you shouldn't use the word "Brainstorm" because it's offensive to epileptics, no it's not I asked some. Damn PC brigade.
Ugly stupid people with children, they shouldn't be allowed to breed.
Dubbed TV adverts, if they are too cheap to make a new advert what makes them think I'm going to buy their product, this holds true for adverts that are, well, pants, like the policewoman dancing while directing traffic.
People bumping into me in pubs, it only takes a second to say "Excuse me" or "Sorry".
People who use big words to sound important when you know that it's the only big word they know.
People from reality TV shows.
Reality TV shows, that's not reality.
My next door neighbours, but there's no way you caould call her small, she hung her washing on the line last week and could only fit 1 pair of pants on it, the line's about 15m long. ~:eek:
There's bound to be more.
Good call, and while we are on the subject, imported products that have silly names that they can't be bothered to rename for the UK. I am NOT cleaning my windows with something called "Bang", even if Bang does mean "window cleaner" in Turkish or Estonian.Quote:
Dubbed TV adverts, if they are too cheap to make a new advert what makes them think I'm going to buy their product, this holds true for adverts that are, well, pants, like the policewoman dancing while directing traffic
Meetings. Meetings are not work, they are what stop you doing work.
Oh, and by an obvious train of thought, management consultants. And estate agents who they so closely resemble.
Another thing that I hate is how people always say "get your butt in here", "sit your butt down", "I'm gonna kick your butt". Why do they have to add the gross word butt in every command when it's totally unnecessary? GAH!
Another thing that I hate is when people try to correct every simple word's spelling like they are better and somehow more educated then you even though you just made the mistake because you typed it in a hurry. GAH!
:furious3: :furious3: :furious3: :furious3: :furious3: :furious3: :furious3:
Actually, I'd like to alter my previous statement...
Not all children, usually just boys from about 10 to 17 (18 if American). They get right up my nose.
There are exceptions, of course, and girls can be just as annoying.
Oh, and taxes too. Small (non-existent) at the moment, but I can tell they're going to really upset me.
I dont mind the spelling mistakes as my spelling is abysmal. usually if i cant spell a word, i'll try and find and alternative word to use. Or Spell check ~:)
Cigarette butts thrown in inappropriate locations without causing fires or any other major misfortune.
Tobacco smoke in my eyes or nostrils.
The smell of tobacco smoke on my person/attire/grilfriend.
Gratuitous use of car horns.
People who are
(ignorant OR stupid) AND (arrogant OR pretensious)
/*this is true if one or both of the conditions on either side of the AND are true*/
Reality TV, soap operas.
Girlfriend watching reality TV, soap operas.
Norwegians not using Norwegian properly.
what about someone who is stupid, ignorant, arrogant, and pretensious?
BLASPHEMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pindar
You talking to me? ~;)Quote:
Originally Posted by King Malcolm
Well, they are covered. I didn't say XOR :wiseguy:
Two ORs. Sorry, but I hate people proving me wrong...Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul Peru
~D Your post was funny. It demanded a reply.Quote:
Originally Posted by King Malcolm
Kids aged 8-14... Damn I hate their respectless, stupid, annoying, pseudo-funny but truly very sad behavior! ~:pissed:
And I hate having to search for the damn angry smiley which I want, which is not in the quick smileys section!!! ~:pissed:
Edit: Oh, and scared as shit people who can't stand my way of debating -- dissing someone when he makes a damn stupid remark/asks a damn stupid question. That kind of people lost me a EYP! GAH!
~Wiz
w00t!Quote:
Originally Posted by ichi
can you show me that whip again ~;)
"Push on" sinks that don't stay on,
Moths, and other people using internet explorer on this computer over firefox.
People who act like they want to talk about a serious issue but cannot or will not stay on topic and insist on using any story in the news as a partisan screech.
Gawain?Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Corleone
What makes you think it's any one person? I do it too... and I do piss myself off when I stop and come to my senses.
no but I found thisQuote:
can you show me that whip again
http://users.aol.com/shorthill/goat.gif
Back on topic, I also seriously dislike telemarketers
ichi :bow:
Racist leftists.
People who wear their baseball hats backwards.
Are they trying to look retarded or does it just come naturally?
Who? ~;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Proletariat
I wear my baseball cap backwards when the sun is behind me and I have no collar on... to avoid sunburn...Quote:
Originally Posted by Beirut
(Beirut ponders the depths to which his troubles will plunge to if he calls a Chief Mod a retard...)
Oh well! That's completely different and perfectly reasonable. :yes:
I flip my ballcap backwards when I need to see without obstruction.
Surely a rifle shooter understands that concept.
~D
edit: Note to Papewaio: they don't get much sun up there in the great north. ~;)
Considering I get yearly checkups for skin cancer it would be retarded of me not to protect myself from the sun. In normal situations the cap faces forward... but at certain times of the day I have to look after the back of my neck.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beirut
**peeks over shoulder to see if the wife is behind him**
My wife says "you know" a lot. Of course I do have a tendancy to say "um" when I'm nervous or when i first meet someone. I get on my own nerves with that!!! LOL