Small things that get to you very easily

**KukriKhan** · 05-11-2005, 13:48

Originally Posted by Ser Clegane

OMG - this is really going rampant here in Germany - and in German spelling you don't even use the apostrophe for the genitive

But see for yourself

Some of these examples only make sense if you understand German - my personal favourite is #16

Lexica's

On No! We have infected the Germans now

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.

**Nelson** · 05-11-2005, 14:32

“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”.

**Ja'chyra** · 05-11-2005, 14:48

“I could care less”.
They always mean “I couldn’t care less” but few people get it right.

I use this, but follow it with "But I'd be dead"

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.

edit: Oh, and, made up sayings like "Thinking out of the box" what the hell does that mean, I'm not in a box.

**Duke Malcolm** · 05-11-2005, 16:21

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.