Pet Peeves?
#498
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Ah yes, so often is the way one things of what one should have said. Sir Thomas Moore, for example, burned at the stake for refusing to recant his Catholicism, must have been kicking himself as the flames licked higher when all he should have said was 'I recant my Catholicism' ...
#499
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Just kick them between the legs - hard - irrespective of gender they'll join you very quickly with the whole squinting thing...
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pet peeve - but only a little one, and usually it's game for a laugh...
car type - coupe - it's pronounced COU-PAY - not a COOP - that's a house for chickens - and their shit...
router - it's pronounced ROOTER unless you're wanting to remove material from a piece of wood or metal etc...
imagined pet peeve from the 'other' perspective - confusing spellings & pronunciations - 'rough', 'bough' - just spell it the way it is said!!!
People who think there are just 2 kinds of music - country AND western...
People who really tell you how they feel when you ask them how they are...
People who ask me how I'm feeling when clearly my world has just ended - and then get offended when I actually tell them how I'm feeling...
Stalls at the State Fair that deep fry everything on the planet and then try to make out it's tasty AND healthy - evidence for the prosecution: deep fried Kool-Aid, deep fried melon, deep fried zucchini, deep fried turkey legs
my quick app launch short cut thingy on my 'puter that keeps firing up 'Mail' when ever I press 'M'
People who want to give you a long story about why they don't have their lighter on them so that you're more likely to say 'yes' when they finally get around to asking to borrow yours - w*nkers - just *****ing ask... or die of nicotine deprivation - whatever, just do it quickly & quietly. Unless you're good looking...
car type - coupe - it's pronounced COU-PAY - not a COOP - that's a house for chickens - and their shit...
router - it's pronounced ROOTER unless you're wanting to remove material from a piece of wood or metal etc...
imagined pet peeve from the 'other' perspective - confusing spellings & pronunciations - 'rough', 'bough' - just spell it the way it is said!!!
People who think there are just 2 kinds of music - country AND western...
People who really tell you how they feel when you ask them how they are...
People who ask me how I'm feeling when clearly my world has just ended - and then get offended when I actually tell them how I'm feeling...
Stalls at the State Fair that deep fry everything on the planet and then try to make out it's tasty AND healthy - evidence for the prosecution: deep fried Kool-Aid, deep fried melon, deep fried zucchini, deep fried turkey legs
my quick app launch short cut thingy on my 'puter that keeps firing up 'Mail' when ever I press 'M'
People who want to give you a long story about why they don't have their lighter on them so that you're more likely to say 'yes' when they finally get around to asking to borrow yours - w*nkers - just *****ing ask... or die of nicotine deprivation - whatever, just do it quickly & quietly. Unless you're good looking...
#501
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Re: Pet Peeves?
It's "aluminium" dammit!
"solder" is pronounced the way that it is spelled not as if it were "sodder"
"solder" is pronounced the way that it is spelled not as if it were "sodder"
#502
Re: Pet Peeves?
Because I can't stand to talk to someone whose eyes I can't see, I always ask them to remove the sunglasses. Some respond with apologies (forgot they were wearing them), others respond with a snort as though my request is silly, and one person turned around and walked away rather than take them off!
#503
Re: Pet Peeves?
Ah yes, so often is the way one things of what one should have said. Sir Thomas Moore, for example, burned at the stake for refusing to recant his Catholicism, must have been kicking himself as the flames licked higher when all he should have said was 'I recant my Catholicism' ...
#504
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Re: Pet Peeves?
'Sodder' drives me crazy too. Older daughter takes a jewellery and metals class at school and the first time she came home and started going on about 'soddering' I had absolutely no idea what she was going on about. We are trying, in vain it seems, to get her to say 'soldering'.
#505
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Because I can't stand to talk to someone whose eyes I can't see, I always ask them to remove the sunglasses. Some respond with apologies (forgot they were wearing them), others respond with a snort as though my request is silly, and one person turned around and walked away rather than take them off!
Even back here, if its bright sun out, they stay on! If people think I'm being rude (and no one has ever asked me to take them off) then I'd probably explain it was better than suffering a very bad headache.
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#507
Re: Pet Peeves?
We were in Greece, this past August... I never stopped wearing my sunglasses (well I took them off at night, lol) But if someone would have asked me to take them off (and we were with a lot of family) I would have refused. I would have had a really bad headache had I constantly took them off every time I talked to someone.
Even back here, if its bright sun out, they stay on! If people think I'm being rude (and no one has ever asked me to take them off) then I'd probably explain it was better than suffering a very bad headache.
Even back here, if its bright sun out, they stay on! If people think I'm being rude (and no one has ever asked me to take them off) then I'd probably explain it was better than suffering a very bad headache.
#508
Re: Pet Peeves?
Don't come here then. They love their sunglasses and even wear them in winter.
To be fair I thought they were all mad wearing sunglasses in February until I had to drive here in bright winter sunshine. Driving is one thing - it's not bright enough not to take them off when you are no longer driving into the sun.
To be fair I thought they were all mad wearing sunglasses in February until I had to drive here in bright winter sunshine. Driving is one thing - it's not bright enough not to take them off when you are no longer driving into the sun.
I have lived all over the world and there is no excuse for this nasty rude habit.
#509
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Hello everyone I am new to this site. I have been reading all these posts and just had to register as they had me laughing out loud.
Pet Peeves?... Well I could write a book of these...
Drivers:
People
People
Tailgaters... BACK OFF BITCH!
People .
People
People
People
.................................................. .................
At the supermarket/grocery store:
People
People
Old people
General:
People
Kids
People
People
People
People
People
People
People
People
Tall people
People
People
Little rat dogs... and a lot of people
90% of people between 14 and 26
ok i think if i add anymore i will take up multiple pages. sorry its so long, i got carried away.
Pet Peeves?... Well I could write a book of these...
Drivers:
People
People
Tailgaters... BACK OFF BITCH!
People .
People
People
People
.................................................. .................
At the supermarket/grocery store:
People
People
Old people
General:
People
Kids
People
People
People
People
People
People
People
People
Tall people
People
People
Little rat dogs... and a lot of people
90% of people between 14 and 26
ok i think if i add anymore i will take up multiple pages. sorry its so long, i got carried away.
Reading between the lines ... I concur
#510
Re: Pet Peeves?
Because I can't stand to talk to someone whose eyes I can't see, I always ask them to remove the sunglasses. Some respond with apologies (forgot they were wearing them), others respond with a snort as though my request is silly, and one person turned around and walked away rather than take them off!
(scary thing minus the shades could that be me in 20 years )