Things people say that annoy me

[Pete's Mom]

"Calling in to touch bases"

It's BASE! GRRRRR!!!

 

[jsmith]

TV and news people who have no command of the English language. A weather caster on the Weather Channel this weekend-"and moving into Monday that system will be moving down around about close to Richmond."-OMG

 

[Dodie]

"....blah blah blah, YOU KNOW, blah blah blah, YOU KNOW..."

Can *ANY* professional athlete or popular singer string together three sentences in a row WITHOUT inserting "YOU KNOW" somewhere?!!!!!!

ARRRGGGHH!!!

"It was, LIKE, you know..." "...and then we went, LIKE, to McDonalds..."

Why is the word "LIKE" suddenly used as every fourth or fifth word in every single sentence by anyone under the age of 25?!!!

ARRGHHHH #2!!!!!

 

[RUDisney]

It drives me nuts when people missuse "that" and "which" in sentences. Is it that hard to remember that you use "that" when linking a dependent clause to your original clause and that you use "which" for an independent clause? OK, so I'm a weirdo.

My DH has alot of strange ways of saying things that drive me crazy. A person from Thailand is called a Thai (tie) not a thigh. The word says is pronounced 'sez'. There is no long 'a' sound in that word.

Oh, and the 'r' is silent in iron.

 

[Tina]

KathyTx,

In reading your post, I'm not sure I understand what bothers you. I live in Virginia now and we say "Soda" but I grew up in Michigan saying "Pop." I know other areas use "Coke" which makes no sense to me at all since its a BRAND NAME that doesn't apply to other brands such as Pepsi. Why would someone call a Pepsi "coke."

Anyway, which do you use in TX?

 

[mrsapalm]

"New-cue-lurrr" makes my skin crawl. Ick. Ick. Ick. It's "new-clee-urr."
-MrsAPalm

 

[Tina]

Guilty as charged, MrsAPalm.

 

[KathyTX]

Tina, it's just that word: pop.

Somehow, to my ears, it sounds wrong, silly, childish. When I hear an adult use it, I picture a little kid asking for some "sody pop."

Here, these carbonated beverages will usually be referred to as soft drinks, or sometimes generically as "coke" by (the ever-more-rare) natives from the area. It seems like the term "soda" is an east coast and west coast thing. And "pop" seems to be a midwestern thing.

It's just one of those funny regional things. It's more an amusement than a real annoyance!

I know other areas use "Coke" which makes no sense to me at all since its a BRAND NAME that doesn't apply to other brands such as Pepsi. Why would someone call a Pepsi "coke."

I know!! Isn't it fascinating how often a brand name or trademark becomes so ubiquitous that it gets used as a generic name? Do you ever use any of these when you don't necessarily mean that specific brand:

Kleenex
Band-Aid
Chapstick
Post-It Notes
Ziploc bags

English as we use it is a very amusing language, and I think all of our regional idiosyncracies just make it that much more fun.

 

[Robinrs]

With a degree in English AND speech and moving to GEORGIA... am I CRAZY???

Alot of my pet peeves were already noted. Using "seen" instead of "saw"...I hate AXE instead of ASK, and using an "f" in place of a "th" as in the Norf and the Souf...

Statements like "I know that's right" make my SKIN CRAWL....

Newest pet peeve, when the news people say "Here's the news on YOUR Wednesday" or ON today... ?????? This is new and it makes me BATTY!

Another one? "How old is your baby? She's one YEARS old..... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

And, sorry, since we communicate more and more by keyboard...I HATE WRONG SPELLING MORE THAN ANYTHING!!!!!

 

[KathyTX]

I'm just running back to quickly check my spelling.
Kathy

 

[MerryPoppins]

I hate it when people say hamburger meat. As in "I need to run to the store to pick up milk and hamburger meat." We all know it is meat if you say hamburger. No one says anything about picking up chicken meat or pork chop meat. And after you cook it, it's just hamburger. It's only raw hamburger that gets the distinction.

 

[wld]

My all time "favorites"
Double negatives I don't never...
Ain't
Just relax and you'll get pregnant

And,
I'm a Pop Michigander, it cracks us up when people say soda....we're easily entertained up here I guess.

 

[Robinrs]

Originally posted by KathyTX
I'm just running back to quickly check my spelling.
Kathy

LOL, Kathy!

The one thing I have realized in my old age is that spelling is not really a learned thing, you either are good at it or not! And the English language is not an easy language to spell....rough, though, through, you get the picture!

 

[Beast]

How about ......

"a scissors" AUGH!!!!!!!

Now, maybe it's just me but, "a scissors"?????? What? Do you only want me to hand you half of it? You don't want the complete instrument? For so long it was "a pair of scissors" which, I assume confused people because they didn't want two sets of scissors so they ...............................









...oh fine! Never mind!

 

[TennVolTony]

I think you gorgot something else that annoys you Barry...I think it went something like..."Turn the camera off Barry"!!!!

 

[Blondie]

I just thought of two more!

When a baby is born, it is weighed immediately after birth.

The OB Tech will come out looking for the "scales."

Not the "scale" but the "scales," plural.

Also, "hand me that ink pen."

Sorry, but that's the only kind of pen we have at work are those requiring "ink!"

I realize there are ballpoint pens, felt tip pens, fountain pens and gel pens.

Simply asking for a "pen" will do!

 

[FOJMO]

My pet peeve is when people use it's (it is) when they mean to use its (possessive), as in "the tree shed its bark."

Also, although I'm from the area where we call carbonated beverages "sodas," I can't understand calling all carbonated beverages "cokes" -- a Coke is Coca-Cola. A Pepsi is a Pepsi-Cola.

My first husband used to call a chimney a chimLEY.
My ex-boss used to say supposABLY instead of supposedly and he would write "for all intensive purposes" instead of "for all intents and purposes."

 

[Boo'sMom]

Originally posted by Serena
My family put that "r" in a lot of words too. It was a long time before I found out they didn't belong.

You must be getting the extra "r"s from us...up heah, we don't yooosem

 

[Wagamama]

I hate when people say, "what are you doing here?!" when they see someone they know somewhere (like a mall).

I also hate when people add "er" to the end of a word. for example, I'm going to louisianer.

i also wish people could articulate and pronounce words the way they are MEANT to be pronounced!

 

[preshi]

when people use anxious when they really mean eager... I am a correcter too I always correct that... bugs the heck out of me.