Things people say that annoy you...

[hrh_disney_queen]

My all time pet pronunciation peeve is for the word, "often". I cringe whenever someone is about to use it, because I just know they are going to pronounce the "T".....

some amusing ones down here in the south are Rockweilers and OldTimers disease...

My childhood friend's father used to say "ast" instead of "ask". That was about 35 years ago, and I still remember it..

It drives me crazy when someone grabs on to a phrase and peppers it constantly into their conversation. "You know what I mean?" or "You know what I'm sayin'?" come to mind. I can't listen to someone very long if they are going to keep saying the same thing over and over and over....How do people start doing this???

 

[musicalSaranader]

My pet peeves are also written errors; I ALWAYS see confusion between they're/their/there, too/two/to, your/you're, then/than, and other similar mistakes. I see them with people of all ages, from young teen all the way to my peers here in college. Aren't we supposed to have learned this stuff in, like, second grade? Oh, and also when people mix up when to use [Sally and I] or [Sally and me].

 

[PatriciaH]

I agree with most of those already posted. I get annoyed at misuse of grammar very easily. LOL. My big one, though, is when people teach their kids baby talk. It annoys the heck out of me to hear a little kid talk about his "sockies" or "kitty" or "nookie." UGH! Why is it so hard to just say "socks" or "cat" or "pacifier?"

Kids aren't stupid. They'll understand us if we speak properly to them, and they'll learn how to pronounce words correctly, too.

ITA! I hate "binkies, dodies, potty, poopy, ca-ca, etc.."

 

[Tasha+Scott]

My MIL says "ha-why-YA" instead of hawaii. Makes me crazy! But that could be a mother in law thing!

OMG, I am so glad to see I am not alone on this one! I was just telling DH the other day that it drives me nuts when his mom says this. Yep, definitely must be a MIL thing!

Dh also says a lot of things that drive me nuts. He says "chimley" instead of "chimney". He says "foller" instead of "follow." And let's not forget, "I used to could," instead of "I used to know how".

My stepdad says "hurken" instead of "hurricane". He also says "flustrated" instead of "frustrated".

Dh's grandmother says "warsh" instead of "wash."

Oh, man, I am starting to get annoyed just typing all of these!

 

[sweet angel]

poopy

I'm all for teaching a kid the proper words, but I think I'd fall down laughing if I ever heard a kid saying, "Excuse me, Mommy, I need to make a bowel movement."

 

[curlyjbs]

I hate when people say:

"Not for Nuthin But....." What the heck does that mean???

"I stood at the holiday Inn" shouldn't it be stayed?

DH hates when I say "close the lights" and "shut the door"


~curly

 

[Strawberry Lemonade]

I can't stand hearing "qua-ter" instead of "quar-ter". There's an "r" in there, let's pronounce it.

DH says "all well" when he actually means "oh well". I keep trying to tell him things are not all well when there's something wrong.

I also don't like to hear "close the lights". I can't close them, but I can turn them off. FWIW, "shut the door" is correct. Shut means to close an opening.

But my biggest pet peeve is one that is written.. when the aprostrophe (I think that is spelled wrong?) is misplaced, and used as simple plural. I work in a home imporvement store (Hint: It's orange) and I HATE seeing signs that read: "Light Bulb's $2.97 each". Or "All Sale's End Saturday Midnight". UGGGGG!!!

Seeing misused apostrophes make me want to gouge my eyes out. I see a thread entitled "My car's are in the shop" and all I can think of is "your car's WHAT are in the shop?"

 

[PatriciaH]

I'm all for teaching a kid the proper words, but I think I'd fall down laughing if I ever heard a kid saying, "Excuse me, Mommy, I need to make a bowel movement."

We were just told to say "I have to go to the bathroom." My mom still hates "I have to pee" she thinks it sounds rude.

 

[#1 DOUG Live Fan]

I may step on some toes here, but I can't stand it when people call a SWIFFER mop a SWIFTER. There is no "T" in Swiffer. I've heard several people do it, and it irks me to no end.

Liz

 

[Amberle3]

We were just told to say "I have to go to the bathroom." My mom still hates "I have to pee" she thinks it sounds rude.

Oh, she'd hate being around DFi then.

My usual responses are:
- Thanks for sharing
- TMI
- I really didn't need to know that

 

[wdw4life]

OOps, double post.

 

[wdw4life]

I hate when people say "I took the baby a bath" instead of gave the baby a bath and use the word conversate instead of converse.

 

[sweet angel]

I may step on some toes here, but I can't stand it when people call a SWIFFER mop a SWIFTER. There is no "T" in Swiffer. I've heard several people do it, and it irks me to no end.

Liz

Someone I used to work with called Febreeze "fee-breeze".

 

[bunnyfoo]

I find it annoying when someone starts a sentence with basically and then proceeds to give me a long and complicated explanation. I also don't like it when someone uses irregardless

Another one I hate is when my male friends refer to their wives as "the wife" ... Why not just say her name?

 

[golfgal]

How about "mom, mom, mom, mom, mom, mom, mom, mom, mom, mom, mom...." coming from a kid, not your own, at the store--JUST ANSWER THE KID!!!

Our oldest always said 'exposed to" instead of "supposed to". It was cute when he was 6, but then so was elfanant instead of elephant. Some people just don't outgrow that stuff.

When our oldest was in 3rd grade he came home after a few weeks of school and was saying "ain't, don't got none, etc" and we couldn't figure out where he was picking it up until I spent a day in his classroom, YIKES!! His teacher had the WORST grammar. We spent the summer deprograming him.

Oh, and closure. I really don't like that word. It sounds made up and you hear it on EVERY news story. Make up a new word, ok.

 

[Missy1961]

It drives me crazy when news anchor people say "See you at 11" or whatever. If you do truly see me, that's a great camera you've got there!

And I know what you mean about regional speech patterns. I'm from Long Island, NY and my friend from PA gets on me about "Lawn Guyland". Of course, I swear I don't tawlk that way! (LOL) And he picks on my use of "on line" as in "I was on line at the post office" Of course, it should be in line, but after a lifetime of saying "on" I can't change overnight!