The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

[Carlisle Blues]

A baseball cap?! Nooooooooooo!

No, Sir James, a hatter I know in NYC Worth and Worth, my "Yankee" hatter ....

I also have a "Dixie" hatter in Texas...

 

[Alexi]

The summary is the last sentence "A historical" remains preferable in formal English." It remains that a is proper instead of an. In both "historical" and history cases I pronounce the the Thuh. Now say that fast three times.
Ah, at least you pronounce herb correctly.

no what it states is that "a" is PREFERABLE, it remains that an is an expectable term. so no more eye rolling.

 

[St.Ignatz]

no what it states is that "a" is PREFERABLE, it remains that an is an expectable term. so no more eye rolling.

Ok, now you aksed for it.

 

[HodgePodge]

Jamespowers if I may ...... incorrect spelling( a misplaced h here, or an a there instead of e)...are insignificant in the contex of irritating...don't annoy me half as much as the way people use certain words or phrases for their whole meaning..... i can take incorrect spelling.... the other i can not ...... GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR :rage:


Let's look at the BIG picture. Petty details dont count you know what i mean ! lol

Nope, I don't see what you mean. People that can't spell, and then insist that the incorrect spelling is as good as the correct spelling, completely ignoring the fact that it either makes the word a) a completely different word, or b)not a word at all, exhasperates me to no end.

Being in an age, and of a generation, that uses so much text-based communication, awful spelling and atrocious grammar are just as good as 'annoying phrases.'

I just wish my grammar was better so I could unleash the full fury of my grammar nazi leanings.

 

[jamespowers]

no what it states is that "a" is PREFERABLE, it remains that an is an expectable term. so no more eye rolling.

An is an expectable term? Only in front of expectable.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

People that can't spell ... exhasperates me to no end.

Please, please tell me that you deliberately misspelled this word, and intentionally wrote it in the incorrect 3rd person singular form instead of in the correct 3rd person plural form.

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[HodgePodge]

Please, please tell me that you deliberately misspelled this word, and intentionally wrote it in the incorrect 3rd person singular form instead of in the correct 3rd person plural form.

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"I just wish my grammar was better...."


...the one word I didn't double check....


*nailed*

 

[Carlisle Blues]

"I just wish my grammar was better...."


...the one word I didn't double check....


*nailed*

......and it happens to us all...Now I hope you see what HadlyH means.........

 

[Tomasso]

Please, please tell me that you deliberately misspelled this word, and intentionally wrote it in the incorrect 3rd person singular form instead of in the correct 3rd person plural form.

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Oh, how I miss the Jesuits...

 

[VintageVixie]

It is funny how often one sees errors in the Grammar/Spelling Police's responses to bad spelling or grammar. lol

In any case, I try to be understanding about most mistakes. People can be tired, or really have genuine word issues that they can't help, and it just happens sometimes. Spell-check isn't always an option, but it would be nice if it were used more often by people who know they have problems with spelling.

My least favorite phrase: If worse comes to worst.

People rarely use it when referring to a worst case scenario, but rather one that is just not as good as the 'worse' originally implied. Or the original situation isn't even a 'worse' but perfectly acceptable. So I'm completely nit-picky about that, but I can't help that it bothers me.

 

[docneg]

Please, please tell me that you deliberately misspelled this word, and intentionally wrote it in the incorrect 3rd person singular form instead of in the correct 3rd person plural form.

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You mean you didn't notice that he said "people THAT can't spell", instead of "people WHO can't spell"?

 

[HadleyH]

Oh, how I miss the Jesuits...

why you miss the Jesuits Tomasso?

 

[Mike in Seattle]

I had to roll my eyes recently when, on a website for menswear, it stated one should measure their "waste" to get the proper fit in trousers, and that the "wasteline" measurement was of utmost importance. I guess the closest one comes to a "wasteline" measurement would be their colon (ah, now you're all with me, eh?) or would it be the entire intestinal tract?

And I have to wonder if this establishment's customers complain about a crappy fit?

 

[Maguire]

I hope this one has not yet been said but I'd definitely say nothing beats COOL BEANS as far as obnoxious and stupid phrases go. I'd rather hear yo son wutup/dawg a thousand times than phrases like that.

 

[Carlisle Blues]

yo son wutup/dawg

kinda bites me Mr. Beans...I am not a dog and I am not your son. What is wutup...and yo??[huh]

 

[jamespowers]

I had to roll my eyes recently when, on a website for menswear, it stated one should measure their "waste" to get the proper fit in trousers, and that the "wasteline" measurement was of utmost importance. I guess the closest one comes to a "wasteline" measurement would be their colon (ah, now you're all with me, eh?) or would it be the entire intestinal tract?

And I have to wonder if this establishment's customers complain about a crappy fit?

Ah, another homonym problem. Spell check just doesn't find that interesting. It sounds the same but is wrong. They're is the problem.

 

[jamespowers]

kinda bites me Mr. Beans...I am not a dog and I am not your son. What is wutup...and yo??[huh]

A yoyo is a childs toy. A Wutup is a developmental disease causing people to run words together when they speak. Another example is Samattachu.

 

[Carlisle Blues]

^^^

lol lol lol lol

 

[jwalls]

I believe it was Ben Franklin who said that "Anyone who can spell a word only one way has no immagnation.":eusa_doh:

 

[Marc Chevalier]

More annoying phrases/terms/guttural cries :


"He's cool people."

"Jumped the shark."

"Right on!"

" 'Later."

"Woo hoo!"


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