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well gosharootie, it seems like it's time to turn things back to a lighter note, what with pc-ness and all. as intimated elsewhere hereabouts, I have a whole list of linguistic pet peeves [pp(s)]; i.e. and e.g. such as pp#2: irregardless -- I react as to nails on a blackboard whenever I hear this careless blend of regardless and irrespective.
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>>well gosharootie<<
ALL RIGHT--WHO ARE YOU, AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE W/ TSUWM?
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>I react as to nails on a blackboard whenever I hear this
Tsuwm:
As do I. The other thing that gets well under my skin is the grammatical error of "I was interested in you going to the store for me" rather than the correct "...your going ...." For the life of me I know it shouldn't bother me at all but I have to grit my teeth to stop myself from screaming in anguish whenever I run across it.
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>gosharootie<
Oh, gracious, Jackie, there is a frivolous word flitting around the board! Shall we get a search party?
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<Shall we get a search party?>
Not really, screen. Because as an uninterested party of substantial frivolity myself, I am quite disinterested in searching for more. This is one of my all-time pet peeves, now alas becoming more and more common.
And here's another ... the pronunciation of kilometre. I will accept kill-om/-eter if you agree to say mill-im/-eter, cent-im/-eter, etc. These are units of length, related to the standard metre, not measuring devices such as altimeter (US pron.) or galvanometer. Boy, I bet this starts some kind of argument!
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You know, I think just about the only times I have ever seen or heard "irregardless" are when people are complaining about it. Maybe if we all agreed not to mention it, it would just go away.
On a similar note, an article from English Today on the OED Online says that it mentions pneumonoultramicroscipicsilicovolcanoconiosis as occurring chiefly as an example of a very long word.
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So many pet peeves from this crusty contributor.
A few of 'em:
whilst/amongst;
'new initiative' and 'period of time' (I know ... there are squillions of these, but these two really get on my wick);
the mispronunciation of 'exquisite' with the stress on the first 'i';
'honing in' on something;
'with regards to';
'fewer' where it should be 'less';
'thank-you' when it's not used as an adjective;
'infact', 'instore', 'alot' etc;
'lead instead of 'led'; and
'outside of'.
Hrmph! That's enough for the nonce.
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Perhaps it comes from spending too much time with lawyers, but my pet peeves are "the said" and the misuse of "such".
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I am also peeved at all the above examples, and would like to add to list the construction "I would have liked to have gone."
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>ALL RIGHT--WHO ARE YOU, AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE W/ TSUWM?
>Shall we get a search party?
Has he been cyber-kidnapped?
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