Online Pet Peeves

freiamaya · 09-16-2007, 01:03 AM

Nicolen and Soulbliss - thank you SO much for responding!!! I feel great! I too suffer from the "post-killer" syndrome and have fears of invisibility, especially after I post what I think is a well-thought-out response. Thanks again

Grammar seems to be the issue of the day --
I to want to lose weight -- its only fare after Im working hard. R U all agreeing with me?

trekkiegirl · 09-16-2007, 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by murphmitch

This is not an online error, but our local smalltown newspaper evidently doesn't use spellcheck.

We have a local weekly that is just like that, too. Blatant errors, and it's been like that for years. Everything from changing a person's gender in his/her obituary to misspellings in big bold headlines and the accompanying articles. It's been going on for years and I've been tempted to ask them to contract me as a freelance editor or something.

I've been tempted to take several of their issues, go through them and circle in red every error I find, and mail it all back to them.

Oooh, one more...people should spell Santa's name correctly. There should be a CLAUSE somewhere that everybody advertising anything to do with him knows to spell it Santa CLAUS.

But it probably bugs me more than it bugs him.

Ellie

NewDay4MeToo · 09-16-2007, 10:27 AM

freiamaya, Nicolen and Soulbliss- I just thought I would mention that I have those thread killer fears, too. I feel insecure sometimes on this great big site. It feels like I can move around, answer questions, respond to threads, and no one knows whether I'm here or not. Nice to know I'm not the only one!

jillybean720 · 09-16-2007, 10:34 AM

Ooh, I'm glad someone brought up phrases. I'd just like to say it should always be "once IN a while," not "once AND a while." The latter makes NO sense. It drives me insane particularly because there is a popular song out on the radio right now that actually says the phrase with the "and." I love the song, but that one part always makes me cringe!

srmb60 · 09-16-2007, 10:51 AM

Oh dear ... this thread frightens me ... my grammar has gone to heck-in-a-hand-basket over the years ... and I use waaaay to many ellipses and things that indicate that I have no idea what the proper structure should have been.

Spelling bothers me. The backspace button is right there.
Conversationally casual grammar does not bother me.
I agree with whoever said that solid block posting is difficult to read. If you (like me) have no idea how to make a paragraph, just leave a few spaces.

wisher · 09-16-2007, 10:55 AM

Well I don't know if anyone has said this because I sheepishly admit I haven't taken the time to read all 7 pages of this thread (is that anyone's pet peeve?).

Certainly what drives me most insane is the confusion between "lose" and "loose." They are 2 totally different words, one is even a verb and one's an adjective! I constantly see the phrase "I'm not loosing any weight!" or something like that and I have to cringe!

GeorgiePorgie · 09-16-2007, 11:03 AM

How about "roll model"?

Optical Goddess · 09-16-2007, 11:08 AM

Wow... It feels good to have some kindreds here. I feel like I am being uncorked. Forgive me in advance:

It's become common, but I am not "on" a diet. Nor am I "on" a medication. I'd trip on the bottle. I take my medications ( not meds).

"Try and..." as in "Try and see me.." shouldn't it be "Try to see me." since the person has to put for the effort and the outcome isn't guaranteed?

I've heard people use the phrase "As it were" what the heck does that mean?

Some of the diet speak-

To be on plan, rather than on the plan'
Made it to goal, rather than to my or the goal.

"I'm talking marriage." No, you're not. You're talking about marriage.

When someone replies nastily to a post. It's one thing to use constructive critisism, but I've read posts ( about peeves, actually) where the poster was attacked for not being respectful to other people's differences.

This one isn't really an online thing, but when people say stuff like ," I was talkin' with him one day, and then we were goin' to the store for some food I'm gonna be cookin'..." were the 'g' is no where to be found on 'ing' words! It's one thing at home, but not in a professional environment!

I wouldn't trust someoene who said they were performin' surgery.

typos are typos..they happen and not everyone is as educated as others when it comes to these things. I think we can agree that there is a lot of stuff that we can let slide, but then there are those glaring errors.

Ok..I'm done for now...

Spinymouse · 09-16-2007, 11:17 AM

Optical Goddess -YES! "Try and" instead of "Try to" bothers me, as does "as it were."

And I also have to try hard not to laugh when I hear:
flamingo music or flamingo dancing (instead of flamenco.)

Regarding how language changes: I once heard that you can roughly tell what generation someone is in by the way they describe graduation. The generation before mine: "I was graduated from high school in ----." My generation: "I graduated from high school in ----." The generation after mine: "I graduated high school in ----." Wow; they actually graduated the school rather than the other way around!

phantastica · 09-16-2007, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by GeorgiePorgie

How about "roll model"?

Ha ha ha, particularly funny in a weight-loss forum.

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Originally Posted by Optical Goddess

typos are typos..they happen and not everyone is as educated as others when it comes to these things. I think we can agree that there is a lot of stuff that we can let slide, but then there are those glaring errors.

I totally agree - and while some are terrible at spelling, they might be astute mathematicians, or have other types of intelligence. I overlook a lot of grammar/spelling errors for this reason. I work with a bunch of computer programmers and I swear, not one of them understands the correct usage of 'then' and 'than'. I think it's because they use if-then-else statements for work all the time, and they forget that "than" exists: "this processor is slower then that one" instead of "this processor is slower than that one", etc.

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Originally Posted by Spinymouse

Regarding how language changes: I once heard that you can roughly tell what generation someone is in by the way they describe graduation. The generation before mine: "I was graduated from high school in ----." My generation: "I graduated from high school in ----." The generation after mine: "I graduated high school in ----." Wow; they actually graduated the school rather than the other way around!

Wow, I never thought about it, but it's probably true!

GeorgiePorgie · 09-16-2007, 12:29 PM

I have seen "roll model" on this forum

lizziness · 09-16-2007, 01:23 PM

I have another one - it bugs me more in conversation than online and I'm sure there is nothing wrong with it other than it annoys me

"... and whatnot"

what does that even mean and why didn't spell catcher catch that what and not are two different words?

also... i am totally guilty of the ellipses...

SoulBliss · 09-16-2007, 01:36 PM

NewDay4Me, I notice you (I love your smile and what it says above your avatar) and what you have to say!

I guess there are a lot of us here who feel tiny or not "part of the crowd" much of the time. We're not alone! Freiamaya, Nicolen and the two of us spoke up about it so there must be at least a HUNDRED others, right?

Here's another peeve of mine: When people say "anyways". Don't they mean "anyway"?

It's a silly thing to say either way, isn't it?

Idealmuse · 09-16-2007, 02:02 PM

Diet online specific: I hate the terms Wonderland and Twoterville

CinnamonGirl · 09-16-2007, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Lafayette

...according to the "World Wide Words" website....

Oh. Lafayette, thank you so much for posting this site. I love this type of thing!