People (and businesses) who purposely misspell words, i.e. Klassic Kuts / Kitchen Korner
Very ironic: just today I passed a school bus that was from "Kid's Kollege." It's a local pre-school/daycare. All I could think was that we are teaching toddlers and young children how to misspell!
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Oh! Another pet peeve: when people quote someone else's words and don't cite a source (even if it's just '--author unknown').
On the flip side: I have a know-it-all sister who no matter what the subject, if you send her an email, will shoot it right back at you with volumes on the history and origins of the subject matter, plus pictures and links to more info. If you don't respond back to her, she'll print out everything and hand it to you the next time she sees you. What an insufferable know-it-all! I do know how to use Google ya know!
Then what do you call a living body? "Dead" isn't a synonym for "body"
Agreed, but as I learned it, if one was referring to an alive body, one would say "person". One could effectively refer to a nonliving person as a body ("a body was found in the river" is just as effective as "a dead body was found in a river").
But I want to tell each and every one you about my day at work. First and foremost, the building I work with is small in size, so there is not a lot of empty space, and we need to minimize unnecessary waste. It's not like I can just pick and choose where I want to put something. And I can't use mental telepathy to see if someone else had the safe haven I was considering, already planned in advance for another purpose. So, after postponing until later several verbal discussions about the subject, I decided to put the box of baby kittens which, by the way were black in color, in a place where one had to kneel down to see them. Then something came up at home, so I had to commute back and forth in the middle of the day. Well....
Oops...I have an unforeseen emergency. Bye-Bye!
But I want to tell each and every one you about my day at work. First and foremost, the building I work with is small in size, so there is not a lot of empty space, and we need to minimize unnecessary waste. It's not like I can just pick and choose where I want to put something. And I can't use mental telepathy to see if someone else had the safe haven I was considering, already planned in advance for another purpose. So, after postponing until later several verbal discussions about the subject, I decided to put the box of baby kittens which, by the way were black in color, in a place where one had to kneel down to see them. Then something came up at home, so I had to commute back and forth in the middle of the day. Well....
Oops...I have an unforeseen emergency. Bye-Bye!
It slightly irritates me when, as people list things off, they count on thier fingers. Also, always using the --I believe it's called the article--before each word.
"When camping, you have your tent,your firewood,your shovel.." or
"It's all about the cars,the women,the fame, the fortune."
I guess I was always taught that in cases like this, it is easier and sounds better to say "It's all about the cars,women,fame and fortune"
Also, when people say things like " I got the dog at the local pound." Would it otherwise be assumed that a transatlantic flight was in order to get the dog?
.....I'm having a really bad day, maybe that is why this irritates me so.
Last edited by Optical Goddess; 09-26-2007 at 01:05 PM.
I do know how to use Google ya know! 
