Wow, I thought Louisiana had swamp people.

There are TONS of rednecks in Northern Florida. Gainesville is right next to Newberry, which is a farmin' town, and not too far from... dun dun dun... STARKE! Did you ever see something called The Great American Trailer Park Musical? Its premiere was in Gainesville because the setting of the play was in Starke.

Southern Florida is an entirely different story, though.

I don't know if this one has been mentioned because I skipped a few pages in this long post (not trying to annoy anyone).

unthaw Arggh! My mother says it every time even though I've corrected her.

I guess she wants to freeze that meat again!

By the way. I don't get bothered by most grammar, spelling etc. on this site as I'm more interested in the content. If something bothered me that much then I wouldn't go onto these sites.

totally random i know but there is a program called iespell you can download it for free in a minute or so on any computer and just right click to spell check anything you write. its wonderful! my pet peeve although not on line is when people make noise when they eat. ew

Originally posted by NightengaleShane: STARKE--speed trap of Florida !

Firefox already does it. I love, love, love firefox.

Me? I...hate...the...when...people...post...like...thi s...

Or When They Capitalize Every Sentence In A Post.

Pet peeve. I just can't read it without getting a twitch.

New one--this is primarily in speaking, not in writing/online. Let's discuss a very simple word: across. I walk across the room. I swim across the river. I gaze across the table. Across. Easy, right?

Then why, as I was watching Ghost Hunters last night, did the lady keep saying she could see a figure when she looked "acrosst" (acrossed?) into the other room? That's not the first time I've heard it, either--just happened to be the time I thought to come post about it here

I'll add to that:

ax instead of ask
warsh instead of wash (I know--that can be a local thing, but it drives me crazy!!)
seen instead of saw ("I seen him do that"--aargh!!)

Those two are HORRIBLE....and they both drive me insane as well.

This reminds me of another one-but it is a speaking pet peeve, not online. I absolutely go INSANE when I hear someone say "mushmelon" instead of muskmelon. (A melon similar to a cantalaupe.)

Two questions I really can do without hearing again, but I'm sure I will hear them again every year. Usually asked by strangers, like bank tellers.

1. (expected to hear any time now) "Started your Christmas shopping yet?"
2. (expected in mid-December) "Got your Christmas shopping all done?"

In the first place, why does any stranger care about the status of my Christmas shopping?

In the second place, how do they know that I do any Christmas shopping? Maybe I am of a religion that doesn't observe Christmas or maybe I just don't practice that particular tradition for any number of reasons.

I never know how to answer those questions, I usually just look dumb and mumble something stupid.

I also really dislike it when people say : "Smile! It cant be that bad!".

WTF? You don't know me, don't know what I'm thinking, what I am feeling, what I am going through or what I have been through, so how DARE you demand that I SMILE just to make YOU feel better? I'm really not a cranky person but I dislike that one immensely!

I hate when people put way too many commas into a sentence. Example:

hi,,how,,,, are you doing ,today,,,im doing,,good,and,you? yeah,,,i'm,,great,,,

I have a peeve with all sorts of redneck pronounciations. One that particularily sticks out in my mind is "trAIYsh" <----I have some pretty trashy neighbors, and whenever I describe them, I say they are "trAIYsh" because it's admittedly fun to imitate.

Oh, yes! I once worked with someone who would say that to me when I wasn't smiling, and then if I was smiling he'd ask me what that s***-eating grin was for.

In some cases these things are called social small talk, being polite. It is a shame there are so many petty people in the world. Jeez, take a chill pill and enjoy someone is acknowledging you are alive.

I thought each sentence was suppose to start with a capital letter. It is each word in the sentence that doesn't need to start with a capital letter.

As far as, to be. This is how we were taught and I remember this very well because I thought it was interesting. If something can need, then it is " to be " . The cat needs " to be " adopted. Yet, a car can not feel and does not need anything. We are putting our own feelings into the statement. The car needs washed. My car needs someone to wash it because it can't do it itself and I don't wash it lol.

Really bugs me when people say "redneck" and " hick" in a manner that is not nice.

My husband says worsh instead of wash. Drives me nuts.

I actually have never been *mad* when someone said that to me (Smile!), by the way, usually just lost in thought.

How irritating, intrusive and presumptuous!