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").

I love the repetitive redundancies!

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!

:rofl:

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.

The singular "Baby" without an article in front of it.
As in "Toys for Baby." Shouldn't it be "Toys for the baby" or "Toys for your baby" or "Toys for babies?"
You wouldn't say "Toys for Dog."

I so totally, undeniably agree.... I can't believe I forgot that one!

Not really a peeve, but:

EXcept: you are X-ing something out. "I like all colors on myself except neon green."

ACCept: think of the two c's as enclosing something, drawing something in. "I've finally begun to accept my mother-in-law as a permanent part of my life."

I think that used to be a common usage long ago, but except for fossilized "x for baby" constructions and speaking directly to the baby it's very dated now. Once in a while Turner Classic Movies shows a one-reel silent comedy centering on a colicky baby, and in the dialogue cards you see lots of references to 'call the doctor, baby isn't feeling well' or even 'I don't know what's bothering son'

It just seems odd to me when people say: "I drank my water." or "I can't give up my milk!"...I mean, where is the water coming from that they are drinking? Are they lactating, expressing the milk and then drinking it (making it *their* milk)?

Why state it is *their* food or drink? Do they think that they need to clarify because perhaps someone may think they are eating and drinking things that belong to someone else?

:lol:

Soulbliss,
I'm not sure, but I think that construction is pure country. You hear it all the time here in Virginia, as in, "Ummm, umm. I sure do love MY tomatoes!" Of course, they are referring to any tomatoes, not necessarily ones they've grown. Or worse, "I sure do love me some tomaters... ummm!"

When used in speech, I find these country constructions to be rather charming, although I wouldn't want my students to use them in their writing.

Yes, I have heard those phrases used in those ways too, and it can be endearing when said with a drawl, but I also see and hear people from all over use those expressions! :lol:

Yikes. Yes, it's only endearing in the correct setting and coming from a genuine country boy (or gal).

Yeah, that "me" thing doesn't so much annoy me as amuse me. "I'm gonna take me a bath." Well, who ELSE'S bath could you possibly take?

I think the Gerber slogan is "Anything for Baby."

There's got to be a way to combine these two peeves. I'm thinking.

I love me my baby! :lol:

:rofl: Love it!! And I'm pretty sure I've heard it before too!

OK, this pet peeve has already been mentioned, but it bugs me too (I've also been guilty of this in the past): When people don't read an entire thread and post. If they read the entire thread, they would realize what the thread was really about, because sometimes titles can be misleading.

Or, the OP may shed more light on the original topic/question.

:lol: I think things like, "I'm gonna take me a bath!" are so cute. People down here also say things like, "I love me some _____insert what you love here_____" I've started doing it, too :o Before I moved down here, I always used correct grammar, but all these rednecks and country folk got me slippin'! ;)

At the risk of hijacking the thread :o -- I thought Arkansas had Rednecks and country folks and Florida had Swamp people.

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 :p!

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 :D

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.

:yes:

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? :lol: 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. :mad:

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!

Dangling participles! Such as when someone asks "Where are you AT", also "ax" instead of "ask" & everytime I see the words (?) "noone" or "alot" instead of "no one" or "a lot" or "do" in place of "due". There are so many that make me nuts! I'll stop ranting now!

Time for a change
I catch myself doing that. Have to blame being around my husband for so long. Why on earth can the man say Washington and washer and yet he doesn't say wash lol. I laughed so hard the first time he asked for a worsh cloth. He doesn't drink water, he drinks wader lol.

It's easy to directly or indirectly insult other readers without realizing it. The thread started out as online pet peeves, but evolved into a very different topic of verbal pet peeves which can be hurtful to many of our members. We were all raised in different regions of the country, and it isn't fair to joke about speech patterns of those who live elsewhere or are from different backgrounds.


Thanks :)