pet peeves we all have them..what is yours
#46
Posted 07 March 2007 - 01:42 PM
Chyld is an ignorant slut.
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#47
Posted 07 March 2007 - 02:49 PM
So saying ATM Machine is like saying 'Automated Teller Machine Machine.'
Like saying 'PIN Number.'
Personal Identification Number...Number.
That's like saying "I got it on CD disc."
Or "It just came out on DVD disc."
So that is considerably silly.
I believe that there's a rather ironically named disorder for people who feel compelled to do that.
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#48
Posted 07 March 2007 - 04:55 PM
...but I hate when someone tries to say if you say the word "NOT" or "UN" too many times in a given sentence it reverses the meaning of whatever your intention was. So, you could intend on having an initial positive statement, but due to the amount of NOT or UN you used,.you actually unintentionally changed the meaning of whatever you were trying to state, and it now becomes a negative statement. Hope I havent confused anyone.
So saying ATM Machine is like saying 'Automated Teller Machine Machine.'
Like saying 'PIN Number.'
Personal Identification Number...Number.
That's like saying "I got it on CD disc."
Or "It just came out on DVD disc."
So that is considerably silly.
I never heard anyone say "DVD disc",.or "CD disc". But we hear "PIN number" all the time, even by those who work at banks. I havent heard anyone yet called it a "P.I. number"
another example is:
person one: "what kind of vehicle do you drive?"
person two: "i drive an SUV"
okay,..2 problems with this already....we are told in english class to never use AN before words that start with S.
the other problem is...why would you state you drive an SUV...when it should be: S.U. Vehicle.....Sport Utility Vehicle.
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#49
Posted 07 March 2007 - 05:58 PM
Certainly, no one would say 'SU Vehicle,' but at least that's better than saying SUV Vehicle,' as that would be redundant.
And many people do say PIN Number, and this is why I find it so annoying.
Popular opinion will never change unpopular fact.
EDIT: sorry, Mireaux, I got your name wrong...
This post has been edited by TheOrator: 07 March 2007 - 06:00 PM
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#50
Posted 07 March 2007 - 07:48 PM
JM: Yes, the Doc RAWKS. "I'm your huckleberry."
My pet peeve: Computer mice without wheels. This is the 21st century. Every mouse should have a wheel to scroll with/give us an extra button to click.
Speaking of that, MACS. UGH!!! Their default mice only have ONE BUTTON, and the home and end keys do absolutely nothing in most programs, so in order to select all of a row, you have to do something like... <shift> + <apple key> + left/right. Congratulations, Apple. Because you refuse to adhere to a reasonable usability standard, I have to use an obscure key combination that I would never in my right mind hit otherwise (I figured this out, and I volunteer that I am not in my right mind) in order to do a simple function.
#51
Posted 07 March 2007 - 08:03 PM
If the film was a box office success,.you can count on it being released in both WIDESCREEN and FULL SCREEN formats (each being a seperate purchase of about $19.99)
However,..if the film is dated, and especially if its a dated trilogy that doesnt garnish much public attention these days,.then its usually a low quality transfer from VHS to DVD,.with like 2 films on one side of the disc, and another film being on the reverse. The Smokey and the Bandit trilogy would be an example.
Walmart, and some other stores now sell DVDs that are one disc, and feature like 2 or 3 films from the same actor/actress all lumped onto a single DVD. Like Tango and Cash, Cobra, and Cliffhanger from Stallone (not saying that these films all exist on a single disc,..but you get the idea)
and the worst of them all,..are those dreaded $1.00 DVDs that WalMart is notorious for carrying and displaying at the check-out lanes. Usually some relatively known actor during their early days in a film you never even heard of. For children, there are sucky knock-offs of cartoons like Popeye or Bugs Bunny,..usually in a slightly different shade of color from the original character.
By the way,.have you ever taken a smell of the inside of one of those DVD jackets??...it smells like an inferno gone amuck at Taco Bell or something..smells hideous.
This post has been edited by mireaux7: 07 March 2007 - 08:07 PM
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#52
Posted 07 March 2007 - 08:18 PM
This post has been edited by Jane Sherwood: 07 March 2007 - 08:22 PM
Chyld is an ignorant slut.
- Campbell Bean (David Tennant), Takin' Over the Asylum, 1994
#53
Posted 07 March 2007 - 08:19 PM
okay,..2 problems with this already....we are told in english class to never use AN before words that start with S.
I understood that S is considered to be a word starting with a vowel. At least, that's what my teacher told me.
PM me, we'll talk.
#54
Posted 07 March 2007 - 09:13 PM
...but I hate when someone tries to say if you say the word "NOT" or "UN" too many times in a given sentence it reverses the meaning of whatever your intention was. So, you could intend on having an initial positive statement, but due to the amount of NOT or UN you used,.you actually unintentionally changed the meaning of whatever you were trying to state, and it now becomes a negative statement. Hope I havent confused anyone.
The term you're after is 'double negative'. For example, saying something is "not unlikely" means that it is likely. From what you've written above, you seem to hate people correcting your mistakes with this. I'm the opposite, I hate people misusing double negatives (either not realising they said the wrong thing, or using a needlessly complicated double negative to confuse somebody). I particularly hate the phrase "I didn't do nothing". It's just such bad english that I think any kid who says it deserves to be punished regardless of if they did anything else wrong or not.
Though I do like the phrase "There ain't no nothing we can't love each other through" from one of Tripod's songs.
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#55
Posted 07 March 2007 - 09:34 PM
This post has been edited by Spoon Poetic: 07 March 2007 - 09:37 PM
#58
Posted 15 March 2007 - 08:23 AM
#59
Posted 15 March 2007 - 12:00 PM
I am allergic to cats from the fleas on the fur. When I touch the fur I get rashes, sneezing and for long enough my hair starts to fall out. That is why I would like to bath them if I have another one.
This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 15 March 2007 - 12:05 PM