Pet Peeves

The Late Night Gourmet said:
Rom Com, as in Romantic Comedy.

I am reminded of this as I’m watching a TV show that tells about new movie releases. What movies? I have no idea. I tuned out as soon as I heard them taking about the new Rom Com.
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Yeah, but how do you feel about..."dramedy?" :laugh:
 
I was recently reminded of a MAJOR pet peeve of mine:
Why the hell don't supermarkets (or other retailers) de-scale Salmon before selling it to you?
Store associate: Oh yes sir here are your organic-wild-caught, sustainably-sourced, salmon fillets...
Me when I get home: So why did I pay for fish I have to scale myself?

Yes, I am a fisherman, I know how to scale and prepare fish, but its actually easier to remove the scales from a whole fish or large fillet rather than a little tiny 6-8ounce piece. Do they expect me to cook it with the scales on there? fry it so crip I might eat the scales like chips?Do they do this to be lazy or to preserve the fish better?
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I know this is the grammar police, but the misuse of mute for moot totally drives me up a wall. I've even seen/heard very well educated people do it. They have very different meanings.
 
medtran49 said:
I know this is the grammar police, but the misuse of mute for moot totally drives me up a wall. I've even seen/heard very well educated people do it. They have very different meanings.
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Don't get me started.

Per say.
Block when the correct spelling (in that particular context) is bloc.
They're and it's various misspellings.
People saying "fink" when they mean think.
"Free " when they mean three.
America would cause me to blow a fuse whenever somebody 'aks' me a question.
 
Wyshiepoo said:
Don't get me started.

Per say.
Block when the correct spelling (in that particular context) is bloc.
They're and it's various misspellings.
People saying "fink" when they mean think.
"Free " when they mean three.
America would cause me to blow a fuse whenever somebody 'aks' me a question.
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The term "aks" for ask is not a universal thing. It is a cultural thing for one group of people. It bugs me, too, but it goes back centuries, so I tolerate it.

Here is an eye opening video I watched last night. This guy is a Brit living in the USA, and his YouTube channel is all about his experiences, and things that "got lost in the pond."

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSkTP94cbLU


CD
 
There are all sorts of language differences which make me cringe, starting with "I´m good" ( Good at what??) to " If I would have done that,.." ( If I HAD done that..) and " I don´t know nothing" ( double negative).
But since I´m a language teacher, not the Dictator of the Universe, I take no notice,in the honest belief that I can do absolutely nothing about it. That´s the great thing about the English language - no silly Academy:D:D
Mind you, if I ever hear anyone saying "toomeric" instead of "turmeric", I shall carve out their tongue with the pointed end of a Carolina Reaper.
 
karadekoolaid said:
There are all sorts of language differences which make me cringe, starting with "I´m good" ( Good at what??) to " If I would have done that,.." ( If I HAD done that..) and " I don´t know nothing" ( double negative).
But since I´m a language teacher, not the Dictator of the Universe, I take no notice,in the honest belief that I can do absolutely nothing about it. That´s the great thing about the English language - no silly Academy:D:D
Mind you, if I ever hear anyone saying "toomeric" instead of "turmeric", I shall carve out their tongue with the pointed end of a Carolina Reaper.
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I try to keep my speaking appropriate to the situation. If I am sitting around the campfire with my camping friends, my wording becomes more relaxed. There are things I would never say at a formal business meeting, but some of the things I say at a business meeting are things I wouldn't say around the campfire.

At a campfire...

Q: You want another hot dog?

A: I'm good.

In a business meeting...

Q: Would you like another cup of coffee?

A: No, thank you, I'm fine.

CD
 
I cringe when I hear people that pronounce aksed instead of asked. Our PM pronounces a sloppy talk, says poverdy, doesn't pronounce it ty.
Immunidy and others.

Am I the only one who was taught English???

Russ
 
This discussion is sliding from grammar into regional dialects. Very interesting...or as I would say if you could hear me, "Very innaresdin'."
 
TastyReuben said:
This discussion is sliding from grammar into regional dialects. Very interesting...or as I would say if you could hear me, "Very innaresdin'."
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Yes, although Guernsey is a British island our roots are Norman/Breton. So a true Guern will sometimes get his syntax mixed up (if you regard it in a truly 'British/English way).

For instance a Guern might say, "Where you to?" instead of, "Where are you?"

Oddly, and perhaps that makes me a hypocrite, that doesn't make me cringe.

And when, as caseydog mentions above, I'm in the right social setting I will sometimes use the Guernsey way of speaking in a jokey kind of way.

I think it comes from a literal translation of Guernesiaise to English.
 
caseydog said:
I try to keep my speaking appropriate to the situation. If I am sitting around the campfire with my camping friends, my wording becomes more relaxed. There are things I would never say at a formal business meeting, but some of the things I say at a business meeting are things I wouldn't say around the campfire.

At a campfire...

Q: You want another hot dog?

A: I'm good.

In a business meeting...

Q: Would you like another cup of coffee?

A: No, thank you, I'm fine.

CD
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A social chameleon!
 
I, for one, am glad we don't all sound/speak the same. Makes the world much more interesting, though yes, being only human, there are grammatical things that do get on my nerves, but I just roll with it.
 
Well I can attest to that. When I started working in Caracas many years ago, my office neighbours were Texan oilmen. Once we´d had a few conversations interspersed with " Beg pardon? What was that?" and "Sorry I didn´t quite catch that" it was pretty obvious I was going to have to find a new word for " Caaah" "Motorway" " bonnet" and "boot".
!0 years later I went back to my home town and the barman in my local pub asked me if I was from Australia...:eek::eek::eek:
 
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