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DublinMama · January 2014

Someone just spelled 'definitely' on FB 'defiantly.' That's like the spelling thorn in my side. I'm usually not the grammar or spell check police, but spelling 'definitely' wrong is a peeve of mine. Anyone else have an irrational annoyance lol?

Drea926 · January 2014

Mash potato instead of mashed! You mash potatoes to make them mashed! That's why they are called mashed freakin potatoes!

kleigh926 · January 2014

Oh, just the normal there, they're, their and you're vs. your that people can't seem to understand.

If I listed all my irrational annoyances, I'd be here all night, lol

DublinMama · January 2014

I also sort of tick when people say/write things like "I was supposed to of gone" or "I was supposed to of had." It's "have gone" and "have had."

'Of' is a preposition folks, not a verb.

TarheelMama202 · January 2014

Mine is the misuse of apostrophes and people switching the words "weary" and "wary."

Drea926 · January 2014

TarheelMama202 said:
Mine is the misuse of apostrophes and people switching the words "weary" and "wary."

Ugh don't get me started on apostrophes!

DublinMama · January 2014

Just let your hate-on for apostrophe abuse fly, @drea926...we're here for you.
:P

Drea926 · January 2014

I hate when people put them anywhere there's an s. I once saw crab rangoon's on a menu and I was like Ahhhhhh nothing belongs to the rangoon and it's not saying rangoon is!!

Drea926 · January 2014

I also hate when people say "masseuse" when they are talking about a male massage therapist. It would be "masseur" then. A masseuse is female.

Jeez. When I get like this DH always looks at me and says, "encyclopaedia" as a reference to Ted Mosby from How I Met Your Mother. :P

Dannysmama · January 2014

Irregardless. Use irrespective or regardless. NOT irregardless.

uncaripswife. I've been known to have a typo or two, but in my family, we literally would pull out dictionaries to roast one another over improper word usage.(note proper use of the word literally).

My husband is tri-lingual and occasionally comes up with some nonsensical or grammatically poor phrases. He's jokingly said he's afraid to participate in family email chains for fear of using a "their" instead of a "there." I would be too, because about 15 people would call him out on a typo like that.

holly321 · January 2014

A vs an always bothers me. Also, I vs me.

PhieryBFly · January 2014

This reminds me of that joke about how important commas are... "Let's eat, Grandma!" verses "Let's eat Grandma!" Commas save lives!

Rosebean · January 2014

Ugh, there was a lady on first tri board that wanted to know when she would "fill" the baby move. Then she went on to say she was dyslexic and the board should google the definition of such so we would understand what she was going through. In that amount of time, you could edit your post, honey, and learn to use correct terms. If she had a language barrier, I would have been more understanding. I am sure I will get flamed for this one.

tamarar5 · January 2014

I am an unapologetic grammar Nazi. I won't call people out about it, but I FREQUENTLY roll my eyes. I have several fb friends who have become the butt of grammar jokes between me and dh. I'll add, I'm not going to be rude and I don't point out grammar mistakes... but grammar and editing are my paycheck. I notice mistakes.

That said, I make almost as many as I catch, much to the amusement of my (obnoxious) SIL. She loves to point out my autocorrect fails. And I want to stab her in the eye.

My biggest pet peeve right now is hearing people talk around me and "axed" me questions. Or inquiring if my 12yr old husky is a "woof." Shoot. Me. Now.

babywisher · January 2014

I hate when people use alot instead of a lot! It is not one word!!

tshores90 · January 2014

"Irregardless"

dumb.

jesuisfatiguee · January 2014

It really bothers me when people misspell "y'all". It's a contraction for YOU + ALL, not YA + ALL. It's even worse when a southerner misspells it.

jesuisfatiguee · January 2014

Teacher Clark said:

Out here in So Cal it is very common for people to say "I seen it". Not "I have seen" or " I saw", but "I seen it". It drives me batty!

Puck1182 · January 2014

Grammar mistakes drive me nuts. I don't mind a typo here and there, it happens to the best of us, but when people actually misuse words, and do so repeatedly? I can't stand it, and it's so hard for me not to be "that person" who corrects other people's grammar. :-p

A couple of fun things for my fellow grammar nazis:

I can't find a video on YouTube, but I know it's on Spotify... So if you can, listen to Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer's "Grammar Song." DH played it for me recently, it's amazing.

Also, here's another poem by Taylor Mali (I mentioned "What Teachers Make" in another thread recently), "The Impotence of Proofreading" -

https://www.taylormali.com/poems-online/the-the-impotence-of-proofreading/

PhieryBFly · January 2014

babywisher said:

I hate when people use alot instead of a lot! It is not one word!!

When I was in grade school in CA, it actually was a word. I never write it that way (even if I did, autocorrect would fix it) but I still think it's funny every time I see that type of thing.

tamarar5 · January 2014

One that kills me is although. *cringe* All though it has become acceptable, it still drives me nuts when people write although. I think it's just an ugly, ugly word!

Drea926 · January 2014

I just love that you guys are using the word "cringe". Sixth grade vocabulary word!!! They pop out to me everywhere, lol.

ericalee27 · January 2014

One of the (many) items I have in the My Mother is Crazy Drinking Game is to take a shot everytime she sends me a text or email and uses "loose" when she means "lose."

foxrosy · January 2014

Mine is congradulations and when people say "On today/on tomorrow". It's just Today or tomorrow! Grrr! Hand me a knife, someone is about to get cut!

babywisher · January 2014

je+suis=fatiguee said:

It really bothers me when people misspell "y'all". It's a contraction for YOU + ALL, not YA + ALL. It's even worse when a southerner misspells it.

Well to defend southerners...the spelling changes depending on where you live in the south! We spell it ya'll here. One state over spells it ya'll. It is just one of those weird things we do!

draeray · January 2014

My father uses the word 'has' for as--his spelling is awful. So he would say:

Has good has it gets!

~X(

kelly321 · January 2014

TamaraR4 said:

One that kills me is although. *cringe* All though it has become acceptable, it still drives me nuts when people write although. I think it's just an ugly, ugly word!

I'm so confused. I've never, ever read "all though," and I do a lot of reading. I looked it up, and it appears that "although" was being used as a contraction for "all though" in the 14th century... it's hardly a modern invention. I googled "all though" out of curiosity and found no reputable hits (mostly people asking whether "though" and "although" can be used synonymously and then people explaining that "although" was originally a contraction of "all + though".

Where did you learn that "all though" is the proper usage and "although" is only "acceptable"?

Sorry if this sounds snarky, it's not meant that way. I was just totally taken aback by your post because I use "although" a lot. Like, in my PhD dissertation... and I teach English... so I feel like I should know these kinds of things and feel stupid if I don't ::insert old embarrassed face::

As for pet peeves, loose/lose drives me up the wall if people do it on a regular basis - if it happens once I'll assume it's a typo, but one of my cousins uses it all the time on her FB posts. The your/you're and their/they're/there also catch my eye, but I know that I personally sometimes type the wrong one (heck, I've even been known to type "no" instead of "know" and vice-versa when I've been in a hurry), so I try not to judge unless a person uses them incorrectly all the time.

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