What are your pet peeves re English usage?

@spendius,

Perhaps it's a peeve about genteelisms.

@Clary,

Glowing ladies are not genteel. They are the cause of men perspiring.

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There is a place for genteelisms, but oftentimes it's taken too far.

Like the American lady who, a few years back, said "War is heck".

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@spendius,

A reply to your assertion that women perspire. They do not, at least according to my grandmother!

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Quote:

The top ten most irritating phrases:

1 - At the end of the day
2 - Fairly unique
3 - I personally
4 - At this moment in time
5 - With all due respect
6 - Absolutely
7 - It's a nightmare
8 - Shouldn't of
9 - 24/7
10 - It's not rocket science

Source: Oxford compiles list of top ten most irritating phrases

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I lathe those that use "texting / messaging slang" in their posts here.

For example: "u", instead of "you", etc.

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@Reyn,

Me too.

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@Reyn,

Reyn wrote:

I lathe

"loathe", I mean. Embarrassed

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@Reyn,

They just want to show that they are at the cutting edge of modern communications. If that's where they are it's understandable that they would seek to strut it before the gawping eyes of us old fashioned fuddies. One can hardly "loathe" it. That's much too strong a word.

"Loathe" is for things like treading in dogshit or the custard being too thick for the Bakewell Tart (genuine).

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@spendius,

spendius wrote:

They just want to show that they are at the cutting edge of modern communications.

I would hardly call using "u" instead of "you", on the cutting edge of communicating anything other than someone being a lazy turd.

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@Reyn,

Do they not do irony in your neck of the woods Reyn?

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@spendius,

No, they chop down the trees with an axe.

http://www.stalkingtiger.com/mestuff/images/quiz_monty_python.jpg

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@Reyn,

I've done that although I'm pretty confident your trees are bigger than mine.

It's good fun.

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@Reyn,

Reyn wrote:

I lathe those that use "texting / messaging slang" in their posts here.

For example: "u", instead of "you", etc.

me 2

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@Steve 41oo,

Steve 41oo wrote:

Reyn wrote:

I lathe those that use "texting / messaging slang" in their posts here.

For example: "u", instead of "you", etc.

me 2

Oyou2

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Haha, youse guys! Mad

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Most folks don't seem to know the difference between envy and jealousy, nowadays.

They'll say "Aren't you jealous?" when the meaning they intend is "envious".

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@McTag,

me included

please explain Uncle Mac

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@Steve 41oo,

I think "jealous" refers to one's own sense of self-esteem as in devoted to one's reputation. Taking care to protect it. A lady may be jealous of her reputation for purity of mind.

Envy is when you bear a grudge or malice towards what others have.

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@Steve 41oo,

You feel jealousy when your girlfriend seems to be responding favorably to another man. But you are envious of that man. As Spendius has correctly said, jealousy implies a sense of protecting something, e.g. one's reputation or perceived property. But you can't be "jealous" that someone has something you don't. You can only be envious.

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