Pet Peeves

[brinny]

an inability to think outside da box

 

[Rajni]

Here’s another one, that seems to be trending on business sites:

The phrase “reaching out”. Such as “Thank you for reaching out to us”.

Or, “Could you tell us which store this took place in so that we can reach out to them and get to the bottom of this?”

So much "reaching out"; I keep envisioning people clawing at the air towards that to which/whom they’re “reaching out”. ◠‿◠

 

[MissRowy]

People who aren't willing to accept they made a mistake. Yeah it can be hard admitting you are wrong but its a learning experience as well.

 

[JackRT]

People who park on the lines rather than between them.

 

[Liza B.]

Ok, I just might be a bit anal but one of my pet peeves is when people are involved in a debate and someone says "That's mute point."

Mute:
1. silent; refraining from speech or utterance.
2. not emitting or having sound of any kind.
3. incapable of speech; dumb.
4. (of letters) silent; not pronounced.
5. Law. (of a person who has been arraigned) making no plea or giving an irrelevant response when arraigned, or refusing to stand trial (used chiefly in the phrase to stand mute).
6. Fox Hunting. (of a hound) hunting a line without giving tongue or cry.

Moot:
1. open to discussion or debate; debatable; doubtful:
Whether that was the cause of their troubles is a moot point.
2. of little or no practical value, meaning, or relevance; purely academic:
In practical terms, the issue of her application is moot because the deadline has passed.
3. Chiefly Law. not actual; theoretical; hypothetical.

OK, we can ignore the fox hunting bit.

As someone else said: Plurals with apostrophes. Please, just no. Not book's, or apple's, or banana's. Please no. Please.

Second one that makes me want to cry: Could of. Should of. Would of. Must of. I know it SOUNDS that way and maybe in a hurry, you typed phonetically. But honestly, this makes no sense in the language. Have. Could have. Would have. Must have. Or, could've. Please. Just no.

 

[jayem]

I posted this one earlier as a separate thread: Drivers who don't turn their headlights on in the rain.

And drivers who park over the line, essentially taking up 2 parking spaces.

 

[AirPo]

They can only get away with that in the winter when everything is snow covered! lol

But then it gets worse. The next person doesn't park "in line" with the first, and so on, and so on ...

 

[mama2one]

Yeah, lots of sloppy parking, I hear ya.

yrs ago, working pt at mall and got there early
snow, so no lines visible and no other cars so I took a guess
after work, came out and my car was parked opposite of all other cars!
still snow on my windshield with nasty word written on it
I was SO embarrassed and got out ASAP

 

[LovebirdsFlying]

Those hairstyles with parts of the head shaved, a la Skrillex. Especially on women. Matter of personal taste, I know, but I don't like 'em.

 

[DaisyDay]

In the case of words like your, you're, there, their, its, it's, etc.; using the wrong form would be both a grammatical and spelling error, since it changes the sense of the sentence.

That reminds me: "whose" is the possessive and "who's" is the contraction.

Whose apple is it? Mine! Who's going with her? I am!

Related to that, if "him" works in the sentence, then (not than) so does "whom", otherwise, if "he" fits, then use "who". When in doubt, use "who" or sound uneducated and pretentious.

And, while I'm on a rant, it's "between you and me", not "between you and I". And I know you're not supposed to start a sentence with "and", but I don't care.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

Ok, I just might be a bit anal but one of my pet peeves is when people are involved in a debate and someone says "That's mute point."

Mute:
1. silent; refraining from speech or utterance.
2. not emitting or having sound of any kind.
3. incapable of speech; dumb.
4. (of letters) silent; not pronounced.
5. Law. (of a person who has been arraigned) making no plea or giving an irrelevant response when arraigned, or refusing to stand trial (used chiefly in the phrase to stand mute).
6. Fox Hunting. (of a hound) hunting a line without giving tongue or cry.

Moot:
1. open to discussion or debate; debatable; doubtful:
Whether that was the cause of their troubles is a moot point.
2. of little or no practical value, meaning, or relevance; purely academic:
In practical terms, the issue of her application is moot because the deadline has passed.
3. Chiefly Law. not actual; theoretical; hypothetical.

OK, we can ignore the fox hunting bit.

I hole-hardedly agree, but allow me to play doubles advocate here for a moment. For all intensive purposes I think you are wrong. In an age where false morals are a diamond dozen, true virtues are a blessing in the skies.

We often put our false morality on a petal stool like a bunch of pre-Madonnas, but you all seem to be taking something very valuable for granite. So I ask of you to mustard up all the strength you can because it is a doggy dog world out there.

Although there is some merit to what you are saying it seems like you have a huge ship on your shoulder. In your argument you seem to throw everything in but the kids N*SYNC, and even though you are having a feel day with this I am here to bring you back into reality. I have a sick sense when it comes to these types of things. It is almost spooky, because I cannot turn a blonde eye to these glaring flaws in your rhetoric. I have zero taller ants when it comes to people spouting out hate in the name of moral righteousness. You just need to remember what comes around is all around, and when supply and command fails you will be the first to go. Make my words, when you get down to brass stacks it doesn't take rocket appliances to get two birds stoned at once. It's clear who makes the pants in this relationship, and sometimes you just have to swallow your prize and accept the facts. You might have to come to this conclusion through denial and error but I swear on my mother's mating name that when you put the petal to the medal you will pass with flying carpets like it’s a peach of cake.

 

[JackRT]

I ensure youse ed allah that on porpoise just for the halibut.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

I ensure youse ed allah that on porpoise just for the halibut.

Took me longer to read that than I'd like to say.

 

[Tanj]

Took me longer to read that than I'd like to say.

You should have attributed it mate, otherwise you look a bit plageristy.

And to directly quote a comment from the original,
"You where defiantly you're schools valid victorian."

 

[GoldenBoy89]

You should have attributed it mate, otherwise you look a bit plageristy.

And to directly quote a comment from the original,
"You where defiantly you're schools valid victorian."

Ah, I totally forgot to! I was posting it hurriedly. Didn't mean to pass it off as my own but I totally see how it looks like I did. I'll add the link as soon as I get to an actual computer.

 

[Tanj]

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[Rajni]

Here's one.

The posting of a question about [Group A] in an area of
the forum where only responses from members of [Group B]
are entertained.

If one truly wanted genuine answers as to why Group A
does thus-n-so, wouldn't one directly ask ... you know...
Group A?!?

One example of what I'm talking about


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[Tinker Grey]

Dispute and refute are not synonyms.

 

[Shiloh Raven]

A pet peeve...

People who are overly fascinated with homosexuality and post thread after thread about it.

Just saying...

 

[Rubiks]

Ok, I just might be a bit anal but one of my pet peeves is when people are involved in a debate and someone says "That's mute point."

Mute:
1. silent; refraining from speech or utterance.
2. not emitting or having sound of any kind.
3. incapable of speech; dumb.
4. (of letters) silent; not pronounced.
5. Law. (of a person who has been arraigned) making no plea or giving an irrelevant response when arraigned, or refusing to stand trial (used chiefly in the phrase to stand mute).
6. Fox Hunting. (of a hound) hunting a line without giving tongue or cry.

Moot:
1. open to discussion or debate; debatable; doubtful:
Whether that was the cause of their troubles is a moot point.
2. of little or no practical value, meaning, or relevance; purely academic:
In practical terms, the issue of her application is moot because the deadline has passed.
3. Chiefly Law. not actual; theoretical; hypothetical.

OK, we can ignore the fox hunting bit.

To be fair I think "mute" kind of works too when taken loosely. Perhaps a "mute" point is one that is meaningless for a conversation, i.e. it fails to offer anything substantial to the conversation akin to a person who cannot speak.

Even if "mute point" is a corruption of "moot point" that doesn't make it wrong. (it's technically not a misspelling and is at least syntactically correct) The only issue here is if "mute" works here semantically.