What is Your Pet Peeve?

AlleyCat said:
Oh no kidding ...

Did you know you're lollipops were made over their? In Hershey, Pennsylvania? They're lollipops are blue, green, purple, and brown and your gonna get sick if you eat them. Than you'll be sick in bed the rest of the day.

Of course ... that would be better translated as:

Did you know your lollipops were made over there? In Hershey, Pennsylvania? Their lollipops are blue, green, purple, and brown and you're gonna get sick if you eat them. Then you'll be sick in bed the rest of the day.

I never did understand the difficulty in that ... :)
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i also don't understand what's so difficult about this since the word "they're" is a contraction of "they are" and immediately gives you a clue as to which form of the word to use. all you do is insert the words "they are" into the sentence in question and voila!, you have your answer. you wouldn't say "they're (or "they are") property was stolen last week." you would say, "their property was stolen last week."
 
Hear Again said:
i also don't understand what's so difficult about this since the word "they're" is a contraction of "they are" and immediately gives you a clue as to which form of the word to use.
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I think a lot of times people just don't bother with it, more so than not being able to grasp it.
 
Nika said:
I think a lot of times people just don't bother with it, more so than not being able to grasp it.
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that's true. i guess it's similar to people who write shorthand single letters like "u," "r," and "4" on message boards and forums to mean the full representation of the word. (by the way, that's another one of my pet peeves only because it looks so strange in braille.)
 
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Hear Again said:
that's true. i guess it's similar to people who write shorthand single letters like "u," "r," and "4" on message boards and forums to mean the full representation of the word.
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Exactly. If you think about it we do the same thing in braille. We use y for "you," they use u for "you."
 
Nika said:
Exactly. If you think about it we do the same thing in braille. We use y for "you," they use u for "you."
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...but i think that's different only because the purpose of short form words is to save space in braille and make reading faster.
 
Nika said:
It's ingrained in a lot of people. Many parents teach their children how to speak "properly." I don't hold it against you but I do think it's sad that so many people are ingrained with opinions about the way people talk. I see it as another form of discrimination. <sad>

Thanks for being so honest, Hear Again. <smile> That's one of the reasons you make such a great friend!
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I agree, Hear Again is a wonderful friend!

pet peeve: Having to hide something because of what people think of you.
 
typeingtornado19 said:
I agree, Hear Again is a wonderful friend!
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thanks, typeingtornado! <smile>

my pet peeve are appliances or electronics that suddenly stop working. my tv just burned out in the middle of a good documentary. <mad> darn thing only had a 6 year life span. i remember when they used to make appliances and electronics 20 years ago that used to last just about forever.
 
Hear Again said:
thanks, typeingtornado! <smile>

my pet peeve are appliances or electronics that suddenly stop working. my tv just burned out in the middle of a good documentary. <mad> darn thing only had a 6 year life span. i remember when they used to make appliances and electronics 20 years ago that used to last just about forever.
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That does stink. I'm sorry.
 
typeingtornado19 said:
That does stink. I'm sorry.
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i have an old combination am/fm/tv boombox from the early 80s that i could use to watch tv, but it's in my bedroom closet and i'm too lazy to dig it out.
i also don't like watching regular tv programming. i know this is off topic, but does anyone know if i can watch cable news channels like cnn and msnbc over the internet?
 
Hear Again said:
i have an old combination am/fm/tv boombox from the early 80s that i could use to watch tv, but it's in my bedroom closet and i'm too lazy to dig it out.
i also don't like watching regular tv programming. i know this is off topic, but does anyone know if i can watch cable news channels like cnn and msnbc over the internet?
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I dont know, but i would be summarized if you couldn't.
 
thanks to my darn tv, i went from being extremely happy to mad in the span of 3 seconds. i'm missing a good documentary! grrr!
 
People that get upset because i said 1 curse word. Geez, I dont like them either, but i am 19, and if i see fit...
 
Hear Again said:
...but i think that's different only because the purpose of short form words is to save space in braille and make reading faster.
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Isn't the purpose of shortcuts like "u" and "r" to make typing faster?
 
typeingtornado19 said:
Exactly, i dont like them myself, but if they pop out... then they pop out... GEEEEZ
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i agree. i don't like curse words either, but when you're mad or frustrated, sometimes they just come out.

my pet peeve is running out of meds before i've had time to get a refill.
 
Hear Again said:
i agree. i don't like curse words either, but when you're mad or frustrated, sometimes they just come out.

my pet peeve is running out of meds before i've had time to get a refill.
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Yup, especially when the one that does it, blasts the f or d word any time they want... Aww, sorry about the refils.
 
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