Enter the pet peeve thread

Princess · Post by **Princess** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:06 pm

I just found that statement odd considering your previous one. So slutty is grand as long as it is for the filthy lucre?, if it is not then it is okay to humiliate the woman?

Women who hate strippers and prostitutes. "You have a brain, why are you wasting your life acting so cheap?" Because I have a hot body too, moron, and it makes a hell of a lot more money than my brain! Women's rights gave me the right to choose what job I want, not force me to take a brainy one

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:33 pm

Ooh! Ohh! I thought of one today!

Rhyming things like 'rain' with 'again'. I don't mind it if the poem comes from an area of the world where they actually DO rhyme, but there are far too many American poets and songwriters out there who try to rhyme them. Terribly. It just throws the whole song off.

Mr.GtF · Post by **Mr.GtF** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:34 pm

The way Americans pronounce 'herbal' as 'erbal'
The way everyone else but me pronounces 'Scones' as 'Scons'

Jesusabdullah · Post by **Jesusabdullah** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:43 pm

How else are you supposed to say herbal? With a pronounced h? Ear-bull? ?? Either one is madness, I say.

[AlmightyPyro] · Post by **[AlmightyPyro]** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:17 pm

Pronouncing the h is stupid. It's 'er-bol'. If you're going to start saying 'her-bol' I'm gonna start saying 'hour' with the h.

Sketchywallflowr · Post by **Sketchywallflowr** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:29 pm

But they HAVE H's in them!!!

princess wrote:I just found that statement odd considering your previous one. So slutty is grand as long as it is for the filthy lucre?, if it is not then it is okay to humiliate the woman?

Nicely put, but the main focus I was making was drunkenness. Being a stripper isn't necesarily slutty, since most don't whore themselves out. But even if they did, that's their choice and they do it as a job. However, most drunken sluts act ridiculous and are not out to make money. I'm just saying strippers shouldn't lose self-respect just because of a job. Drunken sluts lose self (and others) respect because they are overdosing on alcohol and they think they're acting sexy when really they're acting ridiculous.

[AlmightyPyro] · Post by **[AlmightyPyro]** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:33 pm

Sketchywallflowr wrote:But they HAVE H's in them!!!

The moment you argue this poit a thousand other points will be brought up. Thus is the nature of English. We have stupid rules that have been working for ever, why change them now?

Laemkral · Post by **Laemkral** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:36 pm

English is the most irritating language ever, with abstract rules stolen from various other languages in contradicting fashion. I remember at my unit someone was typing up a report and wasn't sure what the proper conjugation of a word was. The entire Personnel office argued the point, eight individuals, until finally someone looked it up. Both versions were considered proper. One word, one defintion, multiple spellings. WOO HOO!

NakedElf · Post by **NakedElf** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:58 pm

My husband insists on pronouncing things phonetically. -_-

So now we have an 'agreement'. I won't use Yiddish idioms around the kids if he won't pronounce things phonetically. Unfortunately I hold my end of the bargain up more than he does, because he seems to think he's being *clever* and funny when he does it.

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:20 pm

[AlmightyPyro] wrote:Pronouncing the h is stupid. It's 'er-bol'. If you're going to start saying 'her-bol' I'm gonna start saying 'hour' with the h.

Which isn't confusing at all, because 'our' is pronounced 'are' to avoid such confusion.

It's actually hard for me to say 'our' the proper way. What can I say? I'm from the midwest.

Laemkral wrote:English is the most irritating language ever, with abstract rules stolen from various other languages in contradicting fashion.

I'm actually going to have to go with Sanskrit on this one. Beautiful language, but a bitch to learn. And oooh lord, sandhi will get you every time.

BeefotronX · Post by **BeefotronX** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:05 pm

People who pause...

...for awkwardly long times...

... in the middle of a sentence, instead of figuring out what they're going to say before they start talking.

And then get offended by the slightest exhibition of impatience, whether it's just a bit of body language or all-out guessing at the rest of the sentence.

Sketchywallflowr · Post by **Sketchywallflowr** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:40 am

...I can't believe I didn't think of this peeve before.

ANN COULTER!!!

JTigerclaw · Post by **JTigerclaw** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:42 am

Sketchywallflowr wrote:...I can't believe I didn't think of this peeve before.

ANN COULTER!!!

She's more than a pet peeve, she's a horrible nightmare that won't go away.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:44 am

I hate it when I find a burnt Cheeto amongst the worthy ones.

Sketchywallflowr · Post by **Sketchywallflowr** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:46 am

theSuburbanLetdown wrote:I hate it when I find a burnt Cheeto amongst the worthy ones.

Eww, or that weird Captain Crunch piece that's coated in sugar but hard as a rock and it's either burnt or a foreign object of unknown origin! Blech.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:58 am

Sketchywallflowr wrote:
theSuburbanLetdown wrote:I hate it when I find a burnt Cheeto amongst the worthy ones.
Eww, or that weird Captain Crunch piece that's coated in sugar but hard as a rock and it's either burnt or a foreign object of unknown origin! Blech.

Beware the black Rice Krispie.

Noise Monkey · Post by **Noise Monkey** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:49 am

Where is the quality control on those things?

Prettysenshi · Post by **Prettysenshi** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:50 am

JTigerclaw wrote:
Sketchywallflowr wrote:...I can't believe I didn't think of this peeve before.

ANN COULTER!!!
She's more than a pet peeve, she's a horrible nightmare that won't go away.

Sean Hannity

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:52 am

Sure, burn an expensive piece of meat, and it's well done and savory. Burn a rice crispy and you're HITLER.

Noise Monkey · Post by **Noise Monkey** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:54 am

you can't prove that those black things are actually just burnt rice puffs with your average home chemistry kit.

they could just be mice (poop) krispies.