Pet Peeves

[Delightful]

We call it a Jewish Jumper(=sweater,hoodie) when you take an extra layer with because your mother is cold. Sounds like it's pretty universal though  

 

 

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

When you're on the phone with someone, fail to answer a question within 1.25 seconds, and they give you an irritated "Hello?" It's been less than 5 seconds, guy. Calm the storms down.

[Renoux she/her]

2 hours ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

When you're on the phone with someone, fail to answer a question within 1.25 seconds, and they give you an irritated "Hello?" It's been less than 5 seconds, guy. Calm the storms down.

Or when you're in a conversation, and someone asks you a question, and you think for a second, and then they say something like, "You don't have to answer", or "We'll come back to you", and you get skipped!

Also...

• When someone berates you, or belittles you for something they just did!!! 

 

• When someone prefaces a statement with "No offense", and then say something totally offensive. i.e. "No offense, but your shirt is kind of ugly"
• Ok, I know, this is going to get me some complaints, but here I go. I really don't like the "Much doge, so wow, very awesome" memes. That is horrible grammar, ok? Its just wrong.
• On that subject, I don't like when people use bad grammar while talking. Its pretty easy to say "He and I", rather than "Me and him".
• (Maybe this isn't a pet peeve, but still) I get teased a lot for using whom while talking. Whom isn't just a word that people in the 1700s used. It is, in fact, used to replace him or her, so you would say "To whom should I give it?" "You should give it to him", or "Who should get it?" "He should get it". Like that. (And I'm sorry if that stopped being a pet peeve, and turned into a grammar lesson).

Edited August 6, 2016 by Renoux

[Delightful]

17 hours ago, Renoux said:

Or when you're in a conversation, and someone asks you a question, and you think for a second, and then they say something like, "You don't have to answer", or "We'll come back to you", and you get skipped!

Also...

• When someone berates you, or belittles you for something they just did!!! 

 

• When someone prefaces a statement with "No offense", and then say something totally offensive. i.e. "No offense, but your shirt is kind of ugly"
• Ok, I know, this is going to get me some complaints, but here I go. I really don't like the "Much doge, so wow, very awesome" memes. That is horrible grammar, ok? Its just wrong.
• On that subject, I don't like when people use bad grammar while talking. Its pretty easy to say "He and I", rather than "Me and him".
• (Maybe this isn't a pet peeve, but still) I get teased a lot for using whom while talking. Whom isn't just a word that people in the 1700s used. It is, in fact, used to replace him or her, so you would say "To whom should I give it?" "You should give it to him", or "Who should get it?" "He should get it". Like that. (And I'm sorry if that stopped being a pet peeve, and turned into a grammar lesson).

I actually saw an article somewhere dissecting doge grammar. It was kind of interesting actually, though I don't particularly like that meme either. 

[Renoux she/her]

3 hours ago, Delightful said:

I actually saw an article somewhere dissecting doge grammar. It was kind of interesting actually, though I don't particularly like that meme either. 

Seriously??? Ok, that is...I don't know exactly what that is...

By whom was it written?

[Oversleep]

Well, doge grammar is purposefully wrong. That's the point, kind of.

Hmmm... could we combine doge grammar with High Imperial?

[Renoux she/her]

15 minutes ago, Oversleep said:

Well, doge grammar is purposefully wrong. That's the point, kind of.

Hmmm... could we combine doge grammar with High Imperial?

Well, I guess you could, but, what would be the point? No one would understand you, and I guess that could be good if you wanted to communicate without someone understanding you, but honestly, you probably wouldn't understand yourself either. "Much wasing" "So the where of what"  What would that even mean.

 

BTW, spell check tried to turn washing into Washing

Edited August 7, 2016 by Renoux
Spell check

[Delightful]

46 minutes ago, Renoux said:

Seriously??? Ok, that is...I don't know exactly what that is...

By whom was it written?

Here: http://the-toast.net/2014/02/06/linguist-explains-grammar-doge-wow/

[Renoux she/her]

5 hours ago, Delightful said:

Here: http://the-toast.net/2014/02/06/linguist-explains-grammar-doge-wow/

That...was interesting. Thank you. While that was enlightening, I still find those memes annoying. Especially because they do sound like baby-talk to me, (another pet peeve of mine is people over the age of 9 talking like a person under the age of 6).

[ParadoxicalZen he/him]

13 hours ago, Renoux said:

That...was interesting. Thank you. While that was enlightening, I still find those memes annoying. Especially because they do sound like baby-talk to me, (another pet peeve of mine is people over the age of 9 talking like a person under the age of 6).

Pet owners, animal lovers and parents of toddlers would like to have a word in baby-talk with you 

[Renoux she/her]

38 minutes ago, AnanasSpren said:

Pet owners, animal lovers and parents of toddlers would like to have a word in baby-talk with you 

I don't usually have a problem with babysitters or parents making their languige easier for their children to understand, but when a 10-year-old talks like he's 3 to get attention, that bothers me. 

[ParadoxicalZen he/him]

23 minutes ago, Renoux said:

I don't usually have a problem with babysitters or parents making their languige easier for their children to understand, but when a 10-year-old talks like he's 3 to get attention, that bothers me. 

Agreed, that is a little...odd

[Pestis the Spider she/her]

I just googled the word "mansplaining". From now on it's my new pet peeve. O.o

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

8 minutes ago, Pestis the Spider said:

I just googled the word "mansplaining". From now on it's my new pet peeve. O.o

The word, or the thing?

[Pestis the Spider she/her]

Just now, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

The word, or the thing?

The thing was always a peeve of mine. I think noone likes condescending people, right?

But I just really don't like some of these newly created English words. They sound silly, and "mansplaining" is one of them. Also while googling I noticed that some people are completely overusing this word in some situations. 

Why can't we just keep to the words already exist rather than forcefully creating new words? I know that new words need to be created when needed, but "mansplaining" is hardly such a case. 

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

7 minutes ago, Pestis the Spider said:

The thing was always a peeve of mine. I think noone likes condescending people, right?

But I just really don't like some of these newly created English words. They sound silly, and "mansplaining" is one of them. Also while googling I noticed that some people are completely overusing this word in some situations. 

Why can't we just keep to the words already exist rather than forcefully creating new words? I know that new words need to be created when needed, but "mansplaining" is hardly such a case. 

Suggestions for alternatives? I ask because I can't think of an alternative that isn't horribly clunky ("sexist overexplaining of a thing the woman already has extensive knowledge of"). 

[Pestis the Spider she/her]

1 minute ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

Suggestions for alternatives? I ask because I can't think of an alternative that isn't horribly clunky ("sexist overexplaining of a thing the woman already has extensive knowledge of"). 

Oh, so we're actually talking about men-towomen explanation in particular. Well, I didn't want to go there, because as far as I know there is lot's of total nonsense going on about it in US (but I am not from US, so I really don't know the actual situation, so I don't feel qualified to discuss it). 

But can I ask you how did you know that this guy was a a sexist, not just a simple douche? Did he specifically say that he knows more about the topic because he is a man and you're a woman?

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

7 minutes ago, Pestis the Spider said:

Oh, so we're actually talking about men-towomen explanation in particular. Well, I didn't want to go there, because as far as I know there is lot's of total nonsense going on about it in US (but I am not from US, so I really don't know the actual situation, so I don't feel qualified to discuss it). 

But can I ask you how did you know that this guy was a a sexist, not just a simple douche? Did he specifically say that he knows more about the topic because he is a man and you're a woman?

Regretting my choice of words now. Just forget I said anything. 

[Renoux she/her]

You said something? 

[ThirdGen]

1 hour ago, Pestis the Spider said:

I just googled the word "mansplaining". From now on it's my new pet peeve. O.o

Mildly annoying word, yeah.  Much more annoying real concept, also yeah.

[Mistrunner]

On 8/6/2016 at 1:33 PM, Renoux said:

• Ok, I know, this is going to get me some complaints, but here I go. I really don't like the "Much doge, so wow, very awesome" memes. That is horrible grammar, ok? Its just wrong.

*hides my old Cosmere doge memes*

[Kaymyth she/her]

18 hours ago, Pestis the Spider said:

Oh, so we're actually talking about men-towomen explanation in particular. Well, I didn't want to go there, because as far as I know there is lot's of total nonsense going on about it in US (but I am not from US, so I really don't know the actual situation, so I don't feel qualified to discuss it). 

But can I ask you how did you know that this guy was a a sexist, not just a simple douche? Did he specifically say that he knows more about the topic because he is a man and you're a woman?

Well, the way Twi used it is the technically correct origin and definition of the word.  Generally when I see it used, that would be my first assumption as to what's being talked about, and I rather dislike when it's used in other situations.  I think it dilutes the actual offensiveness of the situation it was created for.

And yes, this stuff happens all the time.  Not just in the U.S., though it can certainly vary per country/region.

[Renoux she/her]

Ok, time for an entirely new pet peeve!

New England weather. A forecaster will say "All sunny skies on Monday", and then it will rain. Or "Thunderstorms later on Thursday", and then it won't rain at all. Makes planning for outings or vacations ridiculously difficult.

[Pestis the Spider she/her]

2 minutes ago, Renoux said:

Ok, time for an entirely new pet peeve!

New England weather. A forecaster will say "All sunny skies on Monday", and then it will rain. Or "Thunderstorms later on Thursday", and then it won't rain at all. Makes planning for outings or vacations ridiculously difficult.

Try Lothian weather. Forecast "all sunny skies" = rain. Forecast "rain" = rain. Forecast "Deep Snow" = rain. Forecast "thunderstorms" = rain. So much fun.

[Renoux she/her]

13 minutes ago, Pestis the Spider said:

Try Lothian weather. Forecast "all sunny skies" = rain. Forecast "rain" = rain. Forecast "Deep Snow" = rain. Forecast "thunderstorms" = rain. So much fun.

Oh.  You don't happen to really like rain, do you?