I hate when people say "axe" and "axed" instead of "ask" and "asked."

racist!

Surely a white person did it once or twice in history.

rednecks!

Spelling, grammar and pronounciation errors in general annoy me. I know I make them too, but it's the people that you have to wonder how they passed kindergarten that annoy me. Speaking of kindergarten, there is something wrong with a 30-something year old that pronounces it "kinnygarden." Especially embarassing when they pronounce it that way to their kids kindergarten teacher.

Also, almost any costumer service that is handled over a phone is an excruciating experience anymore. Between the fact that even though half the time you can't get someone that speaks english half the time, they still don't even have 24 hour service for a lot of things yet. Then the music while you're on hold is always atrocious. Sometimes you go through about 72 menu options to get connected to the correct department, but then when you finally figure out how to speak to a live person, they tell you they have to transfer you to a different department anyway. Then your problem can't be resolved that day, so you have to go through all the crap to speak to someone again at a later time. Which of course wont be the same person, and the new person has no idea what your issue is, and when you re-explain they give you a totally different answer on how to fix it than the last person you spoke to, so you don't even know who to believe.

Sorry, I just had to.

Knew someone would!

I agree with the first part of your post, though not the second - I've never had a problem on customer service lines.

I actually was going to purposely put a bunch of errors in that post just to make sure someone would spot them, but I then decided I was sure there would be enough anyway. There's enough intelligent people here to notice.

When you say the word often, is the t silent?

In formal speech, it is not silent. But colloquially, it is fine. I've heard many lazy speakers not pronounce the 'T'.

I never have pronounced the T. Seems to depend on the part of the country you are from. Where I was born, the language varies quite a bit from where I live. I of course learned to speak from my parents, so I don't really have a Chicago accent, but I definitely do not sound like I am from Missouri either. Typical Missourians pronounce the name of their own state wrong, and they also pronounce my birth state wrong. Up north, typically it is pop, not soda like it is here. And they always pronounce the word suite incorrectly. As in, a bedroom suite. It should be spoken like "sweet", not "suit" but on every furniture store commercial I see they say it wrong. All these things annoy me.

Awesome. I love posts like yours. Learning about different words and pronunciations is very fun.

In the UK we call them fizzy drinks. Or the anal retentives call it carbonated drinks.

Do you remember Gulli that used to post here a lot more frequently? I've chatted with him several times on skype. His accent and funny words he uses amuse me. But its also very fun to learn how different people speak in different areas. Actually, I say I've chatted on skype with him, but actually I met him in real life as well. THAT was interesting. He complained about how our license plates on our vehicles make absolutely no sense! Also he had never been to an amusement park, but I took him to Six Flags and made him ride roller coasters. He screamed lke a little girl on one particular ride, while sitting next to an 8 year old girl that was perfectly calm. I laughed quite hysterically.

That reminds me of comething else that freaks me out. People from other countries seem to have this habit of kissing peoples cheeks when they meet them. AHHH!

Writing "should of," "would of," or "could of."

It's not of; it's HAVE, y'all.

And yet, even after turning back up to three different papers with this error marked on each one, I still get totally befuddled looks from my students - who, by the way, are in an honors class.

In what grade?

10th.

It could just be me being a hard-ass, but still: a pet peeve is a pet peeve.

10th graders should be able to comprehend that once you've explained it to them.

The kissing cheek thing bothers me because I never know when or in what situation to lean in or not. So I hate it.

Was "comething" intentional?

No, I'm not sure how I typed a c instead of an s.

I hate it because I am never expected someone to do that so I sometimes jerk away and have this look on my face like what the hell are you doing!? And then I feel bad.

Aw that means you must hate how i write lol. or do i get a pass cuz I ain't american?.

I respect your authorial vision, Mau.

You get a pass because you're not from an English-speaking country.

Another one: This happened to me last night and it was just like



Handing your phone over to someone to show them something, and then they go elsewhere on your phone and look at other shit without asking. Doesn't matter how close I am to that person, when they start looking at photos or what not it just makes me wanna holler. It makes no sense to do that:
"Hey, I trust you enough to hold the phone and look at the content"
"Okay, now I'll look at the completely unrelated content!"

Admittedly, this is somewhat of a vent.

lol... i write worse than you. Glad we get a free pass hehe.