What's mildly irritating you today? - Page 16

SteveDallas · 04-21-2008, 01:40 PM

It's very rare that I'm able to help someone out with so little effort.

EDIT: dammit, I thought that would be enough to flip the page. I guess I'm not as helpful as I thought.

EDIT: My first edit pushed it over the top.

Shawnee123 · 04-21-2008, 02:13 PM

Canyon leg--gone! Thanks so much. I'd much rather see a purdy bird when I open the link.

No offense, HLJ.

lookout123 · 04-21-2008, 03:00 PM

My insanely sunburned back. stupidstupidstupid. i'm always so good about putting sunscreen on, but apparently i forgot yesterday before working in the yard from 1-3. no, i didn't feel it happening.

Razzmatazz13 · 04-21-2008, 10:43 PM

Hehe, I'm very badly sun burnt from my date on saturday, so I know the feeling....And it's a farmer's tan too....with a stripe...

Cloud · 04-23-2008, 02:27 PM

fic writers who write:
"tact" instead of "tack" (as in, a new direction);
"baited" instead of "bated" (as in, waiting with bated breath); and
"loose" for "lose," dammit!

Shawnee123 · 04-23-2008, 02:29 PM

What writers are you reading who do that?

Miss Easy Bake Oven Master's Degree said the other day in a meeting: for all intensive purposes. I wanted to smack her.

HungLikeJesus · 04-23-2008, 02:29 PM

What's a 'fic writer'?

Cloud · 04-23-2008, 02:30 PM

fanfic writers--

"would of" instead of "would have" also makes me want to scream. In speech, it's not so bad, but I see it all the time in writing, too, albeit not so much in professional writing.

Cloud · 04-23-2008, 02:33 PM

I read fanfiction--there's tons of it on the 'Net, usually based on tv shows, etc., and traditionally SF based, which has a long history of fanfic, although now there's lots of other genres. Most ('tho not all) I read is slash fanfiction; that is homoerotic. For instance, take any tv show you care to name, then put two male leads in a romantic relationship. Kirk/Spock ("kirk-slash-spock") was the original slash couple.

and yes, I have written this stuff--in Smallville and The Sentinel. Weird, I know, but we all need hobbies! Mine are grammatically correct, at least.

kerosene · 04-23-2008, 04:29 PM

It bugs me when people say "often" without pronouncing the "t."

The word "y'all" used more than twice in one sentence is irritating, also. As in "Y'all gotta get y'all's finances figured out 'afore y'all get y'all's electricity shut off." (That was an actual quote from my conversation with Excel Energy.)

Cloud · 04-23-2008, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by case

It bugs me when people say "often" without pronouncing the "t."

To me, pronouncing the 't' is an affectation--people trying to be highbrow.

eta: I just looked it up, and both pronunciations are in there, but sans-t is the first (preferred) version. I think it has to do with where you're from.

HungLikeJesus · 04-23-2008, 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by case

It bugs me when people say "often" without pronouncing the "t."

The word "y'all" used more than twice in one sentence is irritating, also. As in "Y'all gotta get y'all's finances figured out 'afore y'all get y'all's electricity shut off." (That was an actual quote from my conversation with Excel Energy.)

What about "All y'all"?

kerosene · 04-23-2008, 05:11 PM

I have always pronounced the "t." Meh, oh well.

HLJ, I think 1 "all ya'll" counts for 2 "y'all"s.

monster · 04-23-2008, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by case

It bugs me when people say "often" without pronouncing the "t."

But it's a perfectly acceptable pronunciation -it's the first option given in the Oxford English Dictionary.

eta, now I see cloud already said this.

monster · 04-23-2008, 07:42 PM

Do you pronounce the d in Wednesday too?

04-21-2008, 02:13 PM	#227
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Canyon leg--gone! Thanks so much. I'd much rather see a purdy bird when I open the link. No offense, HLJ. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-21-2008, 03:00 PM	#228
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	My insanely sunburned back. stupidstupidstupid. i'm always so good about putting sunscreen on, but apparently i forgot yesterday before working in the yard from 1-3. no, i didn't feel it happening. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

04-21-2008, 10:43 PM	#229
Razzmatazz13 Vicariously, I live... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,221	Hehe, I'm very badly sun burnt from my date on saturday, so I know the feeling....And it's a farmer's tan too....with a stripe... __________________ I have some people I need to have smoted. ~ SteveDallas

04-23-2008, 02:27 PM	#230
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	fic writers who write: "tact" instead of "tack" (as in, a new direction); "baited" instead of "bated" (as in, waiting with bated breath); and "loose" for "lose," dammit! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-23-2008, 02:29 PM	#231
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	What writers are you reading who do that? Miss Easy Bake Oven Master's Degree said the other day in a meeting: for all intensive purposes. I wanted to smack her. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-21-2008, 01:40 PM	#226
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	It's very rare that I'm able to help someone out with so little effort. EDIT: dammit, I thought that would be enough to flip the page. I guess I'm not as helpful as I thought. EDIT: My first edit pushed it over the top.

04-23-2008, 02:29 PM	#232
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	What's a 'fic writer'? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

04-23-2008, 02:30 PM	#233
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	fanfic writers-- "would of" instead of "would have" also makes me want to scream. In speech, it's not so bad, but I see it all the time in writing, too, albeit not so much in professional writing. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-23-2008, 02:33 PM	#234
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I read fanfiction--there's tons of it on the 'Net, usually based on tv shows, etc., and traditionally SF based, which has a long history of fanfic, although now there's lots of other genres. Most ('tho not all) I read is slash fanfiction; that is homoerotic. For instance, take any tv show you care to name, then put two male leads in a romantic relationship. Kirk/Spock ("kirk-slash-spock") was the original slash couple. and yes, I have written this stuff--in Smallville and The Sentinel. Weird, I know, but we all need hobbies! Mine are grammatically correct, at least. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-23-2008, 04:29 PM	#235
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	It bugs me when people say "often" without pronouncing the "t." The word "y'all" used more than twice in one sentence is irritating, also. As in "Y'all gotta get y'all's finances figured out 'afore y'all get y'all's electricity shut off." (That was an actual quote from my conversation with Excel Energy.)

04-23-2008, 05:11 PM	#238
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	I have always pronounced the "t." Meh, oh well. HLJ, I think 1 "all ya'll" counts for 2 "y'all"s.

04-23-2008, 07:42 PM	#240
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Do you pronounce the d in Wednesday too? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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