tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post4178023142903300877..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: More Pet Peeves..Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-91997677231452044582010-10-16T16:51:08.220-04:002010-10-16T16:51:08.220-04:00I've sure heard a lot of grizzly stories about...I've sure heard a lot of grizzly stories about bear attacks on defenseless hikers.<br /><br />(WV: Caling. "Who are you caling illiterate?")paxhttp://www.corneredcat.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-75042600323523674782010-10-16T12:19:06.118-04:002010-10-16T12:19:06.118-04:00What bugs me is the sentences where either discree...What bugs me is the sentences where either discreet or discrete could be used properly, but it's not clear from immediate context which the author meant to use.<br /><br />Strained example - "The other detective was running a discreet/discrete investigation on his own." Was it separate or quiet (or both?)<br /><br />OTOH, I've been known to use variants of the following sentence when doing new hire training at my shop: "We have a lot of discretion - use it discreetly". This gets far too many blank looks.Ian Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03704336044732061128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-9947243639722746382010-10-15T11:37:16.718-04:002010-10-15T11:37:16.718-04:00Tam: Have you seen this LOLCat:
http://icanhasc...Tam: Have you seen this LOLCat: <br />http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/be0f869b-ebe4-4fba-affc-eff809e6a13d.jpgDranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-36673982165164159022010-10-15T08:05:35.487-04:002010-10-15T08:05:35.487-04:00tract/track. Grrrrrr. I do not think a railroad ru...tract/track. Grrrrrr. I do not think a railroad runs in my innards.<br /><br />"On accident" instead of "by accident". Nobody says "by purpose"...YET.<br /><br />"Supposably" <br /><br />"I should have came/ran/ate/went/drank..."<br />That's a HUGE one for me. <br /><br />And my perennial favorite: its/it'sChristina RN LMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03260505524676910667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-40573007227767713472010-10-15T07:09:53.386-04:002010-10-15T07:09:53.386-04:00If the pearl is loose, you will lose it!!If the pearl is loose, you will lose it!!GeorgeAtlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-45160650219993568982010-10-15T00:54:16.486-04:002010-10-15T00:54:16.486-04:00We were born to be borne to "that undiscovere...We were <b>born</b> to be <b>borne</b> to "that undiscovered country from whose <b>bourne</b> no traveler returns."<br /><br />gvi<br /><br />WV codyncil (n): trade name for specialized anti-depressant that makes you feel better for writing your no-good nephew out of your will. Ask your doctor if codyncil is right for you.global village idiotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-3602744903906411552010-10-14T14:20:34.595-04:002010-10-14T14:20:34.595-04:00My preferred version says, "With breath that ...My preferred version says, "With breath that smells like bait."Crucishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15441911110953212619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-30375949236688612812010-10-14T13:01:58.514-04:002010-10-14T13:01:58.514-04:00Oh yeah, contingent versus contingency, as when yo...Oh yeah, contingent versus contingency, as when you read something like, "The legislature has a large rural contingency."Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-90992736972445356392010-10-14T12:37:34.323-04:002010-10-14T12:37:34.323-04:00You need to add rogue and rouge. There's an a...You need to add rogue and rouge. There's an amazing amount of ne'er do wells that wear blusher apparently. At least from the way everyone spells it!Shadow Lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270445019441758518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1560006024619569502010-10-14T10:20:37.599-04:002010-10-14T10:20:37.599-04:00@ Ken,
Ohhhh, yes! Among handgun shooters, the qu...@ Ken,<br /><br />Ohhhh, yes! Among handgun shooters, the question is "Which is your dominate eye?"<br /><br />*shudder*<br /><br />Almost as bad as someone asking about your training regime.paxhttp://www.corneredcat.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-71735737303189659452010-10-14T09:44:06.447-04:002010-10-14T09:44:06.447-04:00For grammar snobs everywhere:
http://hyperboleand...For grammar snobs everywhere:<br /><br />http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html<br /><br />Enjoy.NYEMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08376647828923494384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-19720948236574573032010-10-14T09:10:54.691-04:002010-10-14T09:10:54.691-04:00OOHHH! I hate orientate. Sadly, I've discove...OOHHH! I hate orientate. Sadly, I've discovered that orientate is the intransitive tense, and orient is the trasitive tense. I will have to direct my outrage elsewhere.Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16200955977200733006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-22160892375681964552010-10-14T08:18:19.338-04:002010-10-14T08:18:19.338-04:00It's worse than you think. Among people who wr...It's worse than you think. Among people who write about team sports on the Internets these days, rhapsodizing about Athlete A's "dominate performance" has become a dominant locution.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-59414595986038902832010-10-14T00:05:07.289-04:002010-10-14T00:05:07.289-04:00I raise free range peeves myself...I raise free range peeves myself...JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02448124833598565813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-64606147746802087482010-10-13T23:22:05.347-04:002010-10-13T23:22:05.347-04:00I confess!
I once used the phrase "To some u...I confess!<br /><br />I once used the phrase "To some up" instead of "To sum up"<br />--- which is really embarrassing to someone who used to be a proofreader (back in the Old Stone Age).Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720409839023747889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29849562420906704332010-10-13T23:12:21.079-04:002010-10-13T23:12:21.079-04:00'Or should it be: "There eating there lun...'Or should it be: "There eating there lunch over their?"'<br /><br />I reckon that depends on who is eating whom.parabarbarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04987535851654809713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29401192933861357612010-10-13T22:29:19.198-04:002010-10-13T22:29:19.198-04:00I can't believe nobody's thrown this one o...I can't believe nobody's thrown this one out. I see this the most:<br /><br />"They're eating their lunch over there."<br /><br />Or should it be: "There eating there lunch over their?"chiefjaybobhttp://hinckleyfd.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-85845652959372156382010-10-13T22:07:46.869-04:002010-10-13T22:07:46.869-04:00"Orientate." Grrr."Orientate." Grrr.Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-18166955947595411782010-10-13T21:54:19.887-04:002010-10-13T21:54:19.887-04:00Since we're being redundant I am tempted to of...Since we're being redundant I am tempted to offer a refined version of my play on this series title from the last episode, on behalf of all the regular peeves out there...<br /><br /><br />*******************<br />"Pet" peeves, eh?<br /><br />With that title, you're showing your prejudice. <br /><br />*and*<br /><br />That title is your showing that you're prejudiced.<br />*******************<br /><br /><br />Now if that weren't so sadly apres le fait* it woulda been AT FTW, but now it's just pathetic, so...<br /><br />I think I'll just pedal my big A on home rather than try to peddle** my candidacy for a Tammy award.<br /><br />*I don't know how to make one o' them little ack-sent marks, and for that matter don't speak or understand that French shit at all, but it just seemed apropos...<br /><br />**And why the eff is the term soft-pedal - a play (heh) on the piano's mute pedal - most often used to mean a less strident or more subdued and circumspect making of one's case, rather than the far more logical but apparently nonexistent *soft-peddle*, as antonymic of *hard-sell*? Sometimes you just hafta create yer own grammar.<br /><br />ATAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-16632000935180857542010-10-13T20:12:22.341-04:002010-10-13T20:12:22.341-04:00The best spell checker is the one between your ear...The best spell checker is the one between your ears. Of course, that works better in other languages than Anglic! <br /><br />Where the past tense and past participle of plead is both pleaded and pled. <br /><br />There are times when I pine for the relative simplicity of Latin declensions. <br /><br />StrangerStrangerhttp://extranosalley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-599424052101347992010-10-13T19:39:06.593-04:002010-10-13T19:39:06.593-04:00Have you snuggled up with The Great Typo Hunt yet?...Have you snuggled up with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Great-Typo-Hunt-Changing-Correction/dp/0307591077/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1287013010&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow"><i>The Great Typo Hunt</i></a> yet?Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-65206986949369119002010-10-13T19:28:06.981-04:002010-10-13T19:28:06.981-04:00@Anon 6:51: Ooooooh...@Anon 6:51: Ooooooh...Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-74955618333739265472010-10-13T19:00:00.807-04:002010-10-13T19:00:00.807-04:00Grammar. It's not just your momma's momma...Grammar. It's not just your momma's momma....NMM1AFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04368724974744404781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-87099389465680555772010-10-13T18:51:51.878-04:002010-10-13T18:51:51.878-04:00I thought that you knew that Nu, the new gnu at th...I thought that you knew that Nu, the new gnu at the zoo was named in sequence with it's siblings Kappa Lambda and Mu.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-5458479552025128342010-10-13T18:29:51.689-04:002010-10-13T18:29:51.689-04:00brake/break. grr.brake/break. grr.Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16200955977200733006noreply@blogger.com