This is just a pet peave of mine. I'm by no means an English scholar, but it is something that bothers me.
To: occamrzr06
(redacted comment, too much self-esteem))
2 posted on
07/03/2008 3:08:19 PM PDT by
Doctor Raoul
(Fire the CIA and hire the Free Clinic, someone who knows how to stop leaks.)
To: occamrzr06
3 posted on
07/03/2008 3:09:38 PM PDT by
raybbr
(You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!)
To: occamrzr06
There are so many X rated jokes in this thread waiting to be born.....
4 posted on
07/03/2008 3:09:57 PM PDT by
stravinskyrules
(Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa-Lobos?)
To: occamrzr06
My pet language peeve:
Voila is French for “here it is.” Viola is Italian for “big fiddle.”
5 posted on
07/03/2008 3:09:59 PM PDT by
Slings and Arrows
(~ ~ FREE LAZAMATAZ! ~ ~ [Shipping and handling charges may apply.])
To: occamrzr06
Obligatory "Blazing Saddles" reference......
Sheriff Bart's friend: "They said you was hung."
Sheriff Bart: "They was right!"
8 posted on
07/03/2008 3:19:14 PM PDT by
Lizavetta
To: occamrzr06
The improper use of everyday vs. every day makes me crazy.
9 posted on
07/03/2008 3:20:34 PM PDT by
Lizavetta
To: occamrzr06
How’s your hammer hangin’?
14 posted on
07/03/2008 3:31:16 PM PDT by
i_dont_chat
(The elephant has fallen and it can't get up.)
To: occamrzr06
We are loosing our cents of spell because of phonix.
15 posted on
07/03/2008 3:31:40 PM PDT by
wildbill
( FR---changing history by erasing it from memory.)
To: occamrzr06
What's the proper usage with this guy?
-PJ
19 posted on
07/03/2008 3:37:35 PM PDT by
Political Junkie Too
(Repeal the 17th amendment -- it's the "Fairness Doctrine" for Congress!)
To: occamrzr06
Before I forget...
People are hanged; meat is hung.
22 posted on
07/03/2008 3:41:32 PM PDT by
Slings and Arrows
(~ ~ FREE LAZAMATAZ! ~ ~ [Shipping and handling charges may apply.])
To: occamrzr06
Doesn’t
“well” go in front of one of those words toward the end of that paragraph?
23 posted on
07/03/2008 3:41:32 PM PDT by
Quix
(WE HAVE THE OIL NOW http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3340274697167011147)
To: occamrzr06
This is just a pet peave of mine. Yes, I know. They're a pet PEEVE of mine, too.
24 posted on
07/03/2008 3:48:30 PM PDT by
IronJack
(=)
To: occamrzr06
This is just a pet peave of mine I also am by no means an English scholar, but I also have pet peeves.
You singled out one of them. Another one that annoys me is the use of the word "gender" when referring to the sex of a human. The word gender refers to grammar, not human sex.
Yet another is when one says they "got" married. They did not get married; they married.
The worse, and it is virtually everywhere, is something "for" free. It is not for free; it is just free.
When I was a young man, I might not have known the correct pronunciation of a word I read for the first time. Then, one day, I would hear it used by a radio commentator and learned the correct pronunciation and the proper grammar. Today, television news people’s grammar is terrible and should be avoided as a learning tool.
26 posted on
07/03/2008 3:53:44 PM PDT by
MosesKnows
(Love many, Trust few, and always paddle your own canoe)
To: occamrzr06
Plural of cannon is cannon! Deer, not Deers... etc.
To: occamrzr06
Ah... similar to our old sailor’s argument about lamps and lights being “lit” or “lighted”. As in: “Now the smoking lamp is lighted”.
Lamps are lighted. Things illuminated ~by~ the lamp are “lit”. As in: “The aircraft was lit up by the searchlight” or “a lit cigarette”.
That’s my understanding of it, but I could be completely wrong.
31 posted on
07/03/2008 4:03:06 PM PDT by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: occamrzr06
I came up with this as a teenager to remember the difference—he hung the rope but hanged the man.
To: occamrzr06
(bowing, kissing feet, etc.) THANK YOU!!! I wish I had a nickel for every time I’ve wanted to post this.
44 posted on
07/03/2008 4:38:07 PM PDT by
redhead
(B-I-NGO...B-I-NGO...)
To: occamrzr06
Charlie: They said you was hung!!!
Bart: And they was RIGHT!
46 posted on
07/03/2008 4:45:45 PM PDT by
Centurion2000
(A citizen using a weapon to shoot a criminal is the ultimate act of independence from government.)
To: occamrzr06
On the campus of Ball State University, there is a portrait of the five Ball brothers who founded the school. Beneath the portrait is a small plaque that reads: “Hung by the Balls”.
True story...I think...but even if isn’t, it’s still funny...
49 posted on
07/03/2008 6:41:10 PM PDT by
mozarky2
(Ya never stand so tall as when ya stoop to stomp a statist!)
To: occamrzr06
My peeve is “noone” instead of no one.
Noone isn’t a word. Anyone is.
50 posted on
07/03/2008 6:47:12 PM PDT by
Malsua
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