[Archived] Pet Peeves.

[Radagast]

Mispronounced words, now you've got me started!

Cervical - cer-vic-al. NOT cer-vy-ic-al.

[mellison24]

Not a peeve, but some of my fave mispronunciations:

Chester Drawers. (Chest of drawers)

Ath-uh-letes. (Athletes)

Calvary. (Cavalry).

[dulwich]

"I learned them" instead of "I taught them".

[bazza]

"I learned them" instead of "I taught them".

Old Lancashire expression. Perhaps through ignorance but many people used the verb "learn" instead of "teach"

[mellison24]

Old Lancashire expression. Perhaps through ignorance but many people used the verb "learn" instead of "teach"

I normally hear it said in an ironic tone.

[cn174]

People who put the end full stop outside of the quote (learned this from a proofreader I worked with and has annoyed me since).

People who use loose to mean the opposite of win.

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling

[bazza]

Thank you Clare. That gave me my evening's hysterics.

I hope I haven't spelt your name wrong. (Or spelled your name wrongly, even).

[Blue n White Rover]

When people regard a mistake as a "blonde moment"...No it's not a blonde moment, it's just because you're a thick tw**!

[adopted scouser]

Mispronounced words, now you've got me started!

Cervical - cer-vic-al. NOT cer-vy-ic-al.

Arthritis NOT Arthur itis

A disease of Arthurs ?

[American]

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling

When I went to school, we were not allowed to use "a lot" in papers for some odd reason.

Another is re-signed and resigned. See it on sports boards all the time: Dunny resigned. He quit? Great!

[Radagast]

Arthritis NOT Arthur itis

A disease of Arthurs ?

Don't know about Scousepool, but adding extra syllables to words is one of the west of Scotland's most endearing traits.

"I'm daein' ma i-ur-nin'" (ironing)

"I need a new ty-ur fur ma motor" (tyre)

etc

[whittle blue]

• Manc. dialect that's killed off the letter 't' in Lancashire speech
  e.g. "I'll see you lay ah (later)". Probably due to an overkill of a certain TV soap opera.
  
• Soap operas.
  
• Noisy kids in pubs. Correction, kids in pubs.
  
• People who whistle, especially the warbler types who think everyone's impressed with their 'skill'.
  
• Scousers - they're a laugh & everyone loves 'em.
  
• Yanks - they're the only people on the planet.
  
• Johnathan Woss- a TV pwesenter who can't speak pwoperwy and is paid a fortune for it.
  
• Compensation seekers when the money isn't actually compensating money lost.
  
• TV programs that keep interrupting the adverts.
  

I'm off to bed. 'night all

[adopted scouser]

• Manc. dialect that's killed off the letter 't' in Lancashire speech
  e.g. "I'll see you lay ah (later)". Probably due to an overkill of a certain TV soap opera.
  
• Soap operas.
  
• Noisy kids in pubs. Correction, kids in pubs.
  
• People who whistle, especially the warbler types who think everyone's impressed with their 'skill'.
  
• Scousers - they're a laugh & everyone loves 'em.
  
• Yanks - they're the only people on the planet.
  
• Johnathan Woss- a TV pwesenter who can't speak pwoperwy and is paid a fortune for it.
  
• Compensation seekers when the money isn't actually compensating money lost.
  
• TV programs that keep interrupting the adverts.
  

I'm off to bed. 'night all

Yeah, stop in bed. F*** me

[whittle blue]

F*** me

No thanks

[adopted scouser]

No thanks

Cheer up. Nowt wrong with kids in pubs during the day, I have American friends.

Curmudgeon - no need for it

[mellison24]

• Manc. dialect that's killed off the letter 't' in Lancashire speech
  e.g. "I'll see you lay ah (later)". Probably due to an overkill of a certain TV soap opera.
  
• Soap operas.
  
• Noisy kids in pubs. Correction, kids in pubs.
  
• People who whistle, especially the warbler types who think everyone's impressed with their 'skill'.
  
• Scousers - they're a laugh & everyone loves 'em.
  
• Yanks - they're the only people on the planet.
  
• Johnathan Woss- a TV pwesenter who can't speak pwoperwy and is paid a fortune for it.
  
• Compensation seekers when the money isn't actually compensating money lost.
  
• TV programs that keep interrupting the adverts.
  

I'm off to bed. 'night all

I take exception to that. Just because he can't pronounce his R's? He's still a very good preseter and Friday nights will be dull after the end of his last series. You must be a nightmare to live with!

[American]

[*]Yanks - they're the only people on the planet.

Nah, we're just the best people on the planet....

[Tom]

I hate the fact that they took all the good fatty stuff out of my favourite crisps.

Put the artificial flavourings back in my worcster sauce wheat crunchies dammit I don't care if it turns me into a baboon or what not I can make the choice to take that risk myself.

[super_arran]

English people who say "ass" instead of "arse"

[neekoy]

One of my flat mates (I've not been petty enough to find out which) has a habit of closing over the lid on the toothpast tube but not actually clicking it shut, which for some reason annoys the living hell out of me.

Because it goes hard and you have to either clean it with hot water or use the crusty bit on your teeth. EDIT: I call this the sauce bottle issue

The other one is vegemite (or marmite) in your butter or when people use a wet spoon in the Milo tin and next time it is rock hard

[Eddie]

English people who say "ass" instead of "arse"

I'll sort of add to this and say British people who adopt a very bad American accent when saying certain words as a result of popular culture, this can even bother me sometimes when people are singing.

My biggest is without doubt gum, can't understand why people think I need to see/hear them chew away like a cow. Poor table manners in general also bother me.

[mellison24]

Karaoke singers who take themselves too seriously. You can (Please don't use that word again) right off! Karaoke is a great laugh with mates but then you go and spoil it by being serious about your ###### attempts to copy (and murder) the great songs.

The feckwit who left a floater in toilet sink in the gents in the building where I have my lectures.

[super_arran]

Karaoke singers who take themselves too seriously. You can (Please don't use that word again) right off! Karaoke is a great laugh with mates but then you go and spoil it by being serious about your ###### attempts to copy (and murder) the great songs.

The feckwit who left a floater in toilet sink in the gents in the building where I have my lectures.

haha that's quite funny to be fair

[tcj_jones]

At my local there was a serial urinal poo-er that would drop one every Monday night. Classy establishment!

[Ozz]

The phrase `Heads Up`, when used to describe the act of giving info out.

As in, "Thanks Radio Rovers for the Heads up on Andrews starting this afternoon, I will stay at home now."