Topic: Pet Peeves (Read 16257 times)

Normandie · « **Reply #100 on:** August 10, 2021, 05:11:23 PM »

Quote from: Normandie on August 10, 2021, 02:45:56 PM

This has been bothering me.

Nimrod, I've tried DM'in you but it's not working for some reason. (Or, if it is, then you've gotten like 6 messages from me.

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Just wanted to apologize if it seemed like it was snapping back at you in my post the other day. It wasn't intentional. I have a frustrating tendency to type faster than I think, and I don't always appreciate my tone until later.

So, apologies!

Normandie · « **Reply #101 on:** September 16, 2021, 03:33:43 PM »

I got this text from my older daughter yesterday. You can tell she's worked up because she didn't use any punctuation (or cap "Target").

The apple didn't fall far from the tree.

nimrod · « **Reply #102 on:** September 16, 2021, 11:18:54 PM »

During our long train ride in Canada we had 4 young ladies sat adjacent to us, 18 or 19 years old.
They were a bit giggly and a bit loud but just happy I guess.
Anyway you could hear every word and I started to "tune into" the number of time they said "like".

After an hour it was driving me crazy.

Normandie · « **Reply #103 on:** September 16, 2021, 11:34:48 PM »

^^^^^

So you picked up on that, too!

nimrod · « **Reply #104 on:** September 17, 2021, 12:14:12 AM »

Quote from: Normandie on September 16, 2021, 11:34:48 PM

^^^^^

So you picked up on that, too!

Its caught on here in Oz too, I like, hate it.

No seriously, its worse than the Australian upward inflection at the end of sentences.

https://youtu.be/KpBYnL5fAXE

Moogmodule · « **Reply #105 on:** September 17, 2021, 02:46:53 AM »

My daughter got into that habit in her teenage years. we started to fine her ten cents every time she said “like” that wasn’t in a sentence such as I like cheese, or I like the Beatles. Actually I fined her 50 cents then as it should be I love the Beatles.

Anyway. It cured her of the habit and was a good lesson for her younger brother.

Normandie · « **Reply #106 on:** September 17, 2021, 03:22:03 AM »

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Moogmodule · « **Reply #107 on:** September 17, 2021, 03:29:00 AM »

I don’t find it offensive. Just really annoying when it starts pervading every sentence. Luckily my kids never took to the “shut up” or “totally” thing. Although we would have made a lot of money out of fines.

Moogmodule · « **Reply #108 on:** September 17, 2021, 03:48:20 AM »

Quote from: Normandie on September 16, 2021, 03:33:43 PM

I got this text from my older daughter yesterday. You can tell she's worked up because she didn't use any punctuation (or cap "Target").

The apple didn't fall far from the tree.

There’s a special place in hell for people who buy huge cars that they don’t know how to drive. And, if there’s any justice, all the parking spots there will be really small

Normandie · « **Reply #109 on:** September 17, 2021, 03:50:08 AM »

Normandie · « **Reply #110 on:** September 17, 2021, 03:52:37 AM »

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Normandie · « **Reply #111 on:** September 17, 2021, 03:56:42 AM »

Normandie · « **Reply #112 on:** September 17, 2021, 09:07:15 AM »

blmeanie · « **Reply #113 on:** September 17, 2021, 11:40:35 AM »

Quote from: Normandie on September 17, 2021, 03:22:03 AM

Now, if she'd thrown in a few "totally"s, I might have rebuked her for Valley-speak.

My youngest, now 19, uses "literally" in literally every sentence (see what I did there?).

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #114 on:** September 17, 2021, 11:51:41 PM »

Quote from: Normandie on September 17, 2021, 03:22:03 AM

Now, if she'd thrown in a few "totally"s, I might have rebuked her for Valley-speak.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb21lsCQ3EM" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb21lsCQ3EM</a>

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #115 on:** September 18, 2021, 12:08:03 AM »

Quote from: nimrod on September 16, 2021, 11:18:54 PM

During our long train ride in Canada we had 4 young ladies sat adjacent to us, 18 or 19 years old.
They were a bit giggly and a bit loud but just happy I guess.
Anyway you could hear every word and I started to "tune into" the number of time they said "like".

After an hour it was driving me crazy.

Quote from: nimrod on September 17, 2021, 12:14:12 AM

Its caught on here in Oz too, I like, hate it.

No seriously, its worse than the Australian upward inflection at the end of sentences.

https://youtu.be/KpBYnL5fAXE

Quote from: blmeanie on September 17, 2021, 11:40:35 AM

My youngest, now 19, uses "literally" in literally every sentence (see what I did there?).

Maybe this is the result of a virus which remained latent in the San Fernando Valley for nearly forty years and is now spreading world wide....

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIOocUQkfzk" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIOocUQkfzk</a>

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #116 on:** September 18, 2021, 12:46:07 AM »

So, you hear them say "grody (grotty) to the max." The virus possibly originated in Liverpool. George Harrison was one of the first to show signs of the infection...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QREeweMWTZk" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QREeweMWTZk</a>

2:12

Normandie · « **Reply #117 on:** September 18, 2021, 02:35:06 AM »

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #118 on:** September 18, 2021, 03:45:06 AM »

Quote from: Normandie on September 18, 2021, 02:35:06 AM

I just noticed that a few years ago in a Beatles book. I recall thinking—wait, I thought "grody/grotty" was a Valley Girl term! I was wrong.

George uses the term "dead grotty." That's an even better hyperbole than the Valley Girl term "grotty to the max."

nimrod · « **Reply #119 on:** September 18, 2021, 06:33:51 AM »

Quote from: Hello Goodbye on September 18, 2021, 03:45:06 AM

George uses the term "dead grotty." That's an even better hyperbole than the Valley Girl term "grotty to the max."

I love that

Dead grotty

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