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injest:
--- Quote from: LauraGigs on April 21, 2009, 02:26:46 pm ---Amen, sister and brother! I can't stand the abysmal spelling and grammar all over the internet.
A pet peeve I think no one has mentioned: loud, repeated yawning, especially over the phone. I have a friend who regularly calls me while relaxing in bed: "I'm just lying in bed [YAWN], just being lazy.... [YAWN] God I'm feeling so laaaaazy today [YAWN]...
I keep asking her not to do that but it never seems to take. (And also, does such a phone call have any purpose, or do people not have anything better to do than listen to you yawn?)
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for me it is newspapers or books whose editors used spellcheck so they have sentences like this:
"We took the boat out to them lake"
cause 'them' is a word, spellcheck doesn't catch it.
my other pet peeve? people that correct other people's spelling or grammer on an informal website. You never know if the person you are 'correcting' is a non English speaker...I want to hear what people think..I dont' care about spelling.
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on April 21, 2009, 02:26:13 pm ---But the "serial comma" is not a misuse. Some of us still consider that the proper use. ???
Not using a comma before "and" in a series is a dang, newfangled innovation. ... >:(
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Okay, if I'm allowed to be a serial comma user, then which comma(s) were you thinking were misused, in the spirit of wanting to improve myself friend!
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: injest on April 21, 2009, 08:24:06 pm ---
I REALLY dont' want to see snot, urine, feces, seminal fluid....none of that stuff....milk isnt' that much different to me. It is all 'natural'..dont' make it less disgusting.
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Just after my sister gave birth to her first child, she thought it would be funny to squirt me in the face with her milk. :P
It was not funny. >:(
Front-Ranger:
It's interesting that the top two things that people hate are rudeness and mean people. I agree. Who wouldn't hate that? But, then, there's so much of it around!! Why, I wonder!
About belching & burping, nose picking, bum scratching, hairiness, etc. that doesn't bother me if it's a friend. Those are all endearing qualities IMHO! Also, people who spit when talking, they are likely to be passionate about what they're saying. I just try to dodge the wetness and keep on listening! Bad breath and bad hygiene don't bother me; I probably give back in kind!
So, there are people who detest immigrants? Why? aren't we all immigrants? I don't think there are many Native Americans on BetterMost (maybe David, partly!)
Hearing someone use the bathroom: now that is funny. Some guys sound like a horse when they let loose! It doesn't bother me at all.
injest:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on April 21, 2009, 10:12:46 pm ---It's interesting that the top two things that people hate are rudeness and mean people. I agree. Who wouldn't hate that? But, then, there's so much of it around!! Why, I wonder!
About belching & burping, nose picking, bum scratching, hairiness, etc. that doesn't bother me if it's a friend. Those are all endearing qualities IMHO! Also, people who spit when talking, they are likely to be passionate about what they're saying. I just try to dodge the wetness and keep on listening! Bad breath and bad hygiene don't bother me; I probably give back in kind!
So, there are people who detest immigrants? Why? aren't we all immigrants? I don't think there are many Native Americans on BetterMost (maybe David, partly!)
Hearing someone use the bathroom: now that is funny. Some guys sound like a horse when they let loose! It doesn't bother me at all.
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Lee?
no offense sweetie...but TMI!!!
TMI TMI!!
:laugh: :laugh: ;)
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