Words and phrases I hate

[iaefebs]

A few alternative signatures I found funny,
“Sent from my Atari 2600″

“Sent from Portable Telephone Machine”

“Sent from my whiteberry”

“This space for rent. Offers only accepted via fax.”

“Sent from my eyePhone”

“Sent from my cassette tape player”

“Sent using the interwebs”

“Sent from my iPod Shuffle”

 

[snowtires]

Sending out a commercial for some product you purchased every time you send a message.. I don't understand it either. I never know if the person is proud, or too lazy to fix it.

Sent from my Charter 30 Mbps home built desktop.

Too lz

 

[MaxStout]

A few alternative signatures I found funny,
“Sent from my Atari 2600″

“Sent from Portable Telephone Machine”

“Sent from my whiteberry”

“This space for rent. Offers only accepted via fax.”

“Sent from my eyePhone”

“Sent from my cassette tape player”

“Sent using the interwebs”

“Sent from my iPod Shuffle”

Sent from my ENIAC 1 computer.

In other news, Japanese government officials sign unconditional surrender in ceremony aboard USS Missouri....film at eleven...

 

[Zuljin]

A few alternative signatures I found funny,
“Sent from my Atari 2600″

“Sent from Portable Telephone Machine”

“Sent from my whiteberry”

“This space for rent. Offers only accepted via fax.”

“Sent from my eyePhone”

“Sent from my cassette tape player”

“Sent using the interwebs”

“Sent from my iPod Shuffle”

I have a whiteberry. It's white.

 

[gometz]

I have a whiteberry. It's white.

Racist.

My phrase I hate: "I can't give you an example, just don't do it!" Sorry, had my fiancee tell me that tonight and I still don't know what I did wrong. Oh well, she had some drinks in her so doubt she meant it.

 

[JohnSand]

Yeah. I love women, but my first wife once told me "You're supposed to think of what I want!"
She was sober, so I'm sure she meant it.

 

[GrogNerd]

there's a topic for a whole other thread: sh*t SWMBO says that you're supposed to interpret as something other than what the words out of her mouth actually meant

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

"Multiple", at least applied in the context of football.

Seems every talking head in the game that is referring to a team that runs a bunch of different formations as "being multiple". I can't stand it.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

"Social justice." or "Economic justice." No such things. They're just pinko commie buzzwords for "redistribution of wealth."

 

[Rhumbline]

"Social justice." or "Economic justice." No such things. They're just pinko commie buzzwords for "redistribution of wealth."

Yeah, I've yet to meet anyone who was in favor of the redistribution of THEIR wealth.

Remember, no matter how f'd up you think your circumstances might be, there are millions who would trade places in a minute.

 

[jhoneycutt]

Yeah, I've yet to meet anyone who was in favor of the redistribution of THEIR wealth.

Remember, no matter how f'd up you think your circumstances might be, there are millions who would trade places in a minute.

Yep. I work too hard for what I have for some who refuses to work to just vote and take it from me.

 

[GuldTuborg]

So, back to words and phrases...

 

[Bryophyta]

How about pinko commie?

 

[Billy-Klubb]

How about pinko commie?

that just makes me laugh.

 

[Bryophyta]

The one that annoys me the most is orientated.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

ham
super
carpet fiber
dust
digestive system

 

[snowtires]

Yeah we have to get "orientated" at work. The Asian guy always says he already is

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Home Brew mobile app

 

[jeepinxj]

"At any rate" wtf does that even mean?

"Mitigate" people use this word and don't even know what it means

 

[HornetSparky]

Trying to lower my pedantic grammar threshold, but that's a work in progress.

"'s" as a plural
Irregardless
Very unique
Gift as a verb (and gifting)
Calling a lectern a podium

 

[GuldTuborg]

"Mitigate" people use this word and don't even know what it means

Out of curiosity, how do you hear people use it?

"'s" as a plural

Welcome to the internet, where there are 10 times as many apostrophes as there should be. Which is why it really irks me when people say ******* stuff like "I should of pitched more yeast." Don't you know if your grammar was good enough to get you through 3rd grade, you could use another apostrophe?!? What could possibly be better than finding another way to cram one more apostrophe in that jibberish you're trying to pass off as English? You're missing out, chum!

 

[DrunkleJon]

Out of curiosity, how do you hear people use it?



Welcome to the internet, where there are 10 times as many apostrophes as there should be. Which is why it really irks me when people say ******* stuff like "I should of pitched more yeast." Don't you know if your grammar was good enough to get you through 3rd grade, you could use another apostrophe?!? What could possibly be better than finding another way to cram one more apostrophe in that jibberish you're trying to pass off as English? You're missing out, chum!

Yeah you shoulda used shoulda instead

Is that better?

 

[gometz]

Out of curiosity, how do you hear people use it?



Welcome to the internet, where there are 10 times as many apostrophes as there should be. Which is why it really irks me when people say ******* stuff like "I should of pitched more yeast." Don't you know if your grammar was good enough to get you through 3rd grade, you could use another apostrophe?!? What could possibly be better than finding another way to cram one more apostrophe in that jibberish you're trying to pass off as English? You're missing out, chum!

I have become so numb to seeing writing like this that I didn't catch the error at first...

What kind of grinds my gears is when someone at work who has 10+ years of experience in engineering and writes letters to the EPA doesn't know how to spell or the difference between "formerly" and "formally" or "personal" and "personnel". They made a presentation where I couldn't figure out what was going on because of the formally/formerly issue.

 

[GuldTuborg]

Yeah you shoulda used shoulda instead

Is that better?

Much better than the nonsensical "should of." At least this captures a common colloquialism accurately. Phrases like "should of" and "could of" and such are errors where the author can't be bothered to think about what he or she is writing for the briefest of moments.

 

[707]

Sorry to interrupt the grammar lesson.

I can't stand the words 'fair' and 'accept'. As in "to be fair, you have to accept my lifestyle"

 

[cheezydemon3]

Sorry to interrupt the grammar lesson.

I can't stand the words 'fair' and 'accept'. As in "to be fair, you have to accept my lifestyle"

Ummmmmm.....what? You hate them in that particular statement?

Sounds like you hate the phrase "to be fair" which I can dig.

If you hate the phrase someone says about being tolerant, the I may cross swords with you.

 

[GuldTuborg]

then I may cross swords with you.

You mean in a duel kind of way, or a gay porn kind of way?


Just bustin' yer balls, buddy. You basically captured my gut reaction, too.

 

[dobe12]

"I seen" as in "The other day I seen this awesome.... (insert whatever here)"

Hate this. Drives me nuts. Not sure if it's just a Jersey thing or not, but it makes you sound like an uneducated moron!

Also your and you're. It's not hard people. YOUR shows ownership. YOU'RE means YOU ARE. As in "You're a moron." or "Your moron." One means you are a moron. The other means you are the owner of a moron.

And the punctuation thing. I see posts where no punctuation is used. No periods, no commas, not even a capital letter. How the f##k are we suppose to understand YOUR question when we can't tell where a sentence begins or ends.

 

[GuldTuborg]

And the punctuation thing. I see posts where no punctuation is used. No periods, no commas, not even a capital letter. How the f##k are we suppose to understand YOUR question when we can't tell where a sentence begins or ends.

Out of curiosity, is it this worse than the author who knows only one form of punctuation, the ellipsis? I waffle on this one. Is it more painful to see no punctuation at all, or a crapton of ellipses? I just don't know. You?

 

[cheezydemon3]

Out of curiosity, is it this worse than the author who knows only one form of punctuation, the ellipsis? I waffle on this one. Is it more painful to see no punctuation at all, or a crapton of ellipses? I just don't know. You?

Ummm......

I use them to illustrate a pause or uncomfortable silence. I know they can also be used as in: "Goldtuborg is a ..." (insert "personifacation of AWESOMENESS") to show that a word was left out.

To answer your other question, I am a champion of Tolerance and carry a REAL sword.....(in addition to my PENIS)

 

[GuldTuborg]

There is a time and place for everything, including properly placed ellipses and drawings of your sword(s). It's all in the timing.

And I tip my hat to you, sir, for your very kind compliment.