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Pet Peeves, let's hear them.

Dat is in no dictionary in the world.

Yet :hiding:

This concept that language is set in stone is entirely ridiculous. English has been continually changing for as long as it has been in the British Isles. Each change would have been considered a 'devolution' by many. The truth is that it's simplification.

You know "aks", that misspoken "ask" that people consider a sign of stupidity? Chaucer spelled it "aks". This was a time when English would differ over small geographic spaces because the written word was only a representation of the spoken word, and the spoken word always differs depending on accent, culture etc. If an English person wrote on, for examples sake, a Facebook update: "Going t'pub for a pint", and someone else wrote "dis pint is warm", what's the difference? One is quaint and seen as cute and traditional, the other is a sign of English's direction, so it's new and scary.

In terms of personal pronouns of the second person we have, since Old English, moved from:
þū (nominative singular)
ġē (nominative plural)
þē (accusative singular formal)
þeċ (accusative singular informal)
ēow (accusative plural formal)
ēowiċ (accusative plural informal)
þē (dative singular)
ēow (dative plural)
þīn (genitive singular)
ēower (genitive plural)

In the Middle Ages 'you' and 'your' replaced all formal singulars and formal plurals, while the informal singulars and the informal nominative plural were replaced with 'thou', 'thee', 'thine' and 'ye'.

Today, it's 'you' and 'your' in each case. What a devolution, right? :smug:
 
Yeah I'm an American, and it annoys the crap out of me too. How bad is it when you can't stand the annoying verbal habits of your own people? :atoz:

Another example: "Awesome". In America, everything is "awesome" (See? I'm using hyperbole too! :ninja:).

The problem is, if "awesome" routinely comes out of your mouth several times per day, every day, to characterize even the most mundane and ordinary things, what word do you then use to describe that rare something that actually is awesome? :rollno:

It's a form of linguistic inflation... :hmm:

MM

Awesome is definitely one of the most over-used.
 
Proffesional journalists or even science presenters who say things like
"This thing is three times bigger than that thing" (when I assume they mean three times the size oF...)
Or, "the driver was three times over the limit"....three times "what" over the limit.?
three time the limit, over the limit, would be four times the limit...not what they meant!
 
I hate when people drive up my a$$ and now with the pedestrian crossing law in NJ ( if a pedestrian is in a cross walk in you have to stop or get a ticket) So in the morning people are always in these designated areas so you have to do the posted speed limit so you have time to stop and I got this jack off driving on my bumper but the solution is always not far away the traffic cops are always looking for these jerks. or just voice dial *77
not a myth
http://www.dmv.org/nj-new-jersey/safety-laws.php

Call #77 (New Jersey's Aggressive Driver System) if you suspect a driver of being drunk or a road threat. Provide the driver's license plate number, vehicle make and model, location, and travel direction. Do not try to stop the vehicle on your own.
 
When I have butt hugging drivers I like to spontaneously clean my windshield. Most of them will squirt the water right over your car and onto theirs so it can be effective.

Yes! - now you have a car that can't see you on your tail...
(Was that the effect you were going for ?)

Here's the other side of that coin...
If you are driving 15 mph under the limit, you are not winning friends and influencing people...