# a very minor pitting. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 4, 2007, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-minor-pitting/386639 "2007-01-04T03:22:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-minor-pitting/386639/1 "2007-01-04T03:22:44Z")
this is annoying. isn’t this annoying? and it’s not like it takes much work to fix. the shift key is right there! and yes, i’m a pedant with a bug up his butt about nothing. i just see this, and some grammar-respecting part of my brain starts complaining. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-minor-pitting/386639/2 "2007-01-04T03:26:40Z")
Fuckin A ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-minor-pitting/386639/3 "2007-01-04T03:28:11Z")
Aw, MAN! Stupid code. That was supposed to be in all caps, but apparently new smart-tech code auto-case-changed it, changing my lame joke into something inscrutable. Hmm. Maybe the code was looking out for me after all. I like being inscrutable. Daniel disappearing a flash of smoke ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-minor-pitting/386639/4 "2007-01-04T03:31:09Z")
I don’t know if it’s unique to Mac keyboards or not, but the last several Macs I’ve had pretty much require me to do a one-fingered hand stand on the shift key to get a cap. I have very strong pinkies as a result. Show pity on the occasional small case. But if consistent, well - carry on with your minor pitting. ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-minor-pitting/386639/5 "2007-01-04T03:47:31Z")
try working in montreal’ where lazy typists not only forget capitals’ they forget if they?re using a french or english keyboardÉ odd punctuation ensuesÉ ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-minor-pitting/386639/6 "2007-01-04T04:20:10Z")
what’s annoying? i have no idea what the op is talking about. and what is a “shift key”??? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-minor-pitting/386639/7 "2007-01-04T04:25:42Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] what’s annoying? i have no idea what the op is talking about. and what is a “shift key”??? [/QUOTE] this would have been funnier if you had posted; > [@](#): > > what’s annoying/ i have no idea what the op is talking about. and what is a ‘shift key’/// ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-minor-pitting/386639/8 "2007-01-04T04:28:06Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] what’s annoying? i have no idea what the op is talking about. and what is a “shift key”??? [/QUOTE] That would probably work better without the double quotes and question marks. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-minor-pitting/386639/9 "2007-01-04T05:03:35Z")
[QUOTE=waterj2] That would probably work better without the double quotes and question marks. [/QUOTE] my point exactly1 mehitabel thinks so too. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-minor-pitting/386639/10 "2007-01-04T05:48:45Z")
how can people do this. do they know what they’re doing. do you know what drives me absolutely insane the most. it’s the lack of freakin’ question marks. where have all the question marks gone. you all can understand me, right. can we please address this issue once and for all. duh. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-minor-pitting/386639/11 "2007-01-04T05:50:38Z")
[QUOTE=Colibri] my point exactly1 mehitabel thinks so too. [/QUOTE] Maybe I can be the first to point out that the OP might work better as “a very [minuscule](http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/minuscule) pitting”. Please tell me nobody got that one first. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-minor-pitting/386639/12 "2007-01-04T07:33:30Z")
Their vs. they’re. We’re vs. were. Lay vs. lie. Too vs. to vs (on occasion I’ve seen) two. e.g. vs. i.e. Apostrophies in a word describing two of one object. And for the love of God… Never, ever, EVER use the word “axe” instead of “ask”. Off topic? Maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-minor-pitting/386639/13 "2007-01-04T07:44:50Z")
[QUOTE=clayton\_e] Apostrophies in a word describing two of one object. [/QUOTE] The plural of _apostrophe_ is _apostrophes_. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-minor-pitting/386639/14 "2007-01-04T07:48:26Z")
I know… My not so funny joke. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-minor-pitting/386639/15 "2007-01-04T07:50:27Z")
Wait, I thought I put horrible spelling mistakes on that list right before that. I forgot… So that is now my even less funny joke. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-minor-pitting/386639/16 "2007-01-04T07:54:47Z")
Thats OK. ---
**Author:** ![Mellivora\_capensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mellivora\_capensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mellivora_capensis)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-minor-pitting/386639/17 "2007-01-04T13:16:05Z")
Not to mention random \*'s. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-minor-pitting/386639/18 "2007-01-04T13:22:22Z")
[QUOTE=Left Hand of Dorkness] Daniel disappearing a flash of smoke [/QUOTE] Oh yeah? Since when did ‘disappear’ get transitively verbed? And smoke doesn’t flash, it puffs. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-minor-pitting/386639/19 "2007-01-04T14:16:20Z")
How _does_ one disappear a flash of smoke? Smoke is very difficult to make disappear! Really, my beef is using 9’s and 0’s instead of ('s and )'s. **You know who you are!!** ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-minor-pitting/386639/20 "2007-01-04T14:59:54Z")
There’s a relatively new error ,one I’ve only started seeing lately .To wit ,the Case of the Hopping Punctuation Spaces .What’s with that ,anyway? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-minor-pitting/386639.md?page=2)