Grammatically it sounds stupid, but it’s based on “If you think this…then you’ve got another think coming” “Thing” sounds silly. Just bugs me.
I just noticed a new phrase at work this week that’s really bugging me.
A nurse asked me to do something and when I agreed to, she walked away and threw back over her shoulder “Love ya mean it”. Very flippantly. A minor annoyance and I got over it quickly.
Damned if its not a week later and now all the nurses are going around saying “loveyameanit” all the damn time. I mean, even a couple of the male nurses are saying it now.
I don’t know why it bugs me so much, but its really getting on my last nerve.:mad:
I hate the term “male nurse”.
I was driving today and saw a hand-made sign announcing that a street I was approaching would be closed May 2-3.
It’s May 6! Pick up your damn sign!
Guy down the block is a murse.
Hiddy instead of hideous. I’m looking at you Tom and Lorenzo oh yes I am.
When we travel, my Wife and I just pack her shampoo. Makes it simpler. Thing is, she packs conditioner too…i don’t need no stinking conditioner
I’ll either use her stuff, or the free stuff the hotel gives you.
So, in the shower I see -
EXTRA BODY SUPER FULL REVITALIZING
[sub]shampoo[/sub]
I can read the catch slogans almost always. They sure are proud of what ever the hell the product is.
Dammit I can’t be the only person in the world that does not wear their reading glasses in the shower. Just tell me what the stuff is, and make it big enough to read.
Even news broadcasters and NPR folks sometimes get the I/me thing wrong.
The bill collectors call my phone number for everyone who has ever lived in my apartment building, because I am the only one who has had a land line in the 20 years that I’ve lived there.
And my cell phone used to belong to a small contracting company. I know this because after 10 years, I still get calls for that company from people who want to give me enormous loans for my business or who want me to do work for them. I’ve tried correcting information on the internet that still lists my cell number as belonging to the company, to no avail.
I also know a person who will use the word “ideal” when obviously “idea” is meant.
I’d like to know who started the trend of prefacing all words beginning with “h” with “an” as the article. People, if the word starts with a pronounced “h” (like a consonant) use “a.” If the “h” isn’t pronounced (like a vowel) use “an.” So stop saying, “an historic.” It’s not only wrong, you’re making it clumsy when the convention is there to make it NOT clumsy. (Unless you’re British or something and you would normally drop the “h.”)
Also bugging the shit out of me are people who refer to themselves as myself when they should be using I or me. “Please contact Bob or myself” is just as wrong as saying, “Please contact Bob or I.” Would you say, “Please contact myself?” Is it really that hard? I used to think people do this to make themselves sound important but now I think it’s because they still don’t understand when to use “me” and when to use “I” and they think they sound important as a bonus.
“Talk to Bob about it.” There. No I, me, myself concerns plus screw Bob, let him deal with it.
Only because he didn’t make it a proper question, right?