# People, goddamnit, the things on your car are BRAKES **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 17, 2009, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-goddamnit-the-things-on-your-car-are-brakes/493437 "2009-04-17T16:42:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-goddamnit-the-things-on-your-car-are-brakes/493437/1 "2009-04-17T16:42:47Z")
This one really bothers me. You BREAK your arm, or I may BREAK your head if you keep using this stupid construction. You put the BRAKES on your car, or on a relationship. While we’re at it, “BEAR” either shits in the woods or is something you carry. “BARE” is naked or to make naked. Now cut it out! ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-goddamnit-the-things-on-your-car-are-brakes/493437/2 "2009-04-17T16:49:47Z")
**There** are also many other ways **they’re** fucking up **their** usage of words that drive me batshit. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-goddamnit-the-things-on-your-car-are-brakes/493437/3 "2009-04-17T16:58:11Z")
I will defend to the death my right to bare arms. Especially during the warmer months. ---
**Author:** ![Rascal\_s\_Mom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Rascal\_s\_Mom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rascal_s_Mom)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-goddamnit-the-things-on-your-car-are-brakes/493437/4 "2009-04-17T17:38:59Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I will defend to the death my right to bare arms. > > Especially during the warmer months. And I defend MY right to arm bears. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-goddamnit-the-things-on-your-car-are-brakes/493437/5 "2009-04-17T18:00:11Z")
> [@Rascal\_s\_Mom](#): > > And I defend MY right to arm bears. Yeah, but do you have the courage to arm bares? ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-goddamnit-the-things-on-your-car-are-brakes/493437/6 "2009-04-17T18:02:01Z")
Or brake arms? ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-goddamnit-the-things-on-your-car-are-brakes/493437/7 "2009-04-17T18:04:17Z")
Or break bear arms? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-goddamnit-the-things-on-your-car-are-brakes/493437/8 "2009-04-17T18:15:23Z")
Sorry, all of our mechanics are on a break. In the brake room. Better than them being on a brake in the break room. ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-goddamnit-the-things-on-your-car-are-brakes/493437/9 "2009-04-17T19:25:17Z")
here here ETA: I mint too say “me to.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-goddamnit-the-things-on-your-car-are-brakes/493437/10 "2009-04-17T20:09:31Z")
“Wreckless” is the one that gets me, because that spelling implies a meaning 180 degrees opposite from the word they meant. ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-goddamnit-the-things-on-your-car-are-brakes/493437/11 "2009-04-17T20:15:04Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > While we’re at it, “BEAR” either shits in the woods or is something you carry. Hey, maybe _you_ feel like carrying a bear. Me, I’d rather not take my chances. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-goddamnit-the-things-on-your-car-are-brakes/493437/12 "2009-04-17T20:15:10Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Now cut it out! Hey, it’s nothing to loose your temper over. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-goddamnit-the-things-on-your-car-are-brakes/493437/13 "2009-04-17T20:18:25Z")
One of the major industries in my hometown was the factory of the New York Air Brake Co., known to nearly everyone as “the Brake Shop.” An enterprising bartender opened up a bar nearby for Brake Shop employees to stop off at on their way home – and he named it “the Break Shop.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-goddamnit-the-things-on-your-car-are-brakes/493437/14 "2009-04-17T21:27:56Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > One of the major industries in my hometown was the factory of the New York Air Brake Co., known to nearly everyone as “the Brake Shop.” You’re from Watertown, N.Y.? This explains much. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-goddamnit-the-things-on-your-car-are-brakes/493437/15 "2009-04-17T22:08:56Z")
Eh, what’re ya gonna do. Them’s the breaks. ---
**Author:** ![Varrius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e9a140/32.png) [@Varrius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Varrius)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-goddamnit-the-things-on-your-car-are-brakes/493437/16 "2009-04-17T23:48:35Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > **There** are also many other ways **they’re** fucking up **their** usage of words that drive me batshit. This one drives me absolutely batshit! A restaurant we used to frequent in Idaho has a sign over **their** doorway stating “We’re glad your here.” I often threatened to bring a sharpie to add the apostrophe and e. ---
**Author:** ![Rascal\_s\_Mom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Rascal\_s\_Mom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rascal_s_Mom)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-goddamnit-the-things-on-your-car-are-brakes/493437/17 "2009-04-18T00:10:46Z")
“Alot” makes me want to kick puppies, and I see it on here all the time. People, it is “a lot.” ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-goddamnit-the-things-on-your-car-are-brakes/493437/18 "2009-04-18T00:23:35Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > One of the major industries in my hometown was the factory of the New York Air Brake Co., known to nearly everyone as “the Brake Shop.” An enterprising bartender opened up a bar nearby for Brake Shop employees to stop off at on their way home – and he named it “the Break Shop.” 🙂 See, this is witty. I can deal with this. The rest of you Punners - Punsters go to a Very Bad Place. ---
**Author:** ![PopeJewish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@PopeJewish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PopeJewish)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-goddamnit-the-things-on-your-car-are-brakes/493437/19 "2009-04-18T00:32:50Z")
it’s terrible, but most of my japanese kids who can barely string together more than two or three sentences still know the difference between (there, their, they’re) (its, it’s) (then, than) (your, you’re) the only one they still struggle with is which and witch, and of course 'wich (as in damnit woman, go make me a san’wich 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-goddamnit-the-things-on-your-car-are-brakes/493437/20 "2009-04-18T00:37:41Z")
You’re all correct about standard orthography, but, eh, why get so worked up over it? It doesn’t particularly bother me if someone happens to employ a variant spelling; it neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg, as they say. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-goddamnit-the-things-on-your-car-are-brakes/493437.md?page=2)