The (Pet)ty Peeve Thread

[jerseymule]

I hear this all the time: “pundit” pronounced like “pundant” (the last syllable rhyming with “pendant” or “fondant”). I hear it from broadcasters and from regular folks. And so far I haven’t heard anyone else complain about it. Could it be that “pundant” is actually the proper pronunciation?

Also, starting your initial sentence with “So” has now become ubiquitous. I shouldn’t complain about this one, because I frequently start sentences with “Well”.

[ThelmaLou]

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I hear this all the time: “pundit” pronounced like “pundant” (the last syllable rhyming with “pendant” or “fondant”). I hear it from broadcasters and from regular folks. And so far I haven’t heard anyone else complain about it. Could it be that “pundant” is actually the proper pronunciation?

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NONONO. It’s not the proper pronunciation. None of these people went to journalism/broadcasting school and learned anything about communicating their thoughts in speech or writing. They’re flying blind. Fortunately (for them) the public doesn’t notice or care.

Also, starting your initial sentence with “So” has now become ubiquitous. I shouldn’t complain about this one, because I frequently start sentences with “Well”.

This one is weird. I hear it all the time. A person is being interviewed and starts EVERY single answer with “So.” Go ahead and complain. That’s what this thread is for.

[Annie-Xmas]

People who think that being addicted to technology is a handicap and entitles them to sit in the front of the bus and ignore all the old, disabled, and pregnant people walking by them.

People who CANNOT put the technology aside for two minutes. When two or more people are assembled for a single purpose, turn it off.

[Ulfreida]

Is this the thread where I can fume about fruit labels again?

[ThelmaLou]

@Ulfreida

Is this the thread where I can fume about fruit labels again?

Absolutely.

[ThelmaLou]

Okay. Another peeve: web sites and books that use gray type instead of black type. I know this looks artsy, but very hard to read except under ideal conditions, like sitting under a lamp.

Low-contrast text may be trendy, but it is also illegible, undiscoverable, and inaccessible. Instead, consider more usable alternatives.

A low-contrast design aesthetic is haunting the web, taking legibility and discoverability with it. It’s straining our eyes, making us all feel older, and a little less capable. Lured by the trend of minimalism, sites are abandoning their high-contrast traditions and switching to the Dark Side (or should I say, the Medium-Gray Side). For sites willing to sacrifice readability for design prowess, low-contrast text has become a predictable choice, with predictable, persistent usability flaws…

Cite

Someone elsewho agrees. And another.

[california_jobcase]

I hate it when people insert an extra long E sound between the V and O when they pronounce mischievous wrong.

[mind_the_gap]

When did the word important start being pronounced “imporDant”? It seems that I mainly hear it from Southern folks but not exclusively.

[urban1a]

@ThelmaLou

YESYESYES.

Or those who use an apostrophe to make a word plural.

There i’s a cigarette store close to me with lot’s of handwritten sign’s in the window’s. Every word which end’s in 's ha’s an apostrophe before it.

Probably someone who isn’t really comfortable with the English language.

Bob

[Count_Blucher]

@jz78817

those things are illegal, but good luck getting that enforced. the 19-year-old dickheads who put these things in their cars are too stupid to realize they can’t actually “see better” at night just because their stupid headlamps make road signs dazzle.

I’m on several car forums, and have been in numerous fights with these stupid brats who have no interest in reason. they swear they can “see better” with them, and don’t give one solitary shit about anyone else.

Those are the “PID” headlights? Yeah, they suck & the drivers who install them to screw with people suck also.

Maybe in “Trump America” the cops on duty will be able to night-stick them out of comission as too dangerous to be allowed in continued operation on the road and for the good of society.

[Ambivalid]

I hate it when I’m out and about and I have someone “ask” me if I’d like them to get the door for me and then after I’ve said “no thanks”, they act like I said nothing and do it anyway. This happens surprisingly often.

[WildBlueYonder]

@california_jobcase

I hate it when people insert an extra long E sound between the V and O when they pronounce mischievous wrong.

There’s no e in between the v and the o???:eek::smack:

@jerseymule

I hear this all the time: “pundit” pronounced like “pundant” (the last syllable rhyming with “pendant” or “fondant”). I hear it from broadcasters and from regular folks. And so far I haven’t heard anyone else complain about it. Could it be that “pundant” is actually the proper pronunciation?

I’ve always heard it as pundant. Guess I will have to listen better next time

@WOOKINPANUB

I’ve expressed this multiple times here but it cannot be said enough: Goddammit, the peanut butter and chocolate confection that we all know and love is pronounced REES-is; NOT REE-SEES! It does NOT rhyme with feces. I have no idea how this annoying fucking mispronunciation got started but if you’re still too stupid to get it, think of “Reeses Pieces”. See, it’s clever and catchy because “Reeses” rhymes with “pieces”.

Oh how I agree with you! Drives me nuts!!

@Ambivalid

I hate it when I’m out and about and I have someone “ask” me if I’d like them to get the door for me and then after I’ve said “no thanks”, they act like I said nothing and do it anyway. This happens surprisingly often.

Most likely there aren’t listening and assume you said yes please or thank you or whatever and also a habit they are used to completing.
(Now where is that darn “texting” thread, I’ve got to add something to it! :dubious::dubious:

[JcWoman]

We have all seen forum posts that sound like something urgent and we boggle that instead of going to the doctor or whatever, the poster is posting complaints about it on the internet. For the most part those don’t bother me because usually the poster did the right thing (saw the doctor or whatever) and then is ALSO posting on the internet for emotional support. But every now and then…

On another forum for pets that I frequent, I just read a post that pissed me off. Post was titled “I’m SO scared it’s osteosarcoma” and the text was describing her dog’s swollen shoulder. She stated that she sent a video to her adoption president who told her to take the dog to the vet asap. And of course all the replies said the same thing. So this does piss me off.

If you’re THAT afraid of the worst case scenario with something like that, why in bloody hell are you spending time making videos to send to someone other than the veterinarian? WTF lady!

Thanks, needed to vent. If I posted this on that forum I’d have been criticized for attacking the poster.

[Jophiel]

@WOOKINPANUB

I have no idea how this annoying fucking mispronunciation got started but if you’re still too stupid to get it, think of “Reeses Pieces”. See, it’s clever and catchy because “Reeses” rhymes with “pieces”.

I buy all my computers down at Reeses’ PCs

[Calatin]

A co-worker who constantly says “Between you and I…” Given the frequency of his use of the phrase, we share many secrets.

Despite how much I want to do so, I can’t correct him, as he’s one of the highest ranking people where I work.

[WOOKINPANUB]

@Jophiel

I buy all my computers down at Reeses’ PCs

**
Jophiel’s** face . . . meet cold, dead fish

[DrDeth]

@panache45

Here we go again: People who don’t know the difference between “its” and “it’s”.

How many times does this actually result in poor communication?

[ThelmaLou]

@DrDeth

How many times does this actually result in poor communication?

What does that have to do with anything??

[DrDeth]

@jtur88

As I write, it is 7:07 AM. It is completely dark outside. The lawn care contractors are trying to wake up the dead, right outside my window. Leaf-blowing in the dark? Come on.

Leaf blowing at all? Damn things should be banned.:mad:

[DrDeth]

@Ambivalid

When people, in-shape people, take the elevator instead of the stairs at the gym. I mean, it’s the gym, the place one goes for exercise. I have to wait that much longer just because you couldn’t be bothered to walk up a few stairs. Ugh…

I am in shape (sorta) but my Doc sez for me not to walk down stairs, due to old FB injury in knee.