# Things that annoy you (Language Pet Peeves, get 'em while there hot!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 9, 2000, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-language-pet-peeves-get-em-while-there-hot/36265 "2000-10-09T15:06:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-language-pet-peeves-get-em-while-there-hot/36265/1 "2000-10-09T15:06:01Z")
I blame the talk shows and rap culture for the misuse of the word \* Disrespect \*. As in, " Don’t you disrespect me." \*Stop it. Stop it. Stop it! \* :::donning super hero cape and mask:::: The correct usage is: Show me some respect or I will kick your transvestite midget lesbian one legged hirsute nymphomaniac body out of my house tonight." Thank you. I feel so much better. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-language-pet-peeves-get-em-while-there-hot/36265/2 "2000-10-09T15:11:01Z")
Ravel and unravel. Why in hell do we need both of these words? ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-language-pet-peeves-get-em-while-there-hot/36265/3 "2000-10-09T15:16:21Z")
And, of course, people who confuse “there” and “they’re” in post titles. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-language-pet-peeves-get-em-while-there-hot/36265/4 "2000-10-09T15:22:40Z")
AIGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Just shoot me now. And now, for my excuse: My toddler was jabbing his 8 month sister through the slats in the crib until she cried. Really. :::on my knees:::::::::I was Distracted…oh SDMB forgive me… ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-language-pet-peeves-get-em-while-there-hot/36265/5 "2000-10-09T15:23:11Z")
I think **UncleBeer** and **ENugent** are just plain flammable …….or is it inflammable. My pet peeve: ‘Sex’ and ‘gender’ ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-language-pet-peeves-get-em-while-there-hot/36265/6 "2000-10-09T15:24:05Z")
[Irregardless.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=34210) ::shudder, twitch:: Funny, I have hiccups now. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-language-pet-peeves-get-em-while-there-hot/36265/7 "2000-10-09T15:25:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ENugent \* > \*\*And, of course, people who confuse “there” and “they’re” in post titles. 😉 \*\* gee, and after some one "pacifically " asked ya not to… And I’d atlantically do so anyhow. ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-language-pet-peeves-get-em-while-there-hot/36265/8 "2000-10-09T15:26:19Z")
“Flammable” was coined because some people would see “inflammable” on the side of trucks or the like and think it meant the opposite of what it does mean. (My authority for this is Strunk and White - I haven’t personally checked it). Most of my language pet peeves are related to words coined to sound businesslike. I think “incentivize” is the one that gives me the most pain, but there are many. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-language-pet-peeves-get-em-while-there-hot/36265/9 "2000-10-09T15:26:23Z")
Use of the word “literally” in its figurative sense (because it doesn’t have one). ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-language-pet-peeves-get-em-while-there-hot/36265/10 "2000-10-09T15:35:28Z")
“Supposably” . . . That’s all I wanted to say. Except this: > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Shirley Ujest_ > \*\*:::donning super hero cape and mask:::: \*\* Note my sig (I knew that would come in handy sooner or later). ---
**Author:** ![Sn-man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sn-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sn-man)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-language-pet-peeves-get-em-while-there-hot/36265/11 "2000-10-09T15:36:37Z")
My “PP” is misuse of ensure, insure and assure. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-language-pet-peeves-get-em-while-there-hot/36265/12 "2000-10-09T15:39:20Z")
“Infer” when used to mean “imply” “Hopefully” “I” when “me” would be correct. I’ve heard people say “between you and I” and it is very annoying because it generally means that the speaker has convinced her/himself that everyone else is wrong, that the speaker is possessed of superior grammatical knowledge, AND that the speaker has the self-awarded duty to instruct the rest of us. Or the rest of we. “Effect” for “affect”. I think I’ll go and calm down now. ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-language-pet-peeves-get-em-while-there-hot/36265/13 "2000-10-09T15:39:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sn-man \* > \*\*My “PP” is misuse of ensure, insure and assure. \*\* That bugs me, too. Also, mixing up “effect” and “affect.” Actually, lots of language misuses bug me - I just live a disgruntled life. ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-language-pet-peeves-get-em-while-there-hot/36265/14 "2000-10-09T15:41:36Z")
Hey, **Celyn** , cross-posted pet peeves! And I also detest the mixing up of “infer” and “imply.” ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-language-pet-peeves-get-em-while-there-hot/36265/15 "2000-10-09T15:43:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by London\_Calling \* > \*\*/b] > My pet peeve: ‘Sex’ and ‘gender’ \*\* Mr. Ujest not so long ago said that due to a lack of whoopee around this house,spoke without engaging his brain and said that he was sexless. I’m not sure when \*it \* fell off, but I believe he has Bobbit-ized himself. ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-language-pet-peeves-get-em-while-there-hot/36265/16 "2000-10-09T15:49:42Z")
There’s only one that really grates on me. Unfortunately, I seem to live in the one place where everyone uses it. “Seen” instead of “saw” or “have seen.” Me: “Do you want to go see that new movie?” Maynard: “Well, I seen it already, but it’s really good.” Me: “Did you see that car go by?” Maynard: “Yep, I seen it!” ---
**Author:** ![stuyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-language-pet-peeves-get-em-while-there-hot/36265/17 "2000-10-09T15:50:08Z")
Stuyguy sez **“from whence”** is wrong. ---
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-language-pet-peeves-get-em-while-there-hot/36265/18 "2000-10-09T15:50:58Z")
Nucular. ::shudder:: ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-language-pet-peeves-get-em-while-there-hot/36265/19 "2000-10-09T15:51:56Z")
I can’t stand it when people refer to themselves in the third person. It makes the veins in my forehead pop out. ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2000, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-language-pet-peeves-get-em-while-there-hot/36265/20 "2000-10-09T16:01:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by xizor \* > \*\*I can’t stand it when people refer to themselves in the third person. It makes the veins in my forehead pop out. \*\* Yep, makes my toes curdle. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-annoy-you-language-pet-peeves-get-em-while-there-hot/36265.md?page=2)