# Ways in which you are annoyingly pedantic
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-in-which-you-are-annoyingly-pedantic/999676
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 1, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-in-which-you-are-annoyingly-pedantic/999676 "2024-04-01T14:12:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-in-which-you-are-annoyingly-pedantic/999676/261 "2024-04-18T22:57:12Z")
> [@leahcim](#):
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> But the judgement of whether a given circular motion is clockwise or counterclockwise is (usually) from the point of view of a non-existent observer who is hovering above the entire scene. But expressing things from the point of view of an observer who is below the scene is just as correct, and they would see the same motion as being the opposite sense.
Only true if you are not a sheepdog.
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### Author:  [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-in-which-you-are-annoyingly-pedantic/999676/262 "2024-04-24T18:39:08Z")
In the most recent episode of _Young Sheldon_, when Sheldon has to use a port-a-potty he tries to imagine that it’s a TARDIS and that he is “Doctor Who”. That’s how he put it in the show. Yet every annoyingly pedantic Doctor Who fan knows the character is called The Doctor, not Doctor Who, which is merely the name of the show. And to make it doubly annoying, that’s exactly the sort of thing Sheldon would be annoyingly pedantic about, and not the sort of thing he would get wrong.
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### Author:  [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-in-which-you-are-annoyingly-pedantic/999676/263 "2024-04-24T18:49:15Z")
That may be true these days. But back in the 80s, when _Young Sheldon_ is set, it was pretty common for everyone, even fans, to refer to the character as “Doctor Who” in casual conversation. Trust me, I was there. The whole “You must call him ‘The Doctor’” thing as a shibboleth for Real True Fandom didn’t develop until later.
Peter Capaldi, who was himself a fan back then, often refers to “being Doctor Who,” in a way that confuses a lot of modern fans. Tom Baker occasionally has, as well.
Maybe I’m annoyingly pedantic about the history of annoying pedantry?
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### Author:  [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-in-which-you-are-annoyingly-pedantic/999676/264 "2024-04-24T19:07:08Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#):
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> That may be true these days. But back in the 80s, when _Young Sheldon_ is set, it was pretty common for everyone, even fans, to refer to the character as “Doctor Who” in casual conversation.
Fair enough, but in the spirit of annoying pedantry I’ll point out that it was the narrator, aka present day Sheldon, who made the statement about pretending to be Doctor Who. So it seems like _he_ still would have said “The Doctor”, even if he was talking about something from 30 some years ago.
And more annoying pedantry: The early seasons of _Young Sheldon_ were set in the late 80s, but I am pretty sure the timeline has progressed to the early 90s now.
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### Author:  [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-in-which-you-are-annoyingly-pedantic/999676/265 "2024-04-24T19:37:01Z")
Ah, if it was present-day Sheldon, then you’re right. He would be just the type to insist on that distinction.
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### Author:  [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-in-which-you-are-annoyingly-pedantic/999676/266 "2024-04-24T21:51:28Z")
Almost forgot…
I am unreasonably irked (but that would be another current thread) when people say, “The person that came here in the red car.” I have to bite my tongue to keep from responding, “You mean the person WHO came here in the red car.”
One might think this would no longer bother me.
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### Author:  [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-in-which-you-are-annoyingly-pedantic/999676/267 "2024-04-24T22:30:25Z")
I am too. Even though I have been assured by grammarians smarter than I am that “that” is perfectly cromulent in that context. Coulda fooled me.
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### Author:  [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2024, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-in-which-you-are-annoyingly-pedantic/999676/268 "2024-04-28T03:24:39Z")
Volutes: those curly twins at the top of classic columns. They should be flush with the face of the building _but_ the one on the outside of the corner column should be at a 45-degree angle.
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Also, Doric columns with based
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### Author:  [@Steven\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Maven)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-in-which-you-are-annoyingly-pedantic/999676/269 "2024-04-30T14:19:59Z")
> [@wolfpup](#):
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> It’s the same as any other kind of nitpicking, which abounds on this board and helps to make it the great place it
There should be an emoji for “Forgive me for this nitpicking, BUT….”
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### Author:  [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-in-which-you-are-annoyingly-pedantic/999676/270 "2024-04-30T16:14:43Z")
After posting in [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experienced-bbqers-who-use-wood-based-fuel-not-gas-what-is-your-fuel-of-choice-poll/1000965), I realized I’m annoyingly pedantic about the difference between “grilling” and “barbecuing”.
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### Author:  [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-in-which-you-are-annoyingly-pedantic/999676/271 "2024-04-30T20:19:32Z")
Oh, yeah, I’m pedantic about the difference between dill pickles and kosher pickles. I often see koshers referred to as “kosher dills”, when there is nothing remotely dilly about them. A real kosher pickle at a good deli is pickled with salt and garlic and maybe some peppercorns and a bay leaf.
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### Author:  [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-in-which-you-are-annoyingly-pedantic/999676/272 "2024-04-30T21:31:16Z")
> [@xtenkfarpl](#):
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> True, it’s the only way to make the ABC song rhyme easily.
> Hmm… is there a way to pronounce any other letters which would provide a rhyme?
“W, X, Y, and Zed
Now my ABC’s are said.”
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### Author:  [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-in-which-you-are-annoyingly-pedantic/999676/273 "2024-04-30T22:09:45Z")
> [@xtenkfarpl](#):
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> Ask them to pronounce ‘unionised’.
That might also work to find out if they’re American and say ‘huh that’s a word?’ or British and tell you.
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### Author:  [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2024, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-in-which-you-are-annoyingly-pedantic/999676/274 "2024-04-30T22:59:43Z")
> [@BrickBat](#):
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> They should have stated “Bridge May Be Icy” and be done with it.
Where I grew up (northeast Ohio), the wording of choice was “Watch For Ice On Bridge”.
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### Author:  [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-in-which-you-are-annoyingly-pedantic/999676/275 "2024-05-04T23:21:24Z")
Our signs say “Bridge freezes before road”.
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### Author:  [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-in-which-you-are-annoyingly-pedantic/999676/276 "2024-05-10T20:43:05Z")
One thing that often annoys me in media reports about science:
_Scientist are at odds in this matter: Some scientists say that **very probably X is the case** , but on the other hands some say that **there is not yet definite proof that X is the case, and more research is needed**._
FFS where is the difference of opinion/the controversy here? The two bolded statements could have been made by the same person.
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### Author:  [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-in-which-you-are-annoyingly-pedantic/999676/277 "2024-05-10T20:48:57Z")
“Some say…” Used _far_ too often to generate an artificial sense of controversy, the better for promoting clicks, eyes, and advertising opportunities.
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### Author:  [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-in-which-you-are-annoyingly-pedantic/999676/278 "2024-05-10T21:26:52Z")
I’m really only pedantic with my husband. I figure he can handle it. I correct his vocabulary and pronunciation sometimes.
“Less” when you mean “Fewer” bugs the shit out of me. I see it misused both casually and professionally and online and offline.
So does “begs the question.” I first learned about that in philosophy so now I’m stuck on that definition.
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### Author:  [@slowpony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slowpony)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-in-which-you-are-annoyingly-pedantic/999676/279 "2024-05-10T23:56:19Z")
I’m write thier with ya.
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### Author:  [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2024, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-in-which-you-are-annoyingly-pedantic/999676/280 "2024-05-11T06:11:31Z")
Never mind.
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