Pet Peeve

[fstops]

I was approaching an intersection and this guy kept staring at my camera with a smile/smirk expression on his face, I looked at him once but then he kept looking at my camera, I stood there waiting for the light and he was still looking, "what are you lookin at?" before he could answer the light turned green and I begun to walk so I did not hear what he had to say but when I looked back he was still standing and his smile was gone.

[JayM]

Originally Posted by fstops

I was approaching an intersection and this guy kept staring at my camera with a smile/smirk expression on his face, I looked at him once but then he kept looking at my camera, I stood there waiting for the light and he was still looking, "what are you lookin at?" before he could answer the light turned green and I begun to walk so I did not hear what he had to say but when I looked back he was still standing and his smile was gone.

I think he wanted you to tog him.

[Gumby]

Originally Posted by Sparrow

u 4 "you"
ur 4 "your" ... that should b .

n what wrong w/that?

[TXForester]

Originally Posted by Chriscrawfordphoto

I regularly meet people who cannot write fluently, despite them having university degrees!

Hay now! I resemble that remark.

[DtheG]

'train station': it's a railway station.

[Sparrow]

... and the people that use it are passengers?

[digitalintrigue]

"roadway" : it's a road. If it's a highway, say highway.

"Mondee, Tuesdee," etc. No one would tolerate "It sure is a beautiful dee todee" so let's pronounce the names of the dees correctly.

"cleaning marks." No more euphemisms! Scratches are scratches.

[jtm6]

Originally Posted by easyrider

I'll add one: "photo's" -- as in "I posted my photo's"

My biggest pet peeve: Greengrocers Apostrophe's (sic).

[Chris101]

Originally Posted by daveleo

i seriously thought that "lense" was the spelling used in the UK ?

what i hate a lot more than these little posting quirks is tuna fish salad.

Only English folk who cannot spell "lens" misspell it "lense", which by the way, is pronounced "len-zee".

By tunafish salad, do you mean the canned (or pouched) stuff mixed with mayo, relish and celery; or do you mean arugula, baby lettuce and spinach with a sliced seared ahi laid atop the greens, drizzled with a balsamic vinaigrette?

My (and Kurt Vonnegut's) pet peeve is improper use of the semicolon.

[Sparrow]

... rewilding; why oh, why do they insist on coining these stupid new words. That one was on one of those ecology programs on Radio 4, Costing The Earth I think

... sorry about the semicolon Chris

PS actually it's poached tuna, chopped anchovies and black olives, pepper olive oil and a dash of white-wine vinegar ...

[daveleo]

Originally Posted by Chris101

. . .

By tunafish salad, do you mean the canned (or pouched) stuff mixed with mayo, relish and celery; or do you mean arugula, baby lettuce and spinach with a sliced seared ahi laid atop the greens, drizzled with a balsamic vinaigrette?. . . ..

Yes, I meant mashed canned tuna with mayo, tomatoes and celery . . . the stuff they put in fast-food subs and coffee house triple deckers.

Regarding your own receipt . . . . (1) do you ship worldwide ? and (2) do you take Paypal ??

PS: I love semicolons, but even better than semicolons is " . . . . " which allows me not to have to decide when my sentences actually end.

[Sparrow]

... or started.

[reagan]

Originally Posted by Chriscrawfordphoto

Your real pet peeve is the fact that 90% of Americans are too stupid to spell common words correctly. I agree with you.

I'm going to lunch so I won't waste the time of listing the 1000 ways this kind of mind-set annoys the livin' daylights out of me.