Terms that gnaw on my nerves

Why do Women always refer to "she had a new baby" Aren't all babies NEW?

Whay are they 18 months old and not a year and a half.?

Theses are troubling times we live in.:D
 
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Alpo said:
I have a question.

Why is it that when I see someone write about their Remmie or their Mossy or their Springer or their Deagle, I want to reach through the monitor, grab them by the throat and strangle them.

Yet I own several Huskies. I own Remingtons, not Remmies, Winchesters, not Winnies, Springfields, not Springers. But I own Huskies.

Why is that? :confused:
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C'mon Alpo! Don't soft pedal it...tell us how you really feel!:D
 
I, too, agree with all the disgust for the "talking heads". If you ever watch the Today Show, which I do my best to avoid, its really something when all of them are talking at the same time!

One of my peeves, which I'm pretty sure I've mentioned here before, is with sportscasters that say "mano y mano" when referring to a one on one contest. That would literally translate to hand and hand. Maybe its a new sporting event? I believe it should be "mano a mano", which would translate to hand to hand.
 
Felon Follies

In order to become a felon, you must have been convicted of the crime considered a felony. If you get away with it, you may be a killer, rapist or whatever but you're not a felon. Felon is a legal term that takes effect following a conviction in a court of law.

If you're convicted of a crime that you did not do, you're still a convicted felon in the eyes of the law unless you can get the conviction tossed.

Remember O.J.Simpson? He beat the murder rap. Thereafter, referring to him as a felon might have land you a whopping lawsuit for defamation of character. But, he eventually became a felon anyway, on a different matter.
 
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Road Rat said:
There are no more REPORTERS.

Just a bunch of talking heads who have no idea what they are talking about.....just blah,blah,blah..............

They are hired for looks or heritage only. Must be politically correct on the big tube!!

I NEVER watch TV News.................it all sucks.
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Me too!! As a matter of fact I used to get so irked at Dan Rater, that delusional, opinionated, arrogant and severely miss informed talking head that I was inspired to stop watching all tv news. Even after he retired I never watched another tv news program. They seem to be all pretty much the same.
 
So my pet peeve lately isn't a term, but asking a question and immediately answering "absolutely!". For example, instead of saying "I think this a bad idea", you get "Do I think this is a bad idea? Absolutely!".
 
Just today, on Fox News, no less, the reporter said they weren't going to show video of the crash victims of Malaysia Airlines due to sensitivities. Then he went on describing the broken bone fragments, intestines and other body parts around the scene.
Are you serious? I can't stand the news anymore, Any of them. It's sad that they hold so much sway on people to the point of affecting policies and elections.
 
What really bugs me is sportscasters referring to the "New York Football Giants". So what other New York team is called the Giants?? The San Francisco Giants moved away from NY, what? 50 years ago. Enough.
Never hear anyone call the Cardinals the St. Louis Baseball Cardinals!
 
intentional misuse and sloppiness

Let me throw in a few that were not mentioned. I would have to say that the intentional misuse of language is a problem for me.

To call an airliner (jet) shot down with a missile a "tragedy" is a subtle shading of the event. It is indeed tragic that those people were killed, but tragedy is better associated with some event that is beyond human control such as a hurricane, tornado, or even an unforeseen mechanical failure. Possibly even a human error could result in a tragedy. The pilot misinterpreted the info given and overcorrected resulting in the jetliner's crash.

I think the proper word to use for the recent event in the Ukraine is "massacre". Those people were murdered, they didn't die in an accident. To deny this is to say that "well things happen -people die, now let's hear about what the Kardashians are up to". There is little that we could, or should, do about it.

Since the news professionals are essentially talking heads, not typically news reporters that have researched stories, followed leads, etc., they are paid to at the least -use the language correctly. To a lesser extent sloppiness in the language has had an effect and introduced non-words are incorporated.

Co-conspirator. This is not a word. One cannot conspire with oneself. a conspiracy involves more than 1 person. The proper word is "conspirator". I have seen sloppiness in the classroom that leaves people looking foolish. "Where dey at?" "Who dat?" One day these people need to get jobs and if they sound dumb all they can get are jobs for dummies. Thanks
 
Always found it semi-amusing that with all the yankees that have invaded my beloved home state and make fun of our accents, that a huge percentage of them never learned how to properly use the words 'saw' and 'seen'.
I regularly hear them say "I seen dese deers running across da road".

-or- "I went by the corner mart and seen they have cheap gas."

How can so many try to sound like Tony Soprano?
 
Years ago I went through a divorce and was working graveyard without any time off. I was also fighting for custody of our 7 year old daughter and needed a nanny. I put a ad in the paper and got a honest to God english nanny. At a distance she even looked like the nanny on that tv show. Her name was Martine and she laid the english pronunciation on heavy. Garage was pronounced gay-rage etc. Martine was raised in english finishing schools as both her parents were killed in the war. Her mom by the blitz and her father shot down in a spitfire. As you know I murder the kings english and she worked at making my life miserable. Through circumstances we lived together for about 12 years until she died of cancer in 1998 at home with me.
I think I may actually have somewhat developed speaking rough as I do came in part from bugging her back. Shame on me.
 
CAJUNLAWYER said:
You have Ottomans in your house:eek: Where do they go when the Turks come over.
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Ottomans... We called them hassocks sixty years ago. They went in front of the davenport (couch). Do I think times have changed? Absolutely!

Sorry ChuckS1, something about this thread made me do that!
 
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Two words that chap my sensitivities are " Hoarder and Flipper"

My goodness how many have drank the Kool aid of wealth distribution and hating on those who may have items you dont.

The function of business is to make a profit. If I bought a 65 Mustang and preserved it perfectly am I evil for wanting to sell it at the current market rate? If I invested my retirement savings in buying two tractor trailer loads of parts and sell them for profit for years is that exploiting my fellow man?
 
We called ottomans "Footstools". Know what a foot stool is? Leave that one alone. When I was a kid my folks took us to the ozarks in a 1936 ford coup. It didnt have a back seat and ma put two footstools back there for sis and I. They shoulda jailed her. We didnt have seat-belts.

 
Another one is "good enough for the money". This implies that if you can afford something better, you should buy something better. But if all you can afford is cheap, THIS is good enough for the money.

No it's not. If you pay 500 dollars for a "Sabre" brand pocketknife (they used to sell for 1.98 in the Little General store, when I was in 5th grade), it's overpriced, because it is a junk knife. But if you only pay three dollars for it, it is still a junk knife. The fact that it only cost 3 bucks does not make it "good enough for the money". It would not be "good enough" for free.

Something is either good, or it is not good. "Good enough for the money" is - stupid.
 
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