Pet Peeves

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Bud Helms

Senior Member
Got a Pet Peeve? Here's one of mine. Do you hear your favorite TV newscaster refer to the House of Representatives as the Congress? I wonder what else they get wrong. Do you get it? The House is the House. The Senate is the Senate. The Congress is both. The House is a congress, not the Congress. That's junior high Political Science.

Here's another. 'Been hearing a lot about "bipartisanship" lately? As in: Partisanship - bad! Bipartisanship - good! When did you vote last? Did you pull a lever or mark a box, meaning did you vote for a candidate? Well, if you did, you exercised partisanship. Bad! "Partisan politics" is redundant. It's like a "flammable combustible". It's an example of how our language is being changed by redefining the meanings of words and phrases through repetition and misuse.

:mad: Grrrrrrr! :mad:
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sensop

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From my quote files:
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>"The two major political parties can be summed up this way: There are two parties, one is the Stupid Party and the other is the Evil Party. Occasionally these two parties create legislation that is both stupid and evil. This is called bi-partisianship." -- Andrew Grooms[/quote] :D

pax

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"Necessity is the plea of every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." -- William Pitt, Earl of Chatham
 
Along those lines, I DESPISE the fact that every time the national news media presents a social problem in their story, they almost always conclude by telling us what "the Congress" has or has not done in the way of legislation to address the problem - WITHOUT A SINGLE WORD ABOUT WHETHER IT'S A PROBLEM BEST ADDRESSED BY A STATE OR LOCAL GOV'T, or whether federal involvement is any any way warranted. Arrrrggghhhh!! If all you listen to is the networks, it's as if state and local governments don't even exists. So now we have a generation of people (maybe gen and a half by now) who think the federal legislation must be the answer to every problem, and are totally clueless about the very limited police powers of the federal gov't under our constitutional republic. 99% of problems can be solved at the state and local level, IF gov't action is warranted AT ALL. Is it any wonder why we have 18 bajillion federal crimes, when the founding fathers did not intend for the fed gov't to create any crimes. We can thank Blather, Jennings, Brokaw, et al.
 
This isn't realy gun related but it is one of my pet peeves.
Everyone, and I mean everyone including the news media refer to a burglary as a robbery. You see some victim standing in their front yard talking to a reporter sayin', "Yelp, by golly, Ah jus' got home and Ah been robbed."
The reporter turns to the camera and speaking in that firm official sounding reporter voice says, "There you have it. Yet another robbery in this neighborhood. Bob, back to you in the studio."
Mean while back in the studio Bob, in an even more firm official sounding anchor voice, but with better hair than the reporter, looks into his camera and says, "Yes, thanks for the field report on the latest robbery Skippy."
It makes me want to reach through the TV screen and slap the fire out of the whole lot.
Thanks Sensop, I feel much better now. :)

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Gunslinger
 
Well, that's one reason why I stopped watching television (except for occasional viewing of the history channel).

Something about watching blow dried meat puppets attempt to adopt a somber attitude whilst reporting the latest disaster or carnage.

Last year, didn't CNN report that the guy responsible for the brokerage shootings was armed with a 45mm handgun? Wow. *I* want one - and a crew to man it. ;)

Also "E" anything and all the cheesy advertising one liners the letter e-vokes.

For example: "Networking the new e-conomy."

"e-enable your business needs."

Ad nauseum. Add your own. :)

Here's one for Jack in the Box: e-coli, to suit all your burger tastes.

Howzabout e-bola?

I'm done now. ;)

Cliff
 
My pet peeves:

Clip != Magazine
Bullet != Cartridge
You don't LOOSE a contest, you LOSE a contest (unless you're me ;))
Your/You're
Its/It's
There/Their/They're
Should of. It's (see that?) Should HAVE, ya mushmouths!
Intensive Purposes. Try Intents AND Purposes.
InsetCaps.

Before I insult everyone on TFL, I'll quit (and y'all can thank CindyH for slapping me upside the head).
 
Coinneach - You forgot the infamous "to" / "too" (or CindyH smacked ya before you got around to it).

:D

Cliff
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Coinneach:
My pet peeves:

Clip != Magazine
Bullet != Cartridge[/quote]

ME TOO!

Also:

ya'll=y'all (as in you all)
@=at, not about (ahem, JEDI!) ;)
nucular=nuclear (although I myself slip up on this one occasionally, danged TX accent!) :)

people leaving turn signals on or their gas-doors opened- drives me nuts!

The one word that REALLY drives me crazy is irregardless... that's redundant!



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"Pray as if your life depends on God, Prepare as if it all depends on you..." -Texas Preacher

Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail... DON'T TREAD ON ME!!-Metallica

"Many's the men who've battled foe
many the number slain,
many the lads have fallen though
Scotland shall rise again."

Behind the walls of thoughts there lyes, Something timeless something wise. Within us all the prize of our past; From father to son, from the first to the last. And so full circle the image reappears; to this second son born, the hazy mist clears. An echo swamped in youthful rage, revealed once more with the coming of age. So forget ye not the departed ones, for the souls they live on, in the blood of the sons..."-Steve McDonald
 
I want to puke everytime is read something like this: "Treasury said this tax cut would would cost 250 million". I have never seen them say, "Treasury said this tax cut would save the taxpayers 250 million". And why not? 'cause they think it's all theirs to begin with therefore a cut in taxes is a decrease in what's rightfully theirs. :mad:

RKBA!
 
Coinneach: I can relate to all of these peeves except one: InsetCaps. They can sometimes be very helpful for emphasizing the parts of compound words and names. They don't bother me. Of course, I've been in the computer industry for almost 15 years now, so I'm used to them.

I am peeved by:

- e-this and i-that and dot-com everything else!

- poor grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc.

- arrogant, know-it-all people who have little-to-no respect for others

- office politics

and, my #1 pet peeve of all:

- liberal socialist elitists, especially those who:
-- say that they are 'Real Americans' (GAG!)
-- do it 'for the children' (Yeah, right! It's more like: 'for the money/fame/glamour'!)
-- want to take away my guns and my rights!

To 'heck' with 'em all!

(Edited to correct typos. Which brings to mind another pet peeve: My poor typing skills!) :)

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Coinneach:
My pet peeves:
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InsetCaps.
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Darth! :eek:
Being from Texas I'd think ya'll would be used to folks talkin' that way. Why shucks, that's the way I talk in real life. It's better'n; "You guys" or even worse; "You'uns".
Several years ago my ex and I were discussing moving south (again). I suggested Texas since I already speak a little Texan. :p

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Gunslinger
 
Nucular is one of mine too.
<UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI>orientate vs orient (got to have a "-tate" to make it a verb!)<LI>the healing "process" or the grieving "process" can now begin, as though it (the process) is fully understood and quantified<LI>I would hope that/so ... I would think that/so ... (You would? Under what conditions?)<LI>looking for "closure"; the family can now "reach" closure - (oh, puleeease, Peter! Go back to Canada ... and won't you take Barbara with you?)<LI>And last, but not least ... the "Gun Lobby". Don't these guys understand that the NRA and GOA are made up of dues paying MEMBERS? How about the "Anti-gun Lobby"? Never hear about that one.</UL>



[This message has been edited by sensop (edited July 02, 2000).]
 
Let me define a couple terms in the media lexicon.

Bipartisan: when the right gives the left what the left wants.

Partisan: when the right tells the left where to go.

Commonsense: any piece of legislation proposed by the left.
 
'Slinger, the problem is not with y'all, which is a contraction of "you all". The problem occurs when the apostrophe goes in the wrong place. It ain't "ya'll", it's "y'all". Okay? By the way, y'all is usually singular, occasionally plural. To make sure the listener knows it's plural, be sure to say "all y'all", as when inviting the whole family to a party, but addressing one member. "All y'all are invited to the barbeque".

Real peeve? Anytime someone is reported to have been killed "by a gun" instead of "WITH a gun". A letter is not written by a pen, it's written WITH a pen. Same-o same-o.

TBeck has hit one right on the screws with his analysis, as well. (Golfers know what this means)
 
POPEYES Chicken.

It's Popeye's Chicken.

Where is the darn " ' " ?

Also, "the murder of quad mom Sheila "
got to be from TX to get this one.

Why is the poor women always called "quad mom"? I know she had quads.

Media - fah!
 
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