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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #25 on: March 19, 2008, 09:57:16 PM »
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I'll go first.

I don't know why, where or how it started but for years it has irritated and annoyed me to no end when people say "Q-pon" intead of "coo-pon" for the word coupon.  :banghead:

What's your goofy pet peeve CC?

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You know, I wonder if that is regional?

Some people say que-bee hole for cubbyhole.

Anyway, not that I ever analyzed it until now, I mean, it never occurred to me, but I do believe I say q-pon.  It's just how people talk around here.  If I heard someone say Coopon, I think I would think they were talking about a chicken farm or that they kept pigeons.

Maybe. Most people around here say "q-pon". Ugh. Just typing q-pon makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.  :p

I've got another pet peeve though this one may not be "silly". It's the juck mail inside my credit card bill. (farkers) Most junk mail can go directly to the trash but these I have to wade through. I stuff it all in the return envelope with "check enclosed" written on the back but I know they will never stop.
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You get a physical bill? I haven't seen one of those in 5 or 6 years.
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #26 on: March 19, 2008, 09:58:33 PM »
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #27 on: March 19, 2008, 10:01:34 PM »
Quote from: Dixie*Darling on March 19, 2008, 09:49:23 PM
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People who mob a supermarket when a snowstorm is predicted,can`t remember ever being snowbound for more then a day and can`t imagine anyone living outside walking distance to the store would cut things that close.

The usage of "then" instead of "than" ... for some reason it makes me crazy! 
It's not just you Carl  :-*  I'm seeing it all over the internet!
You know, when I am going at it on a thread, like WE's avatar guy, trying to correct the ignorance of someone who is wrong on the Internets by shining the light of my own inner brilliance, I live in mortal fear of using the than for then or then for than.  Especially in the wee hours when all the letters and and words become indistinguishable for each other.

But it's not as bad as reddiculous.
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #28 on: March 19, 2008, 10:03:07 PM »
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I'll go first.

I don't know why, where or how it started but for years it has irritated and annoyed me to no end when people say "Q-pon" intead of "coo-pon" for the word coupon.  :banghead:

What's your goofy pet peeve CC?

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You know, I wonder if that is regional?

Some people say que-bee hole for cubbyhole.

Anyway, not that I ever analyzed it until now, I mean, it never occurred to me, but I do believe I say q-pon.  It's just how people talk around here.  If I heard someone say Coopon, I think I would think they were talking about a chicken farm or that they kept pigeons.

q-pon must be an upper great lakes pronunciation. I also have an aversion to coopon... it's like DUDE, come on all ready, there is a u in there for a reason!

But whether it is q-pon or coopon.... my biggest pet peeve is someone who is holding up the line digging in their hell hole of a purse looking for a 10 cents off q-pon.
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #29 on: March 19, 2008, 10:03:28 PM »
Quote from: Dixie*Darling on March 19, 2008, 09:49:23 PM
Quote from: (Carl, who will be shamelessly singled out as an example) on March 19, 2008, 09:12:53 PM
People who mob a supermarket when a snowstorm is predicted,can`t remember ever being snowbound for more then a day and can`t imagine anyone living outside walking distance to the store would cut things that close.

The usage of "then" instead of "than" ... for some reason it makes me crazy! 
It's not just you Carl  :-*  I'm seeing it all over the internet!

 :thatsright:

I usually goof it up the other way so now has gotten where I use "then" as the default.  :p
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #30 on: March 19, 2008, 10:13:25 PM »
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q-pon must be an upper great lakes pronunciation. I also have an aversion to coopon... it's like DUDE, come on all ready, there is a u in there for a reason!

But whether it is q-pon or coopon.... my biggest pet peeve is someone who is holding up the line digging in their hell hole of a purse looking for a 10 cents off q-pon.

Stop it!

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Bastards have both pronunciations online. LOL The right way and the "wrong" way. Well, crap!
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coupon

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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #31 on: March 19, 2008, 10:30:21 PM »
Quote from: ReardenSteel on March 19, 2008, 10:13:25 PM
Quote from: Schadenfreude on March 19, 2008, 10:03:07 PM

q-pon must be an upper great lakes pronunciation. I also have an aversion to coopon... it's like DUDE, come on all ready, there is a u in there for a reason!

But whether it is q-pon or coopon.... my biggest pet peeve is someone who is holding up the line digging in their hell hole of a purse looking for a 10 cents off q-pon.

Stop it!

On edit:

Bastards have both pronunciations online. LOL The right way and the "wrong" way. Well, crap!
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coupon



I suppose you are right. There is grey poupon (poopon), soup (soop), troupe (troop). I suppose it is my mammy's fault and her mammy and her mammy's mammy.... shall I go on?  :-)
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #32 on: March 19, 2008, 10:33:11 PM »
Ax instead of ASK.
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #33 on: March 19, 2008, 10:34:42 PM »
People that slow down WAY BEFORE they get INTO the damn deceleration lane.
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #34 on: March 19, 2008, 10:37:33 PM »
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #35 on: March 20, 2008, 12:39:11 AM »
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #36 on: March 20, 2008, 12:50:42 AM »
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People that slow down WAY BEFORE they get INTO the damn deceleration lane.

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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #37 on: March 20, 2008, 07:45:06 AM »
When people pull out in front of you forcing you to slam on your brakes (when there's nothing behind  you)... then drive at a snail's pace, keeping you from passing them because they are driving at the same speed at the person in the other lane  :banghead:  :bird:


People who don't know their blinker is on.

People who blast their car stereos so loud with crap making my windows vibrate (notice no real music ever gets blasted).

People who walk like they are taking a leisurely stroll in the park while you sit there waiting for them to walk through a crosswalk in a parking lot (I have just started giving a tap on my horn, which is loud, and when they jump and look at me with their eyes like saucers, I have a BIG smile on my face as I wave at them like when you hail someone down looking for you at an airport).

For me, it's mainly about rude and inconsiderate people.
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #38 on: March 20, 2008, 07:57:18 AM »
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #39 on: March 20, 2008, 07:58:54 AM »
It's pecan, not peeeeee-can.   :banghead:
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #40 on: March 20, 2008, 08:04:36 AM »
When you're at an express check-out lane and the person in front of you has way more than what they are supposed to...and the cashier takes them anyway (the cashier annoys me just as bad as the customer).

When I'm at the bank, drive up, and my bank has 2 tubes per lane...and the person in front of  me doesn't pull up to the one in front (again, the teller is just as bad as the customer).

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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #41 on: March 20, 2008, 08:09:06 AM »
Oh. I got a driving pet peeve. When the radio, either in a song, an ad (most frequent) or as a general sound effect plays either the sound of police/ambulance sirens or a ringing cell phone. Jeeze Louise I farking hate siren sounds from my radio.  :argh:
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #42 on: March 20, 2008, 08:15:07 AM »
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Oh. I got a driving pet peeve. When the radio, either in a song, an ad (most frequent) or as a general sound effect plays either the sound of police/ambulance sirens or a ringing cell phone. Jeeze Louise I farking hate siren sounds from my radio.  :argh:

Paranoid?  :evillaugh:
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #43 on: March 20, 2008, 08:20:24 AM »
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Quote from: ReardenSteel on March 20, 2008, 08:09:06 AM
Oh. I got a driving pet peeve. When the radio, either in a song, an ad (most frequent) or as a general sound effect plays either the sound of police/ambulance sirens or a ringing cell phone. Jeeze Louise I farking hate siren sounds from my radio.  :argh:

Paranoid?  :evillaugh:

HEY!  :innocent:















Yes.  :p
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #44 on: March 20, 2008, 08:25:07 AM »
I hate when Yankees move down south and correct our language.  Down here it is them who has the accent.



By the way it is peee-can.
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #45 on: March 20, 2008, 08:47:30 AM »
Quote from: ReardenSteel on March 20, 2008, 08:09:06 AM
Oh. I got a driving pet peeve. When the radio, either in a song, an ad (most frequent) or as a general sound effect plays either the sound of police/ambulance sirens or a ringing cell phone. Jeeze Louise I farking hate siren sounds from my radio.  :argh:

Oh, Gawd, that IS maddening!!!
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #46 on: March 20, 2008, 08:53:49 AM »
When I get invoiced from a doctor's office, for the first time, and they categorize it in any other time frame other than current, as they are inept and categorize the bill based on the date of service, not when they have invoiced for it like they should  :whatever: I think my new way of handling that is going to be to call them and when I get their canned response, "That is when the date of service was", which is independent of when THEY have billed for it, I am going to say, "Ohhhh! OK, THANKS! I'll call you back in 60 days to remit payment to you for it, then. Have a super day!"
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #47 on: March 20, 2008, 08:57:55 AM »
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I hate when Yankees move down south and correct our language.  Down here it is them who has the accent.



By the way it is peee-can.

As opposed to pee-KHAN?
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #48 on: March 20, 2008, 09:07:12 AM »
Quote from: freedumb2003 on March 20, 2008, 08:57:55 AM
Quote from: Sam Fisher on March 20, 2008, 08:25:07 AM
I hate when Yankees move down south and correct our language.  Down here it is them who has the accent.



By the way it is peee-can.

As opposed to pee-KHAN?

Exactly.
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Re: Silly pet peeve's?
« Reply #49 on: March 20, 2008, 09:09:38 AM »
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Quote from: Sam Fisher on March 20, 2008, 08:25:07 AM
I hate when Yankees move down south and correct our language.  Down here it is them who has the accent.



By the way it is peee-can.

As opposed to pee-KHAN?

Exactly.


There is a "u" in the word aunt.   An ant is an insect.  My biggest silly pet peeve.
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