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English language pet peeves

Started by Samus Aran, April 17, 2008, 12:18:52 AM

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Daddy


LCK

Quote from: Kazarus on April 18, 2008, 11:46:48 AM
bang pow blip splooooosh
i like the adjective form of onomatopoeia

onomatopoeic
just rolls off the tongue


pow bang boom kaboom
it just bothers me in excess

Hensa


Daddy

Quote from: ProtectedMember32 on April 18, 2008, 01:25:46 PM
the word "douche"
My brother uses it as a sound effect and it annoys me. psyduck;

LCK

April 18, 2008, 01:30:19 PM #64 Last Edit: April 18, 2008, 01:37:37 PM by Trevor et al.
oh god i just dropped my glass of water on the floor and it was all like "douche"

Daddy

Quote from: Trevor et al. on April 18, 2008, 01:30:19 PM
oh god i just dropped my glass of water of the floor and it was all like "douche"
yeah or "HE RAN RIGHT INTO THE TREE LIKE DOOOOOOOOSH"

[hedy]Zidone


ME##


NOA_Haunted

When people say melk instead of milk. This probably has already been said but it pisses me off.

[hedy]Zidone


Kalahari Inkantation

Oh, and people who say words  like "Legs" or "Eggs" like "Laygs" and "Aygs". befuddlement
srry for bumping

Nyerp

Quote from: HUNTER TECTRON on May 15, 2008, 06:15:03 PM
Oh, and people who say words  like "Legs" or "Eggs" like "Laygs" and "Aygs". befuddlement
srry for bumping

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Samus Aran

Quote from: Liquid on April 18, 2008, 04:28:47 PM
I'd say American spellings are more annoying.


Yes, because it makes so much more sense to make every word a letter longer to waste everyone's time.

psyduck;

Not to mention the fact that the "ou" sound traditionally doesn't sound anything like how it does in those words, further taking away any sense in it.

Full Metal Ryder

Baltimore niggers accents bother me

Tomboh

the retarded conjugations for " to read".

i read
you read
she reads
we read
y'all read
they read
i read (PAST TENSE)
you read (PAST TENSE)
she read (PAST TENSE)
we read (PAST TENSE)
y'all read (PAST TENSE)
they read (PAST TENSE)


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