they're lots of things I hate about people who think their grammer is correct. If you read this post carefully there is a clue as to what my hate is! Oh there it is!
"they're"? Don't you mean "There are" And yes, I know you did that on purpose. People not understanding the correct usage of the words and the difference between "they're, their and there", "your and you're", and "we're, were, wear and where" really get on my goat. It's not that hard. [Correct any of the below, as even I get things wrong sometimes The usage is correct though.] "They're" is short for "they are", e.g. THEY'RE going to the cinema. "Their" is possesive, e.g. THEIR computer kicks ass. "There" - e.g. I threw a ball over THERE. "You're" is short for "you are", e.g. YOU'RE going to the cinema. "Your" is possesive, e.g. YOUR computer kicks ass. "We're" is short for "we are", e.g. WE'RE going to the cinema. "Were" is the 1st, 2nd and 3rd person of the verb (past, pl. past, and past subjunctive) To Be, e.g. We WERE throwing balls around, and so WERE they. "Wear" is to do with clothing etc. e.g. You wear jeans. You wear shoes. "Where" can be used thus, e.g. WHERE is my ball? WHERE is the URL? I hope that helps some people out a little. English can be a very confusing language some of the time (I'm not even going to start on how to know from just looking how to pronounce bough, trough, borough, though etc).
my biggest pet hate is people who say "at the end of the day". It just really pisses me off. The people who say it always seem to be on ITV too. They just throw it in, in every ruddy sentence to make them selves sound intelligent. other phrases are "at the minute" and anything mockney.
Exclamation marks? My most loathed punctuation. They're totally unnecessary. *n ("Exclamation marks are like personalities...More than one and there's something wrong.")
McAfee is Scotch-Irish, just phone 800-338-8754 Only a newbie mispronounces McAfee. Newbies expose themselves by not knowing the correct pronunciation. Those of in the know tell if a tech is "for real" or not, by how they pronounce McAfee. McAfee is one of about twenty names known as "Scotch-Irish" surnames. A number of Scotch families immigrated through Ireland, and their names got spelled Mc on their passports although they continued to pronounce them as though they were still spelled Mac. If you doubt me just do a search on Scotch-Irish surnames. McEnroe, McIntosh, McIlvoy are among the others. Heard of the tennis player John McEnroe? McAfee uses telephone confirmation proceedures extensively and it is hard to be a tech for long without hearing a recorded message on their system that uses the proper pronunciation. Just call one of their toll free numbers and listen to the "boing...thank you for calling MAC A FEE." So when a tech mis-pounounces it by trying to pronounce it the way it is spelled, we know the tech is a newbie. Just phone one of their numbers and listen! McAfee Customer Service Corporate Customer Service: Customer Service Department 5000 Headquarters Drive Plano, TX 75024 USA Phone: 800-338-8754
Holy thread revival, Batman! Although I'll take this opportunity to rant about someething. In a similar vein to the rest of this thread, my pet hate is people who, due to the way we pronounce things, actually write incorrectly. A perfect example of this would be "I would of done it"; it comes from the contraction "would've" sounding like "would of". Gah
I blame Blue Peter. They once had hosts with a decent grasp of English and an IQ over 3, now they've got to dumb down and not make the viewers feel inadequate. Bring back Valerie Singleton and Peter Pervert. And Shep.
My dad pronounces pronunciation: pro-noun-see-ayy-shun and insists that he is right and that its just me living in Bristol that makes me say it pro-nun-see-ayy-shun. Just because i live in the colloquial retardism capital of the world doesn't mean I have to speak like them ¬.¬. Just because its a derivative of pronounce doesn't mean you say it the same way. I've also heard almonds as in Paul. That one annoys me too. edit: people who say drawling instead of drawing, holy crap how did I forget that.
People saying brought instead of bought really annoys me as so many people seem to do it, thinking it is the correct way to say it.
i cant say "Everything". Well i can but only when i consciencely think about it. This girl once pointed it out to me that i say it like "eferything" - like instead of a V i pronouce a F ( Try it yourself, youl see what i mean) I hadnt noticed and since she pointed it out iv become conscience of it when i use the word. On another note its funny how the subtle of things like this sticks with you, since the girl told me i pronounce it like that (this was like 4 years ago), its stuck with me, also other little things that you remember like once a guy in primary school wouldnt drink the end bit of the juice in the dinner hall like those jugs you get per table with juice in it or water for the kids to drink from, when i asked him why he says thats where all the dirt would settle and since then even iv stopped drinking the bottom part of milk or juices in cartons..this was like 14years ago aswell lol.....funny old bits of memory
Too many people say digical instead of digital, annoys me a bit, sams as some of the other words in this thread.
Jag-u-ar, jag-u-ar, Jag-u-ar, jag-u-ar, Jag-u-ar, jag-u-ar, Jag-u-ar, jag-u-ar, Not Jag-warrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!
Like some I have a genuine pet hate for people who don't pronounce correctly particulary when people drop letters.... Writin for writing, anythin for anything... so on so forth. Chav speak generallly makes me want to injure people (Nor/Nah =No, Gimme for give me) Oh and I went through a phase of killing everyone who pronounced my website as Loopy instead of Loop-eh I work with a bunch of retards and heres what they generally get slaps around the head for ard - hard mer-chee en dise- Merchandise Yo-gurt- Yoghurt Oh live- olive
Calling Scottish people 'Scotch' doesn't tend to go down well Mc is Muhc, Mac is Mac, like St. is sunt, and Saint is well saint.
I also dislike people who keep putting "at the end of the day" into the sentence.. At the end of the day it is night time - nothing else...
