A Petty Thing That gets on your Nerves
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People who confuse
Your and You're and
There, Their and They're
It's petty, as you can always tell what they mean from the context, but aaarrrggghhh...
Your and You're and
There, Their and They're
It's petty, as you can always tell what they mean from the context, but aaarrrggghhh...
Minor spelling errors, people talking unnecessarily loudly, etc.
But the biggest of all is romanised Japanese. To me, "あなた は ばか" is easier to read than "anata wa baka". This mainly stems from the fact that I read lots of anime fan-fiction, and some authors incorporate romanised Japanes into it, and it destroys the flow so much that I wonder why they don't just stick to one language.
But the biggest of all is romanised Japanese. To me, "あなた は ばか" is easier to read than "anata wa baka". This mainly stems from the fact that I read lots of anime fan-fiction, and some authors incorporate romanised Japanes into it, and it destroys the flow so much that I wonder why they don't just stick to one language.
I'm glad to help a friend or classmate out when they need help understanding a task. The best way to learn is through discussion or analysis.
However, I have far less love for those charming people who will listen to my advice, blink and say 'soooooo....what do I write?' until I sigh and agree to dictate their work to them.
The worst culprit is one young lady who will awkwardly attempt to flirt her way into 'convincing' me, which brings me to my next topic:
Giggly, air-headed flirters. Look, I'm quite clearly not paying attention, I've asked you to stop giggling like a leaking helium balloon at everything I say and I'm neck deep in a serious relationship that you're well aware of. What more do I have to do?
However, I have far less love for those charming people who will listen to my advice, blink and say 'soooooo....what do I write?' until I sigh and agree to dictate their work to them.
The worst culprit is one young lady who will awkwardly attempt to flirt her way into 'convincing' me, which brings me to my next topic:
Giggly, air-headed flirters. Look, I'm quite clearly not paying attention, I've asked you to stop giggling like a leaking helium balloon at everything I say and I'm neck deep in a serious relationship that you're well aware of. What more do I have to do?
People who don't know the difference between the word 'arse' and 'ass'. See, here in Aus, a good 99% of the population doesn't realise that they are in fact two different words. So you get morons saying things like "dumb-arse", "smart-arse" and "jack-arse" instead of dumbass, smartass and jackass. And it infuriates me to no end, especially when people claim that I'm the one being wrong.
The groups of people who stand across the escalator and block the entire lane so nobody can pass. And it's always fat teenage girls who do it, and there's nothing I can do but stand behind them and try to drown out the inane drivel they ramble on about with no way to avoid it.
People who refuse to play a game because they won't accept anything but the most 'realistic' graphics available. "Oh, this game looks too cartoony, never mind the innovative and ludicrously fun gameplay it has to offer, it looks too kiddy for a mature adult like myself snort snort adjust monocle."
The groups of people who stand across the escalator and block the entire lane so nobody can pass. And it's always fat teenage girls who do it, and there's nothing I can do but stand behind them and try to drown out the inane drivel they ramble on about with no way to avoid it.
People who refuse to play a game because they won't accept anything but the most 'realistic' graphics available. "Oh, this game looks too cartoony, never mind the innovative and ludicrously fun gameplay it has to offer, it looks too kiddy for a mature adult like myself snort snort adjust monocle."
People who think that manga is some new trend like Pokémon or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. "Manga" just means "Japanese comics". It's NOT some new thing, even if it's new here.
People who have bad skype manners.
I don't want to hear you eat, your music or what you're watching on TV. I don't want to hear you have a conversation with your mum. Either mute your mic or leave your headset on your head so you can hear me shouting at you to shut the hell up.
I don't want to hear you eat, your music or what you're watching on TV. I don't want to hear you have a conversation with your mum. Either mute your mic or leave your headset on your head so you can hear me shouting at you to shut the hell up.
I hate when people speak "ghetto" or try to say "smart" things but utterly fail at the grammar.Marter said:People who don't understand how to use an em dash.
People who don't capitalize proper nouns (or do capitalize words that are not proper nouns in the middle of the sentence).
People who use an apostrophe with plural words.
I think you can see where this is going. Lots of minor grammar errors bug me.
Or when people mispronounce "supposedly" as "suppose-ably".
There's this one guy who works with me that likes to do these bird whistles while he works. He does this non-stop the entire day I work there. It gets really annoying and I really wish I can go up to him and tell him to stop. But I restrain myself because I don't want to get in trouble or worse lose my job. Especially since it's a volunteer job and it's pretty much my best shot at helping me find a paying job.
When people punctuate their conversation with a variety of mouth/lip noises. Lip smacking, snorting, sniffing, throat clearing, coughing type sounds. It's like they've separated into two people: One speaks and another makes gibberish personal assessments of their own speach, and I just want to tell them to please shut the hell up and just talk.interspark said:
Here's what gets me:
You're in the copier room, or in the kitchen, or some other place where another perosn can be with you without actually having anything to do with you, and then that person starts talking to her/himself, like this: "Hm... Oh, that's right. (Pause) Like that, yeah. (Pause) That would work." And you get the disinct feeling that s/he wouldn't have talked to her/himself had you not been there, and it's some sort of weird passive socialising they're doing.
You're in the copier room, or in the kitchen, or some other place where another perosn can be with you without actually having anything to do with you, and then that person starts talking to her/himself, like this: "Hm... Oh, that's right. (Pause) Like that, yeah. (Pause) That would work." And you get the disinct feeling that s/he wouldn't have talked to her/himself had you not been there, and it's some sort of weird passive socialising they're doing.