I want to murder people who say or write...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Split infinitives. And people who don't aspirate "wh".

Ha. Like in Cool Whip? You really like to accentuate that "h," huh?

First, thank you for not having written "You like to really accentuate...."

Second, sure, as in Cool Whip. Seriously, though, "whether" should not sound like "weather", "where" like "wear", etc.

Wow. Now you're just being "wheird." I know, there's not even an "h" in that one.

[Anonymous]

"In brief..."

because you know there is no way what comes after will be brief.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Split infinitives. And people who don't aspirate "wh".

Ha. Like in Cool Whip? You really like to accentuate that "h," huh?

Say "Will Wheaton." Ahh, my favorite Family Guy episode, Stewie and Cool Whip.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My neighbor calling me at 5am to say, "You got to do something about that baby crying, it's every morning..." Yes he cries once sometime between 5-8am. He is 9 weeks old! He is a baby, he gets hungry...

I want to scream on the top of my lungs because she is clearly trying to make me feel bad that my infant cries. For 10 minutes. Once at night. I feel so lucky and then she goes and ruins it by being a b*tch.

Um, why is a 9 week old crying for 10 mins. That's a long time.

Um (another annoying and snarky way to start a sentence), he wakes up screaming bloody murder (like a night terror). I RUN to his room and grab him, change his diaper if I have to, then I either A) BF or B) quickly make a bottle, but he does take a minute to calm. I am sure it's not always 10 minutes but sometimes he doesn't calm right away. Considering that is the only time he cries ALL day, I think she is a huge b*tch. Plus, I take offense to "you got to do something," clearly I did because he stopped crying. No better way to make a new mother feel like shit than say her child cries too much!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"I can't recall" ESPECIALLY when DH says it. . .can never "recall" anything!!

I will sometimes say this, but strictly as a joke. When my husband is peppering me with questions, I will lean into and/or tap the imaginary microphone and say, "Um, I cannot recall at this time, senator."

[Anonymous]

Anyone who ends a sentence with "and whatnot", total filler.

Argh!

[Anonymous]

I was thinking in my head...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was thinking in my head...

LOL.

[Anonymous]

Women in their 20's who intonate each and every sentence out of their mouth to sound like a question mark. Especially when I'm interviewing them. "This one time? When I was interning at band camp?"

[Anonymous]

* when people write 'yeah!' when they mean 'yay!'

* lol, roflmao, etc

* writing 'x and i' as a picture title

* the new trend, or whatever it is, for teens to intentionally misspell everything 'c u soon' 'got ur txt' '2morrow', etc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Split infinitives. And people who don't aspirate "wh".

I hate that Oxford took over Fowler's and took out most of his hilarious rants against things like prudery about split infinitives and putting a comma next to "and" (the Oxford comma, ugh). The Oxford edition of Fowler's (yes, I have several editions, I am a nerd) does continue to say re split infinitives that there is "sufficient weight of opinion against it to recommend avoidance when possible, and especially when it is stylistically awkward. But it is neither a major error nor a grammatical blunder, and it is acceptable and at times necessary when considerations of rhythm and clarity call for it."

[Anonymous]

That IS weird.

What do you all do? put your ear up to someone's mouth to feel his/her breath while speaking?

wHow!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Split infinitives. And people who don't aspirate "wh".

Ha. Like in Cool Whip? You really like to accentuate that "h," huh?

First, thank you for not having written "You like to really accentuate...."

Second, sure, as in Cool Whip. Seriously, though, "whether" should not sound like "weather", "where" like "wear", etc.

Wow. Now you're just being "wheird." I know, there's not even an "h" in that one.

[Anonymous]

love it!

Anonymous wrote:Women in their 20's who intonate each and every sentence out of their mouth to sound like a question mark. Especially when I'm interviewing them. "This one time? When I was interning at band camp?"

[Anonymous]

"I am so over it/this/random person"

[Anonymous]

"Um (another annoying and snarky way to start a sentence)"

You are my hero!!! When I read the posts from people who start with um like that....I just go on to the next one. Same way as when I listen to a speech from someone who "ums" a lot, I tune them out.

It's not snarky, it just sounds like they are thinking of what to say.