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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some kids are just obnoxious and the parents don't correct.  I was talking to a friend about something, and used a word in my native language.  Her son, who was in the next room, chimed in to correct my pronunciation in that language, which he doesn't even speak.  So he not only interrupted a conversation that he wasn't a part of, he corrected me, incorrectly.  Obnoxiously.  His mother said nothing.  He's an older teen.

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There is a thread right now in Elementary School forum where an OP asked if others tell their kids if they are "on their cycle".  Several (I'm presuming) grown adults came on to tell OP that saying "on" your cycle is incorrect.  Or to presume they don't know what she means because women are always on their cycle.  I mean,  :roll:  :roll:  :roll:  :roll: .

This kind of obnoxious behavior -- the correcting of meaningless minor points, particularly when you know full well what someone means and it really has no bearing on the actual discussion, lasts into adulthood for far too many.  It's highly obnoxious!  Some people, kids and adults, are just unbearably rigid, pedantic, and know-it-allish.

The other type being discussed here -- the "one-uppers" are prevalent amongst adults too.  [/quote]

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