Anonymous
10/13/2017 15:06
Subject: Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Saying "lanai" instead of porch or deck.
Well I do this, more to make fun of my front porch....I was sitting out on the Lanai when in reality it is a stoop.
With that said, it is not pretentious in Hawaii.
This is a good point. You don't always know whether a person using a word is being the opposite of pretentious, if it's an often-used word for where and how they grew up.
Actually, a word that has pretentious origins and is commonly used is "townhome." It's a townhouse.
It's a rowhouse.
Townhouses are usually condos. Rowhouses are in DC specifically (other places usually call them other names) and are not condos...
No, townhouses are not usually condos. They could be, but it is not the norm.
Anonymous
10/13/2017 14:39
Subject: Re:Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
DH's family says grocery instead of grocery store. Like, "I'm stopping at the grocery on the way home". So pretentious.
Similar to this.. labeling your moving boxes that must be placed in your new kitchen "Larder"
Anonymous
10/01/2017 03:05
Subject: Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
Anonymous wrote:"It's Nordstrom not Nordstroms"
"Listening to a book doesn't count as reading it "
? listening and reading are two different things. I don't see that as pretentious.
Anonymous
10/01/2017 01:55
Subject: Re:Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Annoying & pretentious things that I've heard within the past 3 months:
No thanks, I don't eat that processed stuff.
People are always shocked to hear how old I am.
My gifted child is bored with first grade.
This lemon ginger kombucha is terrific. Although not as good as the one I made at home.
God, living in the suburbs would be the death of me.
I don't eat heavily processed foods (pretty much everything gets processed - if you scramble eggs, they're processed, if you steam vegetables, you just processed them). I think though, it's best to just say "No thank you." Nobody needs to know WHY you're saying no.
I would hate living in the suburbs. When we had kids people made all these comments about us moving out to the suburbs for a big house with a yard. DH and I were both raised in NYC. Neither of us have any desire to live in the suburbs. When people comment on it I just smile and say "We're happy where we are."
I get exactly the opposite from my friends in the city. They're always putting down the suburbs (much like some on DCUM). We love it out here and would hate living in the city.
Anonymous
10/01/2017 01:47
Subject: Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:"Let me call a car service' instead of just calling it Uber.
Uber is too new. 10 years from now maybe, but 5 years ago we were calling car services.
Exactly, and only the elite used them.
Anonymous
10/01/2017 01:13
Subject: Re:Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
Hahaha about lanai sounding pretentious - to me it just sounds like a word old people use. My grandmother and all of her friends living in FL called their little sunporches "lanais" ....
Anonymous
10/01/2017 00:39
Subject: Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Saying "lanai" instead of porch or deck.
Well I do this, more to make fun of my front porch....I was sitting out on the Lanai when in reality it is a stoop.
With that said, it is not pretentious in Hawaii.
This is a good point. You don't always know whether a person using a word is being the opposite of pretentious, if it's an often-used word for where and how they grew up.
Actually, a word that has pretentious origins and is commonly used is "townhome." It's a townhouse.
It's a rowhouse.
Townhouses are usually condos. Rowhouses are in DC specifically (other places usually call them other names) and are not condos...
Town house/row house/whatever is often a regional thing, not a class thing.
Right, it's replacing "house" with "home" that's the pretentious bit.
Anonymous
09/30/2017 21:47
Subject: Re:Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Annoying & pretentious things that I've heard within the past 3 months:
No thanks, I don't eat that processed stuff.
People are always shocked to hear how old I am.
My gifted child is bored with first grade.
This lemon ginger kombucha is terrific. Although not as good as the one I made at home.
God, living in the suburbs would be the death of me.
I don't eat heavily processed foods (pretty much everything gets processed - if you scramble eggs, they're processed, if you steam vegetables, you just processed them). I think though, it's best to just say "No thank you." Nobody needs to know WHY you're saying no.
I would hate living in the suburbs. When we had kids people made all these comments about us moving out to the suburbs for a big house with a yard. DH and I were both raised in NYC. Neither of us have any desire to live in the suburbs. When people comment on it I just smile and say "We're happy where we are."
Exactly. NOthing wrong with eating healthy and having a preference for the city over the suburbs. The pretentiousness comes from how you say it.
Anonymous
09/30/2017 21:41
Subject: Re:Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
Anonymous wrote:Annoying & pretentious things that I've heard within the past 3 months:
No thanks, I don't eat that processed stuff.
People are always shocked to hear how old I am.
My gifted child is bored with first grade.
This lemon ginger kombucha is terrific. Although not as good as the one I made at home.
God, living in the suburbs would be the death of me.
I don't eat heavily processed foods (pretty much everything gets processed - if you scramble eggs, they're processed, if you steam vegetables, you just processed them). I think though, it's best to just say "No thank you." Nobody needs to know WHY you're saying no.
I would hate living in the suburbs. When we had kids people made all these comments about us moving out to the suburbs for a big house with a yard. DH and I were both raised in NYC. Neither of us have any desire to live in the suburbs. When people comment on it I just smile and say "We're happy where we are."
Anonymous
09/30/2017 21:40
Subject: Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
"It's Nordstrom not Nordstroms"
"Listening to a book doesn't count as reading it "
"Listening to a book doesn't count as reading it "
Anonymous
09/30/2017 21:31
Subject: Re:Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
Annoying & pretentious things that I've heard within the past 3 months:
No thanks, I don't eat that processed stuff.
People are always shocked to hear how old I am.
My gifted child is bored with first grade.
This lemon ginger kombucha is terrific. Although not as good as the one I made at home.
God, living in the suburbs would be the death of me.
No thanks, I don't eat that processed stuff.
People are always shocked to hear how old I am.
My gifted child is bored with first grade.
This lemon ginger kombucha is terrific. Although not as good as the one I made at home.
God, living in the suburbs would be the death of me.
Anonymous
09/27/2017 12:31
Subject: Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
Anonymous wrote:"Let me call a car service' instead of just calling it Uber.
Uber is too new. 10 years from now maybe, but 5 years ago we were calling car services.
Anonymous
09/27/2017 12:19
Subject: Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Saying "lanai" instead of porch or deck.
Well I do this, more to make fun of my front porch....I was sitting out on the Lanai when in reality it is a stoop.
With that said, it is not pretentious in Hawaii.
This is a good point. You don't always know whether a person using a word is being the opposite of pretentious, if it's an often-used word for where and how they grew up.
Actually, a word that has pretentious origins and is commonly used is "townhome." It's a townhouse.
It's a rowhouse.
Townhouses are usually condos. Rowhouses are in DC specifically (other places usually call them other names) and are not condos...
Town house/row house/whatever is often a regional thing, not a class thing.
Anonymous
09/27/2017 01:38
Subject: Re:Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don't think most of these examples qualify as pretentious.
I think it's pretentious when people are speaking English and suddenly pronounce a French or Spanish word like a native speaker. Or if they have a name like Suzanne and insist that you pronounce it "SuzAHN"
Pak EEE stahn
Hmm! It is the correct pronunciation with perhaps a little less emphasis on the "e". Obama used to say it correctly. "Park ee stahn".
Anonymous
09/24/2017 16:22
Subject: Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Back on the subject:
"I have to powder my nose" or "Where is the Water Closet"....
when you could just say "where is the sh****r", or as Archie Bunker would say, "Where is the Toilet".
???
Ok, this was supposed to be
