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johnslat · Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 4:34 pm Post subject:

Dear NCTBA,

If people spoke only about what they knew to be true, a vast silence would descend upon the earth.

And that might be really quite nice.

Of course, it would also mean that I'd have to shut up. Crying or Very sad

Regards,
John

Never Ceased To Be Amazed · Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 4:42 pm Post subject:

John...and I know this...you do realize that I was only adding to yer list of peeves... Jes' to keep ya from putting a contract out on my a$$!

NCTBA

johnslat · Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 4:51 pm Post subject:

Dear NCTBA,

No contracts - I do my own wet work. Why pay someone to do something so enjoyable? Very Happy

But no worries - you're not on the list.

Regards,
John

Sashadroogie · Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 7:18 pm Post subject:

Dear Johnslat

Do you do hits on people who use pepper peevy phrases through their speech? How much to put a hit a someone who says 'talk to the hands...'?

S

Sashadroogie · Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 8:06 pm Post subject:

Harass. Needs to be pronounced correctly, as in the non-peevey way not normally heard on TV cop shows...

Grrr!

johnslat · Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 8:35 pm Post subject:

Dear Sashadroogie,

"How much to put a hit a someone who says 'talk to the hands...'?"

No charge - that's pro bono.

Regards,
Hitman John

johntpartee · Joined: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 3258

I hate the term "making love". 99.99% of the people who say that don't mean it. They are scratching an itch. It's particularly galling when I hear someone say that they made love with a prostitute. Call it having sex.

Sashadroogie · Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 6:04 am Post subject:

That's a peeve?

Interestingly, going back to swear words, all the crude words for 'making love' are transitive whereas all the euphemisms are not - and not just in English, but in many, many languages.

Just a shared insight, not a peeve either, really.

Sashadroogie · Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 3:22 pm Post subject:

I use Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow regularly, and it is a truly bepeeving experience on so many levels, including linguistically dubious signage. But though peeved, even I wouldn't quite as worked up about it as these dudes do in this 'controversial' video game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JHvkp3CWJw

johntpartee · Joined: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 3258

Have you ever seen Chinglish? I've never seen the dubious Russian, but some of the Chinese stuff will amaze and astound even the most jaded world traveller. Look at "more Chinglish pics" in "China (Off-Topic)".

Sashadroogie · Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 4:15 pm Post subject:

But has it ever made you 'go postal'? (There is a peculiarly US phrase and phenomenon - why do US posties get so peeved? All that rain sleet and hail, or whatever?)

johntpartee · Joined: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 3258

No, never makes me go postal. I worked in a mail room one time, and it was mostly the gruelling repetition that got to me. Sorting mail was the worst. I'd stand there going through these piles of envelopes for what seemed like hours, look at my watch and ten minutes had passed. The days were just interminable. Couldn't imagine doing that for twenty years to get a pension.

Never Ceased To Be Amazed · Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 5:18 pm Post subject:

The U.S. Post System (USPS) was a large employer of U.S. vets after 'Nam. One of the reasons that John has never "gone postal" is that he made the logical choice to "go expat"... Very Happy

NCTBA

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

Thanks to slagdog's mystifying 'cup size' thread:

automobiles with many cupholders. Big Peeve. My brother's SUV has EIGHT cupholders. Unbelievable.

slaqdog · Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Posts: 211

Going Postal: Rage, Murder and Rebellion in America (ISBN: 1905005342 / 1-905005-34-2)
Mark Ames
Helps to understand why.....tho the guns help.
My pet peeves; Teachers who use staff meetings to vent their pet peeves and other teachers who begin all sentences with 'In MY class.....' Twisted Evil