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Sashadroogie · Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 6:45 pm Post subject:

Was guilty of another of my peeves just there: authoritatively vs authoritively. Grrrr! Why do I type such nonsense?

Sashadroogie · Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 7:12 pm Post subject:

'Bare in mind'. Sigh... Sad

Sashadroogie · Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 7:16 pm Post subject:

Here's a peeve from one of my Russian students. She was reading an adapted novel and for some reason there was a gloss explaining the word 'tea'. As silly as that is, the explanation quite peeved her. 'Tea: a traditional British hot drink.' Razz

rafaella · Joined: 22 Feb 2011 Posts: 122

'Should of' and 'would of' have already been discussed on here and, peeving though they are, I can almost understand why people make these mistakes. Note that I did say 'almost'. However, I have just come across 'What is she supposed to of done?' This is an 'of' too far. We must stop this before it is too late!

johnslat · Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:46 pm Post subject:

Dear Sasha,

"'Content teacher'."

But my dear Sasha - I'm quite content to be a teacher.

As for "a people's princess," I assume that means she was one of a number of such "people's princesses" whereas "the people's princess" would refer to her being a princess loved/adored/worshipped/etc. by her awestruck subjects.

Cults of personality - another peeve, both the phrase AND the cults themselves.

Regards,
John

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

TEFL as a verb.

"I wanna go TEFL and make a million bucks and live like a king in a third world country."

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

Speaking of which, have we already Peeved (invent a verb at will - everyone else seems to:-)) about wanna-bes (another peeve!) who

1. complain about the cost of an entry-level course
2. expect to live like kings in some developing country (you mean most TEFLers don't have maids and cooks??!!)
3. think they can pay off their 50,000 USD credit card debt and live like kings after investing that very steep 2-3,000 USD in a course
4. assume that the local girls will drop like flies for them - who could be more attractive than a TEFLer - he's a foreigner and speaks English - they all want 'me,' right??!!

Yeah, I know - I could have made multiple posts (theme: silly newbie ideas) - but I picture one composit wanna-be here and didn't want to schizo (another contrived verb) him.

Sashadroogie · Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:48 am Post subject:

Dear Spiral

Let's not forget the peeving refusal to believe that North Americans do not have an automatic right to work in the EU, quals or no. 'There must be a loophole coz I'm like special and stuff...'

Sashadroogie · Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:52 am Post subject:

Dear Johnslat

Not bad, not bad. But the course tutor rather cryptically remarked, when a similar answer was ventured, that one had to decide if the 'a' and 'the' referred to princess or people... and then he said no more.

Which leads to another peeve: regular failure of institutions like Oxbridge to practise what they preach re feedback, i.e. not giving it at all when they don't feel like it, or charging you extra for the privilege.

Sashadroogie · Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:54 am Post subject:

Dear Johnslat

Are you saying you have ideological difficulties with my cult of personality? Steady, comrade! You may be guilty of antisocial deviation....

Sasha, the Great Vozhd

Sashadroogie · Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:57 am Post subject:

What is she supposed to of done?

Peeve factor 20! Off to the correction camps, where they can learn how to spell and speak properly - like they shud of done before.

artemisia · Joined: 04 Nov 2008 Posts: 875 Location: the world

Spiral78:

Sashadroogie · Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:11 am Post subject:

Brusque, as in 'tusk' - definitely not 'brew'.

Which one is yours Artemisia? Answer carefully, as there may be need of some re-education camping...

http://www.merriam-webster.com/audio.php?file=brusqu01&word=brusque&text=%5C%3Cspan%20class%3D%22unicode%22%3E%CB%88%3C%2Fspan%3Ebr%C9%99sk%5C

Ariadne · Joined: 16 Jul 2004 Posts: 960

It happened to me. I was seriously peeved to realize that I had been misspelling 'surprise' for awhile.. oh, about 50 years or so. Gosh darn it! There should be a Z!!!!!

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artemisia · Joined: 04 Nov 2008 Posts: 875 Location: the world

Hmm. An annoyingly slow internet connection.