1. The term “gentlemen’s club” used for a strip club. I don’t have a problem with calling them “men’s clubs”—actually, I’ve never seen that term used; why not?—but I wouldn’t call the men who frequent that type of place “gentlemen.”
2. People who say “myself” instead of “I” or “me” because they think it’s fancier. Example: “Roger and myself would like to go to the gentlemen’s club, but we can’t, because our wives might find out.” In this case, you should say, “Roger and I.” You wouldn’t say, “Myself would like to go.” Okay, then.
If you have anything that bugs you (it doesn’t even have to be grammar-related), post it in the comments and I will read it and probably say, “That bugs myself, too!”
It REALLY bugs me when co-workers do not change the toilet paper or paper towel rolls.
ReplyDeleteyou're vs. your
ReplyDeleteMy 10 Year Reunion invitation said
"Your Invited"
Grrrrrr
Ooooooooh both of those get me. Gentlemen, myself's foot. :-P
ReplyDeleteHow about mixing upper and lower case letters? Just Sunday I saw a local business with a sign proclaiming it to be a "MillWORK". Arg.
Their/there/they're. Why do people not know the difference?
Multiple punctuation marks!!!! Why isn't one good enough????
One of my pet peeves isn't exactly grammar, but it relates to usage of words. I hate it when people refer to things as "my" when it isn't theirs at all. Example: A waitress says, "My soup of the day is tomato basil." It isn't YOUR soup, is it? Do you own the restaurant?
ReplyDeleteAnother one is when restaurants call something "homemade." Did you make it at home and then bring it up here? I didn't think so. So call it "made from scratch" or "homestyle", but not "homemade."
You are women after my own heart. You're/your and there/their/they're is one of the main reasons why I am not still teaching 8th grade. They could not tell the difference (or didn't care) and it drove me insane!
ReplyDeleteI don't really have a grammar "pet peeve", although I do dislike it when people misspell words. My "pet peeve" is that I don't like it when someone asks "where do want to go" and then says "oh I don't like that place". WHY THE HECK DID YOU ASK ME THEN! Very annoying!
ReplyDeleteAround here, people go 'down the shore', go 'over their friend's house' and get 'done their homework'. Our kids have lived here long enough that they do all those things too. A 'to' or two, or the occasional 'with' would be so surprisingly pleasant!
ReplyDeleteBelated congratulations on your SITS day!
I'm on a tirade right now about spirit suckers. People who have the ability to deflate you on the spot and beat your spirit into a wizened old balloon. Ya, that.
ReplyDeleteI love gentlemen one. I actually can't think of anything on the spot that bugs me. I will have to think about it.
ReplyDeleteHmmm...the ones that came to my mind were written in the above comments...but one thing that really bugs me is seeing people write LiKe tHaT - WhY dO tHeY Do tHaT?! my fingers almost got cramped.
ReplyDeletePeople that misuse your and you're or there, their and they're. Or to and too. It just bugs me when contractions aren't used correctly.
ReplyDeleteHaha...love it! I have the same type of pet peeves. The gentlemens club really gets me because yeah they are definitely not "gentlemen" in my book.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely the first one. Gentleman is the last word I think of when I think of one of those.
ReplyDeleteMy pet peeve is when "they're" "their" and "there" are not appropriately used in print.
ReplyDeleteThere/Their/They're, Your/You're, To/Too/Two, Whose/Who's, It's/Its, I/Me/Myself, innapropriate apostrophes, quotation marks, commas, punctuation and grammatical errors of all sorts all bother me, but I am bothered most of all by rude people, especially rude drivers.
ReplyDeleteYeah, all those! This post cracked me up.
ReplyDeleteI have thought that, as well, about the "gentlemen" who want to see women on the pole.
ReplyDeleteOh, and the other one? "I was taken back by your comment." Okay, no you weren't You were taken ABACK, you nimrod.
But maybe I have anger. I hope you're not taken back by my anger.
My biggest pet peeve is "a whole nother" as in that's a whole nother thing...
ReplyDeleteNo. Nother is not a word, whether or not you put an apostrophe in front of it, which I've seen some people do. I don't care if it is whole or halved, there is no such word!
That one really gets myself all worked up. Oh wait - let me rephrase: ThAt oNE ReAlLy GetS MySElF aLl WorKeD uP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Their, myself feels better now!
(Oh, and PS to the commenter upthread: I grew up in Jersey, where it was correct usage to say one was going "down the shore" and if I slip and say that now, my husband - not a native NJean - gets all over my case about it. Hee!)