LaHermes Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 The scourge of political correctness. 2 Link to comment
Batya33 Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 How my son uses the sweetest most respectful tone of voice on zoom with his teachers. Can't he um spread the love like especially when it's time to stop the video game and go to bed? Not that I let him be on screens ever - like maybe three minutes after he's done crocheting and doing a puzzle and doing one of those crafty science experiments....... Link to comment
Jibralta Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 the scourge of political correctness. yes. yesyesyes Link to comment
boltnrun Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Cold symptoms that come and go repeatedly but are (apparently) not a cold. I've been Covid tested FIVE times and all were negative. But these pesky symptoms just keep coming back! Link to comment
Long Gone Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Cold symptoms that come and go repeatedly but are (apparently) not a cold. I've been Covid tested FIVE times and all were negative. But these pesky symptoms just keep coming back! Sorry to hear that boltnrun. That can’t be easy, hope the symptoms go finally. Link to comment
Batya33 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Cold symptoms that come and go repeatedly but are (apparently) not a cold. I've been Covid tested FIVE times and all were negative. But these pesky symptoms just keep coming back! Ugh -and in a normal year you'd probably brush it aside after blowing your nose ..... I hope it stops soon!! Link to comment
boltnrun Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Ugh -and in a normal year you'd probably brush it aside after blowing your nose ..... I hope it stops soon!! Thank you. I've been dealing with this for years. It's the reason my doctor ordered a TON of tests about a year ago. Nothing was really found. I just feel crappy about 50% of the time. Link to comment
pippy longstocking Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Ohhhh where to start .... Link to comment
pippy longstocking Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 I have just realised it is 4.15 in the morning ...I am not annoyed as such ...just a tadge shocked at how long I have been sat here Link to comment
Jibralta Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 The mouse on my other computer KEEPS.ON.LAGGING. GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Also, there are a couple hyperactive kids upstairs making a ton of noise in their squeaky little voices.... NOT HELPING MATTERS. And I have to rush all of my relaxing into five frickin minutes!!! Link to comment
Jibralta Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 I feel like a jerk for saying it, but it always grates on me when people use "bare" instead of "bear," (as in "I can't bare it"), "balling" instead of "bawling," (as in, "I was balling"). Stuff like that. I just now saw "sorted" in a sentence when it should have been "sordid," and it's like someone ran their fingers down a chalkboard. I don't know what my problem is. I know what they mean. 1 Link to comment
Seraphim Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 This year.... it can seriously go blank it’s self. 1 1 1 Link to comment
boltnrun Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 36 minutes ago, Jibralta said: I feel like a jerk for saying it, but it always grates on me when people use "bare" instead of "bear," (as in "I can't bare it"), "balling" instead of "bawling," (as in, "I was balling"). Stuff like that. I just now saw "sorted" in a sentence when it should have been "sordid," and it's like someone ran their fingers down a chalkboard. I don't know what my problem is. I know what they mean. I saw someone on another board wrote they thought a pair of pants was "chique". It took me a beat to realize she meant "chic". Also "queue" and "cue". Or "loose" vs. "lose". And on and on. Some people say "oh, who cares???!!" I do lol. English major here Link to comment
Seraphim Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 1 minute ago, boltnrun said: I saw someone on another board wrote they thought a pair of pants was "chique". It took me a beat to realize she meant "chic". Also "queue" and "cue". Or "loose" vs. "lose". And on and on. Some people say "oh, who cares???!!" I do lol. English major here I just give people allowance because I know I make mistakes and my son is seriously disabled in his capacity to spell and some don’t have the same opportunities for education I did. Link to comment
Wiseman2 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 23 minutes ago, boltnrun said: I saw someone on another board wrote they thought a pair of pants was "chique". It took me a beat to realize she meant "chic". Also "queue" and "cue". I'm used to UK English or words spelled in their original language so... Link to comment
Hollyj Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 I second the comment regarding 2020! Link to comment
Wiseman2 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Hollyj said: I second the comment regarding 2020! Yep! Good riddance 2020👏 Link to comment
Seraphim Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Wiseman2 said: I'm used to UK English or words spelled in their original language so... That is another thing... British spelling and American spelling. Anyone of my age in Canada was taught the British spelling of many words and you were reprimanded in school with a spelling mistake if you used the American spelling. Now I don’t think they care but my generation was taught to be highly aware of what was Canadian culture. Link to comment
Jibralta Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Wiseman2 said: I'm used to UK English or words spelled in their original language so... Those are not the instances that raise the hairs on the back of my neck. There's nothing to be done for me. It's just a quirk I have. 1 Link to comment
Batya33 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 3 hours ago, Jibralta said: I feel like a jerk for saying it, but it always grates on me when people use "bare" instead of "bear," (as in "I can't bare it"), "balling" instead of "bawling," (as in, "I was balling"). Stuff like that. I just now saw "sorted" in a sentence when it should have been "sordid," and it's like someone ran their fingers down a chalkboard. I don't know what my problem is. I know what they mean. Same! I had a traumatic experience in second or third grade -the teacher, a non-english speaker, wrote "shur" on the board instead of "sure". I pointed out the mistake and was made fun of since enough of my classmates didn't know about silent e and of course that "sure" is pronounced "shur" but no h. But yes I am the same. My friend told me her 20 something daughter put in an application for grad school where she spelled "soul" "sole" and had proofed it many times and apparently didn't know that there were two spellings. My friend didn't think it was a big deal. I did. (She got accepted so I guess in this case my friend was right). I didn't have spell check or google or a computer when I did my grad school admission essays, etc and the truth is I made a spelling error with the word "excel" on my admission essay LOL. But I freaked out about it - it did mean something to me. I also don't like "nip it in the butt" instead of bud lol. Annoying - people who come into our small elevator bank where we're supposed to socially distance -it's an enclosed space -without pulling the leash shorter so that their dog tries to leap at me forcing me into a corner "but he's friendly!" doesn't work for me. At all. I was bitten by a dog I knew well when I walked by him in my friend's home -leapt out at me and bit me randomly in the leg, breaking the skin. Link to comment
HeartGoesOn Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 2 hours ago, boltnrun said: I saw someone on another board wrote they thought a pair of pants was "chique". It took me a beat to realize she meant "chic". Also "queue" and "cue". Or "loose" vs. "lose". And on and on. Agreed. I'm also amazed at how often "there, their and they're" are used incorrectly. Link to comment
Jibralta Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 29 minutes ago, HeartGoesOn said: I'm also amazed at how often "there, their and they're" are used incorrectly. I had a boyfriend who did this. I was in my very early 20s at the time, and really busted his balls about it. I have more tact, now. At least I like to think I do... Same with it's and its. 36 minutes ago, Batya33 said: I pointed out the mistake and was made fun of since enough of my classmates didn't know about silent e and of course that "sure" is pronounced "shur" but no h. I'm so sorry to laugh, but I find this hilarious. Oh, the irony! But isn't nonsense like this so common in everyday life? 36 minutes ago, Batya33 said: My friend told me her 20 something daughter put in an application for grad school where she spelled "soul" "sole" and had proofed it many times and apparently didn't know that there were two spellings. This reminds me of something that happened to me. At my first job out of graduate school, I scanned a specification into Microsoft Word via a scanner with optical character recognition software. The software didn't perfectly recognize every character, so I had to go through and make corrections. As I'm sure you are aware, Word puts a little wavy red line under misspelled words, so it was just a matter of hunting those down. WELL. Little did I know that one of the words had gotten replaced with the word "arse" throughout the spec. Even though "arse" is not American English, Word did not flag it as a misspelling!! 😂😂 Another stupid thing I did: Back in college, I wrote a report on ancient Greece and in doing so learned a new word: oligopoly. When I discussed oligopolies in my paper, I wasn't surprised when Microsoft Word put it's little squiggly red line under it. I solved the problem by adding "ogliopoly" to Word's dictionary.... Only, if you noticed, I'd spelled it ogliopoly. Turns out Word did have "oligopoly" in its dictionary! I'd been misspelling it the entire time. And I turned in a paper where I'd unabashedly misspelled it throughout! I didn't realize it til years later lol 😂 Now I catch myself using it's instead of its and their instead of there, etc. I'm losing it as I get older. Anyway, I guess I'd better never make another spelling error again! 1 Link to comment
boltnrun Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 "Should of". It's should have! Now, get off my lawn! LOL 1 Link to comment
boltnrun Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Also "women" vs. "woman". As in, "I am dating a women". Annnddd, I'll show myself out the door. For now. Link to comment
HeartGoesOn Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 your vs you're... Link to comment
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