When folk say "I was really pissed with her/him/it" as an expression of thier annoyance.

[SheikYerbouti]

No, you weren't pissed.

You were pissed off.

I have seen this a lot on here, and it gets my dander up.

I thank you.

[posieflump]

Think it is an Americanism
Like 'I will write you'
No you will write to me...

[SheikYerbouti]

ARSE.

their

Fuck, I always end up with typos on pedantry threads and make myself look like a tit.

[morningpaper]

oh yes

tis an Americanism surely?

[SheikYerbouti]

I don't care from whence it came.

It is WRONG.

WRONG

[FAQ]

ahh one of these pedants "if it's not the Queen's English it's wrong" threads (ie if you've got a regional/foreign dialect you're buggered)

[FAQ]

ooops forgot the

[SheikYerbouti]

No, FAQ.

I was just pointing something out which grates when I hear it.

I swear like a navvy and have a Brummie accent.

Have you been and said this on all of the other Pedants' Corner threads?

[SheikYerbouti]

Sorry mate.

[piratecat]

yes

usa

I was so pissed. -annoyed

uk

I was so pissed- drunk

[FAQ]

ermm no I hardly ever venture onto the Pedants' threads, especially since I've "lost" the dictionary function on Firefox....

[SheikYerbouti]

Lol, it's very useful.

My typing is much better ever since I turned it on and it points out my errors with angry red lines.

Sorry I was prickly - I am currently going through a phase of thinking "FGS, can I not post anything without causing offence?"

[UnquietDad]

Gets mine up too. It is wrong.

Americans saying "jeez, dude, I was real pissed at my mom" I can just about handle, because Americans say things wrong all the time. They can't even get the bloody date in the right order or spell "colour".

But British people saying it - Noooooooo way!

[SheikYerbouti]

(BTW, look in "Tools" and then "add ons")

[FAQ]

ooo thanks Sheik - I've just downloaded it (still won't be venturing on here much though )

[asicsgirl]

uqd, have you taken your tablet today?

[WendyWeber]

(Sheik, "whence" means "from where". "from whence" means "from from where")

[SheikYerbouti]

There's always one, isn't there?

[asicsgirl]

that's pedants for you. feeling your pain one minute, sticking a knife in your back the next