Scream into the pillow of this thread and avoid scorn on others...

[tethersend]

Pedant's refuge: I have to get it out, but not on the threads themselves as I'll get ripped to shreds it's not polite. It's safe here.

Pier pressure

What gems have made your teeth itch in silent rage?

On the subject of word conflation, it seems to happen by stealth. I think the grunge generation is taking over advertising, as I have seen "Nevermind" as one word on several occasions.

The rise of the dreadful "alot" should be resisted with full force, and I don't like "anymore" either, even though it seems respectable in some quarters...

Referring back to the OP, Pier Pressure is the name of a cheesy nightclub in Aberystwyth. It is on a pier

MrsGokWan, on a similar note my mother gets irritated by people saying 'I'll take that off you.'

'Why, is it stuck to her? No? Then you'll take it from her, won't you?'

Unfortunately, whilst Belgarath in general shares my pedantic nature, he (mis)uses this one all the time (as do my PsIL). And it's driving me mad.

[turning-into-my-mother emoticon]

I've said this before but our John Lewis wooden advent calendar bought 2 years ago - John Lewis, for goodness' sake - claimed on the box to have 24 "draws"...

What, so there's the attractive packaging, the sturdy construction, the pictures, the colour scheme... Just need 20 more...

I think I may be kicked off this thread due to my appalling typing but anyway...

I see a lot on here Per Say. For per se. I have to stop myself from typing the correct word. Christ if you are going to slip a bit of Latin in your posts, it will make you look better if you actually spell it right.

An ex boyfriend used to have a bad back - instead of saying LUMBAR support he said SLUMBER. It's all right, pedants, I killed 'im.

'Grammer'.
'Independant'.

If you are going to insist your child goes to a particular kind of school, learn to fucking spell.

People on the radio pronouncing Christina Aguilera A-gwil-air-a instead of Ag-ee-lair-a.

And I don't even like Christina Aguilera. I mean who gives a shit anyway. But SAY her name RIGHT.

'He maintains that there is virtually no occasion when a misplaced apostrophe causes genuine confusion of meaning'

Except, maybe, where I live. If I asked him to meet me at St James' Building and sent him the message without the apostrophe he'd probably go to St James Building, which is on the opposite side of town .

I'm just reading through some new work guidance and the author has written a whopping 90 word sentence.

The punctuation (or, more precisely, the lack of it) on certain warning signs at Heathrow.

One reads: "Warning conveyor starting keep clear"

Surely, as someone has said earlier, when you're spending loads of money on a signage programme you can get someone to proofread the bloody things?

(Question for fellow pedants: Do you prefer 'proofread' or 'proof-read'? I'm worried about my choice now...)

retiredgoth - I'd draw your teacher friend's attention to the wonderful example given by Lynne Truss, namely the "Giant Kid's Playground" - which children don't go to as they are all scared of the Giant Kid.

Oh, and people on reading threads talking about 'site words'. Grr. They're 'sight words', because you learn to recognise them by sight. I imagine 'site words' have something to do with cement mixers and scaffolding.

Defanately, definately etc. Disinterest/disinterested when it should be uninterest/ed.
And we used to have a perfectly good adjective "crisp". Now everything is "crispy".

wierd

"'Grammer'.
'Independant'.

If you are going to insist your child goes to a particular kind of school, learn to fucking spell."

PMSL at this

I am a teacher, and have to let so much go. I teach kids with behavioural difficulties, and what annoys me the most isn't getting told to go fuck myself in a number of interesting and creative ways on a daily basis, it's "Why are you doing that for?". Sometimes it's hard not to tell them to go fuck themselves, TBH.

Arf at Pier Pressure

Oh, and spotted visa versa on here recently.

Unless that's some bizarre and specific Latin reference to the credit crunch?

Tethers you are making me howl on this thread

I refuse to acknowledge that I am a pedant. One typo in a post, I can bear, but I have just seen "eather" and "cardegan" in the same post. I

PMSL at pretty much all of the above. I know it isn't strictly related but another one MNHubbie hates is the use of the word gay.

"I'm not doing that it be gay"
"How exactly is taking part in the practical in anyway representative of a homosexual lifestyle?"
"You wot?"
"Or perhaps you are feeling depressed and don't want to be cheered up by such a happy exercise perhaps?"
"Wot are you going on about?"
"The practical. Is is a happy thing or is it a homosexual thing? If it is the former you really should join in as I like my class to be jovial and if the latter you should join in as I will not abide homophobia in my lab."
"Eh?"
"You did say that it was gay. So in what way exactly is it gay? Happy or homosexual?"
"Stop being gay."
"Here we go again. Is it my upbeat nature that is offending you or some kind of air of sexual ambiguity that I may have (despite the fact that you know I am married and have three children)?"
"You really are bein' gay."
"Only at the weekends I can assure you. Now do the practical or lose your lunchtime."

Arrrgh! I used perhaps twice in the same sentence! My head may explode now.

There are roadworks near me with a sign:-

'please use laybye'

no further comment m'lord

We're at 'log aheads...'

weary instead of wary.

tethersend - poor you, those kids must do your head in'.

Bet you love that one!

I've seen posts here where the poster has used "ignorant" when they apparently meant "rude" - where does THAT come from?