4/12/23

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I have added a few new items to my pet peeves list.
First annual still holds the top spot in my heart.
Early in my working career, I was a copy editor and it was shocking how many times I saw it on display.
If you didn't click on the link, there is no such thing as a first-annual event because it is the first one.
You can call it an inaugural or first-ever event. 
And, if you make it to year 2, then go crazy and call it an annual event. 
It used to drive me bonkers but now I just say "Bless their hearts" in my head and mentally high-five all of my southern friends. 
Yes, I admit, I was a little grammar snobby and it took me many years to get over it.
So here are some new additions to my list:
  1. "Fun facts." Rarely fun or factual, they are usually personal anecdotes. 
    "Fun fact! I like lamp."' or "Fun fact! I keep a list of my favorite nightshade vegetables."
    Why the "fun fact"?
    If you want to share information about your life, just let it out.
    I am fully expecting to be hit with "fun facts" from my wonderful blogging friends. 
    I deserve it.
    Fun fact: I guess I am a little cranky today. 


  2. Using a logo or graphic as a letter incorrectly.
    Lots and lots of stickers and signs that try to use the shape of Idaho as a letter.
    No problem but it should be used as an L because that is what it most resembles. 
    This "Welcome" sign really made me say "Bless their hearts" especially since there is an L where the Idaho shape could have gone so easily.
    What in the wide world of fudge is going on here?


What is your biggest pet peeve? 

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Comments

  1. Debra She Who Seeks4/12/2023

    I'm going to have a First Annual Fun Facts Festival on my blog. Hey, you dangled the bait and I rose to it.

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  2. Ed4/12/2023

    People who are ignorant of how their actions are affecting others around them.

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  3. Mike4/12/2023

    My pet peeve is getting old. Although it's much better than the alternative, it's a pain in the butt, and shoulders, and back, and knees, and...

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    1. Mr. Shife4/14/2023

      Can relate to this one big time, Mike.

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  4. Margaret4/12/2023

    Fun fact: I get road rage when drivers block the intersection. I have many grammar pet peeves also.

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    1. Mr. Shife4/14/2023

      Doesn't sound like fun, Margaret.

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  5. Bijoux4/12/2023

    Well shoot, I love ‘fun facts.’ I’ve not seen the graphic in place of the letter too often. Mostly the use of Mickey Mouse ears for an O.

    It’s hard to come up with THE biggest pet peeve, but oblivious people with their shopping carts is definitely at the top. They have no awareness of other people trying to shop.

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    1. Mr. Shife4/14/2023

      People are pretty rude with their carts, Bijoux.

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  6. jenny_o4/12/2023

    I was once a grammar snob, too, because I grew up with one (my mother, who was an English teacher). Then I realized that what's important is what a person has to say, not how they say it or write it. I've learned a lot from folks smarter than me and I also realized I don't know everything there is to know about grammar to start with. It's very freeing not to worry about it.

    My pet peeve right now is how much my cats are shedding. It looks like we have wall-to-wall carpet but ... not. lol

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    1. Mr. Shife4/14/2023

      Makes sense, jenny_o. I am glad you are a recovered snob like me.

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  7. Kathy G4/12/2023

    My grammar-related pet peeve is the misuse of the apostrophe (apostrophe's :-)

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    1. Mr. Shife4/14/2023

      Apostrophe abuse is rampant these days.

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  8. Deedles4/12/2023

    Your, you're, there, they're, their and using numbers for letters. Also, "very unique". Something is either unique or it isn't. Just throwing these out there. I don't really pet my peeves.

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    1. Deedles4/12/2023

      Cooking dinner, I discovered another peeve. Boxes of mac&cheese and the like, that say 'insert thumb to open'. I have to get a knife every time!

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    2. Mr. Shife4/14/2023

      Just the use of very needs a time out. I am guilty of that big time. And yes you need the thumbs of Hercules to get those boxes open without sending macaroni to every corner of the kitchen.

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  9. JM4/12/2023

    most fun facts are not fun

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  10. Bob4/12/2023

    Fun Fact, this is my First Annual response declawing I am with you 100%.
    What the L is that Welcome sign???

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  11. Joanne Noragon4/12/2023

    One of my particular peeves: first annual. No such thing. I dislike poor grammar.

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  12. Debby4/13/2023

    I've had fun before, but it's never been while sitting there listening to someone trying to be interesting.

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  13. Rajani Rehana4/13/2023

    Great blog

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    1. Mr. Shife4/14/2023

      I feel like you tell that to everyone.

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    2. Anonymous4/17/2023

      Hahahahahaha

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  14. yellowdoggranny4/13/2023

    white men who are republicans

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  15. Anonymous4/17/2023

    Hahaha your funny. The welcome sign with the Idaho for an o is funny. In my country it drives me mad when people say "brought" for "bought" as in "I just brought a new mat at the store". I wonder if that's a thing in the USA.

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  16. Jeanette4/18/2023

    All of the above!

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