Words, usages, and phrases that annoy the shit out of you...

Myself when I am real(ly pedantic)

subject object
——————-
I me
we us
she her
he him
they them
who whom

^ should be on every english-speaking wall imo

that would help if everyone who speaks english already knew what subjects and objects are, but they don't

true

Yrself is steam

xxp just put "is/are gonna do it to" between the pairs huh

Heard on the radio this morning that Twitter is going to eliminate their like button and replace it with something that will incentivize good behavior. Not the worst word in the world, but encourage perfectly well. (When did incentivize enter common usage? Guessing within the past 25 years.) The problem is that the next step is to start punishcizing bad behavior.

"works perfectly well"

in instruction manuals:

"simply.. (action)"

subtext: u moron

Step 1: purchase the parts. Step 2: assemble the object. Step 3: enjoy.

simply enjoy

"Then, simply press up on the outer ring and turn clockwise without disengaging the battery housing"

“Disgusting savages”

― valorous wokelord (silby), Wednesday, June 6, 2018 7:51 AM (four months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

plz maybe start a new thread about ppl whose foibles annoy you with a different goddamn title ffs

Before I had had enough coffee to laugh it off, somebody said to me today "I think this will be a good solve" and I didn't mean to just stare at them slackjawed for a moment but somehow I did.

“Fixed that for you” w strike through and “joke” edit never need to see this again

agreed

People who pronounce “timbre” as “timber”
X-post to the disgusting savages thread

lol yeah like Howard's dad

Haha yes. Everyone on the HS show is now pronouncing it like the morons they really are, even smartypants Robin

"...gives me pause"

Have we had that? I hate it so much.

sounds like a plan

gives me pause gives me cause to post here

Someone on my fb was saying that kids in school music classes are calling the sharp# a hashtag. blech.

I like "gives me pause" because I always picture the speaker with little paws, sitting up and begging.

Lol

"Level best". Is it just me or is this suddenly being used a lot recently?

i've been around programmers/developers my whole life so i've always heard "#" being referred to as hash, so it's not a huge deal to me

i've never heard anyone refer to it as a sharp outside of music though, it was mostly number sign or pound

thanks for the info, Fhash Ahash

yup yup yup

TIL there are a lot of signs similar to the sharp sign, and a lot of names for them! i already sorta kinda knew abt "octothorp" (tho i couldn't actually remember it, which is why i looked all this up)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sign

foctothorp

when i'm canada the recorded voice when calling places say "number sign"

when in the us, they say "pound"

some odd exceptions in the us, because murica

says*

yeah I know a few teachers and they've all brought up the flat/hashtag thing to me, totally exasperated

what do those kids think of the "phone" icon on their smartphones?

flat/hashtag would actually be exasperating

flattag

The sharp sign is obviously not a hash/pound sign

♯ vs #

i used to use an actual sharp sign for my dn but people wanted all my pithy comments to be searchable

#fanservice

btw any media outlets not properly diacriticizing Spanish names (let alone French, or Vietnamese) in 2018 needs to get their acts together, you look illiterate when you write "Bogota"

Bah-GOAT-uh, Columbia

I just realized that when I used to notate music I never wrote the sharp slanting the right way.

you really don't have to

I can definitely hear when it isn't slanting tbf

it's less sharp right?

btw any media outlets not properly diacriticizing Spanish names (let alone French, or Vietnamese) in 2018 needs to get their acts together, you look illiterate when you write "Bogota"

― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby)

Yes, and there's a big difference between "año" and "ano," NY Times Crossword editor

you guys are ripping nytimes a new ano

http://www.rpmseattle.com/of_note/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/03_QT_Symbols-500x171.png

waht

quartertones baby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7vZURdhucM