QOTD – Pet Peeve edition

September 29, 2008 in Questions with View Comments

What are your pet peeves or interesting things about you that you dislike?

This is going to sound odd, but I hate it when someone calls something by a slightly-wrong version of it’s actual name.  For example:

Real name: Reece’s Peanut Butter Cups

Name that makes me mad to NO END:  “Reecy Cups”

Why:  That just sounds dumb!

Real name:  Reece’s Pieces

Name that makes me mad to NO END: Reecy Peecy (yes, people call them that)

Why:  Same as before.  It sounds STUPID

Real name:  Batman: The Ride (it’s a ride at Six Flags over Georgia)

Name that makes me mad to NO END: The Batman Ride

Why:  I don’t know, maybe becasue it’s the WONG NAME!!!1!1one!

Ahem.  Ok, how about you?

  • how about the classic "Ruby Tuesdays". That always drove me nuts!
  • how about the classic "Ruby Tuesdays". That always drove me nuts!
  • I'm going to have to go with the addition of an "S" for no apparent reason. Example: Krogers, Wal-marts, Blockbusters, etc. In a sentence: I have to go to Krogers to pick up some groceries.
    Drives me crazy.

    <abbr>bigphilnaglees last blog post..Miracle At St. Anna</abbr>
  • I'm going to have to go with the addition of an "S" for no apparent reason. Example: Krogers, Wal-marts, Blockbusters, etc. In a sentence: I have to go to Krogers to pick up some groceries.
    Drives me crazy.

    <abbr>bigphilnaglees last blog post..Miracle At St. Anna</abbr>
  • Come on, man. Why do you have to go there. REECE'S. Get it right!
  • Come on, man. Why do you have to go there. REECE'S. Get it right!
  • Personally, I love Reecy Cups. Nothing goes better than chocolate and peanut butter.

    A lady I work with says "supposebly" (instead of "supposedly" and I also can't stand when people say "warter" instead of "water".

    However, my biggest pet peeve of late has been people who use incorrect grammar and spelling. I'm turning into my mom, the English nazi.

    <abbr>Matts last blog post..Reunion with Katrina (and Gustav) Victims</abbr>
  • Personally, I love Reecy Cups. Nothing goes better than chocolate and peanut butter.

    A lady I work with says "supposebly" (instead of "supposedly" and I also can't stand when people say "warter" instead of "water".

    However, my biggest pet peeve of late has been people who use incorrect grammar and spelling. I'm turning into my mom, the English nazi.

    <abbr>Matts last blog post..Reunion with Katrina (and Gustav) Victims</abbr>
  • YES, it was TE folks that did that. But also, my friends here know it annoys me, so of course they say it all the time.
  • YES, it was TE folks that did that. But also, my friends here know it annoys me, so of course they say it all the time.
  • Megan
    Wasn't it people at TE that called them "Reecy Peecy's"?

    My mom does this quite a bit. Here's a few examples:

    She calls the movie "The Littlest Mermaid". The actual title is "The Little Mermaid".

    She watches "Oh-fra". I believe the rest of the world watches "Oprah".

    She calls them "roTH-weilers". Everyone else knows them as "Rottweilers".
  • Megan
    Wasn't it people at TE that called them "Reecy Peecy's"?

    My mom does this quite a bit. Here's a few examples:

    She calls the movie "The Littlest Mermaid". The actual title is "The Little Mermaid".

    She watches "Oh-fra". I believe the rest of the world watches "Oprah".

    She calls them "roTH-weilers". Everyone else knows them as "Rottweilers".
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