So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

[ChiTownScion]

They really need to slam on the breaks and begin a strict regime of English lessons.

Start by teaching that it's brakes we slam on. But.. you knew that and you were just trying to bait me, right?

 

[2jakes]

Start by teaching that it's brakes we slam on. But.. you knew that and you were just trying to bait me, right?

HEY.....slam on the brakes, back off and give her a break.
That’s my friend and she can do what she wants, whenever she wants!
Got it?

 

[LizzieMaine]

And nobody even noticed the incorrect use of the word "regime." In my day, dammit, grammar Nazis *stood for something!*

 

[vitanola]

That it is the general concept of self-assembly furniture.

Well, the idea has been around fir a long time. Larkin of Buffalo and the "Come-Pakt" company of Ann Arbor, MI pioneered the concept at the turn of the last century. Thonet in Vienna had produced similar knock-down bent beech furniture in great quantities since the mid-1840s.

 

[2jakes]

Well, the idea has been around fir a long time. Larkin of Buffalo and the "Come-Pakt" company of Ann Arbor, MI pioneered the concept at the turn of the last century. Thonet in Vienna had produced similar knock-down bent beech furniture in great quantities since the mid-1840s.

Do you know if Noah's DIY instructions on building an ark included a warranty?

 

[vitanola]

Do you know if Noah's DIY instructions on building an ark included a warranty?

I wouldn't know, though I remember some sort of warranty related to the Ark.

However I DO know that Come-Pakt was the lineal ancestor of both the Arborphone and International - Kadette radio firms and the Argus camera company.

 

[tonyb]

Using "reticent" interchangeably with "reluctant."

It's a losing battle.

 

[Zombie_61]

Using "reticent" interchangeably with "reluctant."

It's a losing battle.

Yeah, but Norm Crosby must be proud.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

Do you know if Noah's DIY instructions on building an ark included a warranty?

Yep, he negociated a 40 day ' Warranty of fitness for a particular purpose' carved in stone. However, the supplier declined all responsibility in case of faulty workmanship.

 

[2jakes]

Yep, he negociated a 40 day ' Warranty of fitness for a particular purpose' carved in stone. However, the supplier declined all responsibility in case of faulty workmanship.

This is a scratch-build kit in case you're
interested.

I'm reluctantly reticent about purchasing
the kit since the animals are not included.

 

[ChiTownScion]

And nobody even noticed the incorrect use of the word "regime." In my day, dammit, grammar Nazis *stood for something!*

But that does raise the issue of misplaced homonyms on social media. You're/your, it's/its, they're/there/their... vey iz mir !!

 

[Lean'n'mean]

But that does raise the issue of misplaced homonyms on social media. You're/your, it's/its, they're/there/their... vey iz mir !!

Me/myself/I are probably the most common.

 

[LizzieMaine]

A lot of that sort of thing is "hypercorrection," a habit of some speakers who are unsure and insecure about their grammar and its reflection on their social standing, and therefore use the more prestigious-sounding of the available constructions in the assumption that prestigious equals correct. The habit of saying "So-and-so and myself did such and such" instead of "So-and-so and I did such-and-such" is a prime example of hypercorrection.

 

[Ticklishchap]

Pet Peeve: ponderous pedants peddling puerile puns.
(Mea Culpa)

Now you're in danger of being a miserable old flautist. ...
(Mea Culpa)

 

[Ticklishchap]

I only go to IKEA to eat. Their Swedish meatballs are only $4.99 though the last time I was there I had their pulled pork.

Meet Olavi Virta, known in later life as the 'Singing Meatball': Finland, not Sweden, but Finnish tango is an interesting cultural phenomenon in its own right.
Olavi_Virta

 

[2jakes]

Geeze... a singing meathead!

 

[Ticklishchap]

watch

Mr Meatball himself. ... Hopefully the link will work!

 

[ChrisB]

Now you're in danger of being a miserable old flautist. ...
(Mea Culpa)

I was being fatuous.

 

[Ticklishchap]

I was being fatuous.

Or flatulous. ...(!)

 

[ChrisB]

Or flatulous. ...(!)

My reticence makes me reluctant to admit that.