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Rant Thread - What really grinds your gears?

PattiCakeUS said:
I read a similar thread to this one, on another forum. Someone posted on there - that it bugs them when someone asks for an ink pen, because "like, uhh, what other kinds of pens are there?"

Someone else responded with:
  • fenway bullpen
  • penitentiary
  • Sean Penn
  • Pig Pen (Charlie Brown character)
  • Penn Jillette (from Penn & Teller)
  • Penn State logo
I thought that was pretty funny!! :D:p

But a similar thing for me - I used to know someone who called ground beef/hamburger - "hamburger meat" & that was annoying. Adding "meat" is totally unnecessary & always made me want to smack him.
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Light Pen
Paint Pen
Quill Pen (or Feather Pen)...

People get annoyed for the strangest reasons.
 
kct1975 said:
I get ya...however, thankfully, so far I haven't really had any problems with my 2013 Ford Fusion.

The only problem that I have experienced was the Sirius Satellite Radio portion getting stuck on one station.

Luckily when that happened, all I had to do was completely turn off the radio, wait a couple of minutes, and then turn it back on.

What problems are you having?
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Mainly with bluetooth. It was a problem that got gradually worse over a day and a half. It started by calls coming in with no audio. I had to switch to the headset to hear the other person. Then later on it disconnected the bluetooth audio mid-song and went to USB. I could never get it to play from bluetooth again. I tried a friend's phone to confirm it wasn't my Nexus, and it didn't work on his iPhone either. So I did a master reset on the radio...that really cocked it up. Now it won't even power up the bluetooth. At all.

Overall I've had a great experience with this car(2012 Fusion), and have long been a Ford fan, but this is aggravating me that Ford thinks it's okay for a stereo to last 3 years.
 
I can believe that. A lady I used to work with (around my age, definitely not "older folk") somehow managed to use the word pillow a lot. But she always said it like "pellow".

A lady I work with now is apparently unable to make the "sch" sound - Schwan's is always Swan's, Schmidt is Smit, etc.

These are people born & raised in central Minnesota, so there's not even an accent to blame. Some people apparently just talk weird, for no good reason.
 
PattiCakeUS said:
I can believe that. A lady I used to work with (around my age, definitely not "older folk") somehow managed to use the word pillow a lot. But she always said it like "pellow".

A lady I work with now is apparently unable to make the "sch" sound - Schwan's is always Swan's, Schmidt is Smit, etc.

These are people born & raised in central Minnesota, so there's not even an accent to blame. Some people apparently just talk weird, for no good reason.
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I call that verbal laziness, which could possibly cost ur life in the wrong places/countries. [emoji33]
 
I grew up in the Appalachian foothills. We put Tars on our cars, and it's Ah'hia not Ohio......

I have a deep knowledge and understanding about the history of my people and that includes dialect.
I never make fun of how other people talk because I got made fun of every time we went on vacation as a kid.
 
PattiCakeUS said:
I read a similar thread to this one, on another forum. Someone posted on there - that it bugs them when someone asks for an ink pen, because "like, uhh, what other kinds of pens are there?"

Someone else responded with:
  • fenway bullpen
  • penitentiary
  • Sean Penn
  • Pig Pen (Charlie Brown character)
  • Penn Jillette (from Penn & Teller)
  • Penn State logo
I thought that was pretty funny!! :D:p

But a similar thing for me - I used to know someone who called ground beef/hamburger - "hamburger meat" & that was annoying. Adding "meat" is totally unnecessary & always made me want to smack him.
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There you go with your talking about smacking people again.

Who knew cat burglars were so violent? :p
 
MLSS said:
I grew up in the Appalachian foothills. We put Tars on our cars, and it's Ah'hia not Ohio......

I have a deep knowledge and understanding about the history of my people and that includes dialect.
I never make fun of how other people talk because I got made fun of every time we went on vacation as a kid.
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Your pronunciation is probably closer the the way the English spoke when they settled the area. In a way, it's sad those dialects are being lost.
 
PattiCakeUS said:
I can believe that. A lady I used to work with (around my age, definitely not "older folk") somehow managed to use the word pillow a lot. But she always said it like "pellow".

A lady I work with now is apparently unable to make the "sch" sound - Schwan's is always Swan's, Schmidt is Smit, etc.

These are people born & raised in central Minnesota, so there's not even an accent to blame. Some people apparently just talk weird, for no good reason.
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@PattiCakeUS, I've heard older Californians pronounce the word 'milk' "melk".

As a person who has family in Wisconsin and Minnesota, you will occasionally run into folk who have heavy Nordic accents - for example the word 'cute' becomes "kewwit", and sentences spoken can get the lilting "Swedish Chef" cadence.

I think that it is adorable. My cousin B's ex-husband speaks that way - though they're legally divorced, there is still an undeniable spark - they date, and even spend vacations together. When T speaks, B still listens, and T has that lilting, Nordic accent.

It is adorable. He can crack you up with vintage late '70s, Muppets Swedish Chef.

"Here, chickee chickee chickee..."

LW
 
PattiCakeUS said:
I can't help it, I often feel like smacking people! :D

The good news is, I never actually do it [emoji14]
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Gmash said:
There you go with your talking about smacking people again.
Who knew cat burglars were so violent? [emoji14]
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Rant for my son: He signed up for Google Fi service & ordered his Nexus phone. He texted me on Friday saying "I'm getting my new phone today! :D" (yeah, he's a grownup but still gets excited about stuff like this, haha)

Anyway, Friday night he texts me again. Apparently FedEx sent him a "delivery exception" notice. The exception? They decided not to deliver it to him that day.

How stupid is that??? :mad:
 
PattiCakeUS said:
I can believe that. A lady I used to work with (around my age, definitely not "older folk") somehow managed to use the word pillow a lot. But she always said it like "pellow".

A lady I work with now is apparently unable to make the "sch" sound - Schwan's is always Swan's, Schmidt is Smit, etc.

These are people born & raised in central Minnesota, so there's not even an accent to blame. Some people apparently just talk weird, for no good reason.
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These people would suffer terribly here in Wales. We have 28 letters in our alphabet, most the same as English, but some extra (ch, dd, ff, ng, ll, ph, rh, th) and some removed (j, k, q, v, x, z).
Some letters they might be ok with if they know how its pronounced like ff is pretty much like v-, th is the same sound as in English, just it's own letter. But the likes of ll you basically are hissing with a lisp which most English struggle with and the likes of Llan- comes out as Clan-. ng is like the very end of say sung, hung etc, but with more pronunciation sort of but all from back of throat, non welsh i think just scratch their heads at that and ch if I'm honest is kind of like you are clearing your throat :D
Now if anybody here can pronounce the place name Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (real place) I will tip my hat to you.
 
I really enjoy the different dialects in the UK - not just the variations-of-a-theme like Cockney (London's East End, like Michael Caine), or Scouse (Liverpudlian, or The Beatles hometown of Liverpool).

Irish and Scotch are beautiful dialects. The sing-song Welsh dialect more than likely propelled Tom Jones to musical vocal stardom (alongside Voice Of America radio) and, speaking of AM Radio back in the day:

American AM stations were being picked up by the UK - especially strong, high wattage stations out of Boston, and NYC.

To hear English properly spoken from its Mother Country is beautiful to behold.

LW
 
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