Pet Peeves

SoCal RV Flyer said:
"Mute point" rather than "moot point."

"Right of passage" rather than "rite of passage."
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You mean I don't have the right to get past you? Never mind, not worth talking about.

Don't get me started on people who want to sound educated and make up words, like "conversate."
 
Hank S said:
"Imflammable" means "easily burned." "Inflammable" means "resistant to burning." Only one similar-sounding and -looking letter different . . .
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Inflammable just means flammable.

The main difference between "inflammable" and "imflammable" is that one is a real English word, and the other isn't.

Flammable was also not really a word until the 1920's, when the National Fire Protection Association decided that some people got confused with the "in-" prefix and started recommending warning labels to carry the word: "flammable" instead.

#uselessfactoftheday
 
SoCal RV Flyer said:
oh, and "supposably." :mad::mad:

Incorrect use of "averse" and "adverse."

"Hone in" rather than "home in."

"Mute point" rather than "moot point."

"Right of passage" rather than "rite of passage."
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Well, we do have our public schools to thank for the lack of knowledge of the English language. I guess we have the right to be peeved at them too.
 
Norman said:
Well, we do have our public schools to thank for the lack of knowledge of the English language. I guess we have the right to be peeved at them too.
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Try being educated in a Catholic school... in the south. Thankfully I've finally gotten down the whole 1+1 doesn't equal 11 thing, but still have to write the problem out to figure the answer.
 
SoCal RV Flyer said:
oh, and "supposably." :mad::mad:

"Hone in" rather than "home in."

"I honed in my Buck knife."

"Mute point" rather than "moot point."

"He is unable to speak. He can only make a mute point."

"Right of passage" rather than "rite of passage."

"Move out of my way. You cannot deny me of my right of passage."
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anacronym anyone? Worse yet "an anacronym" Holy smokes.

This one isn't common, but it is funny. "morphodite" This guy actually thought that was a word and he asked me why I said "hermaphrodite." I said it was because I prefer to use actual words.
 
rolivi said:
anacronym anyone? Worse yet "an anacronym" Holy smokes.

This one isn't common, but it is funny. "morphodite" This guy actually thought that was a word and he asked me why I said "hermaphrodite." I said it was because I prefer to use actual words.
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Morphodite must be another word for one of them there transgender-ers.
 
Ran into my pet peeve at lunch - if someone else already stated it in the past 47 pages, my apologies - vanity tags on cars with obvious info on them. Egregious offenders such as "MY BENZ" or "MYCADDY." No kidding? YOU are driving YOUR car? Others that annoy me, but aren't as irksome to me are those like "86STANG" or "BMW325I" - stuff I could tell by just looking at the car (or its badging).
 
DrewG said:
Others that annoy me, but aren't as irksome to me are those like "86STANG" or "BMW325I" - stuff I could tell by just looking at the car (or its badging).
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Does mine annoy you?

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DrewG said:
Ran into my pet peeve at lunch - if someone else already stated it in the past 47 pages, my apologies - vanity tags on cars with obvious info on them. Egregious offenders such as "MY BENZ" or "MYCADDY." No kidding? YOU are driving YOUR car? Others that annoy me, but aren't as irksome to me are those like "86STANG" or "BMW325I" - stuff I could tell by just looking at the car (or its badging).
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This is my 1966 Cadillac DeVille. License plate 66CADDY
 
@korben88 - Very nice!

My peeve mainly concerns newer cars that are badged all to hell, or whereby no one really cares that you're driving an '08 Kia. Classic stuff doesn't bug me nearly as much. Nor would your Flex's tag, @FastEddieB!
 
DrewG said:
Ran into my pet peeve at lunch - if someone else already stated it in the past 47 pages, my apologies - vanity tags on cars with obvious info on them. Egregious offenders such as "MY BENZ" or "MYCADDY." No kidding? YOU are driving YOUR car? Others that annoy me, but aren't as irksome to me are those like "86STANG" or "BMW325I" - stuff I could tell by just looking at the car (or its badging).
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License plates are supposed to be informative? :confused2:
 
They're called "Vanity Plates" for a reason.

Ours:

FLEXIE (our Ford Flex)
9FIDDY (my KTM 950 Adventure)
HACKD (our BMW sidecar rig)
I-BMW (on another BMW motorcycle, for our website www.i-BMW.com)

And then there was this...

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Anyway, easy to remember and I like to think once in a while they make someone smile!
 
korben88 said:
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This is my 1966 Cadillac DeVille. License plate 66CADDY
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I have always thought the '66 Caddy is one of the best-looking cars there is. When I was shopping for a big car for road trips, I seriously considered a '66 Fleetwood, and have some regret at not having bought several good ones I found for remarkably reasonable prices. A very cool-looking car, and a very practical driving car, as well, reliable and simple.

My mildly-interesting car is a 1976 Fleetwood Eldorado Cabriolet.
 
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