I have come around on the use of they/their as a singular pronoun despite my initial resistance because I realized I was being dumb and inclusion is more important than traditional grammar.
When people drop "to be" out of a sentence, it makes me hate them for life. Like, "needs done." AHHHHHHHHHH. I saw it on a WEBSITE the other day and instantly closed it.
OMG YES. My MIL does it ALL THE DAMN TIME and it drives me absolutely insane. I hate it so much, so so so much. I had to break my husband of it so that I didn’t divorce him.
Every time my H says ‘I don’t know what you are talking about’ I want to punch him in the face.
Me: ‘Did you hear that sound’ ‘this neighbor did this or that’ H: I don’t know what you are talking about.
I say this to DH regularly, but in my defense, he has a habit of starting conversations with zero context.
H: What's that guy's name? Me: What guy? H: The guy that I was going to call. Me: I don't know what you're talking about.
Yessss!! My H seems to, like, start telling me things at the mid-point of a story. Like, last night: he said we needed to go to some winery o Sunday because “there’s an invitation out already.” Um. I don’t know what you’re talking about, dude.
Apparently he invited someone to go to a winery with us on Sunday. I didn’t know if he meant there was an event being held there, if he thought he mentioned wanting to go but really didn’t, if someone invited HIM...then he’s exasperated when I don’t understand him.
when people say "brother" instead of "your brother" or the actual name
like to a toddler with a new sibling "give brother a kiss"
or "we need to go pick up sister"
But I have a coworker (who I haven't heard say this) but in discussing it with her it seems so odd to her that I include the word "your", it's just extra and unnecessary to her so maybe I'm the weird one
“With sorrow—for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection—we dissent,”
when people say "brother" instead of "your brother" or the actual name
like to a toddler with a new sibling "give brother a kiss"
or "we need to go pick up sister"
But I have a coworker (who I haven't heard say this) but in discussing it with her it seems so odd to her that I include the word "your", it's just extra and unnecessary to her so maybe I'm the weird one
I have come around on the use of they/their as a singular pronoun despite my initial resistance because I realized I was being dumb and inclusion is more important than traditional grammar.
I...still struggle with this.
I very rarely use it, not because it sounds awkward, but because I forced myself to use my friend's name when they came out as trans. Now I just alternate between they/their/them, she/her/hers, and their name. Once you start being aware of using they/their/them as a singular pronoun, you start to notice that you have probably used it as one in the past but weren't really aware that you were doing it.
Post by alleinesein on Jul 24, 2019 15:35:19 GMT -5
People who use the term on line to indicate that they are in a line.
You aren't standing on a fucking line on the ground; you are standing in a line of people. Therefore you are in line, as in standing in the actual line!
Post by litskispeciality on Jul 24, 2019 16:21:57 GMT -5
I haaaaaate seasons of your life.
#momlifeisthebestlife
"I'm a mom..." (Therefore that means I'm busier, I don't have to do it etc.) The I'm a mom of so many gets me more as if you have to have so many kids (or any kids) yo be busy.
The bad wife stuff drives me nuts. To be fair I go on a proud husbands profession wife FB group so what do i expect,but some of yhe if you dont do this goofy stuff like get a drugging tattoo of his profession you don't support him. Yeah, even in 1950 that was a bit much.
"Things happen for a reason" esp in the context of sorry you didn't get a call back or the job, or sorry you have a disease, like no there's no reason for that.
"We'll figure it out" no, I need a plan Janet, like right now.
Sometimes the reason is you're stupid and you make terrible decisions!
"Each one is better than the next.", which means they are getting worse, (lol) but the person saying it thinks that is how the saying goes and that they are giving a compliment. I have heard it said in person, in movies, and on talk shows, and it just makes me think that the person talking is not actually listening to what they are saying.
Why do people drop t's in words, like instead of saying kitten, they say kih-en, or im-por-ant instead of important? It also bothers me when people say d's instead of t's like im-por-dant instead of important.
Whenever someone, especially a man, and most especially my 12 year old, responds to something I've said with, "Actually, some people say..." I've started asking who "some people" are. Most of the time they're just in his head.
My very first principal had a bad verbal tic--every other time he said something during a meeting he began with, "And oh, by the way..." I once counted seventeen "by the ways" that were actually relevant and logical points in a single hour-long meeting. To this day I can't hear that phrase without flashing back to those years.
Lmfao I totally say that when I’m intentionally being an asshole. Your observation is spot on with me. I am very aware of it too. Alls does it for me. I meant to quote the just sayin thing..sorry!