Pet Peeves, Part 2: Baby Talk

[Janitor]

I have gagged a lot of people because I baby talk dogs

Excellent! Company at last.

I thought I was the only dork that did that.
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[spooney]

The most worshipped company on these boards, Marlin, uses clip to describe a detachable magazine.

 

[grnzbra]

I have gagged a lot of people because I baby talk dogs.

I tend to gag them when I talk adult talk to my dog. "Mac, I really need you in your cage now"

 

[steveno]

I can't wait until you get to your "reloading" pet peeves

 

[GunnySkox]

The most worshipped company on these boards, Marlin, uses clip to describe a detachable magazine.

*Vader*
NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
*/Vader*

~GnSx

 

[No_Brakes23]

I think it's funny that y'all are talking about this in English, a constantly evolving bastard tongue if ever there was one.

It is also funny to see people whine about one supposedly technically incorrect term, and then go use another. Aren't we talking about firearms, not guns, after all?

And as for the whole "clip" thing, well I put clips in my SKS, and I will use a different kind of clip when I get my Garand, but right now both of my "Remmies" (597 & Nylon 77) take clips, too.



http://www.remington.com/products/accessories/gun_parts/magazine_clips.asp

I also think it shows cultural bias and ignorance, if not thinly veiled racism when people assume every firearm abbreviation comes from hip hop. Obviously some do, but people were tweaking words long before rap music.

 

[Spot77]

But I'll close with the two rules of life that my father used quite often.

1 "Don't sweat the small stuff.
2 "Most things are small."

Somewhere over the years I've come to use another form of that saying:

"Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things."

 

[Brian D.]

What's with the venting anyhow, Jim Watson? Is there a Chief Curmudgeon position that's become available on this forum board? (How much does it pay?)

Or is this an audition for Andy Rooney's job on 60 Minutes? (Mr. Rooney apparently is still among the living btw; you may be a bit premature with this plan to supplant him..)

 

[bigjim]

Yeah, that would be a cutesy, insulting comment that wasn't necessary.
/B

It was also redundant.

 

[No_Brakes23]

Somewhere over the years I've come to use another form of that saying:

"Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things."

Ha! I almost ASNR'd chili out my nose reading that one.

 

[akodo]

Meanwhile...penultimate means... next to the last, so penultimate manstopper would not be a good thing.

John

I beg to differ. There are two guys, me and him. I use my penultimate shotgun on him. Now, he bieng dead, I am last man standing. Which makes him next to last!

 

[goste]

They don't really bother me.

I guess if I make it to older age, I may allow myself the luxury of letting small things irritate me.

I learn WAAAAY to much, from you people, to worry about anything like that.

 

[Nimitz]

It just seems a little silly to me when (ostensibly) grown-up men and women use the slang of the hip-hop culture, i.e., "po-po" for police ...

The use of "prolly" to substitute for "probably" is strange (only saves ya two characters and sounds stupid). Lately I wonder about all the folks who type in "LOL" or "ROFLMAO" in response to posts that ... aren't in the least bit funny. As a grammar stickler, the improper use of apostrophes is somewhat annoying, too ...

Guess I'm just from a different era, though, when folks tried to put their best face on in public ... now it seems many are just interested in presenting themselves as cool folks, as though aspiring to be current on street slang gives one more credibility than using good English and attempting to at least provide the appearance of having a decent education ...

Yep, I've officially become a curmudgeon ...

hmmm we arent in public...I sure hope people dont say "lol" and such in the RW...pssst RW = real world

Chad