What is your pet peeve of the day?

[travelover]

My pet peeve is spelling . “Loose” when they mean “lose”. This happens a lot on this forum.

I hate to be judgemental, but just on principal this drive me crazy, too.

 

[Gumby]

The young wife was complaining to me earlier this week about a post in the neighborhood facebook group - "Did anyone loose a dog?" I said she should reply "Yes. I cried havoc and let slip the dogs of war. I'm glad you found one." Alas, she refused.

 

[Rianne]

I struggle with "affect" and "effect." I am affected by the effect of Covid19. Right?

 

[Nemo2]

I struggle with "affect" and "effect." I am affected by the effect of Covid19. Right?

That happens alot....better then some things though...especially being unable to differentiate between its and it's.

 

[Rianne]

That happens alot....better then some things though...especially being unable to differentiate between its and it's.

That happens often, better than some things. It's hard to define its difficulty. I installed grammarly which is misspelled according to ER.org.

 

[Boho]

Forms with multiple required text fields that cover similar topics. Then I have to juggle around snippets so I have something to say in the other boxes.

Why do you want to work here? What are your skills? How can you contribute to our company? What is your dream job?

Just give me your email and I'll say what I want!

 

[Nemo2]

Did we mention superfluou's apostrophe's inserted in almost every word ending with an 's'?

 

[Boho]

A lot of non-native English speakers pronounce the "ed" at the end words like the name Ed, for every word with that ending, and never with a sillent e. So they'll say vacuum-eh-d instead of the proper vacuumed. If there's a rule on how to pronounce the -ed they need to teach it to foreigners learning English.

 

[Texas Proud]

I bought a clock radio to use in my shop at Goodwill and was amazed to find that when plugged in it set the time automatically. Finally!

Yea, I got one of those... but it brings up a peeve of mine....


Automatic clocks that will NOT adjust to your time zone!


Yep, my automatic clock gets the signal for the time... I put in the time zone difference to us and the time is right... until a few minutes later and it is back to (IIRC) mountain time... OK, maybe I did not put in the offset properly... but guess what? I did! Now I have to add another hour to the offset and yea, the correct time! Until again it adjust to the signal and I am now off again... at one point I had the offset 15 hours from what it should be to show the correct time but gave up many moons ago.

 

[Texas Proud]

WOW, just got a peeve minutes ago...


My DW just had total knee replacement and they recommend a machine that moves her leg through the motion for rehab... it is recommended for 3 weeks... well, our health insurance will NOT pay for this!!


I have already bought a walker and an assist for the toilet.. wonder what else I am going to have to cough up because of bad insurance...

 

[ownyourfuture]

Transaction history @ Fidelity, Bank accounts, etc. showing most recent transaction on top instead of the bottom ?

 

[W2R]

WOW, just got a peeve minutes ago...

My DW just had total knee replacement and they recommend a machine that moves her leg through the motion for rehab... it is recommended for 3 weeks... well, our health insurance will NOT pay for this!!

They put me on that machine once in the hospital, but that was all and I couldn't take it home. Those machines are frightfully expensive and apparently they are considered to be old fashioned and no longer used in the US because they are not considered to be helpful. I think they still use them in Europe.

You'd think that they would let the patient decide if that machine was helpful, but no. I thought it was helpful.

Anyway, my recovery without one was fine. I spent a lot on all that other stuff you mentioned, though. The most helpful thing I bought was a good icing machine. I got this one and really liked it:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0040OD2IO/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[aja8888]

I have already bought a walker and an assist for the toilet.. wonder what else I am going to have to cough up because of bad insurance...

Hopefully, you won't need to by a portable oxygen generator like we did for DW. Gotta love Medicare!

 

[Texas Proud]

Hopefully, you won't need to by a portable oxygen generator like we did for DW. Gotta love Medicare!

Not on Medicare yet.... but it is an Obamacare insurer

 

[TrvlBug]

WOW, just got a peeve minutes ago...


My DW just had total knee replacement and they recommend a machine that moves her leg through the motion for rehab... it is recommended for 3 weeks... well, our health insurance will NOT pay for this!!


I have already bought a walker and an assist for the toilet.. wonder what else I am going to have to cough up because of bad insurance...

I opted for one of these machines when I had my knee surgery years and years ago. It was explained to me that insurance wouldn't cover the cost because research determined that the ultimate outcome was the same with or without the machine. With the machine...faster recovery and more importantly, less painful recovery. I opted to self insure and use the machine. IIRC it was $300 for the rental.

 

[Texas Proud]

They put me on that machine once in the hospital, but that was all and I couldn't take it home. Those machines are frightfully expensive and apparently they are considered to be old fashioned and no longer used in the US because they are not considered to be helpful. I think they still use them in Europe.

You'd think that they would let the patient decide if that machine was helpful, but no. I thought it was helpful.

Anyway, my recovery without one was fine. I spent a lot on all that other stuff you mentioned, though. The most helpful thing I bought was a good icing machine. I got this one and really liked it:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0040OD2IO/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Our Dr thinks it is important and has mentioned 3 weeks.... the guy I am renting it from said that if insurance pays it is 3 weeks... but a number have to pay cash..


I am renting it by the week.... if DW thinks it is helping I will renew weekly until she says otherwise...


Nobody mentioned an icing machine until today when I was talking to my painter... he said he had one he carried around when they fixed his shoulder... will see what DW wants.

 

[Boho]

WOW, just got a peeve minutes ago...


My DW just had total knee replacement and they recommend a machine that moves her leg through the motion for rehab... it is recommended for 3 weeks... well, our health insurance will NOT pay for this!!


I have already bought a walker and an assist for the toilet.. wonder what else I am going to have to cough up because of bad insurance...

I'd personally be scared that something in my leg would "catch" or something would begin to tear and I'd need the movement to stop faster than I can make it stop. I'd need that machine to be highly manual with just some kind of ultra-safe assisted movement. I've felt this way whenever I've seen any kind of exoskeleton contraption, to increase running speed or whatever.

 

[Philliefan33]

A lot of non-native English speakers pronounce the "ed" at the end words like the name Ed, for every word with that ending, and never with a sillent e. So they'll say vacuum-eh-d instead of the proper vacuumed. If there's a rule on how to pronounce the -ed they need to teach it to foreigners learning English.

I don’t judge anyone who learned English as a second language. Any time I am trying to communicate with a person speaking broken English, or not perfect English, I can honestly say that their English is better than my (fill in the blank). I respect anyone who is multilingual.

If you are friends with a non-native speaker who makes mistakes, ask him/her if they would like to be told when they do. They may appreciate the help. I have a friend who fled Poland and learned English by watching television and working in NYC. He became a successful businessman but still makes mistakes speaking English. He asks his friends to let him know when he does so he can learn. For example, he was telling me about the “mouses” he caught in traps set in his garage. I explained that I understood perfectly what he meant, but the plural is “mice”. House/houses but mouse/mice. Isn’t English grand?

 

[Boho]

I don’t judge anyone who learned English as a second language. Any time I am trying to communicate with a person speaking broken English, or not perfect English, I can honestly say that their English is better than my (fill in the blank). I respect anyone who is multilingual.

Absolutely. I'm not a language person. It's just that I noticed it for the first time in two or three people within the last year or two. It's another thing that makes English difficult to learn.

 

[USGrant1962]

I don’t judge anyone who learned English as a second language. Any time I am trying to communicate with a person speaking broken English, or not perfect English, I can honestly say that their English is better than my (fill in the blank). I respect anyone who is multilingual.

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I especially have this problem with the British...

 

[Chuckanut]

I don’t judge anyone who learned English as a second language. Any time I am trying to communicate with a person speaking broken English, or not perfect English, I can honestly say that their English is better than my (fill in the blank). I respect anyone who is multilingual.

If you are friends with a non-native speaker who makes mistakes, ask him/her if they would like to be told when they do. They may appreciate the help. I have a friend who fled Poland and learned English by watching television and working in NYC. He became a successful businessman but still makes mistakes speaking English. He asks his friends to let him know when he does so he can learn. For example, he was telling me about the “mouses” he caught in traps set in his garage. I explained that I understood perfectly what he meant, but the plural is “mice”. House/houses but mouse/mice. Isn’t English grand?

Il mio amico Italiano parla inglese molto bene, ma io parlo Italiano non molto bene. Posso leggere Italiano meglio di quanto io posso parlare.

 

[Gumby]

English is both my first and second language. I speak neither well.

 

[MRG]

I don’t judge anyone who learned English as a second language. Any time I am trying to communicate with a person speaking broken English, or not perfect English, I can honestly say that their English is better than my (fill in the blank). I respect anyone who is multilingual.

Thanks for awakening a very old memory from when I was like 6. My Aunt had immigrated to the states in ~1910 when she was a child and learned English. Her DM not so much, Italian was her native language, her English was poor. I realized this woman must have been born in the 1870s based on her daughters age(that seems odd writing in 2020).

I have very old memories of her DM. She was ancient and made gnocchi by hand for Sunday dinner. Afterwards she would take me into a parlor and teach me Italian while the adults talked. I'd parrot stuff back but didn't use any of it.

I realized from your story how she touched me and allowed me to realize at a young age not everyone communcates the same way. That's been a core belief that has served me very well.

 

[Philliefan33]

Il mio amico Italiano parla inglese molto bene, ma io parlo Italiano non molto bene. Posso leggere Italiano meglio di quanto io posso parlare.

Si, yo comprendo. Estoy aprendiendo español con Duolingo, y leo mejor de lo que hablo.

(I got the gist of your Italian, but supplemented with Google Translate.)

 

[target2019]

We have a dozen friends from Europe. They learned several languages growing up and during higher learning. Most are doctors and a few may stumble as they rapidly change languages as they turn to another friend to explain what we've just said. Our broken English is probably their collective pet peeve.