Comments on: Pet Peeves http://alastair.adversaria.co.uk/?p=592 \Ad`ver*sa"ri*a\, n. pl. [L. adversaria (sc. scripta), neut. pl. of adversarius.] Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:38:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Christopher Witmer http://alastair.adversaria.co.uk/?p=592&cpage=1#comment-89908 Christopher Witmer Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:54:21 +0000 http://alastair.adversaria.co.uk/?p=592#comment-89908 Henna reminded me of another pet peeve -- corporate net nannie programs that mindlessly block sites you need to access 'immediately if not sooner' in order to do your work, and the shortest turn-around time to process a request for de-blocking of a site is 48 hours. Plus, the process for requesting de-blocking of a site is a pain in the backside. Aaargh! Henna reminded me of another pet peeve — corporate net nannie programs that mindlessly block sites you need to access ‘immediately if not sooner’ in order to do your work, and the shortest turn-around time to process a request for de-blocking of a site is 48 hours. Plus, the process for requesting de-blocking of a site is a pain in the backside. Aaargh!

]]> By: Paul http://alastair.adversaria.co.uk/?p=592&cpage=1#comment-89871 Paul Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:38:17 +0000 http://alastair.adversaria.co.uk/?p=592#comment-89871 Another peeve: the gratuitous use of ellipses. It's endemic in e-mail and on blogs. I'm especially rankled by ellipses that consist of many gazillions of periods. And here's another: the misuse of <i>comprise</i> for <i>compose</i>. Parts <i>compose</i> a whole. The whole <i>comprises</i> the parts. Another peeve: the gratuitous use of ellipses. It’s endemic in e-mail and on blogs. I’m especially rankled by ellipses that consist of many gazillions of periods.

And here’s another: the misuse of comprise for compose. Parts compose a whole. The whole comprises the parts.

]]> By: Al http://alastair.adversaria.co.uk/?p=592&cpage=1#comment-89790 Al Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:06:48 +0000 http://alastair.adversaria.co.uk/?p=592#comment-89790 Henna, Great to have you comment! I trust that all went well for you up in Aberdeen. As regards the correct spelling of offence, either way is acceptable, but offe<b>nce</b> is chiefly British. As I cycle and walk everywhere I find it hard to empathize with any of the pet peeves of motorists. I harbour little love for people who frequently act with no apparent concern for my safety and think that their desire to get from A to B in a hurry excuses their failure to be considerate to pedestrians, who were around thousands of years before the automobile ever entered the world. Sorry about that. If I am not careful I could get a little carried away... :) Henna,
Great to have you comment! I trust that all went well for you up in Aberdeen.

As regards the correct spelling of offence, either way is acceptable, but offence is chiefly British.

As I cycle and walk everywhere I find it hard to empathize with any of the pet peeves of motorists. I harbour little love for people who frequently act with no apparent concern for my safety and think that their desire to get from A to B in a hurry excuses their failure to be considerate to pedestrians, who were around thousands of years before the automobile ever entered the world.

Sorry about that. If I am not careful I could get a little carried away… :)

]]> By: Henna http://alastair.adversaria.co.uk/?p=592&cpage=1#comment-89726 Henna Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:32:02 +0000 http://alastair.adversaria.co.uk/?p=592#comment-89726 Yay! I've found a way to get back this blog from work.(Using a proxy server) It's probably a sackable offense, but hey I'm leaving soon anyway... My present pet Peeve is this thing about bad spelling, as I am now paranoid as to whether one writes 'offense' or 'offence'... 'Offense' is probably right, as I guess 'offence' is what happens to a drunk Blue-tit or something... People who park in Cycle lanes are annoying, but not as annoying as the people who park in the bay I want to use at Morrison's without asking my permission. It's as if they think they own it or something... Yay! I’ve found a way to get back this blog from work.(Using a proxy server) It’s probably a sackable offense, but hey I’m leaving soon anyway…

My present pet Peeve is this thing about bad spelling, as I am now paranoid as to whether one writes ‘offense’ or ‘offence’…

‘Offense’ is probably right, as I guess ‘offence’ is what happens to a drunk Blue-tit or something…

People who park in Cycle lanes are annoying, but not as annoying as the people who park in the bay I want to use at Morrison’s without asking my permission. It’s as if they think they own it or something…

]]> By: Paul http://alastair.adversaria.co.uk/?p=592&cpage=1#comment-89569 Paul Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:39:26 +0000 http://alastair.adversaria.co.uk/?p=592#comment-89569 About your first, on spelling: I tend to agree, and I don't think (for example) that the relative informality of the blogosphere is any license for sloppiness in blog comments. It's distracting and inconsiderate of readers. Please, all of you, take a look over what you've just written before you post. The world will wait a minute or two more for your pearls. At the same time, my impatience with sloppy spelling has been tempered recently. I've been working with someone beset by Central Auditory Processing Disorder. Not every bad speller is a bad speller because of laziness. About your first, on spelling: I tend to agree, and I don’t think (for example) that the relative informality of the blogosphere is any license for sloppiness in blog comments. It’s distracting and inconsiderate of readers. Please, all of you, take a look over what you’ve just written before you post. The world will wait a minute or two more for your pearls.

At the same time, my impatience with sloppy spelling has been tempered recently. I’ve been working with someone beset by Central Auditory Processing Disorder. Not every bad speller is a bad speller because of laziness.

]]> By: Al http://alastair.adversaria.co.uk/?p=592&cpage=1#comment-89505 Al Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:53:16 +0000 http://alastair.adversaria.co.uk/?p=592#comment-89505 Christopher, In UK English both spellings are accepted, although -ise endings are preferred. I usually employ the more common UK spellings, but the -ize ending is a point on which I choose to make an exception. I simply prefer the way that it looks for some reason (and, if I remember correctly, the -ise spelling is the later development). Christopher,

In UK English both spellings are accepted, although -ise endings are preferred. I usually employ the more common UK spellings, but the -ize ending is a point on which I choose to make an exception. I simply prefer the way that it looks for some reason (and, if I remember correctly, the -ise spelling is the later development).

]]> By: axegrinder http://alastair.adversaria.co.uk/?p=592&cpage=1#comment-89464 axegrinder Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:25:38 +0000 http://alastair.adversaria.co.uk/?p=592#comment-89464 Al, That's the best, funniest, most breath-of-fresh-airiest post I've read today. I agree wholeheartedly with all of you peeves. One of my peeves is people who gushingly praise bloggers in the combox without giving any reason for it. Also, I don't like eggy farts. Oh, and one more - I am perturbed by bureaucrats who believe that people exist to serve rules, regulations and policies, rather than such things existing to facilitate human interaction. They are like 21st century Pharisees who use my bathroom every morning without flushing. Jason Kranzusch Al,

That’s the best, funniest, most breath-of-fresh-airiest post I’ve read today. I agree wholeheartedly with all of you peeves.

One of my peeves is people who gushingly praise bloggers in the combox without giving any reason for it.

Also, I don’t like eggy farts.

Oh, and one more - I am perturbed by bureaucrats who believe that people exist to serve rules, regulations and policies, rather than such things existing to facilitate human interaction. They are like 21st century Pharisees who use my bathroom every morning without flushing.

Jason Kranzusch

]]> By: Christopher Witmer http://alastair.adversaria.co.uk/?p=592&cpage=1#comment-89425 Christopher Witmer Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:31:59 +0000 http://alastair.adversaria.co.uk/?p=592#comment-89425 My pet peeve is Japanese government bureaucrats and civil servants who haven't read the fine print specifically exempting me from any regulation that I don't like. Fortunately, many of them are surprisingly educatable concerning this, like the policeman who pulled me over for going straight in an intersection's turn-only lane when I was driving without a license. He asked to see my license, I showed him my alien registration card, and he let me go with a warning to be more careful next time. That has happened to me twice. My pet peeve is Japanese government bureaucrats and civil servants who haven’t read the fine print specifically exempting me from any regulation that I don’t like. Fortunately, many of them are surprisingly educatable concerning this, like the policeman who pulled me over for going straight in an intersection’s turn-only lane when I was driving without a license. He asked to see my license, I showed him my alien registration card, and he let me go with a warning to be more careful next time. That has happened to me twice.

]]> By: Christopher Witmer http://alastair.adversaria.co.uk/?p=592&cpage=1#comment-89422 Christopher Witmer Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:23:21 +0000 http://alastair.adversaria.co.uk/?p=592#comment-89422 Al, speaking of spelling, is it 'recognize' or 'recognise'? I thought it was the latter on your side of the pond but I noticed you using the former . . . Al, speaking of spelling, is it ‘recognize’ or ‘recognise’? I thought it was the latter on your side of the pond but I noticed you using the former . . .

]]> By: David http://alastair.adversaria.co.uk/?p=592&cpage=1#comment-89421 David Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:21:31 +0000 http://alastair.adversaria.co.uk/?p=592#comment-89421 As a corollary of #1 in the original post (spelling): writing "it's" when the possessive "its" is intended. As a corollary of #1 in the original post (spelling): writing “it’s” when the possessive “its” is intended.

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