When I was much younger I often slept over at my granny's house - Granny's house was the BEST time and I thought my parents kept dumping me there because they wanted me to have ALL THE FUN IN THE WORLD - although it was probably (mainly) because they wanted some time out. Whatevs.
At granny's house - there was bright pink and yellow typewriter paper - like boxes and boxes of it and all tied together with string. I used to get my gran to write down as many questions as she could on the pink and yellow paper because, for some reason, my six year old-self just loved answering questionnaires and making booklets of self-interviews.
(I know).
One of her questions - I remember very clearly - asked:
"What is your pet peeve?"
Being the young fry that I was - I had no idea what this meant, so I asked my lovely granny and she told me:
"Well, it's like a pet thing you don't like very much or something that annoys you."
to which I remember replying -
oh bless my little cotton socks.
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Anyway - today I thought I would share one of my PET PEEVES with you:
It is appropriate today because I have recently come across a really awesome lifestyle/yoga/meditative/good-life/beautiful inspiring-words blog which I would really love to share with you. But - this particular author has not yet grasped this concept and it irks me to my core.
So much so that I cannot actually even share it.
But, like -
When your entire mantra is based off a grammatical error:
eg:
"YOUR A FIGHTER!"
No. I just cannot.
In fact, if husband ever messaged me to say:
In fact, if husband ever messaged me to say:
"your my favourite thing"
I'd text him right back with
I'd text him right back with
"your sleeping on the couch"
Please do take the next few moments to really LEARN what I'm about to teach you -
and let's make this world a grammatically happier place
those are your french fries.
You bought them.
You own them
They belong to you.
They are yours.
Now when you say to your friend
"your awesome!"
what you are really saying is:
But
if they have already grasped this simple concept then -
OK -
The sneaky one eyed apostrophe bandit has successfully hijacked the letter A.
Sneaky one-eyed bandit is holding the letter A hostage.
still holding the letter A hostage.
Sneaky- one-eyed-apostrophe-bandit has hidden in that empty alleyway -
holding the letter A hostage.
The Letter-Police are flummoxed.
..... and don't you forget it.
Your welcome.
:P
Grammar: the difference between knowing your shit, and knowing you're shit.
YOU ARE super funny For Realz!. Dig ur Blog. :-)
ReplyDeleteI want an Awesome! he looks squishy and sticky! He'd look lovely on an Alot!
ReplyDeleteCan you make this into an A4 infographic so I can print it out and give it to trainees and students who come through editorial? LOL! Brilliant.
ReplyDeleteI now have to be very careful when I comment on your blog and Twitter account...OMG...did I use the punctuation and grammar correctly_#Stressing!!! But great blog post....thanks for the FYI :) Much love xxx
ReplyDeleteBest post ever!
ReplyDeleteYoh. Such an irritant. Cease vs seize. It's vs its.There vs their. The basics, Che, peeps need to get the basics, RIGHT?? :) Thank you for this post :)
ReplyDeleteBrilliant!! This should be printed and distributed to all the idiots! That said, I may be a little guilty of this occassionally as I do typer faster than I read and only see what I think should be there.
ReplyDeletehttp://purplelipsandperfectsmiles.blogspot.com/
Love this! And is it okay to admit that I now really want an awesome of my very own!
ReplyDeleteGlory to the grammar Gods, absolutely love this! One of my pet peeves is random spaces EVERYWHERE in emails. People need to stick to single spacing in between words and at the start of the sentence - I just can't handle these double, triple or quadruple spaced sentences!!
ReplyDeleteIt was International Apostrophe Day last Friday. I wrote an ironic status update on FB...a friend corrected me. Now I have to wait for International Irony Day to explain to her what I'd done...
ReplyDeleteLOVE this..Perhaps you're (kidding!) next post could be on how to spell "DEFINATELY"...Would definitely help even more people to know their shit. :) x
ReplyDeleteHYSTERICAL!!!!!!! And so so true! As an English major and now teacher - these things kill me too! x
ReplyDeleteMy pet peeve: People who say things like 'WE going to Durban' and 'YOU so cool' - those people deserve a punch in the ovary. :/
ReplyDeleteRather like okes verus oaks
ReplyDeletehahahah oh hilarious! Please DO let me know when international irony day is happening - i'd LOVE to be involved! lols :)
ReplyDeletehaha shall start making Awesomes to order :)
ReplyDeletehahahaha :) am not THAAAT much of a grammar nazi... maybe :) haha
ReplyDeleteno your! haha
ReplyDeletewhat do you mean? oh you mean like....
ReplyDeletelike is this..... is this it?
just making sure we are on the same page.
cool.
haha EXACTLY. I should do a series.
ReplyDeletehahaha punch in the ovary. hilar. YOU SO COOL!
ReplyDeleteaaaah YES. next english lesson will be on the definately debacle.
ReplyDeleteoooh their vs there... that's definitely next on the indieBerries english-language-lesson list!
ReplyDeleteDear Che - Just wanted to say You're Awesome. This post is epic. Love love love YOUR blog ;)
ReplyDeletehahahaha why thank you :) YOUR awesome too! x
ReplyDeleteGreat post :) It prompted me to blog about my own pet peeves :)
ReplyDeletehttp://violetsteel.com/2013/09/18/pet-peeves/
Agreed! And just as annoying - thEn and thAn
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