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Chippy
KJ's Leading Pundit
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:45 pm Posts: 63026 Location: Tonight... YOU!
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Re: Pet Peeves
Hmm... apparently in the UK it IS a toy boy. And some time in the 80s it came over to the US and we started calling it a boy toy.
Very odd.
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Tue Jun 27, 2017 12:27 pm |
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67288
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Re: Pet Peeves
Thegun wrote: Yeah but we're American so we got it wrong. Yep.
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Tue Jun 27, 2017 12:54 pm |
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Thegun
On autopilot for the summer
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:14 pm Posts: 21678 Location: Walking around somewhere
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Re: Pet Peeves
How do you get mad at a term that has been commonly accepted as the norm for nearly 40 years though. That's a weak pet peeve. That's like despising margarine on toast because butter came first.
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Tue Jun 27, 2017 12:56 pm |
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Algren
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Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67288
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Re: Pet Peeves
It has only been "the norm" for dumb-ass Americans. The whole world is laughing at you, and you're all too blind to see it.
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Tue Jun 27, 2017 1:02 pm |
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Chippy
KJ's Leading Pundit
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:45 pm Posts: 63026 Location: Tonight... YOU!
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Re: Pet Peeves
Yep, that's it. The world is laughing at us for calling younger men "boy toys" instead of "toy boys".
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Tue Jun 27, 2017 1:39 pm |
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Thegun
On autopilot for the summer
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:14 pm Posts: 21678 Location: Walking around somewhere
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Re: Pet Peeves
I like that where he lives people say it enough that he has to correct them on a regular basis.
I would change my life if that was a pet peeve of yours. Just saying.
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Tue Jun 27, 2017 1:47 pm |
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Jiffy
Forum General
Joined: Sat Dec 18, 2004 2:27 pm Posts: 6145 Location: New York
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Re: Pet Peeves
Toy boy just makes me think of sth out of Dead Silence.
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Tue Jun 27, 2017 3:04 pm |
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Algren
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Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67288
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Re: Pet Peeves
Chippy wrote: Yep, that's it. The world is laughing at us for calling younger men "boy toys" instead of "toy boys". They're laughing at you for many things. I mean, look at who your president is. lol
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Tue Jun 27, 2017 8:41 pm |
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Algren
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Re: Pet Peeves
Thegun wrote: I like that where he lives people say it enough that he has to correct them on a regular basis. I don't correct anybody. I let them remain being a laughing stock.
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Tue Jun 27, 2017 8:42 pm |
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Caius
A very honest-hearted fellow
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:02 pm Posts: 4767
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Re: Pet Peeves
Thegun wrote: How do you get mad at a term that has been commonly accepted as the norm for nearly 40 years though. That's a weak pet peeve. That's like despising margarine on toast because butter came first. That is a legit reason for disliking margarine.
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Wed Jun 28, 2017 8:56 am |
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Algren
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Re: Pet Peeves
I use margarine.
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Wed Jun 28, 2017 11:16 pm |
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MadGez
Dont Mess with the Gez
Joined: Sun Oct 24, 2004 9:54 am Posts: 22816 Location: Melbourne Australia
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Re: Pet Peeves
Algren wrote: Chippy wrote: Yep, that's it. The world is laughing at us for calling younger men "boy toys" instead of "toy boys". They're laughing at you for many things. I mean, look at who your president is. lol Ive heard both terms used here though "toy boy" is more common.
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Thu Jun 29, 2017 8:22 am |
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Chippy
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Re: Pet Peeves
I use both butter and margarine, but I prefer butter because of the taste and it melts better.
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Thu Jun 29, 2017 11:40 am |
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stuffp
Keeping it Light
Joined: Wed Apr 08, 2015 8:06 am Posts: 11282 Location: Bright Falls
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Re: Pet Peeves
I don't think I would be able to tell the difference.
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Thu Jun 29, 2017 12:09 pm |
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Algren
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Re: Pet Peeves
Morons (Americans) that cannot say "niche" correctly.
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David
Pure Phase
Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:33 am Posts: 34865 Location: Maryland
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Re: Pet Peeves
You say neesh?
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Thu Jul 13, 2017 1:06 am |
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Algren
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Re: Pet Peeves
I do.
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Thu Jul 13, 2017 4:21 am |
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Jiffy
Forum General
Joined: Sat Dec 18, 2004 2:27 pm Posts: 6145 Location: New York
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Re: Pet Peeves
Who doesn't.
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Thu Jul 13, 2017 5:45 am |
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Thegun
On autopilot for the summer
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:14 pm Posts: 21678 Location: Walking around somewhere
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Re: Pet Peeves
Britts that cannot pronounce fish. I mean what the hell is that? You have one food combo you're known for and you say it like "fitch"
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Thu Jul 13, 2017 12:16 pm |
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Algren
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Re: Pet Peeves
Every American that I have heard say it says "nitch".
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Thu Jul 13, 2017 12:32 pm |
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Thegun
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Re: Pet Peeves
Both are perfectly acceptable. It's more the people that say it like "nitch eeeeeeeeeee" that are idiots. I'm surprised there aren't more Chinese things that bother you. It doesn't bother you when people ask you about your love of Starrone?
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Thu Jul 13, 2017 6:41 pm |
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Algren
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Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67288
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Re: Pet Peeves
More Chinese things bother me than US things, but then what would be the value of writing them on here?
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Thu Jul 13, 2017 8:31 pm |
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Algren
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Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67288
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Re: Pet Peeves
People that say "y'all" instead of "you all".
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Sat Jul 15, 2017 7:49 am |
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Algren
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Re: Pet Peeves
When people say "could care less" when they really mean "couldn't care less". I have never seen anybody but Americans make this mistake. Larry David does this all the time on Curb Your Enthusiasm, which is just giving morons more ammunition to think they are correct. It is one of the very rare (might be the ONLY) things that I dislike about the show.
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Shack
Devil's Advocate
Joined: Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:30 am Posts: 38612
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Re: Pet Peeves
The "I could care less" thing makes more sense if you see it as a fragment of a longer sentence that makes sense, like "There's nothing I could care less about"
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