4/4/2005

Pet Peeve

Filed under: — jen

The first in a series of many.

That thing you use while putting on makeup, drying your hair, or popping a zit? It has two syllables, count them, one two. Repeat after me, MIR-ROR.

A Mir is a now defunct space station.

That is all.

21 Responses to “Pet Peeve”

  1. Jay Says:
    April 4th, 2005 at 8:06 pm

    Hah.
    You know, that bugs me too. But then, so many things bug me, it’s shorter to list the things that don’t.

  2. kowy Says:
    April 4th, 2005 at 8:10 pm

    My personal favourite is the word ‘prolly’. As in “I should prolly get that Mir fixed.”

  3. Lisa Says:
    April 5th, 2005 at 11:16 am

    I always thought of that as a North American vs. UK pronounciation. I admit, I say “meer”. Sucks to be me. At least I say “bahz-il” and not “bays-il”.

  4. lambic Says:
    April 5th, 2005 at 11:24 am

    but do you say oreegarrno or origuno?

  5. jen Says:
    April 5th, 2005 at 12:23 pm

    It’s Or Egg Uh No you silly Brit

  6. Procrasto Says:
    April 5th, 2005 at 1:31 pm

    Oh dear god. Don’t get me started.
    Mine is more a spelling thing.

    Like when you misplace something and it’s then spelled
    “loose” instead of “lose”.

    Makes the hair on the back of my neck stand on end.

  7. jen Says:
    April 5th, 2005 at 2:44 pm

    Procrasto - the loose/lose thing is high on my list too.

  8. Paul (Cotard) Says:
    April 6th, 2005 at 3:56 am

    Eye dunno wot ewes r awl torking abowt…

  9. Shawn Campbell Says:
    April 6th, 2005 at 7:50 am

    You people have serious problems sorting out what is important in life.
    Does your boyfriend beat you? Probably not. Is your kid doing drugs?
    Selling herself on the street? Do you get enough food to eat?
    Do you have to beg just to get through the day?
    Are you missing a significant body part?
    Are the Americans shooting people up in your neighbourhood every day?
    Do bombs go off in the cafes in your town?
    Do you fear walking alone at night because the street gangs might rape or kill you?

    Well, now you know my peeve, people who are so stuck on the smallest,
    most insignificant details that they miss the important things in life.
    Oh look the sun is rising. I think I’ll sit on my balcony and watch it.

    Enjoy life, and enjoy being so spoiled that you have time to worry about
    whether or not you have a psychological imbalance,
    instead of worrying about when you will eat next.

    Sent with lots of love,
    Shawn

  10. jen Says:
    April 6th, 2005 at 8:46 am

    Shawn - it’s simply not worth making your comparisons. I am not putting my pet peeves on par with getting enough to eat or any of the other things that you mention. Nor do I believe that anyone who has commented here feels that the minor annoyances in their lives
    are in anyway comparable to serious suffering that goes on in this world.

    I think that we are all aware that for so many people in this world, life sucks.

    I am well aware of how lucky I am. I don’t need you to tell me that.

    Shawn, and I do mean this without any malice whatsoever, lighten up.

  11. blork Says:
    April 6th, 2005 at 9:29 am

    Where I come from, a lot of people said “mirrel” or “myrl” instead of “mir” or “mirror.”

    Note that I moved.

    Nuff said.

  12. jen Says:
    April 6th, 2005 at 9:51 am

    blork - thank goodness you got out! ;)

  13. Dawn (webmiztris) Says:
    April 6th, 2005 at 4:00 pm

    I hate ‘prolly’ too!! Glad I’m not the only one….

  14. Paul (Cotard) Says:
    April 7th, 2005 at 5:12 am

    I just another one that shits me to tears (no pun intended)… from a newsreader no less:

    “sue-age” instead of “sewerage”. It’s got THREE syllables not two, and the ‘r’ is not silent!

    I feel better now…

  15. Shawn Campbell Says:
    April 7th, 2005 at 8:19 am

    All done with smiles:

    Just wanted to rant my peeve as well.
    Hearing people complain about such insignificant things is my peeve.
    I am not the voice of your dark and ominous conscious. Just sharing what bugs me.

  16. jen Says:
    April 7th, 2005 at 9:16 am

    Paul - sewage and sewerage are two words that mean the same thing. Both are correct. I’ve never actually heard anyone use “sewerage” - maybe it’s an Australian thing?

  17. Lisa Says:
    April 7th, 2005 at 9:49 am

    Can’t believe that no one mentioned “nuke-u-lar”. ;)

  18. Paul (Cotard) Says:
    April 8th, 2005 at 8:43 am

    I stand corrected on the shit thing… no wonder I’m always getting annoyed whenever there’s a ’sewage’ spill… I’ll retract my peeve and state that I think the word is silly, and that it should be changed just to appease me.

    P.S. I hate being wrong.

  19. jen Says:
    April 8th, 2005 at 8:49 am

    Paul - you could probably get the US congress to sit for a special session to change the word just for you. I hear they are into that these days.

  20. Chris Says:
    April 8th, 2005 at 9:37 am

    Mir? Is also a good blogger ;-) Really.

  21. Kat Says:
    August 31st, 2005 at 8:44 pm

    How about the word “asterisKS” — a lot of people have trouble saying askeriSK.

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