What is some of your Pet Peeve's

[WinterDeere]

Whatever works....

"220, 221... whatever it takes."

 

[Sprinkler Fitter]

Sorry... no. I understand the whole notion that "English is a living language", and that the various dictionaries are always adding slang and new words. I disagree with it, but I understand it.

However, "irregardless" presents a unique challenge, that makes it technically mean the exact opposite of what people intend, when saying it.

"Regardless" means "without regard". But adding the prefix "ir" to any word means "the opposite of", such that "irregardless" would mean "without lack of regard", or simply "with regard to".

So how can one add it to the dictionary, with a definition that is exactly the opposite of what the word quite literally describes?

I agree about the word irregardless.

To me it is the like saying you unthawed the meat. Does that mean you froze the meat?

 

[AntiqueIron]

For me it’s that you can’t buy a new truck that lasts, or that you can work on.

And good luck trying to find a long bed regular cab.

 

[bcp]

Double negatives:

Google AI Overview

The double negative has a rich linguistic history, evolving from a standard, emphatic feature in Old and Middle English (Chaucer, Shakespeare used it) to being stigmatized in formal Modern English due to prescriptive grammarians in the 1700s, yet it persists in many dialects (like AAVE, Southern English) and languages worldwide...


Bruce

 

[DarkBlack]

I agree about the word irregardless.

To me it is the like saying you unthawed the meat. Does that mean you froze the meat?

That unthawed meat looks a little big for what we need

 

[Jstpssng]

I agree about the word irregardless.

To me it is the like saying you unthawed the meat. Does that mean you froze the meat?

You can disagree all that you want. Yet it's still been considered a word for longer than most of us have been around.

 

[bigtiller]

Double negatives:

Google AI Overview

The double negative has a rich linguistic history, evolving from a standard, emphatic feature in Old and Middle English (Chaucer, Shakespeare used it) to being stigmatized in formal Modern English due to prescriptive grammarians in the 1700s, yet it persists in many dialects (like AAVE, Southern English) and languages worldwide...


Bruce

A famous one is;
I can't get no satisfaction.

 

[WinterDeere]

Double negatives:

Google AI Overview

The double negative has a rich linguistic history, evolving from a standard, emphatic feature in Old and Middle English (Chaucer, Shakespeare used it) to being stigmatized in formal Modern English due to prescriptive grammarians in the 1700s, yet it persists in many dialects (like AAVE, Southern English) and languages worldwide...


Bruce

Double negatives are fine, when meant to state the positive. "I wouldn't be unhappy, if she offered me a BJ." That's a double negative, but all good and true.

Even irregardless would be fine in conversation, if it were used to mean "regarding", rather than "regardless".

Of course, the most famous improper double-negative of all time... "we don't need no education."

 

[Shawn T. W.]

How about "hot water heater"? If the water is already hot, why do you need a heater?

Yes, I know about hot water "boosters" restaurants for example use them to bring the standard water heater temperature up quite a bit for there dish washing machines ...

 

[lman]

How about "hot water heater"? If the water is already hot, why do you need a heater?

Yes, I know about hot water "boosters" restaurants for example use them to bring the standard water heater temperature up quite a bit for there dish washing machines ...

I've got a hot water heater. My geothermal desuperheater preheats water entering my water heater while the system is running. This time of year my geothermal system runs enough to make hot water so my water heater heats water that has already been heated.