Master Thread of Pet Peeves

[Yo ssi]

As long as it's not like French where it's like << so you were saying ? >> I can't believe it !

It's almost like C;) (or perhaps C++)

[ckmk47]

That's why Hungarian is a LOT worse:

"I'm always putting my eineklach in the oven, a batch of rugulach."

or even worse...

"Cut me up, and schmear me up, and throw me down the stairs, a piece of bread and butter."

I'd always assumed that syntax was translated from Yiddish.  I'm glad to learn it's Hungarian.

[YitzyS]

TinTin instead of Tintin. Makes it sound like a Chinese knockoff.

[Euclid]

TinTin instead of Tintin. Makes it sound like a Chinese knockoff.

In this case it is

[aygart]

TinTin instead of Tintin. Makes it sound like a Chinese knockoff.

TO me Tintin isn't nostalgic since I was only introduced to him after I had kids.

[Definitions]

When you have to zoom in 1000% to see the name of a street on your route in google maps

[Randomex]

(In board game media, I've occasionally encountered "depends" instead of "determines," with
the worst offender using the phrasing "Depending on X, depends on Y" for "X determines Y.")

Found another instance:

[Euclid]

Referring to a fence as a "gate".

[ExGingi]

Referring to a fence as a "gate".

Agh. That one is a serious one. I am sure if sensors were attached to my body, it could easily be detected when I hear that one (unfortunately way too often, including from my own family).

[YitzyS]

unfortunately way to often

When people write "to" instead of "too." 

[ExGingi]

When people write "to" instead of "too." 

Can't compare a typo to ignorance.

אב"א

See what happens to my body when I hear or read about a fence being referred to as a gate?

[YitzyS]

Can't compare a typo to ignorance.

אב"א

See what happens to my body when I hear or read about a fence being referred to as a gate?

I knew it was no comparison, and I make that mistake way to many times myself - but I just could not resist.
Yes, that "to" is intentional

[CountValentine]

When charges on Chase business cards disappear for a day.

[Euclid]

When charges on Chase business cards disappear for a day.

Most annoying thing, especially since the transaction amount is included in the balance.

[ltttc]

Most annoying thing, especially since the transaction amount is included in the balance.

Terribly long posts (excluding trip reports)

[Something Fishy]

Those random blasted 45mph zones on the GSP between(ish) EWR and the Bergen toll plaza.

[Something Fishy]

This stupid thing

[TzviR]

When you try to like a picture on mobile and it opens postimages

[Randomex]

Where is that?

[Yo ssi]

Where is that?

Iyh bay dir