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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3580 on: April 08, 2021, 09:08:58 PM »
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++)
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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3581 on: April 08, 2021, 11:19:46 PM »
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.
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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3582 on: April 13, 2021, 06:28:22 PM »
TinTin instead of Tintin. Makes it sound like a Chinese knockoff.

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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3583 on: April 13, 2021, 07:04:48 PM »
TinTin instead of Tintin. Makes it sound like a Chinese knockoff.
In this case it is ;)

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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3584 on: April 13, 2021, 08:41:47 PM »
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.
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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3585 on: April 16, 2021, 05:15:24 PM »
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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3586 on: April 21, 2021, 11:16:58 AM »
(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:


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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3587 on: April 25, 2021, 12:05:20 PM »
Referring to a fence as a "gate".

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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3588 on: April 25, 2021, 01:05:39 PM »
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).
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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3589 on: April 25, 2021, 01:07:26 PM »
unfortunately way to often
When people write "to" instead of "too."  :P

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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3590 on: April 25, 2021, 01:10:05 PM »
When people write "to" instead of "too."  :P

Can't compare a typo to ignorance.

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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3591 on: April 25, 2021, 01:16:50 PM »
Can't compare a typo to ignorance.

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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

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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3592 on: April 27, 2021, 08:07:35 AM »
When charges on Chase business cards disappear for a day.
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Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3593 on: April 27, 2021, 08:08:55 AM »
When charges on Chase business cards disappear for a day.
Most annoying thing, especially since the transaction amount is included in the balance.

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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3594 on: April 28, 2021, 09:51:05 PM »
Most annoying thing, especially since the transaction amount is included in the balance.
Terribly long posts (excluding trip reports)
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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3595 on: April 28, 2021, 10:02:44 PM »
Those random blasted 45mph zones on the GSP between(ish) EWR and the Bergen toll plaza.
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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3596 on: May 23, 2021, 08:19:22 PM »
This stupid thing


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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3597 on: May 23, 2021, 08:52:32 PM »
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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3598 on: May 24, 2021, 12:12:36 PM »
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Re: Master Thread of Pet Peeves
« Reply #3599 on: May 24, 2021, 01:07:43 PM »
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