What are your silly pet peeves?

[2kitties]

I love to hear English spoken by Aussies. Such a beautiful accent, to me.

[Kfamr]

- People who thinks EVERYONE has to live by their beliefs and so on.

-Homophobics.

-"Girls Gone Wild" Commercials on TV -- Late night is when I watch TV the most.

-When people tell my dogs what to do. Hello, They're MINE not yours.

[Kfamr]

It's so funny how people say English speaking people talk too fast .. When Spanish speaking people sound like they're saying 5000 wpm!

[2kitties]

Question about Girls Gone Wild.

I've never watched it, so maybe I've no idea what i'm talking about. But I always thought it was videos of girls on vacation acting like nincompoops. Then I read an interview with some actress once or something who said she'd appearing in episodes of girls gone wild.
So what is it? Is it a reality show of girls acting like they've got no sense, or is it a show with actresses acting like girls who have no sense???

[Soledad]

After living in NZ for a while, my ear became used to the NZ accents and when I heard an American speak it was startling. The sound of an American amidst New Zealanders sounds incredibly flat and monotone. This is because the NZ accent has a very different rythmn and tends to have lots of ups and downs. Many times a statement sounds like a question. Americans just sounded like they were on a different frequency. Kind of like the difference between a low, constant hum and someone asking a bunch of questions. Does that make any sense??

[Kfamr]

Um.. It's basically girls running around flashing others, doing sexual things on video.

[2kitties]

Originally posted by Kfamr
Um.. It's basically girls running around flashing others, doing sexual things on video.

Right. But is it real, or actors?

[Kfamr]

Originally posted by 2kitties
Right. But is it real, or actors?

I'm not sure, I normally end up changing the channel.

[GoldenRetrLuver]

I LOVE british/english accents, for people that REALLY have them, and don't fake it.
2kitties, yes high school is an interesting place!

[Soledad]

It was always my understanding that the girls were just regular girls who were drunk and stupid. But I would not discount the fact that there are people desperate enough to want to be in a staged moment of stupidity.

[PepperRSM]

Here's some of mine:

1. Girls who go around school saying "sad!" especially when it doesn't even make sense to say it....for example, at school my friend asked me if I could go to the movies with her and some other people on a certain weekend and I told her I couldn't because I was going out of town and she goes "oh, sad!" like it was so terrible that I had to spend time with my family I was like, "excuse me, but I like seeing my family out of town...it's not 'sad'"

2. My aunt does this annoying thing that my mom and I can't stand...she doesn't have any kids but her sisters (my mom and my other aunt) both have kids (me and my cousin...obviously lol) and she always tells my aunt and my mom how they should raise my cousin and I....it's like, hello....we're their kids, not yours, plus you dont even have kids so how would you know! And she always says to people, "well you should do this" or "you should do that" she's always telling people what they "should" do

3. The thing where parents can't control their kids...my cousins are like that on my dad's side...my aunt and uncle don't seem to care what they're doing! It's like we constantly have to keep an eye on them when they visit so they don't wreck anything...and they're 10 and 12!

4. My friend at school does this really annoying thing...whenever she gets an answer right or something, she'll look at me and have this big grin on her face like she's so great for getting it right for example, this one time in western hemisphere, we were talking about the Inca and the teacher asked how did they get so much land? (or something like that) and my friend raised her hand, he called on her, she said her answer, he said "yup, you're right" and she turns to where im sitting (way across the room) and gives me this big cheesy grin...it's like, ok you got it right, big deal

[captain]

Originally posted by 2kitties
I love to hear English spoken by Aussies. Such a beautiful accent, to me.

Thanks

[popcornbird]

Originally posted by Soledad
Kind of like the difference between a low, constant hum and someone asking a bunch of questions. Does that make any sense??

Yeah it totally does! I have never exactly heard the Australian/New Zealand accents.......so I have no clue how folks in that part of the world sound. I am however, much more fond of the American accent than the British one. Maybe its just that I'm used to it, but I think American style of speaking is clearer and easier to understand.......for me at least.

[stacwase]

I LOVE to listen to French Canadians speaking in their own language. Sometimes when I'm near the border I'll turn to a French Canadian station on the radio and just listen to it, even though I don't understand what they're saying.

I like British accents too - and isn't it funny how they barely move their mouths when they talk? My cousin went to England for a month, about a year ago - and she's still speaking with a very strong accent.

Oh - but this is supposed to be a pet peeves thread! Sorry!

[ILoveMyAbbyGirl]

When people say "nuttin" exactly how it's written. Nuttin. I hate that. REALLY HATE IT!