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In general, shortened words are mildly offensive to me. First world problem, for sure.
Sank, short for sanctuary. I just read an otherwise beautiful book (Fellowship Point, novel by Alice Elliott Dark) in which the author had her characters consistently say sank instead of sanctuary.
Sanctuary is a beautiful word, surely worth writing in its entirety. Sank sounds like sewer or cess pool to me.
I work in a thrift store. Somehow in the past few years, the word “thrift” has been turned into a verb, like “gift” has. People say “I love to Thrift!”
In general, shortened words are mildly offensive to me. First world problem, for sure.
Sank, short for sanctuary. I just read an otherwise beautiful book (Fellowship Point, novel by Alice Elliott Dark) in which the author had her characters consistently say sank instead of sanctuary.
Sanctuary is a beautiful word, surely worth writing in its entirety. Sank sounds like sewer or cess pool to me.
At the very least, it should be sanc, not sank.
But perquisite used to be shortened to perq, and has become perk.
I work in a thrift store. Somehow in the past few years, the word “thrift” has been turned into a verb, like “gift” has. People say “I love to Thrift!”
Irritating.
I'm guilty of using the word "thrifting" when I'm out doing the rounds at thrift stores.
I've known people who say "sale-ing" or "junking" when doing the yard sale/thrift store circuit.
My pet peeve is misusing Me and I, "He and I went to the store." is correct beause if you were alone it would be "I went to the store". But I have been seeing and hearing the word "I" used when it should be "Me", in business letters and emails, television shows, popular novels etc. It grates on me. It is not "Expect John and I to arrive at 3 pm." Because you would would not say "Expect I to arrive at 3 PM."
Otherwise, silly popular phrases don't bother me unless I don't have context.
My pet peeve is misusing Me and I, "He and I went to the store." is correct beause if you were alone it would be "I went to the store". But I have been seeing and hearing the word "I" used when it should be "Me", in business letters and emails, television shows, popular novels etc. It grates on me. It is not "Expect John and I to arrive at 3 pm." Because you would would not say "Expect I to arrive at 3 PM."
Otherwise, silly popular phrases don't bother me unless I don't have context.
I'm with you 100% on this - it's like people think "I" is classier than "me."
My pet peeve is misusing Me and I, "He and I went to the store." is correct beause if you were alone it would be "I went to the store". But I have been seeing and hearing the word "I" used when it should be "Me", in business letters and emails, television shows, popular novels etc. It grates on me. It is not "Expect John and I to arrive at 3 pm." Because you would would not say "Expect I to arrive at 3 PM."
Otherwise, silly popular phrases don't bother me unless I don't have context.
This was extensively discussed in this thread a couple hundred messages back. Some amusing comments. Having been taught good grammar, it greatly annoys I to hear people confuse "me" and "I".
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