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Miss Penny Lane


I always tell the girls, never take it seriously.
If ya never take it seriously, ya never get hurt.
Ya never get hurt, ya always have fun...
And if you ever get lonely, just go to the record store and visit your friends.

Thursday, April 06, 2006

A Couple o' Petty Things

For some reason (most likely the fact that my mother is an English professor) the misuse of these words ridiculously irks me, so I'll just put these out there:

  • There is no such word as irregardless. Regardless, yes. Irregardless, no.
  • You're means YOU ARE, as in You're the hottest bitch in this bar.
  • Your refers to something that belongs to someone, as in your car, your apartment, your bitch is flirting with that guy at the bar.

    That's all I have to say about that...

    • posted by Miss Penny Lane @ 11:59 PM  

    8 Band Aides had a tale from the tour:

    • At 10:19 AM, April 07, 2006, Blogger Poppy said…

      That stuff annoys me too, although I've become more tolerant of it as I accept that most Americans are total idiots barely functioning in the world around them. :)

       

    • At 12:08 PM, April 07, 2006, Blogger Ed said…

      Amen, sistuh! Three cheers for the grammar police.

      (Add to the list: Apostrophe errors. Or, error's? ;) )

       

    • At 2:42 PM, April 07, 2006, Blogger Dop T said…

      My thing is the "'s". Not sure why many people feel the need to turn a plural into an owndership, but they do. And I hate it.

       

    • At 7:12 PM, April 07, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said…

      Seriously, the word irregardless, doesn't exist? Wow! I'm guilty of using that word. Oops! Don't hate me. :-)

       

    • At 9:46 AM, April 10, 2006, Blogger Johnny said…

      how about mung?

       

    • At 10:42 AM, April 10, 2006, Blogger Phil said…

      I have a hard time staying away from "irregardless" even though I know it is wrong.

       

    • At 3:18 PM, April 11, 2006, Blogger Unknown said…

      My biggest spelling pet peeve? When people spell definitely with an A.

       

    • At 5:56 PM, April 11, 2006, Blogger cs said…

      So many people also write the following:
      "would of done it"

      rather than
      "would have done it"

      At least where I'm from.

       

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