Some Things I Don’t Like
7:21 pm 09/21/06
OK, just two things to rant about very briefly:
The phrase “price point.” Just say PRICE, dammit. For instance, in this headline, why the f*** don’t they just remove the word “point” - the meaning remains the same. Grrr.
The sappy music that is featured on shows like “Gray’s Anatomy.” I guess it’s supposed to be somehow “meaningful” because it’s played over a montage of meaningful scenes and melancholy faces. Grrr.
ah price point. Just as bad as “utilize.” It’s just plain “use” you pretending-to-be-intelligent pretentious bastards!
“Utilize” is the bane of the military world. “Utilize the latrine,” “utilize the M16, but beware of fratracide!” Whatever.
I’m with you on that. Jargon gets me all riled up. Or, excuse me- Jargon significantly increases my emotional output.
-sigh-
Amen, brothers and sisters!
“Utilize” a latrine? “Use” a latrine? How about just “take a crap”?
How about this one, though: One day I was watching two people talking when they were supposed to be working. When I asked what they were doing, one of them said, “We were just conversating.” No, that’s not a typo. She actually said, “conversating.”
Heh heh, ‘conversating’. I’m gonna use that, I am!
Considering recent events I should show some compassion, BUT, I’m me, sooo — that’s still not as bad as Anna-Nicoles, “as you all know I’m pregnated,” trimspa commercial. Actually, that was typical. Should the ‘conversaters’ have at least known better?
One of the leaders in the misuses of English is the USPS.
The USPS instructs everyone to addresss a letter to “City, State and ZIP Code”, when they are actually asking for “Postal City, Postal State and ZIP Code”.
I know many places that ar4 in one community but have a different community name in their mailing address. (About 15% or so of the places with a “Great Falls, MT” mailing address are NOT in the City of Great Falls.)
I even know a few places that are in a different state from the state shown in their mailing address.
David, David, David…
Like I said the last time you posted about this, there is a place for price point- and it’s at work, if it’s revelant to one’s job. But in an article about most anything? Probably not.
And, I hate to say it, but I love the music on GA. The soundtrack actually has several upbeat numbers that I enjoy, namely “Ruby Blue” by Roisin Murphy.
I can sympathize; it drives me bonkers when I hear commercials refer to ‘refinancing’ as ‘refi.’
As for G.A., I don’t really watch it, but we occasionally put it on (”Like watching a train wreck,” McGyva says )and I never noticed the music because I’m too busy being annoyed by Ellen Pompeo (I bet she says “refi” all the time).
Walter, I can DEFINITELY relate. I live in Coral Springs, but my ZIP code is for Pompano Beach. But it’s not even an overlap — NONE of my ZIP code is in Pompano Beach, and the city of Coconut Creek is in between the two cities. Several other ZIP codes also are inaccurately listed as Pompano Beach or overlap.
This created a certain amount of havoc where I used to work, as we would go to different places on different days. The schedule came out of the computer listing addresses by ZIP code, so any address listed as Pompano Beach could really be in Coral Springs, Coconut Creek, or Margate. Or even Pompano Beach.
The city of Coral Springs actually petitioned USPS to change the designation a few years ago, but the request was turned down.
Viking, everything has to be shortened now, didn’t you know? Refinancing is “refi,” Jennifer Lopez is “J Lo,” Washington Mutual is “WaMu.” Some companies have even made it official — Federal Express changed its name to Fedex and Pacific Sunwear is now PacSun. Are we all that lazy?
I don’t believe it. I actually heard “conversate” AGAIN today. And for the record, no — it’s not in my unabridged dictionary. Which got me to wondering why the unusual “extra” syllable when “converse” becomes a noun. I’m guessing because “conversion” is a word meaning something else.
#4 - How about just “take a crap”?
I hesitate to lower the tone around here to the middle-school level, but
…Whoever took a crap in the men’s latrine - please return it…