# Wild peeves (language) **URL:** \ **Category:** general\ **Created:** [January 22, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/wild-peeves-language/1612 "2019-01-22T19:26:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![e4tmyl33t](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/e4tmyl33t/32/1122_2.png) [@e4tmyl33t](https://cog.discourse.group/u/e4tmyl33t)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/wild-peeves-language/1612/21 "2019-01-24T20:31:02Z")
I dunno, I can kind of see the use of it even inside a normal conversation, as the human equivalent of a mode-switch flag. You’re temporarily switching from “conversational” mode to “information transfer” mode and it can signal to the other party that they may need to be ready to provide said information. Mind you, I don’t people well, so this is probably just me being odd again. ---
**Author:** ![Rizak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/rizak/32/4190_2.png) [@Rizak](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Rizak)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/wild-peeves-language/1612/22 "2019-01-24T20:49:32Z")
> [@e4tmyl33t](#): > > I don’t people well OMG, did you just use ‘people’ as a verb? That is awesome and I have to remember it. Even if unintentional. ---
**Author:** ![e4tmyl33t](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/e4tmyl33t/32/1122_2.png) [@e4tmyl33t](https://cog.discourse.group/u/e4tmyl33t)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/wild-peeves-language/1612/23 "2019-01-24T20:52:03Z")
No, that was intentional. I definitely don’t people well. (Which I alternately express as “I don’t human well”) ---
**Author:** ![RoadRunner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/roadrunner/32/63_2.png) [@RoadRunner](https://cog.discourse.group/u/RoadRunner)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/wild-peeves-language/1612/24 "2019-01-25T19:23:26Z")
What about dog? ---
**Author:** ![e4tmyl33t](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/e4tmyl33t/32/1122_2.png) [@e4tmyl33t](https://cog.discourse.group/u/e4tmyl33t)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/wild-peeves-language/1612/25 "2019-01-25T19:26:54Z")
No dog. Don’t like dogs. Cats and I tolerate each other, dogs spike my anxiety and put me in alert mode. ---
**Author:** ![RoadRunner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/roadrunner/32/63_2.png) [@RoadRunner](https://cog.discourse.group/u/RoadRunner)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/wild-peeves-language/1612/26 "2019-01-25T19:30:16Z")
Aww, sorry. My dog is 8 pounds of fluffy love. And peepee. Little bastard will squirt anywhere if you don’t keep an eye on him. But other than that, he’s super. Sorry to sidetrack, back to your regularly scheduled programming. ---
**Author:** ![Rizak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/rizak/32/4190_2.png) [@Rizak](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Rizak)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/wild-peeves-language/1612/27 "2024-06-01T19:36:20Z")
People who say ‘different to’ instead of ‘different from’. I know that it’s an acceptable usage now, but it still bugs me. One thing is similar TO another. One thing differs FROM another. … and another thing … It’s a weird language thing, but … I’ve been sat in front of the television … is just wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Ook](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/ook/32/72_2.png) [@Ook](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Ook)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/wild-peeves-language/1612/28 "2024-06-02T14:52:53Z")
People who’ve experienced 30 years of mismanagement, yet choose to elect the same political fckers again. ---
**Author:** ![RRabbit42](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/rrabbit42/32/79_2.png) [@RRabbit42](https://cog.discourse.group/u/RRabbit42)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/wild-peeves-language/1612/29 "2024-06-02T17:16:48Z")
The “been sat” gets me, too. Did someone physically move you and put you in that location? Or did you sit yourself? I’m tempted to start saying “I did done been sat there.” ---
**Author:** ![Rizak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/rizak/32/4190_2.png) [@Rizak](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Rizak)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/wild-peeves-language/1612/30 "2024-06-02T18:09:40Z")
I’ve also seen ‘different than’, which is just … what? The system has failed us. [Previous page](https://cog.discourse.group/t/wild-peeves-language/1612.md?page=1)