Do you ever catch yourself doing something that annoys you?

[Blue-Jay]

I just went into the kitchen for a coffee refill and noticed that I had left the cabinet open where the coffee cups are.

Man, I hate that.

[rbnyc]

1. I hate that too!

I would curse my husband under my breath every time I saw a cabinet open. But then I noticed that I was doing it too. How can it be, I thought!

I also don't like it when I use hopefully to mean one would hope. Everybody does it, so it's hard not to repeat, but I know it's wrong and it bugs the crap out of me.

[skypilot]

2. I catch myself...

...sprinkling the word "like" throughout my sentences. I'm determined to break that habit--and then go to work on everyone else.

[yewberry]

3. Sometimes I misuse the word "hopefully."

I hate that.

And since my husband has been out of town, I've figured out who the not-replacing-the toilet-paper-roll culprit is.

Me.

[Dervill Crow]

4. Even MORE annoying

is that so many people misuse the word "hopefully," now it is acceptable to misuse. I really hate that.

Per Merriam Webster:

Main Entry: hope·ful·ly
Pronunciation: 'hOp-f&-lE
Function: adverb
1 : in a hopeful manner
2 : it is hoped : I hope : we hope
usage In the early 1960s the second sense of hopefully, which had been in sporadic use since around 1932, underwent a surge of popular use. A surge of popular criticism followed in reaction, but the criticism took no account of the grammar of adverbs. Hopefully in its second sense is a member of a class of adverbs known as disjuncts. Disjuncts serve as a means by which the author or speaker can comment directly to the reader or hearer usually on the content of the sentence to which they are attached. Many other adverbs (as interestingly, frankly, clearly, luckily, unfortunately) are similarly used; most are so ordinary as to excite no comment or interest whatsoever. The second sense of hopefully is entirely standard.

For More Information on "hopefully" go to Britannica.com

[Demit]

8. I was a "hopefully" purist for years. I finally got worn down, tired of

the verbal pretzel-twisting to be correct and still sound colloquial...I used my first "hopefully" a few years ago and never looked back. I still feel a twinge of guilt though. :)

Try pronouncing "patina" the correct way and see the looks you get!

[asthmaticeog]

5. I've slipped into the habit of saying "dude."

:spank:

Though I'm not as bad as a friend of mine who addresses as "dude" his wife and baby girl.

[Blue-Jay]

6. Dude, I totally do that too.

I'm getting too old to speak like that, but I still do it.

[Emops]

7. I used my cell phone while driving once.

It was to call in to a radio station contest, but still, I felt like a hypocrite.

[Not_Giving_Up]

9. I always use my handsfree

Even when I'm at home...makes life much easier!

[Zenlitened]

10. Tailgating another car.

I absoluteley HATE when people do that to me. It just freaks me out, on the highway, on back roads at night (thanks for illuminating the inside of my car like daylight), wherever. And I don't poke along, honestly. I usually go by the old speed-limit-plus-five rule of thumb.

I try to stay well back of the car ahead of me. But the "normal" following distance for drivers here in Massachusetts is about 1.23 centimeters, and sometimes I find myself unconsciously getting squished closer to the car in front of me than I'd like.

So I back off to leave more room... and the car behind me inevitably rides my bumper. I swear, you could be doing 95 past a nursery school around here, and there'd be some yahoo practically hitched to your bumper, trying to move you along faster.

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