Pet Peeve Week: #5
This week, I will highlight 5 of my biggest pet peeves. I do understand that by putting these up on this site, I'm inviting people to use them to annoy me. But I'm willing to take the risk, because I strongly believe that 1) fellow bloggers would not be so mean as to do that; and 2) the college students working for me are illiterate, so they won't even notice.
Pet Peeve #5: Incorrect sports terminology
I don't care if you don't like sports. That's your prerogative. I don't like... line dancing. Consequently, if someone came up to me and asked me about boot scootin', you know what I'd do? I'd gracefully say, "I'm a black man from New York." I'd pause for dramatic effect, then continue. "What on earth would make you think I'd know about boot scootin'?" My point is that I wouldn't fake it. I wouldn't pretend like I know what boot scootin' is, when clearly I do not.
If you don't like baseball, that's fine. But don't chime in on a baseball conversation and ask how many points the Red Sox made last night. Baseball teams don't "make points." I can think of a hundred other examples, but I don't want to type them out, because it will just make me mad. It's OK if you don't like sports. I may not agree with you, but at least we can respectfully disagree. But if you shout "home run" during a football game, I'm sorry, but I can no longer say that I "respectfully" disagree with you.
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Comments
Jonathan said:
"the college students working for me are illiterate" - Nice.
Well it is a technical school what do you expect?
cadiz12 said:
i seem to surround myself with people who put the word "fan" into "sports fanatic," so all i do is learn one or two obscure-enough-to-be-impressive facts at the start of every sport season, rehearse them to myself in the mirror and patiently wait until i can drop them into daily conversation.
i'm pretty sure that's why they love me.
Becky said:
fair weather fans. ughh.
Rhonda said:
I once got my ass chewed for calling the NCAA tourney grids a bracket...or maybe it was vice versa. Are you that fanatical?
daniel said:
but I was at a hockey game the other night, and the action really did not get going until the third quarter
Jon said:
I'm not sure which bothers me more, improper usage, or completely non-existent terms. When I hear someone say that they flopped a river on the turn so they doubled down*, I just shake my head and punch them in the face. I've been told that I have anger management issues, but also that I'm a very effective teacher. We'll let the courts decide which is more important.
*Yes, poker is now officially considered a sport. I can't wait until they add it to the Olympics.
Lia said:
I don't understand the attraction of spectator sports. Playing them, okay. But watching other people play? And getting excited about it? Nope.
But I share your frustration with inaccuracy. If I can't fake it well enough to sound knowledgeable, I admit ignorance. Still, even I know that baseball teams don't make points. They make touchdowns.
Tori :) said:
Sei and I got into an argument because I yelled "Take it to the goal!" at a basketball game. He told me I should have said "Hoop." Ok, yes, it's a hoop also, but I grew up playing basketball and my dad was All-American in college. So, where do you think I heard "goal"? Anyway- I googled basketball goal and had like a gazillion things come up. So, I proved my point. Anyway- sorry for the hijack.
No Cool Story said:
I say something similar: "I'm a Mexican woman who lives in Washington...What do I know about Scrapbooking?"
I guess it could also work for sports, plants and "left or right".
No Cool Story said:
Super Happy Girl and I love reading about people's pet peeves.
LOVE.
I said:
Rhonda - Yes. It is most certainly not called an NCAA "grid."
elasticwaistbandlady said:
You spelled 'prerogative' correctly just to mock me and my assumed spelling of perogative, didn't you? Well, you and Bobby Brown, that's both of your prerogatives, I guess.