Comments on: Usage Peeve Bingo

By: The sense of things improper | Sentence first

The sense of things improper | Sentence first — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:12:24 +0000

[…] suspect few would include different than – though it was among the 36 questionable examples in my Usage Peeve Bingo […]

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:00:35 +0000

Clearly, you have to do a sequel. You might also include presently=currently, disinterested=uninterested, nonplussed=unfazed, and “faxed” spelled as “phased”!

By: Stan

Stan — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:17:24 +0000

No particular reason, Ben. It was on my list but it got squeezed out towards the end. The presence of some pairs (Americanisms & Britishisms, verbing & nouning, that/which & that/who) reduced the available slots. But on another day I might have included it.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:19:15 +0000

Stan, I’m curious why “between you and I” didn’t make the cut. I believe that when the BBC polled people about their peeves a decade ago, that was number one.

By: Usage Peeve Bingo « Not Just Another Grouchy Grammarian

Usage Peeve Bingo « Not Just Another Grouchy Grammarian — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 13:43:13 +0000

[...] Carey, in his blog Sentence First, has a wonderful post about “Usage Peeve Bingo,” including a wonderful bingo card. Mind, as an American, I would change the square marked [...]

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Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:25:41 +0000

[...] Dictionary blog, Stan Carey mansplained the new-word-pocalypse, and on his own blog, played usage peeve bingo. In the week in words, Erin McKean noted jukochodai, old-school manufacturers; slow steaming, a [...]

By: Stan

Stan — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:45:50 +0000

So do I, Michelle. That would definitely have a square in a Spelling Peeve Bingo card.