Bi+C# Thread for the nit-picky old men

[DRIVEN]

"Jump it off", as in jump start using jumper cables. Where did that one come from? Been hearing/seeing that one for the last couple months.

 

[trocutlass63]

"Broham" or "Bro-ham" instead of Brougham drives me crazy.

 

[1983regal]

Ok I have to throw in the craigslist award and it goes to the word "bumber". Case in point ad copied from craigslist;

I have for sale a very strong running 2007 Dodge Dually 3500 with the much loved 6 speed manual transmission. It has like new tires and wheels that really set this truck off. The tires have about 95% tread left and look semi agressive without all the road noise. It has had the EGR delete, new exhaust, and runs like a champ.. The truck has 117,*** miles on it, and a ton left to offer. It also has the B&W hideaway hitch already installed as well as the ranch hand front bumber. For more information please feel free to call Allan. Please if you get to my viocemail please leave a name and number and I will call you back. If the add is up, the truck is still for sale, but won't last long..

Or this one;

BMW M3 E46 WIDEBODY LSB - $28500;-FULL FLOßMANN GTR CARBON FIBER WIDEBODY KIT DONE BY GT HAUS IN CHICAGO! )))) 22K WITH PAINT AND INSTALL, SPECS BELOW!

-GTR CF HOOD

-GTR CF TRUNK

-GTR CF FRONT FENDERS

-GTR CF REAR FENDERS

-GTR CF SIDE SKIRTS

-GTR CF FRONT BUMBER

-GTR CF REAR BUMBPER

-CF FRONT GRILL

-CF SIDE GRILLS(GILLS)

-CF REAR FOOF ANTENA

-CF FOG LIGHT COVERS

-CF ENGINE BAY COVER

-KELLER SPORTS FRONT BAR

-GT HAUS FRONT WINDSHIELD DECAL

-GT HAUS SIDE WINDOWS DECALS

-66 ULTRA BRIGHT ANGEL EYES LED'S

 

[Longroof79]

I must say, it does kind of irk me when I see misuse of the English language, but I just bite my tongue rather than correct the person's mistake. I'm no scholar, but geez get it right.

 

[online170]

Not really forum related, but this happens to me almost everytime I drive my classic car. Im baffled by how this happens repeatedly...


Passerby/ Carshow-goer/ stranger at the gas station;

Nice car man! Is that a;
1) Mustang?, Nova?, Camero? ------> Smile back. :wink: (while thinking, bless your heart, you know nothing).
2) What year is it? 65? 92? 78? -------> No its a........(anything but those years, usually off by about a decade).


NICE! My uncle/ brother/ cousin had one just like it! It was black/loud/shiny and it was the best car ever, and I love it cuz its my favorite car ever in the whole world!



First of all, if your freind/relative really had one, and its your favorite car in the whole world, why did you guess the wrong model and year, or even make of car?

One of my favorite clips in cinema;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygRojU9PZyI

 

[jrm81bu]

RPMs...come on now ...Revolutions per minuteses?

I don't see anything wrong with RPMs. It would be the plural of RPM, think Revolution Per Minute and Revolutions Per Minute. You wouldn't say I run 2200 Revolution Per Minute at 60 MPH would ya?

 

[307 Regal]

Not really forum related, but this happens to me almost everytime I drive my classic car. Im baffled by how this happens repeatedly...


Passerby/ Carshow-goer/ stranger at the gas station;

Nice car man! Is that a;
1) Mustang?, Nova?, Camero? ------> Smile back. :wink: (while thinking, bless your heart, you know nothing).
2) What year is it? 65? 92? 78? -------> No its a........(anything but those years, usually off by about a decade).


NICE! My uncle/ brother/ cousin had one just like it! It was black/loud/shiny and it was the best car ever, and I love it cuz its my favorite car ever in the whole world!



First of all, if your freind/relative really had one, and its your favorite car in the whole world, why did you guess the wrong model and year, or even make of car?

One of my favorite clips in cinema;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygRojU9PZyI

Whenever someone confronts me about my car, I'm always in for an explanation. Usually about how "it's not a turbo. It's just a 307 with factory T logos and it's slow as ****." But one time I had a similar experience driving my younger brother's high school ride while stopped at a gas station. It's a 1971 GMC Sprint with a "high output" 305 from an Avanti. Imagine explaining that story to the nostalgic guy asking me about "my El Camino."

 

[OCS]

I must say, it does kind of irk me when I see misuse of the English language, but I just bite my tongue rather than correct the person's mistake. I'm no scholar, but geez get it right.

Two, to and too.
Usually just the latter two.
I.e. I need too check my "V.I.N. number" to
:lol:
I'm also annoyed when somebody says they need to "dethaw" something.
And then there is "P.T.O. time"

 

[DRIVEN]

RPMs...come on now ...Revolutions per minuteses?

I don't see anything wrong with RPMs. It would be the plural of RPM, think Revolution Per Minute and Revolutions Per Minute. You wouldn't say I run 2200 Revolution Per Minute at 60 MPH would ya?

Yeah, that's one I never thought about. I guess if we wanted to be proper it'd be RsPM.

 

[jrm81bu]

RPMs...come on now ...Revolutions per minuteses?

I don't see anything wrong with RPMs. It would be the plural of RPM, think Revolution Per Minute and Revolutions Per Minute. You wouldn't say I run 2200 Revolution Per Minute at 60 MPH would ya?

Yeah, that's one I never thought about. I guess if we wanted to be proper it'd be RsPM.

Ya but we dont go with SsOB. We just go with SOBs. So to me RPMs seems to be the correct way lol.