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People that speed up and change into my lane in front of me and then slow back down to the speed limit. Especially if there are no cars behind me.
 
Scat said:
People that speed up and change into my lane in front of me and then slow back down to the speed limit. Especially if there are no cars behind me.
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This is even better when they do this to get in front of you then immediately take the next exit, with no cars behind me or in between us. Yep, that guy saved 2.3 seconds with that maneuver. Gonna make all the difference.
 
bigb said:
One I ran into yesterday: people who insist on talking on the phone while their kids are screaming right next to them. I had a lady call me to schedule a job and she literally had to repeat everything at least twice because I couldn't hear her over the kids screaming. They must have been on her lap or right next to her with how loud they were coming through the phone.
Do everyone a favor and walk away from the screaming kids to make a phone call!


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Along with this are people that refuse to stop a conversation or remove interruptions during a phone call. If you don't want to talk to me on the phone then just hang up, but don't say "hello" then keep talking to the kids, neighbor, dog, whatever. If you take a call have the common courtesy to actually, you know, talk to the person that called you.
 
LogGrad98 said:
It is pronounced "shoe".
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colton said:
A few pronunciation things that have been peeving me:

People who pronounce "Snyder" as "Schneider". One of the ESPN announcers was doing this other night with Quin Snyder.

People who pronounce "Realtor" as "Relator". There's a commercial running currently that does this (probably on 97.5 since that's what I most listen to). I'm sorry, but if you can't even pronounce your own career correctly, I'm not going to take your comercial seriously at all.

A Utah-ism: people who pronounce "sale" as "sell". I've lived here 10 years and this particular Utah accent thing still seems really odd to me.

Here's a Biblical one: People who pronounce "shew" as "shoe". 99.9% of LDS get this wrong. Sorry, folks, it's just an archaic spelling of the word "show". And it's pronounced "show". If it helps, you can think of it rhyming with "sew". You don't pronounce that as "sue" do you?


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And not related to pronunciation, but people who use the word "moisture" as a synonym for "precipitation". It seems nearly every Sunday at church people in prayers give thanks for the moisture. What, did your basement flood? And why would you be thankful for that? If you're thankful for the rain or snow just say "rain" or "snow"! Or even "precipitation", that would be fine with me as well.

Is that one a Utah-wide thing, or is it only popular among Utah LDS? Can't recall if I've ever heard "moisture" used that way outside of church.

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Thanks for letting me vent.
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The using moisture as a substitute for rain happens here too. I never understood it either.


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