the word is "online" you friggin moron!

brc64 · Jun 16, 2002, 10:00 PM

Ever hear a person talk about making an online purchase, but when they describe it, they end up saying something like "I bought that DVD-ROM offline and saved $20".

No.. you didn't buy it offline, you bought it online. If you bought it offline, that means you bought it when you weren't online, which is untrue. If you want to use the word "off", say you bought it "off the Internet", or something like that. That's so irritating...

Anyway, um, I just felt like posting my rant. I'll leave now.

- Me

Necrosis · Jun 16, 2002, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by brc64
Ever hear a person talk about making an online purchase, but when they describe it, they end up saying something like "I bought that DVD-ROM offline and saved $20".

No.. you didn't buy it offline, you bought it online. If you bought it offline, that means you bought it when you weren't online, which is untrue. If you want to use the word "off", say you bought it "off the Internet", or something like that. That's so irritating...

Anyway, um, I just felt like posting my rant. I'll leave now.

- Me

LOL... I must admit I'm guilty in doing this as well. I've always wondered about this myself.

Zardon · Jun 16, 2002, 10:15 PM

threads like this kinda put me in mind of stories you hear from company techs on customer support getting telephone calls from inept customers.

things like, "can someone come and replace my coffee cup holder?" ... eventually only to find out that the customer is meaning their CD drive tray.

and NO I did read that, im serious.

Judas · Jun 17, 2002, 04:56 AM

.... what about the guy that cut off the back of his computer with a chainsaw to solder some extra memory into on of the banks and complained that he had troubles getting the computer open and that it wouldn't start after installation or even when he removed the ram later...

Andrew275 · Jun 17, 2002, 05:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by brc64
Ever hear a person talk about making an online purchase, but when they describe it, they end up saying something like "I bought that DVD-ROM offline and saved $20".

No.. you didn't buy it offline, you bought it online. If you bought it offline, that means you bought it when you weren't online, which is untrue. If you want to use the word "off", say you bought it "off the Internet", or something like that. That's so irritating...

Anyway, um, I just felt like posting my rant. I'll leave now.

- Me

I haven't heard anybody say that before. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones...

UberLord · Jun 17, 2002, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Zardon

things like, "can someone come and replace my coffee cup holder?" ... eventually only to find out that the customer is meaning their CD drive tray.

and NO I did read that, im serious.

Have you seen that insurance AD with 2 old ladies and one of them get her stereo nicked? Well funny as she actually thinks the CD tray IS a cup holder

JavaFox · Jun 17, 2002, 09:37 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Andrew275
I haven't heard anybody say that before. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones...

I'll bet you'll start to notice it now.

My biggest pronounciation pet peeve (I work at a computer shop) is PCMCIA. Nobody can say this properly. It's like:

"Hey, do you guys have PCMIA modems?" or "PMIA." Sometimes I'll correct them, sometimes I'll say I don't know what that is. Look, if you can't say P-C-M-C-I-A, we invented an easier way to say it, just for you! "PC Card."

A close second would have to be everyone apparent inability to recall the plural form of "mouse" -- which is "mice," not "mouses."

UberLord · Jun 17, 2002, 09:40 AM

Anyone else noticed that more peeps are saying "Boxen" instead of "Boxes" in reference to many computers?

JavaFox · Jun 17, 2002, 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by UberLord
Anyone else noticed that more peeps are saying "Boxen" instead of "Boxes" in reference to many computers?

Yeah, I'm relatively sure that's something Slashdotters started. Frankly, I think it's lame. Box's plural form has been well-established for many, many, many years now.

People can change English through misuse, though. Think of virus, whose plural form should be "virii." So many people say "viruses" that it's become acceptable!

LAME!

UberLord · Jun 17, 2002, 09:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by JavaFox

LAME!

rt

brc64 · Jun 17, 2002, 03:56 PM

Well, while on the subject of mispronunciations and whatnot, another annoyance of mine is the ever popular "ww dot" whatever. It's easy to type www, but when people say it out loud, I guess three w's is just too much for them to handle.

- Me

Alan Allen · Jun 19, 2002, 09:51 PM

One we all know BSOD!

Judas · Jun 19, 2002, 11:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Alan Allen
I want my avitar!

Shutz up you spammer!..... flipping.....er..... this is starting to reflect me.... DAMN IT!

I can never win...

~~Crash Override~~ · Jun 20, 2002, 04:24 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Judas
Shutz up you spammer!..... flipping.....er..... this is starting to reflect me.... DAMN IT!

I can never win...

reflect? did we just have a grammar error

Judas · Jun 20, 2002, 06:24 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Crash Override
reflect? did we just have a grammar error

..... grammer...that's the least..(lest)

of my problems....i'm more worried about spelling.... but that's still far down the road....

Just leave me alone....

Jun 16, 2002, 10:00 PM	#1
brc64 Zeeky H. Bomb Join Date: May 2002 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 826 Rep Power: 0	the word is "online" you friggin moron! Ever hear a person talk about making an online purchase, but when they describe it, they end up saying something like "I bought that DVD-ROM offline and saved $20". No.. you didn't buy it offline, you bought it online. If you bought it offline, that means you bought it when you weren't online, which is untrue. If you want to use the word "off", say you bought it "off the Internet", or something like that. That's so irritating... Anyway, um, I just felt like posting my rant. I'll leave now. - Me

Jun 17, 2002, 09:40 AM	#8
UberLord A Legend in Underwear Join Date: May 2002 Location: Unknown Posts: 5,255 Rep Power: 0	Anyone else noticed that more peeps are saying "Boxen" instead of "Boxes" in reference to many computers? __________________ Gentoo Linux - Developer (baselayout) Read my blog "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." Stephen Roberts

Jun 19, 2002, 09:51 PM	#12
Alan Allen The "Eye" Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 286 Rep Power: 0	One we all know BSOD! __________________ [COLOR=lightblue] [SIZE=small]Alan Edward Allen[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [SIZE=xsmall] [COLOR=yellow]AMD Athlon T-Bird 1.4Ghz 266fsb (AIR COOLED MC-462A), Gigabyte GA-7DXR - Microsoft Windows Me Micron 512Meg PC2100 DDR 16-8-8-2-6-2-2 @ 2.7v, IBM Deskstar 60GXP 40Gb (x2), Setup as RAID 0 ASUS V8200 Deluxe GeForce3 - nVidia 40.71's [/SIZE] [/COLOR]

Jun 16, 2002, 10:15 PM	#3
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	threads like this kinda put me in mind of stories you hear from company techs on customer support getting telephone calls from inept customers. things like, "can someone come and replace my coffee cup holder?" ... eventually only to find out that the customer is meaning their CD drive tray. and NO I did read that, im serious.

Jun 17, 2002, 03:56 PM	Thread Starter #11
brc64 Zeeky H. Bomb Join Date: May 2002 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 826 Rep Power: 0	Well, while on the subject of mispronunciations and whatnot, another annoyance of mine is the ever popular "ww dot" whatever. It's easy to type www, but when people say it out loud, I guess three w's is just too much for them to handle. - Me