mctabby: Pet Peeves Icons (no, not the poltergeist)

Minerva McTabby (

mctabby) wrote,
@ 2007-12-30 15:55:00

Current mood:

quixotic

Pet Peeves Icons (no, not the poltergeist)
The results of my pizza-and-icons session, in case anyone wants them. Tiny little GIFs, mostly harmless - suitable for random venting, polite hints, or New Year resolutions.

Total of 30 peeves: a few HP-specific, others all-purpose. If your pet peeve isn't here but you think it's iconable, shout. (Comments and credits are nice, but not mandatory.)

vocal cords Hermione discreet

unfazed there prostrate
principal pore peek loose-lose
loath-loathe lightning lie-lay its
imperius hear Ginevra
free rein flout-flaunt ensure-insure
dialogue complement care less breath-breathe
bear with me bated apostrophes Alohomora
affect-effect accept-except
ETA:
then-than Suggested by helkamaria and redatt.
names mist-missed Suggested by christinefic.
averse taut-taunt Suggested by rosathome.
cannon-canon The really obvious one that mctabby forgot.
full stops plurals Suggested by gehayi.
vial-vile Suggested by cheshyre. less-fewer Suggested by valis2.
toe-tow Suggested by tekalynn. commas Suggested by dbassassin.
sight-site Suggested by ladyvyola.
prophecy Noted by pre_raphaelite1 in her Grammar Guide.
bullocks who-whom "I can't believe I left out who/whom," says mctabby.

ETA: Check out pre_raphaelite1's Quick Grammar Guide: "An HP writer's guide to commonly mistaken/mixed up words."

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	blamebrampton 2007-12-30 01:10 pm UTC (link)
	[Laughs sympathetically] But alohamora has such a welcoming ring to it! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	fourth_rose 2007-12-30 01:12 pm UTC (link)
	Always makes me think of pineapples ;) McTabby, it's great to see you're back! :)) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	helkamaria 2007-12-30 01:14 pm UTC (link)
	Dear Fandom, Please stop saying then when you mean than. Yours sincerely, A Concerned Reader (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cjk1701 2007-12-30 01:16 pm UTC (link)
	gropes the punctuation in dialogue one and makes out with it Snagged this one, thank you. Will credit. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mctabby 2007-12-30 01:30 pm UTC (link)
	OMG, if I could cast Imperius on the fandom - even just for one day - that's where I'd start. My rough estimate: 40% of fics have fucked-up punctuation in dialogue. headdesk (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	pushdragon 2007-12-30 01:18 pm UTC (link)
	Dear JKR Please stop saying he marries the Giant Squid, has four kids, and delivers pizza on a flying carpet when you mean I have no fucking clue, you freaks!! Yours sincerely, A concerned reader (Reply to this) (Thread)

	fourth_rose 2007-12-30 01:40 pm UTC (link)
	Ohhh, please, I need that icon! begs (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	mzcalypso 2007-12-30 02:05 pm UTC (link)
	In some fics, "bare with me" is an accurate rendition of the request. Loose/lose.... ARRRRGH. It bothers me less in fanfic than in stuff the writer (and presumably editor!) got paid for. Great icons! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	gmth 2007-12-30 03:42 pm UTC (link)
	In some fics, "bare with me" is an accurate rendition of the request. Ahahaha, yes. :-) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	vassilissa 2007-12-30 02:29 pm UTC (link)
	Vocal cords/chords: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. That one is my number one spelling peeve. (Reply to this)

	magalud 2007-12-30 02:46 pm UTC (link)
	You're the best! (Did I use it correctly?) O_O (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mctabby 2007-12-30 03:01 pm UTC (link)
	Quite correctly! Happy New Year to you. :D (Reply to this) (Parent)

	vassilissa 2007-12-30 02:48 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, and: And 'peke'. I've seen way too many people having a little yappy dog instead of a glance. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mctabby 2007-12-30 02:59 pm UTC (link)
	cracks up Don't think I've seen the peke variation - will look out for it! The one I keep encountering is peak misused in place of pique - "it peaked her interest," and so on. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2007-12-30 03:10 pm UTC (link)
	Dear Fandom, Please stop saying Voldermort, Voldmort, and Voldimort when you mean Voldemort. Yours sincerely, A Concerned Reader Better idea: Dear Fandom, Please learn how to spell the characters' names correctly. Yours sincerely, A Concerned Reader (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ellecain 2007-12-30 02:59 pm UTC (link)
	I was under the impression that could care less and couldn't care less were just the American and Brit equivalents of the same sentiment? Please tell me this is so or I've been seriously misinterpreting those two! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	rosathome 2007-12-30 03:01 pm UTC (link)
	But 'could care less' is nonsense. You can say it, but you have to say it with a sarcastic tone of voice, almost always absent in the fics where it's used. If you could care less about something, then you must care quite a lot about it. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	rosathome 2007-12-30 03:00 pm UTC (link)
	Taut vs. taunt. Adverse vs. averse. And I'm snagging the 'couldn't care less' one. Ugh. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	your peeves, iconed mctabby 2007-12-30 04:12 pm UTC (link)
	Enjoy! :) (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	mimiheart 2007-12-30 03:35 pm UTC (link)
	http://mimiheart.livejournal.com/10428.html I made this list a while ago. I also have a how-to guide on dialogue punctuation. http://mimiheart.livejournal.com/55623.html (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mimiheart 2007-12-30 03:43 pm UTC (link)
	I took two... the dialogue and the their/they're/there. cough summary/summery (Reply to this) (Parent)

	gehayi 2007-12-30 03:51 pm UTC (link)
	Dear Fandom: Please learn that commas and periods/full stops are not interchangeable. Yours sincerely, A Concerned Reader *** Dear Fandom: Please stop trying to form plurals with apostrophes. Yours sincerely, A Concerned Reader (Reply to this) (Thread)

	valis2 2007-12-30 04:37 pm UTC (link)
	Please stop trying to form plurals with apostrophes. Oh, that makes me absolutely insane. And even worse, the phenomenon seems to be growing--I've seen it everywhere. Posters, business emails, even published books. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

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	valis2 2007-12-30 04:40 pm UTC (link)
	Less vs. fewer Amount vs. number Those always make me grit my teeth as well. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	vassilissa 2007-12-31 07:20 am UTC (link)
	YES. Less vs fewer drives me nutty. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	Re: More csi_tokyo3 2007-12-30 05:26 pm UTC (link)
	Well, Ron is a gormless idiot at various times. Book smarts aren't really his strong point, not to mention his instincts occasionally lack something. He was the one who signed up for Divination and Care of Magical Creatures. Harry just followed his lead. -.- (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	gramarye1971 2007-12-30 04:58 pm UTC (link)
	I really wish I could give these out to my editing clients at work.... (Reply to this)

	Ooh, thankee -- and howsabout cheshyre 2007-12-30 05:10 pm UTC (link)
	Dear Fandom: Please learn the difference between a breath and to breathe Yours sincerely, A Concerned Reader (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Ooh, thankee -- and howsabout mctabby 2007-12-30 05:30 pm UTC (link)
	Already did an icon for breath and breathe! Couldn't leave that one out! :) (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	isiscolo 2007-12-30 06:10 pm UTC (link)
	Dear fandom? Hell, dear world. sigh PS Yuletide this year is awesome! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mctabby 2007-12-31 11:10 pm UTC (link)
	Today, the fandom - tomorrow, the world! :D I've been quite miserable about not writing for Yuletide this year, after doing it three years in a row. Something was missing from November-December, dammit. Ah well. Shall enjoy the reading and hope for better luck next time. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	gameboyguy13 2007-12-30 06:20 pm UTC (link)
	These are fantastic. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	purple_ladybug1 2007-12-31 04:40 am UTC (link)
	Major icon love. (Reply to this) (Parent)