The Anorak Within

[Ettie]

Must have been my thinking day on Friday, because as I downloaded an E book from the internet
I found myself tidying up the text, taking out spaces and find and replacing the American spellings. (sometimes I do this
to emails before forwarding them on).

I got to thinking about the 'inner anorak' which most people seem to have at one point or another,
usually after the age of 25 it appears.

Is this a thing which gets worse with age ?

Does anyone else want to admit to an inner anorak ? 

[Alg]

I don't really have anything anorak(y) but as I get older I find myself shouting the correct pronunciation of words at the tv.

I particularly hate hearing people pronounce the word "Ireland" as "Island" which the commentator did constantly in today's rugby match. I kept shouting at him until well into half way through the first half when I realised he couldn't hear me.

Sorry, but pronunciation, even though I'm not perfect myself, really gets to me. I'm getting old and grumpy. I know.

[Yokel1]

US spellings that use “a” instead of “e”. 

Use of “lol” – that’s like saying “Look I am telling you I am being funny, I’m so whacky!”

Sorry, that’s all grammatical irritations.

I enter the alpha acid of my hops into the beer software when I brew and vary my pitch volumes accordingly – but given that all AA% changes very little from one bag of (e.g.) East Kent Goldings to the next it’s really just academic.

[Ettie]

Glad I'm not the only one.

shouting at him until well into half way through the first half when I realised he couldn't hear me.

 

Use of “lol”

bet that includes 'lmao'.

I used to find text speak irritating, but since texting more have found I drop into it a bit sometimes, especially if the battery is on the low side.