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Posted by Chris Beall on 01/03/06 01:31
Greg N. wrote:
> Chris Beall wrote:
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>> Rob started out by saying 'Pet peeve', which alerts you the fact
>> that you've irritated him.
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>
> Interesting. English is not my mother tongue, so I might be
> misinterpreting this... but:
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> I always thought that if somebody announces a "pet peeve", he admits
> that this is kindof an obsession of his, and that people should not take
> the sally he is making overly serious.
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> In other words, he is saying that he is not _really_ irritated, he just
> loves to dwell upon the given subject.
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>
Greg,
I agree. It depends a whole lot on the disposition of the peeved
person, which is a bit hard to assess here (although some folks are
sufficiently explicit to remove any doubt.) :-)
Chris Beall
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