Pickles by Brian Crane for October 16, 2023

She’s a grandma nazi.

Go Comics is full of people like that. They’re rude!

“Beck and call”

“Pre-Madonna”

I know just how they feel. Makes me loose my mind. They should of paid more attention in school.

I probably have a lot of the same pet peeves as Opal. I’m constantly offering corrections to the people reading the news and the weather on tv. No one can hear me, so it’s OK, it makes me feel better.

Whatever he says, it will get the full scrutiny of Opal’s obsession!

How about “healthy” instead of “healthful”?

Go ahead and tell her, Earl!

3 guesses Opal and the first 2 don’t count!

Earl, that may not have been subtle enough.

So much for a peaceful morning, Earl!

I don’t like people saying myself when they should say me or I. Also yourself when they mean you. I like NY in June; how about yourself?

I cant stand people who dont use apostrophe’s correctly.

“Would of” instead of “would have”.

I used to be a Grammar Nazi, but my family disabused me of that!

Some people aren’t happy unless they have something to bitterly complain about. There are few things that make Opal happier.

Your instead of you’re

Funny.

How about, “I could care less” instead of “I couldn’t care less”?

The worst is “between you and I”

Mine is “I seen…”

I have a coffee cup that says, “I’m silently correcting your grammar.”

“Bold-face lie”

When people look at pictures of kittens or babies etc…and use “awe” (a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder) instead of “awww”; (Awww is a phrase used to express admiration or approval. it is used to say “oh how sweet, or I love it” )

There are several examples of what irritates Earl, confessing to their irritating ways, in the comments. js

His answer is obvious; he is trained in restraint.

Good call Earl…….. good call

“Try and Do” You either did or you merely tried. You did not “try and do”.

Ain’t English wunnerful? More words than any other language—and you still can’t use it to communicate. . .

Earl dodges the bullet

What I find particularly irritating is bad grammar used by “professionals”. I know several teachers who murder the English language. Just watching TV news reporters will put my teeth on edge. One can’t help but wonder what they teach in school today that’s different from when I was in school.

How about “Me and Fred went to town”

The one that bothers me the most is the loss of the word “fewer”, which should be used when talking about something that is countable. Fewer people did this, not less people did this. I say loss because it seems like everyone who should know better doesn’t anymore, especially in the media where the professionals should know better.

…and best not to tell her and add to her list.

I hate that the proper term is “lie” down. When I hear the word “Lie” I always think of “prevaricate”. Whereas with “lay” I think “to no longer be standing or sitting”. The only other meaning for it off the top of my head involves birds and eggs.

Their, their, Opal…

Earl needs to be seen and not heard in this situation!

HA! People who overshare what annoys them.

Don’t forget ‘flare’ for ‘flair’, ‘honing in’ for ‘homing in’, and ‘comprised of’ for ‘composed of’.

What annoys Earl? OPAL. lol

Web sight? That’s a new one on me.

Finally.

jeezis earle. just divorce the old bat.

Just want to point out that until the 1600s there was no real formal structure or spelling to the English language, and yet people are still understood today when they get it “wrong”

I do say “Drive safe” though I know it’s wrong, and I cringe internally.

Yep, for Earl his nagging wife is what annoys him.

So Opal is making conversation and Earl, who has all day, every day to read his paper, does t want to talk to her. mlm

OUCH!

There, Earl, I’ve said it for you.

Muffin….get your followers over to FURBABIES on GC and support Floof the kitten. Tomorrow a new arc begins featuring Mrs. Oldman. Everyone will be thrilled to see y’all.

She’s rite. He’s right.

And he ain’t never going to tell her.

Spelling is improtant.

Gadzooks, she was an evil English teacher too? Well, I’m dumb founeded.

Opal’s complaint is not what you call an invitation to conversation.

Smart guy Earl…….

Right ……. You certainly “DON’T” want to go there …….. it could be “VERY” unhealthy for you Earl …… :)

Why do people use “till” instead of “til” which is the contraction for “until”?

“I was like” as opposed to “I said.” When I hear that, I regret that I never became an English teacher, because I would interrupt any students who said “I was like” and make them start over. I couldn’t monitor their conversations outside the classroom, but I definitely wouldn’t listen to that verbal abomination IN it.

Pedantic people. And I are one.

There, their, they’re.

Very perceptive of you Earl — keep your own counsel

Q. What noise annoys an Oyster?

A. Any noise annoys an Oyster but a noisy noise annoys an Oyster the most.

Tongue twister for drunk test?

It’s talking

212 comments. So Opal, and my fellow readers. How do you feel about the tend of"nouning verbs" or "verbing nouns " ? (spellcheck is not a fan).

How to stay married a long time.

most excellent

Maybe I’m just becoming an old man, but I enjoy this strip more and more with every read

Like the Magic 8 Ball says “The solution is obvious”!

…and probly best not to tell!

My big peeve is the contortion of common sayings ’til their meaning is completely obscured.

“The proof is in the pudding” Is actually, “THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING …” The ellipses is “is in the eating”

Well, for all intensive purposes……oh wait, I have another thing coming…….

The one that will always bug me, people saying, “It’s an historic occasion.” The H in historic is not silent, so it should be “a historic occasion.” Nobody says, “I’m reading an history book.”