I think ‘peeve’ is more American because it’s modern American-informal from ‘peevish’ so it’s not caught on much in other countries. You’d probably.also be confused by ‘pet aversion’ which is actually the original and popular term, with a pet hate being the most slack of the two pets.
Edit: Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone say “peeve” in any other context, even Americans.
My pet hate. People That Type Like This, Causing The Inner Dialogue To Jar Each Word And Confuse Titles And Names Amongst Regular Words.
Those caps are meant to affect the way you read it.
In this post, the capital letters (plus the “How To”) suggest a title, like a book or something.
I can read this at like 1/3 rd the speed of normal text
And in William Shatner’s voice
I hate it more when People do it with just a few Words, arbitrarily.
It’s like they saw a Smart Person do it to Make A Point, and then they decided to just Do It All The Time.
On the flip side of that, it tickles me when people capitalize some Meaningful Words as if they’re Super Important Noun Phrases.
I think you can blame God for that one
Almost Looks like a Page out of the Constitution (or pretty much Any Text from that era).
Perhaps they’re harkening to that.
I am just considering the post to be the title of a book, where it is grammatically correct to capitalize most of the words.
Phrasing… I think you were trying to say “my pet peeve,” yes?
I think ‘peeve’ is more American because it’s modern American-informal from ‘peevish’ so it’s not caught on much in other countries. You’d probably.also be confused by ‘pet aversion’ which is actually the original and popular term, with a pet hate being the most slack of the two pets.
Edit: Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone say “peeve” in any other context, even Americans.
Perhaps. Whatever the case, the alliteration rolls off the tongue more easily.
Ha, it rolls off my tongue much easier than “pet peeve.”
I’m reminded of this legendary bit.
English by country or region is a bit of a hoot.
I just watched that the other day. I can recite Circles and Dress to Kill practically verbatim.
AtLeastTheyPutASpaceBetweenEachWord