ARRRGGH! It's spelled "milquetoast" and NOT "milktoast!"

[liberalhistorian]

"Milktoast" is toasted bread soaked in milk, and NOT the term for a wimpy, spineless, cowardly jerk. "Milquetoast" is the correct term for such a person. I've finally snapped after seeing "milktoast" for, like, the five millionth time today.

Okay, there, I feel all better now! Annoying, uptight lecture from the annoying daughter of not one, but TWO, English teachers (the curse of my life, lol!) is now over. You may return to our regularly scheduled message board.

[Robeson]

1. Nothing worse than an anal daughter of English teachers...

...are you getting ready to pull your red pen out? ;-)

[liberalhistorian]

2. LOL!

If you think I'm bad, think of what I had to go through while growing up! I don't think I'd wish that on my worst enemy, lol! The only good thing about it is my love for reading and literature and writing, and the fact that I sound at least reasonably educated and articulate!

[Robeson]

8. You're just lucky. I was going to spell "pen" as "pin"...

...knowing it would be the wrong usage. Just to piss you off. :-)

[Az]

3. The word that really gets my peeve going

Loose for the word lose. I have seen this multiple times in published works. Arrrrrrgggggggg.

[liberalhistorian]

6. Arggh, I hate that too!

And "them" for "those", and "don't" for "doesn't" and "perspective" for "prospective" and "do" for "due" (and vice versa), and......oh, I'm sorry, time to remove the red pen from my ass!!!

[bobbieinok]

13. mixing up effect and affect......between you and I .......HELP

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

4. There has to have been a literary character named Milquetoast, who

was a wimp. Anyone have any ideas? :shrug:

[liberalhistorian]

5. My understanding is that

milquetoast was originally a French term, but I'm not totally certain on that.

[hfojvt]

16. I happen to own an unabridged dictionary

It says: "after Caspar Milquetoast, a character in "The Timid Soul", comic strip by H.T. Webster 20th century American cartoonist"

HOWEVER, it also includes "milktoast" as an alternate spelling of milquetoast. So there - Kleeb was right.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

18. Here's some pix of Caspar Milquetoast!

[JohnKleeb]

7. It's not?

:evilgrin: shucks.

[liberalhistorian]

9. Well, John, for your sake,

I hope you didn't write a paper with the word "milktoast" included. If you did, you better hope your teacher is a helluva lot more understanding than I am! :evilgrin:

[JohnKleeb]

12. Actually I knew better

I actually spelt my last name wrong on an essay a month ago though, and I got it back the other day, and I got an A on it, I didn't even read the book really and I didn't get it either.

[JimmyJazz]

10. Well, aren't you piticuler.

sorry. could not resist.

[Nicole]

11. glad you got that out!

I hope that those doing it know there pissing you off now. I bet their sitting at they're computers completely clueless! LOL

[Sven77]

14. helmet

good song by Helmet

[GoddessOfGuinness]

15. Do you prefer coughee or tee with your milquetoast?

:evilgrin:

[timtom]

17. I must have a gajillion pet peeves

not unlike your "milquetoast" one. I just had not run across that one enough to make me froth at the mouth.

At my age, I just look, wince, and keep on moving. Spelling and correct diction are rapidly becoming lost arts.

May your journey be a pleasant one.