[stylist] Pet PVS

Lynda Lambert llambert at zoominternet.net
Thu Mar 29 12:33:09 UTC 2012 

    I think I don't have very many pet peeves. When I was teaching English 
Comp. my biggest one was when the period was placed outside the quote marks 
on student papers. But the pet peeve came into play after they continued to 
do it on all their future papers. Ugh!

    These days, I would say that my biggest pet peeve is when a blind person 
refers to himself or herself as an adjective, such as a "partial" or a 
"total." I have a very dear friend who does this - she repeatedly  refers to 
herself as a "total" and I feel so bad when she does this. She is a very 
smart person, yet when she says this about herself it just gives me the 
creeps because  she says it like it is some kind of litnus test or a badge 
of honor. It is so much the opposite. To anyone who would hear her say this, 
it sounds like she has no self-esteem, and is such a tacky way to label 
yourself.  It draws attention to her sight loss in a most negative way, as 
though it is her complete "self."

    I think we are a unique and individual person  first, just like any 
other person. We are first of all who we ARE as a person. We are people who 
enjoy our life and who do amazing things if we choose to do them. We can do 
just about anything we want if we put in the effort. Yes, some things are 
not so easy for us. But that does not define who we are. We are not 
incomplete. We have character and honor, and anything else we determine we 
will have. We are not partial and we are not total - anything. We create our 
own image and we create the way others perceive us. To be less, or to tell 
others we are less, is my pet peeve. The way we speak about our sight loss 
to others is so important.

    I agree with you, Eve, on correcting other people. Some of the most 
enjoyable and alive writing often has technical problems, but the essence of 
it can be so beautiful.  Eventually, we all figure out things on our own and 
our writing reflects what we want it to convey. I think the only time it is 
appropriate to correct someone's "errors" is in the classroom  situation 
where one is being paid to do it and the other is paying to have it done. 
Otherwise, just enjoy the communication that we have with one another. We 
find what we are looking for in life. If we are looking for things or people 
to pick apart with others, sure enough, we'll find them. In fact, we'll even 
begin a feeding frenzy if we are forceful enough.
 If we are looking for good conversations with one another, we'll find that, 
too. And, we'll create a community of exchange with one another.

    I  think a place like this list should be a place where people who love 
literature and writing feel at home and are not worried about being 
corrected. This is a valuable resource, to have communications with others 
who enjoy writing and sharing it with each other. I am very seldom ever 
around blind people in my "real" life, and to be able to have good 
conversations with other people who have sight loss is valuable to me.  I 
appreciate this list so much and have learned a lot in the short time I have 
been here. In fact, friends, I have even found the spell checker and I am 
spell-checking my emails thanks to YOU.  lol

Lynda

Lynda Lambert

My Blog is about Fine Art and Sight Loss: 
http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
My Website:  http://lyndalambert.com






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eve Sanchez" <3rdeyeonly at gmail.com>
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 1:22 AM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Pet PVS


> Alright now. I will jump on the band wagon. My pet peeve is people who
> think they are so superior that they need to constantly correct others.
> Whether it is a mispronunciation or spelling error (which could be a
> typo)... relax. It is not the end of the world if it is not corrected.
> "Save that behavior for your children people!" Eve
>
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Andi <adrianne.dempsey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> That's exactly what I mean it messes up the flow.  It makes it sound
>> choppy.
>> I like it to all flow nicely.
>>
>> Andi
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>  Behalf Of Donna Hill
>> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 1:55 PM
>> To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] Pet PVS
>>
>> Andi,
>> That's an issue for me as well. I think it has something to do with a
>> lyrical flow that I want my prose to have and duplicate words feel like
>> it's
>> stumbling rather than dancing. How's that for a mixed metaphor? The truly
>> irksome part is when I find an example in writing that I've re read a 
>> dozen
>> times without noticing it.
>> Donna
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Andi
>> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 12:12 PM
>> To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] Pet PVS
>>
>> I do have pet peeves about writing...  I do not like it when people 
>> repeat
>> words when they could have used another, for example "I want to go home,
>> but
>> theirs nobody home."  That sentence bugs me and I don't know why but I 
>> can
>> think of at least four ways to rework it.  This especially bugs me when I
>> myself do it and can not think of another word to use that makes since.
>> When the thesaurus is also not help I want to get rid of the sentence but
>> can not because the sentence is needed.  I feel like the hole peace is a
>> failure.  I don't know why it bugs me so much it is not grammatically 
>> wrong
>> but I feel like it throes the hole thing off.
>>
>> Andi
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Lynda Lambert
>> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:57 AM
>> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] Pet PVS
>>
>> I was wondering about pet peeves recently.
>> Some folks dislike the toothpaste tube being squeezed in a certain way;
>> some
>> dislike the toilet paper put on the roll one way; and then, towels that 
>> are
>> not folded correctly...and more.
>>
>> Do you have any  pet peeves about writing ?
>>
>>
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>>
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>>
>>
>> Lynda Lambert
>>
>> My Blog:  http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
>> My Website:  http://lyndalambert.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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