Pet Intellectual Peeves

[jeff6286]

You do know that the NFL regular-season doesn't begin until the week after Labor Day, right?

[opusthepenguin]

do you know what e.g. means?

Of course! It means i.e.

[Paucle]

You do know that the NFL regular-season doesn't begin until the week after Labor Day, right?

Week of Labor day, actually- they have that whole week off.

[Magna]

do you know what e.g. means?

Of course! It means i.e.

Could you give us an example?

[econgator]

do you know what e.g. means?

Of course! It means i.e.

Nope.

i.e. is a restatement
e.g. is a list of examples

[Volante]

Could you give us an example?

i.e., e.g.

[Paucle]

do you know what e.g. means?

Of course! It means i.e.

Nope.
i.e. is a restatement
e.g. is a list of examples

econgator, take note of the post's author. I'm pretty sure he was posting in his second language, chelinguek.

[econgator]

do you know what e.g. means?

Of course! It means i.e.

Nope.
i.e. is a restatement
e.g. is a list of examples

econgator, take note of the post's author. I'm pretty sure he was posting in his second language, chelinguek.

I saw no sarcasm smilie, therefore, I put the smackdown on him.

[skullturf]

chelinguek.

I see what you did there.

[opusthepenguin]

do you know what e.g. means?

Of course! It means i.e.

Nope.
i.e. is a restatement
e.g. is a list of examples

econgator, take note of the post's author. I'm pretty sure he was posting in his second language, chelinguek.

I saw no sarcasm smilie, therefore, I put the smackdown on him.

That's the risk I take when I use the straight-faced innocence emoticon.

[bpmod]

um, Dallas Cowboys, New York Jets...Maybe I'm more out of touch than I thought, but I did believe both play football in the NFL. OK, not especially well, but that's for another thread.

dhkendall lives in Winnipeg. When the publication in question referred to "Jets fans" it was probably referring to the NHL team by that name (the former Atlanta Thrashers).

And considering dhk actually mentioned the NHL in his post...

As for bpmod's peeve, about number: just think about the situation in reverse:
"We are Jets fans."
"I am, too."

I am really confused now. My peeve was about the misuse of the word 'myself'.

Brian

I meant what you (and Rex) found wrong with the Jets fans example.

So why not call it Rex's peeve? He said it first (and better).

I saw no sarcasm smilie, therefore, I put the smackdown on him.

That's the risk I take when I use the straight-faced innocence emoticon.

That's the emoticon I use most often.

Brian

[Caboom]

Asked this a long time ago at Ken's site, but this thread reminds me of it.

A couple has a goal: over the course of their relationship, see every major league team play, live. As a former sportswriter, he has lots of ticket contacts in various stadiums.
One day she calls out to him, "Hey, I've found a couple more games that fit our schedule, on our Labor Day weekend and those 4 days we take at Thanksgiving. We can knock off four more teams."
"What've you got? I'll check my contacts." She calls out the 2 contests - just the team names, not their locales (e.g., "Wildcats at Spartans, Minutemen hosting Green Wave.") He reaches for his cell to start making calls, and realizes... he has no idea who to call!

What 2 games did she mention? (As near as I can tell, there's only one 4-team combo that fits all the aspects of the puzzle.)

Spoiler

Cardinals vs. Giants (works at either location) for the Labor Day game; Panthers at Jets (either location) for Thanksgiving

Well this went straight over my head. Would someone be kind enough to explain?

[Paucle]

He doesn't know if he's seeking passes for AZ Cardinals @ football Giants or StL Cardinals @San Francisco Giants or, Florida Panthers @ Winnipeg Jets or Carolina Panthers @ football Jets.

[alietr]

That's what confused me. It said every "major league team". To me, that meant solely baseball. So I couldn't figure out how they were seeing a game over Thanksgiving or how you could have a similarly-named team. It needs some rewording to clarify it.

[Woof]

That's what confused me. It said every "major league team". To me, that meant solely baseball. So I couldn't figure out how they were seeing a game over Thanksgiving or how you could have a similarly-named team. It needs some rewording to clarify it.

That threw me at first, too, Andy, but the Thanksgiving game time was the giveaway, since the MLB season is long over by then, which led me to the more expansive interpretation of the term.

[Paucle]

That's what confused me. It said every "major league team". To me, that meant solely baseball.

Ah, yes, with that erroneous assumption, you'd never be able to solve it.

"Major League"≠ baseball. "Major League Baseball" = baseball. Check out any logo of theirs. None of them say simply, "ML." They never abbreviate themselves "ML," they always add the "B."
Major league means = "not minor league."
Could I say professional? Oops. Pro = any paid league. Heck, most NCAA Div 1 teams qualify using that criteria.
I guess when I posed this before I clarified Major Leagues as MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL. Of course, the level of intellect at other sites isn't nearly so high as here.

[econgator]

That's what confused me. It said every "major league team". To me, that meant solely baseball.

Ah, yes, with that erroneous assumption, you'd never be able to solve it.

"Major League"≠ baseball. "Major League Baseball" = baseball. Check out any logo of theirs. None of them say simply, "ML." They never abbreviate themselves "ML," they always add the "B."
Major league means = "not minor league."
Could I say professional? Oops. Pro = any paid league. Heck, most NCAA Div 1 teams qualify using that criteria.
I guess when I posed this before I clarified Major Leagues as MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL. Of course, the level of intellect at other sites isn't nearly so high as here.

I usually just call them the Big Four sports.

[dhkendall]

I usually just call them the Big Four sports.

That's how I see it usually too in "smart" sites I frequent like Sporcle and I think Jeopardy! uses the term too.

[Woof]

FTR, I also identified a couple of ambiguous names that just didn't have a partner for this dance:

Spoiler

Kings (Sacto/LA) and Rangers (NY/TX)

Are there any others that I missed? Thinking about it, and assuming only two sport combinations, there are 6 different "flavors" of which I can only find 4 examples (and only two of which have two examples needed for this puzzle)

[Volante]

Could I say professional? Oops. Pro = any paid league. Heck, most NCAA Div 1 teams qualify using that criteria.

Pro means the players are paid, so that knocks NCAA out, but puts minor leaguers back in.

And how does MLS fit into all this?