The things that bother me more are when people second-guess themselves and incorrectly correct, like pronouncing ``often'' with a `t' sound, or use the pronoun ``I'' when they should use ``me'' because it sounds less correct.

And don't get me started on the NBC announcers referring to the figure skater Butyrskaya as ``Byoo-tra-sky-a''. Is it so hard to say ``Byoo-tur-sky-a'' (to move the vowel to an English one)? Does it even look like it it has a vowel directly after the `r'? No! (It's like freakin' ``nook-ya-ler''. )

BTW, couldn't the emoticon names in this software be a little more consistent? You've got emotions (mad, shocked, crazy), expressions (frown, smile, wink, blush, laugh), and some miscellaneous (cool, tongue), with no synonyms to be found. I always have to look at the reference (which is only linked from the first page, not after you start previewing ?!?) to figure out whether it's sad or frown.
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Bitt Faulk