Re: Friday Fun: What Pet Peeve makes you puke?

[al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com]

> Ron Hearn wrote:
>> My peeve is placing the word "hand" after the words "left and "right".
>> Is "hand" really needed? Do people need to be told that "left" is the
>> side that their left hand is on? I prefer to just say "Click on HELP in
>> the top, right corner of the page" (Look Ma, No hand!)
>
Lou Quillio wrote:

> Yes, in some contexts.  Has to do with alternate usage.  Left may
> have the sense of "leave"; right can suggest "correct" or be
> mistaken for a noun -- as either term might be, in a political context.
>
> Depending on the sentence, readers parsing quickly are left (heh)
> slightly in doubt about "left" and "right", until context clears
> things up.  Slap "-hand" onto either one and all doubt is erased,
> immediately.
>

I suggest then using "Gee" and "Haw" to denote direction.  Back when I
mushed dogs, there was no confusing which direction I meant for them to
take, and humans are supposed to be smarter.

Okay, so maybe that isn't a good suggestion, but it is Friday and my brain
is mushed.

Al

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