Pet Peeves: The letter P does not have to be explained.

[hells_half_acre]

Listen Fic-Writers,

You don't have to tell me that someone is "popping the 'p'" when they say "yup" - it's in the word. Try saying "yup" WITHOUT popping the P. Seriously, TRY IT. YOU CAN'T.It's a P they POP, that's what Ps DO! When you take the time to unnecessarily explain it, it's like writing:

"Shhh" he said, making a shushing noise with his mouth.

or

"AAAAHHH!" he screamed, loudly demonstrating the sound of the first letter of the alphabet.

or

"Hello," he said, pushing air through his vocal chords while using his mouth and tongue in such a way that the resulting sound waves formed the standard greeting in his culture.

...okay, now I'm just making myself laugh.

P.S: Sorry I haven't been around much. My schedule is all fucked up these days. I should be around an annoying amount in October to make up for it, so don't worry!

Comments

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

WHOA! Okay... just listened to the example... WHAT THE HELL?!

I do not understand that noise. That's not a letter, that's like... the front-of-the-mouth equivalent of a glottal-stop or something.

Now both annoyed by the unnecessary descriptor and the fact that I have never heard any character ever make that noise when speaking ever. :P

[ramblin_rosie]

:D Seriously? Must be a US thing, then.

[jennytork.livejournal.com]

yeah, that's what we're talking about -- it's the difference between a normal 'yup' and an obnoxious (like Gabriel does) 'yu-PAH!'

That's the 'popping' we're talking about.

LOL and yeah, that's Peter Tork doing his "popping-P song". It's guaranteed to make little kids laugh. And fangirls at concerts -- he reduced a bunch of us to screaming laughter doing it live at a Shoe Suede Blues concert once.

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

Craziness. I have no words.

I still hate it though. :P