Whenever I’m playing a game where it’s required that I think of something personal (biggest pet peeve, weirdest quirk/habit, most embarrassing moment, etc.), it is guaranteed that my mind will conveniently blank at that moment. It is also guaranteed that, after I resort to something lame and mediocre, at 2 a.m. that night I’ll suddenly jolt up and realize “I SHOULD HAVE SAID THIS!!!”

And the next time I need that tidbit, I’ll have forgotten again.

Well, I just remembered one thing that bugs me: grammatically incorrect usage of abbreviations. Here are some examples:

1. R.S.V.P. This is the abbreviation for the French Répondez s’il vous plaît, which means “Respond if you please.” So when people write “Please R.S.V.P.,” the “please” is redundant: “Please respond if you please.” The “R.S.V.P.” should stand alone. Either that or…

Correct Usage: “Please R.”

2. M.P.R. Ah, the grade school abbreviation that evokes joy in all students’ hearts, because going to the multi-purpose room means assembly time instead of class! (All students, that is, except for the real nerds.) But people would often say “M.P.R. Room,” which, again redundantly, means “multi-purpose room room!” Blecgh!

Correct Usage: “It’s time to go to the M.P.R.”

3. Un-P.C. If “P.C.” means “Politically Correct,” then the opposite must be “un-P.C.,” right? Wrong! How can something be “Unpolitically Correct”? That’s G.I.! (Grammatically Incorrect.)

Correct Usage: “Michael Scott is so P.I.”