My father was very strict about the varying usage of "brought" vs. "took." I fear I cannot recall the distinction myself.

My grandfather had a pet peeve about the misuse of "momentarily," which means "for a moment," not, "in a moment," and always got very annoyed when on an airplane they'd announce, "The plane will be landing momentarity."

My grandmother corrected our pronunciation of Florida and orange if we did not use a short o as in "cot."

It's a wonder I can even make myself understood, I tell you.

My mother was very strict about this:

When I was in kindergarten-2nd grade-ish I remember teachers and my parents telling us that you only use the word "done" when referring to food that's baking (or cooking?). Otherwise you were supposed to use the word "finished". So I dutifully followed this rule until I finished high school, at which point I stopped giving a fuck.

It made her nutty if I asked if she was done. She would say "Do I look like a cake????"

She also dislikes the phrase "graduate high school" instead of "graduate from high school"/

Maybe I'm confusing Sudafed with something else that makes people sleepy.

Sudafed (at least, the real stuff) is a close relative of speed. Many other cold drugs (especially since Sudafed got harder to get) include a bunch of antihistamines, which are the anti-speed.

For people who've encountered the "done" rule--can you apply "done" to stuff you're cooking, not baking?

OHMYGOD. Looks like the weather is getting DRUNK for St. Pats. [link]

It's supposed to be near or above 60 for the next couple of days.

Momentarily means both for a moment and in a moment, according to Sports Night.

I am at a diner. They have both pie and wifi. I love the future.

Was it Theo who had the thing on FB where the DC metro area National Weather Service forecast was just like, "OK, FINE! You can have ALL THE WEATHER."

I think you could say "the dinner is done" meaning that it is ready to eat, and the dinner is finished, meaning you are done eating and the people are leaving.

Nobody ever corrected my grammar. Of course, I grew up with people who would say things like "broughten", so, maybe they thought I talked funny and just didn't mention it.

I grew up in MI, and this is the first time I've heard of the done/finished thing.