This topic has probably gone to far, so it's ok if add this.
As English is not my first language, I didn't quite know what you meant but
"pet peeves", so I tried to figure it out. So I looked up the word pet.
>From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913):
>
>Pet \Pet\, n. [Formerly peat, perhaps from Ir. peat, akin to
> Gael. peata.]
> 1. A cade lamb; a lamb brought up by hand.
>
> 2. Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a
> fondling; a darling; often, a favorite child.
>
> The love of cronies, pets, and favorites. --Tatler.
>
> 3. [Prob. fr. Pet a fondling, hence, the behavior or humor
> of a spoiled child.] A slight fit of peevishness or
> fretfulness. ``In a pet she started up.'' --Tennyson.
>
>-----------------
>
>From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913):
>
>Pet \Pet\, a.
> Petted; indulged; admired; cherished; as, a pet child; a pet
> lamb; a pet theory.
>
> Some young lady's pet curate. --F. Harrison.
>
> Pet cock. [Perh. for petty cock.] (Mach.) A little faucet
> in a water pipe or pump, to let air out, or at the end of
> a steam cylinder, to drain it.
>
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>
>From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913):
>
>Pet \Pet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Petted; p. pr. & vb. n.
> Petting.]
> To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge; as, she was petted
> and spoiled.
<snip>
I really like the part of pet cock and petting, but I assume you mean a lamb
:)
I had more trouble with the word Peeves as it didn't exist but a found peeve
which means:
>From WordNet (r) 1.7:
>
>peeve
> v : cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful
So this concludes that you are really annoyed with mail like this!
// Johan - Having a boring national holiday day because a guy named Christ
left the earth to day some 2000 yrs ago, according to the oppressors of the
people.
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