She poked fun at Wimbledon in her Twitter account by questioning the 'pernickety' attitude supposedly introduced this year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference

But Egyptian authorities are notoriously pernickety.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saturday, May 17, 2008] Reference

Andrea, sorry to be pernickety, but it's one M only.    From Wordnik.com.  [Living daylights?] Reference

At the same time, of course, I don't want to be too pernickety.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nova War] Reference

Colour hecklerspray pernickety, but it seems to us that Charlotte.    From Wordnik.com.  [Charlotte Church Definitely Pregnant With A Baby] Reference

Schorr could be stubborn and pernickety, but he cherished a fierce integrity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daniel Schorr obituary] Reference

The kakapo's pernickety dietary requirements are a whole other area of exasperating difficulty.    From Wordnik.com.  [Last Chance to See]

Sorry for being pernickety, I'm really only commenting to point out you've not corrected 'simultaneously'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon will continue to limp around Aintree] Reference

Or is the real Burnham the pernickety statistician who insists "the average person has one fallopian tube"?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bo Burnham: 'I'm honest ? for two minutes'] Reference

By all means tell me I'm being far too pernickety, but do other Independent booksellers do this as a matter of course?.    From Wordnik.com.  [52 entries from October 2006] Reference

One might say that this reflects in his music-making – always scrupulous and pernickety but with no heart or feeling.    From Wordnik.com.  [So what are we to make of Edward Heath?] Reference

I consulted Delia Online, but she was really pernickety about measurements and having cold conditions and not manhandling it too much.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-10-01] Reference

But - sorry to be pernickety - this won't quite do.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph Blogs] Reference

"Molecular geneticists are like pernickety printers".    From Wordnik.com.  [Uncommon Descent] Reference

Again apologies for being a boring and pernickety fart.    From Wordnik.com.  [Army Rumour Service] Reference

And for those readers who think that I am being pernickety.    From Wordnik.com.  [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference

Don't be so pernickety; just shred all the paperwork - I did.    From Wordnik.com.  [British Blogs] Reference

Noo, fine pernickety noansense will no 'do in this business.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays] Reference

Does this pernickety process attract a certain personality type?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

So if you want to be pernickety about it, it's probably a 4-2-1-2-1.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sport news, comment and results | guardian.co.uk] Reference

A distant and pernickety funeral director? seemed to be madly in love.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why graphic novels are more than picture perfect] Reference

She meant it was God's house, I s'pose, but she needn't have been so pernickety.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Girl from Montana] Reference

To be fair, most refs are less pernickety about these things than they used to be.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference

Forget all the pernickety details everyone tells you about how to make a pie dough.    From Wordnik.com.  [thecookscottage] Reference

She was sedulous, pernickety, quietly determined; she would work on poems for years.    From Wordnik.com.  [GoodShit] Reference

A similar, if slightly more pernickety, case of similar brands cropped up last week between.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crave at CNET UK] Reference

"Wait until you have children, my dear," said Mrs. Cafferty, "you won't be so pernickety then.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Mary, Mary] Reference

"Elizabeth Bishop was sedulous, pernickety, quietly determined; she would work on poems for years.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Answers.com: Today's Highlights] Reference

What has so changed you that you are now as pernickety as an old maid? ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Autumn] Reference

"But she's that old-fashioned and pernickety is Ellen -- a regular old maid!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lodger] Reference

Mr.. Bunting's very particular, not to say pernickety in her ideas, Mr. Bunting -- ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lodger] Reference

I'll be sending somebody who's not so pernickety as I am " but I warn you " try a little guy! ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mountain of Adventure]

Mrs. Macdonald was at her most pernickety.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Kind Of Magic]

Especially from him, he is especially pernickety.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference