Miscellaneous usage peeves #1

Certain misuses of English have become commonplace in my lifetime. They bother me no end, like sores that won't heal.

• Temperature is a measure of heat, so don't describe or qualify it with adjectives that characterize heat or cold. In other words, temperatures aren't "hot" or "cold": they're high or low.
• Amount refers to a quantity of a substance that is not "countable." We speak of a small amount of sand or large amounts of oil, but not of a large amount of pigeons, since we can imagine counting the pigeons even if we never do so. In the case of countable objects, like those pigeons, we speak of a large number of them.
• The expression is "shouldn't have". "Shouldn't of" is flat-out wrong.
• It's "that jibes with my experience", not "jives".
• I don't care what New Yorkers say: you stand in line, not on line. Maybe we'd be better off adopting the British queue up instead.

The erroneous use of temperature is especially puzzling. I grew up watching and listening to meteorologists who spoke (correctly) of "high" or "low" temperatures, so that usage is second nature to me. Did today's meteorologists, like the irritatingly perky Roberta Gonzales at KCBS, not pay attention when they were young?