Beg to differ...My Dad is a title of respect that I give him. He was (when he was alive), and still is "the hero of my dreams". I guess this is just another way of using a capital D, with dad. I do however, concur with your POV in general terms.
My peeves are:
saying "aks" instead of "ask"...this is just poor education.
using split infinitives.
misusing "advice" and "advise"...there is a difference between the noun and the verb.
using "was going to" instead of "went".
starting a sentence with "but" or "and"....these are joining...
One of my pet hates is when people use "that" in sentences that don't really need it, and that sometimes they should be using "which". And then there are those that used "that which"...well they're just over inclusive, eh! (See I'm from Cairns...I use "eh".) :)