Words or phrases that drive you mad

renegade

I am a senior citizen, I hate it when younger people say ' Ah, bless', it is so bloody patronising I could throttle them!

oldone_2

'Payed' instead of 'paid'

Lower case 'i' in the middle of a sentence

Mixing up 'advice' and 'advise'

'Responce' instead of 'response'

vyle

Just thought of one (thanks to the nucular one):

I hate how Americans say, "Craig," because it sounds like crek, so could be greg or craig, and when I was in America on holiday, there were a couple of people whose names I tried to avoid saying because I couldn't be sure what it was.

Squire_Fulwood

A friend who was new to emailing sent me a one word message. It was

git

I was able to point out that his spelling was showing signs of improvement but he must remember to start each new sentence with a capital letter.

spartacusthe1st

my mum always says 'hey ho' when things dont work out etc its reeeeaallly annoying!!!! also i hate 'lol' gggggrrrrr

Jessikita1983

jess1974 wrote: »

I really hate it when people refer to Tesco as Tescos, and Asda as Asdas grrrrrr.....

My husband does that! He adds an S on everything and it drives me nuts. I won't answer him now! "Are we going cinemas" and "are we going Asdas?"

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Jessikita1983

samwidge instead of sandwich.

serious_saver

"Hotting up" instead of "heating up"
"Fail"
"Epic Fail"
"I'm sorry but" - if you have to add "but" then you're about to justify yourself and it means you're not sorry at all!

***EDIT***

And nearly all corporate jargon!

Jessikita1983

serious_saver wrote: »

"Hotting up" instead of "heating up"
"Fail"
"Epic Fail"
"I'm sorry but" - if you have to add "but" then you're about to justify yourself and it means you're not sorry at all!

***EDIT***

And nearly all corporate jargon!

Agreed! I hate "I'm sorry but...." and "I'm not being funny but.....", ok I am a blunt person, but if you've got something to say, you should just say it!

sarahg1969

Shtudent grrr