Words or phrases that drive you mad

themull1

I hate ' I didn't want to read and run'

kathleenryd

williacg wrote: »

My absolute favourite has to be when we attend training sessions, you can guarantee the following phrase comes up at some point "Come on guys, let's all work together, because there's No 'I' in TEAM, we're one unit" [there is one in TWIT though].

Best quote in this thread.

vyle

shindig_addict wrote: »

O yeah, and 'pushing the envelope'.

Postmen happen to have a very controversial job, as they're always pushing the envelope.

Oopsadaisy

Flying through the Grand Canyon - awesome

Fav team winning - awesome

Newly painted nails - awesome

One word - so many uses, does my !!!!ing head in!!!!!

kathleenryd

kathleenryd wrote: »

Best quote in this thread.[/QUOTEWatch 'Twenty twelve'.

kathleenryd

williacg wrote: »

My absolute favourite has to be when we attend training sessions, you can guarantee the following phrase comes up at some point "Come on guys, let's all work together, because there's No 'I' in TEAM, we're one unit" [there is one in TWIT though].

Again, I have to say, this says it all.

heretolearn_2

with the no I in team thing, I always think 'yeah, but there's U in **nt'.

Disinterested/uninterested - one that annoys me too. And 'of' for 'have'.

My personal bugbear at the mo is people using 'myself' instead of 'me'. See it loads on this forum, for some reason. 'he should of spoken to myself...' Instantly sounds like something on Jeremy Kyle.

essexgirly

The one that really irritates me is (and nearly always on Jeremy Kyle) is: """At the end of the day"""................ oh and another one is: "I'm a 110% sure"
grrrr!!!!... oh you have me started now...

..... basically,

BigMummaF

I've probably got this completely wrong but felt the urge to add my opinion & if I have, it is an example of what I am trying to explain in my own unique way

Highlighting MPs & especially their "leaders":-
My party. I want. The previous government. My right honourable friend, when they're not in the Commons. X party said they will/won't/did/did not do Y, when asked about their own policies & foul-ups.
All time favourite must be "We are in this together" as they sit in their ivory towers watching the rest of us scramble in the dust :mad:

There are so many that make my toes curl, but I admit that I struggle to find ways to communicate the meaning of what I am WRITING if that makes any sense? I'm talking about the 'didn't want to read & run' sort of thing here.
Obviously when you are told something your facial expression will often be enough to convey your level of interest; an impossibility from the other side of a computer screen, & there are times when you do want to show support for a person, & can say nothing different from what has been written before.
When you are speaking with someone, there is also inflection to demonstrate what it is you are trying to explain, but I've been caught with the written word on numerous occasions Thing is.. the voice in my head will read it back with the emotion I am intending to convey and no other option will occur to me, so I happily post my correspondence & the person on the receiving end could be mortally offended when in fact I meant the complete opposite :rotfl:Example:- The cat sat on the mat. The cat would intimate towards a particular being out of an unspecified group. The cat SAT could convey shock..but without the spoken words being emphasised & no emotion indicated, how would you know what meaning to take from those six little words?

Another consideration is dyslexia of course, which manifests in oh-so-many forms & levels. My three all suffer to varying degrees, with the two most affected reliant on others to help them send the humble text so I am more tolerant of the written word on that bias I suppose.

What does annoy me is the lazy way young folk speak now. I've been watching J-me (don't want to attract censors or whatever they are!) & his school programme, & those teenagers are almost not speaking at all! I know slang has been around for generations & catchphrases come & go, but this is going beyond that need to have a language our parents won't understand...or am I really beginning to show my age At least we--& up to my Offspring's generation--know when it is appropriate to use the Queen's English, ja no wot eye meenz, bay sick alley, yeh-a, righ :mad:

Eenymeeny

Wow, this thread has certainly moved on. Great comments everyone. Thanks to the OP.
I've found myself nodding as I 've read through them. (Although I've also found myself to be guilty of using some of them:eek:) Thanks, I must remember to cut them out...like the 'wow' at the beginning of my post.:o
Anyway, (?) does it annoy anyone else to see 'forgot password?' instead of 'forgotten password?' at log ins and wood instead of wooden? used regularly when describing items.
It's great to see that I'm not the only one fighting to retain the English language....