Words or phrases that drive you mad

margaretclare

.....and another, although not a word or a phrase, is the rising inflection at the end of a sentence, implying a question although making a statement. This is not native to the British Isles, seems to be poached from Australian soaps. I detest this. It sounds as if you are asking permission to speak (like the old soldier in Dad's Army!)

Prawny

When people say/type, "should of" or "could of" instead of "should have" "could have". :mad:

williacg

BigMummaF wrote: »

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:

I'm most sorry that you have taken offence to any of the comments in this thread, I certainly don't believe that it was any one poster's intention to do so. The thread (as far as was I was concerned) was a light-hearted, tongue in cheek rant about those little buzz words and phrases that are commonly used, or over used (more to the point), particularly within our working environment, which annoy some people, but don't bother others.

I too came across a few that I am certainly guilty of, but that just made me LOL even more. No particular post has poked fun at any person suffering with Dyslexia or any other such learning disability, and I think it somewhat unfair to suggest so.

I hope that you can take the thread in the context it was intended, and not as a personal attack on any individual or group.

Prawny

margaretclare wrote: »

.....and another, although not a word or a phrase, is the rising inflection at the end of a sentence, implying a question although making a statement. This is not native to the British Isles, seems to be poached from Australian soaps. I detest this. It sounds as if you are asking permission to speak (like the old soldier in Dad's Army!)

Yes, I hate that too. It always sounds patronising to me because it sounds like a question. It's like they are asking you if you understand what they mean.

ellay864

I agree with most of the comments posted here, especially against the 'should of' brigade. I know that when we speak we abbreviate and I know how it sounds but writing it that way really grates with me. And another one that really annoys me is when people pronounce the 8th letter of the alphabet as 'haitch'...it's aitch with no 'H' sound at the front!!!

kathleenryd

Bit of a diversion here - road sign on the way to Marple -'YOUNG DRIVERS THINK'. ??????
If it's an instruction then it's a waste of time - if it's a comment then it's not true (based on some of the driving around here)

It probably took several hours of meetings and 'hip' office speak to dream up this one. Brainstorming? Brain dead more like.

heretolearn_2

On signs, I can't help laughing when I see 'This sign is not in use' on the motorway.

Dave_C_2

Loose instead of lose.
There instead of their.
Text speak in any form.
Grocers' apostrophes.
"Multiple exclamation marks.....are a sure sign of a diseased mind" (Terry Pratchett)

tealady

When people say something is "very unique" it has me ranting. There are no degrees of uniqueness as something is either unique or it isnt. Can they not say something like "very unusual".

gunsandbanjos

Draw instead of Drawer:mad: