what two words in one/sayings irritate you?

tea_lover

Also (I'm on a roll now) 'in the way of' on weather reports. eg. more in the way of sun, less in the way of frost. Why???

AudreyHepburn_2

I hate "can I get" - frequently heard in shops/cafes in place of "may I have/I would like"

Birdy12

davjan wrote: »

Should "of" and would "of" instead of should have or would have

See below.

Everytime I see it written on the various threads I read, I'm desperate to quote it and then correct it, but realise I'd come across as horribly anal ...

StumpyPumpy

delain wrote: »

Twin1 is a big fan of exaggeration. She was recently heard to say 'but I'm starving TO DEATH!'

A good reply to the teenage, angst-ridden lament of "I wish I was dead" is: "That is a terrible thing to say... It's 'I wish I were dead': Subjunctive clause." (Courtesy of Jeremy Hardy).

It is interesting to read this thread and see how many of the comments are actually about regional variations and phrases which, I assume, are not in common usage in the locale of the complainant.

Hayzhog

I also hate the chavvy way people add extra letters to words on Facebook and chavvy words e.g "bare jokes caaaannntt beeeelieevveee sheeee eveeeen saiiid that omg she is just weeelllll jell" just shoot me know please.

delain

The Facebook stuff used to get on my nerves when I had it. Eg: lyk for like. I never got it.

Whilst I'm here, what's 'reem'?! I've seen it on girls tops recently, and DD1 being very tall for 9 she's in teen range sizes *sigh*

They also say 'dont be jel' which i guess is thickspeak for jealous... But 'reem'? Just sounds like basil from fawlty towers struggling with 'rim'

I am such an old woman and I'm not even 30 yet

SandC

I keep hearing the younger generation describe anything good as 'fit'. :mad:

I caught myself typing that I was 'well jel' of something the other day. I immediately deleted it and then bashed my forehead repeatedly against the wall to ensure I would never think of doing it again.

This is going to be a bit nonsensical to just about everyone else, but I went through more than a month of real sinus issues due to doing lots of swimming. I was constantly sneezing and sniffing and sneezing. Everybody would say 'oh are you laid up?' :mad: For one thing, no I haven't got a cold I've got sensitive nasal passages and for another thing I think it is a peculiar stokey or northern term for a cold 'being laid up' which I absolutely !!!!!!! hate. Even if I did have a cold I still wouldn't be 'laid up'. Because it's a stupid meaningless phrase.

Saturnalia

Laid up means bedridden with an illness or injury, it makes sense that way! Never heard of it used to refer to just having a cold and being up and about as normal.

Saturnalia

Ginger_Poodle wrote: »

JEGGINGS & TREGGINGS

Even typing those non-words makes me feel a little uncomfortable

What are treggings when they're at home?

sassyblue

Putting 'gate' on the end of scandals i.e Watergate - why?! I know there's a reason but it's stupid.

Using pacifically instead of specifically

Text speak, l say lol but that's the limit, things like 'c u l8r' winds me up - especially when typed on facebook or other websites.

Another one is 'at the end of the day' l long to cut them off and say flippantly 'it's night!'

My biggest bugbear is corporate speak though..... 'thinking outside the box' type of rubbish. I haven't got time for it. I run a busy company and the amount of times a rep comes through the door and l say 'hello, what can l do for you' and they put the charm on and answer 'oh don't say that.... it's what I can do for YOU.....' and then launce into their speil - cringeworthy.