what two words in one/sayings irritate you?

Saturnalia

The word "peggies" sends me into irrational rage. Your children are not growing pegs in their mouths, they have TEETH.

166million

I'm sure some of you are making these up... 'cool bananas'?!?...'burglarized'?!?!?

Sometimes I say something because I know it's annoying.
'Whatevs..' really annoys people

JimmyTheWig

sparrer wrote: »

It's not quite the same thing but crossing the number 7 is infuriating

No, crossing the number 7 is a really sensible idea. I think it's a mathematician's thing to do.

Why risk it being confused with a 1 with a top but without a bottom? There's often no context to distinguish the two as they are interchangeable, so you need to be sure that when written they are clearly different.

Mrs_Arcanum

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

No, crossing the number 7 is a really sensible idea. I think it's a mathematician's thing to do.

Why risk it being confused with a 1 with a top but without a bottom? There's often no context to distinguish the two as they are interchangeable, so you need to be sure that when written they are clearly different.

In other European countries 1s do look more like our 7s

http://www.orble.com/why-do-our-written-numbers-look-like-they-do/

I often put a / through a zero to show it is a number rather than a letter.

lazer

sparrer wrote: »

I agree with sarymclary on the use of haitch. I can't help it, I have to correct whoever says it.

It's not quite the same thing but crossing the number 7 is infuriating, and as for stupid women who flap their hands in front of their faces like seals in a circus...arrgghhhhh!!!!!!:mad:

Really maddening are these so-called celebrity chefs. I've always managed to cook successfully without suffixes, ie fry off, brown off, cook off - what is wrong with fry, brown, cook? Then there's pan-fry. What do you fry in other than a pan for goodness sake?! And so on...I swear they know when I'm watching and do it even more :eek:

I would say Haitch, aitch sounds wrong to be, everyone I know says haitch, although I am in Ireland, it probably comes from the Irish language somehow. I do remember being told that catholics say Haitch and protestants say Aitch. I also say ah for a, whereas in England in tends to be ay. Strangely - If it a capital A, i would ay(My own name starts with A, and has a in it elsewhere, i pronounce the first letter as Ay and then the next occurence of it as Ah)

VJsmum

Maxjessdru wrote: »

inappropriate use of the word 'myself' when it should just be 'me' - drives me insane every time I hear it - especially on TV - does no-one check grammar any more!

Basically I was like thinking that peeps should literally chillax about all this - until I came to this post. Bl00dy hate this "So as I was saying to yourself earlier, I find it difficult to do that myself".

In staff meetings at work, I rather like to play a game of bull $h!t bingo - Write the following words

Synergies
Blue sky
environmental
sustainable
green
stratagies
value added
win win

and others like this

http://www.lovelyjane.btinternet.co.uk/!!!!!!!!.htm

and yell "Bingo" when they all get ticked off :rotfl:

Someone told me to "Populate the content" when they meant "fill in the detail".

My kids often tell me about the "funniest thing EVER", "the worst thing EVER", "we had the best lesson EVER"

But I am guilty of over using literally and do often say things like "innit, wel jel, whatever" in a poor attempt at comedy / trying to elicit groans from teenagers.

I told my class the other day that you could "literally draw a metaphorical line" :rotfl:

166million

Good article on new compound words: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/bromance-with-words-shows-were-all-just-glamazons-20110923-1kp8v.html

What are all these? Do you like them?
glamazon
fauxhawk
netiquette
''manity sizing''
''bromance'',
''tanorexic'',
''frenemy''
'Frankenfood''
''buddymoon''
''fauxmance''
''googleganger''
''Brangelina''
''Brodak moment''
''guitarthritis''
''homoblivious''
''manther''
''intexticated''
''cankles''
''mascary''

kitschkitty

166million wrote: »

I'm sure some of you are making these up... 'cool bananas'?!?...'burglarized'?!?!?

Sometimes I say something because I know it's annoying.
'Whatevs..' really annoys people

I so wish I was but watch any American crime show (even heard it onCSI the other day).

piglet74

sarymclary wrote: »

At least they don't drop their t's and h's still. Oh, that's another one, when people spell out a word, and say haich. No, you ignorant moron, it's pronounced aich.

Not in Ireland.

balletshoes

sarymclary wrote: »

At least they don't drop their t's and h's still. Oh, that's another one, when people spell out a word, and say haich. No, you ignorant moron, it's pronounced aich.

I'm Scottish, its "itch" to me :rotfl:.