what two words in one/sayings irritate you?

SueC_2

"It is what it is".

Really? Good lord! Who knew?

MunniMuncha

Two words that really wind me up are 'Yes Deirdre' - it's what my OH says when he thinks I sound like my Mother:mad:

The one other thing that winds me up is when people put the word 'like' after every other word (especially teenagers)

My OH hates it when we occasionally watch Jeremy Kyle and he uses the word 'kid' to describe a child - it drives him bonkers

Wickedkitten

FatVonD wrote: »

I quite like supper if it's used as a regional thing, it just became annoying about 10 years ago when posh people in London started having supper parties instead of dinner parties. I'm not sure what the difference was (never having been invited :rotfl: ) I think they may have been a little later and more informal.

It's really just a kitchen supper or sups which means its usually less formal than a dinner party.

hardpressed

'See you later' when said by someone who clearly will not be seeing you later, said to me yesterday by 2 shop assistants, whom I'm unlikely to see again.

sarymclary

piglet74 wrote: »

Not in Ireland.

balletshoes wrote: »

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

Resisting a strong urge to want to go and teach the letter aitch to our regional friends

Frogletina wrote: »

I agree with you, but in some areas of the country supper is the name of an evening meal, whereas in others it is dinner or tea.

I usually use the following terms

Breakfast - I think everyone agrees with this, though at weekends I know some people have brunch.

Midday meal - dinner (to me it is dinner time - at schools they have dinner ladies, don't they?)

Evening meal - tea (it is served at tea time - for me anytime between 5 and 8! )

Snack before bed - supper

Ooh, now you're brought up a whole new thing that bugs me (in addition to the OP's conjoined words for absolutely no reason other than to annoy the heck out of us).

I'm from the south, boyfriend has lived in, well, he calls it E. Anglia or E.Midlands depending on his mood, all his life. We have had major confusion over what's for dinner. He calls lunch, dinner. At school we have lunchtime supervisors, not dinner ladies (maybe that's an old or northern term?). Imagine his disappointment when he asks what's for dinner, and I reply 'tuna sandwiches'.

So, for me it's:

Breakfast

Lunch - even on a Sunday, it's called Sunday lunch

Tea (afternoon tea, with tea & cake/sandwiches, or for the kids just home from school they have a drink and snack)

Dinner (our evening meal, eaten at 6pm, bang on the dot in our house)

Supper (a light snack before bedtime, or if we'd been out for the evening, and were hungry, it would be a late-night supper if we picked up something to eat, eg. fish & chip supper)

If I arrange to go out for meals with friends, it's going out for dinner for the evening, or we'd arrange to go out for lunch. Last month I went out for afternoon tea with my sisters. I don't think I've ever arranged to meet up for supper, but if I did, I'd imagine it would be a more informal arrangement to meet up later in the evening to get a bite to eat.

I think it's partly a regional thing, but more than likely a family thing. My mother's family were more middle-class than working class, although my own parents were very working class, however, I think the middle-class traits and habits were very much passed on down through the generations to me and my siblings. We did things like dressing for the evening on Christmas day (and I'm really not that old, still in my 40's), which I think was something our (great) grandparents had done.

peachyprice

MunniMuncha wrote: »

My OH hates it when we occasionally watch Jeremy Kyle and he uses the word 'kid' to describe a child - it drives him bonkers

Oh goodness, yes, I'm with him there. We are human beings, not bloomin goats!

One I can't stand, that gets written here a fair bit 'rest bite' instead of 'respite'


O, and I always cross my 7's. I have one colleague who doesn't and I can't tell if it's a 7,1 or 2. Learn to write man.

KxMx

Okay, possibly offensive opinion here, when I see on the forums "Thanks in advance" (a smug way of saying "I know i'll get what I want/need of course- what's wrong with saying thanks afterwards like normal people?) and "happy to help/HTH2 (another smug saying, poster has no idea beyond ego that they have indeed helped), my blood boils lol.

victory

Some of my eldest friends came over yesterday and when they were leaving one of them said 'right, i have to bounce' I asked you have to what? 'bounce'....(she started to bounce off as in leave, get off, go, see you later) never heard that one before:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

peaceandfreedom

KxMx wrote: »

"happy to help/HTH2 (another smug saying, poster has no idea beyond ego that they have indeed helped), my blood boils lol.:p

I always thought HTH meant 'hope this helps' which is a rather more modest thing to put at the end, and quite friendly really.

StumpyPumpy

peachyprice wrote: »

Oh goodness, yes, I'm with him there. We are human beings, not bloomin goats!

Have you seen some of the people who go on Jeremy Kyle?