what two words in one/sayings irritate you?

StumpyPumpy

peaceandfreedom wrote: »

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

Yep HTH has always meant "Hope This Helps" in my experience (And certainly does when I use it)

HTH

SP

piglet74

sarymclary wrote: »

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


you darent say Aitch where i am from :eek:

piglet74

Saturnalia wrote: »

People who say Paris, France. Don't most people know that Paris is in France? And if you were going to a place also called Paris that wasn't the one in France, wouldn't you clarify that, instead of the everyday one that you'd assume the other person had heard of at some point?

You don't hear it for any other city & country either, do you?

its an American thing, they always say it "Dublin, Ireland...London...England" etc,

maybe cause they are used to saying "Dallas, Texas, Orlando Florida" etc.

Steel_2

Grimbal wrote: »

It's also a sciency thing to do too. Try writing "2" or "7" on a teeny tiny eppendorf lid & working out which one is which later if the 7 hasn't been crossed ! In the same manner, I always cross "Z" too.





Oh, and don't get me started on putting a line under a "6" or a "9". It's weird how I do all this stuff as second nature but at some point in my early days in the lab I had to remember to do all of this stuff

Yes, I do this and used to work in a lab. Only takes one muck up of important samples before you start doing it.

"Winterise"

"Futurise"

Both of these words make me want to break people's little fingers.

Marisco

I always cross my 7's. I've been doing it for so long I can't even remember when I started, and I've got nothing to do with labs or accountants I always say "haich" as well!

KxMx

Ah ok, thanks

"thanks in advance/TIA" really still winds me up though!

JimmyTheWig

KxMx wrote: »

"thanks in advance/TIA" really still winds me up though!

Just shows that you're grateful for any responses.

PenguinOfDeath

Not really over here so not sure it applies but when over in the States I'd hear of the word 'winningest', as in 'He is the winningest coach for this team'

Must be the worst Americanism I have ever heard and hopes it doesn't get adopted over here :mad:

peaceandfreedom

piglet74 wrote: »

its an American thing, they always say it "Dublin, Ireland...London...England" etc,

maybe cause they are used to saying "Dallas, Texas, Orlando Florida" etc.

Reminds me of that Young Ones episode where they start off with Neil dreaming of Dallas (the series) - in that they refer to somewhere that is in 'Wales, England'.

tuggy12

piglet74 wrote: »

its an American thing, they always say it "Dublin, Ireland...London...England" etc

Americans say that because there are many towns/cities in several US states and Canada named Paris, London, Dublin etc.

So when they say Dublin, Ireland they are simply clarifying that it's not one of the 6 (or more) Dublin towns/cities on their own continent.