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what two words in one/sayings irritate you?
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mountainofdebt wrote: »I hate,with a passion, the word caught instead of conceive.
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I can't stand this phrase either, you usually find its uttered by someone who doesn't approve of either the person who is pregnant or the person who's the father.CC2 = £8687.86 ([STRIKE]£10000[/STRIKE] )CC1 = £0 ([STRIKE]£9983[/STRIKE] ); Reusing shopping bags savings =£5.80 vs spent £1.05.Wine is like opera. You can enjoy it even if you don't understand it and too much can give you a headache the next day J0 -
It annoys me when people say...... I'm Sorry, when all they really mean is they can do exactly the same thing again now.Liverpool is one of the wonders of Britain,
What it may grow to in time, I know not what.
Daniel Defoe: 1725.
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hate hate hate "the proof is in the pudding"
its actually the proof of the pudding is in the eating but people say it wrong ALL the time, aaaarrrggghhhh0 -
I hate "soz" with a passion. Just shows they're not sorry enough to even write the whole word.0
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thought of another one..... "can you learn me that" or "can you borrow me some money"? ......... guess 'teach' and 'lend' isn't in the vocabularyCC2 = £8687.86 ([STRIKE]£10000[/STRIKE] )CC1 = £0 ([STRIKE]£9983[/STRIKE] ); Reusing shopping bags savings =£5.80 vs spent £1.05.Wine is like opera. You can enjoy it even if you don't understand it and too much can give you a headache the next day J0
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Ooooh, I dunno. A good many American television shows refer to 'London, England' ... as opposed to London, Kentucky I suppose. Or London Ohio.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?:heartpuls Mrs Marleyboy :heartpuls
MSE: many of the benefits of a helpful family, without disadvantages like having to compete for the tv remote
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Also Cant stand "The devil is in the detail" What does it actually mean?0
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unixgirluk wrote: »thought of another one..... "can you learn me that" or "can you borrow me some money"? ......... guess 'teach' and 'lend' isn't in the vocabulary
My teeth are curling just at the thought of that ..
... Will you borrow me that ......!!!!Liverpool is one of the wonders of Britain,
What it may grow to in time, I know not what.
Daniel Defoe: 1725.
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Probably been said but "can I get?" as in "can I get a cappuccino". Saw Ed Milliband or whoever he's called say it on tv the other day...
Its another cruddy Americanism .
No you can't bloody get but I will get it for you if you ask correctly.0
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