Words or phrases that annoy you

missbiggles1

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

I probably would, because to me dinner is always a midday meal, it is never an evening meal.

If you were going to a good restaurant (wine, several courses, all the extras) would you really say you were going out for tea?

What about being invited out on a date, would you really expect someone to say "Will you have tea with me on Saturday?"

Nothing wrong if you would but it just sounds so strange to me.:)

ETA
Posted before I read your edit.

missbiggles1

Men who talk about "the" wife.

Georgiegirl256

missbiggles1 wrote: »

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What about being invited out on a date, would you really expect someone to say "Will you have tea with me on Saturday?"
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If it was at tea time then yes! :rotfl: Later on in the night I'd expect them to probably say "do you want to go out for a meal on Saturday?"

jjj1980

Oh I have so many of these!

- people changing letters in place names or words. E.g calling Bradford, Bratford.

- I hate rhyming slang or text speak being used. Or using sarcasm for things. Why say "Put wood in't 'ole" or "Were you born in a barn?". Just say "Shut the door"!

- From as soon as my daughter was born, I always used the correct name for everything, no baby-talk. Once heard my Dad reading a book to her and saying "Look (baby's name) it's a moo cow". No, it's a cow!

- Also the wrong word being used e.g brought instead of bought, loose instead of lose. Is it really so hard to use an online dictionary of you are unsure?

- The use of "like" has me grinding my teeth. Hate it! Oh and people that constantly say "thingy".

- Slightly at a tangent, family members that insist on calling by my full first name when they know I only use it for formal things and prefer the shortened version for close friends and family.

balletshoes

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

I probably would, because to me dinner is always a midday meal, it is never an evening meal.

Edit: If I wasn't having the meal at tea time but later on at night, then I'd probably just say 'going out for a meal'.

I tend to say, if we went out later in the evening for our evening meal, that we "went to (whichever restaurant) for something to eat". Dinner is not evening to me, but I'm happy to say lunch or dinner for midday meal.

Back home, in Scotland, if my family is going out for a meal, however posh, however nice, and its in the evening, they say they're going out for tea, or they're going out for a meal.

benjus

I agree with quite a few of these (although not all). Some that annoy me:

Talking about something being "a thing". e.g. "I didn't know dressing up as furry animals was a thing"

The usage of "because" that's become trendy in recent times, e.g. "there's probably somebody out there who would argue the point because Internet"

Writing "Columbia" or "Columbian" when referring to the country in South America. Even some national newspapers do this.

prosaver

Literally is a word that Literally annoys me:D

singing_bird

Love this thread, and here is my pet hate - "you guys" - I am a grumpy old female and have NEVER been a guy. I want to scream when I hear that. :mad:

System

singing_bird wrote: »

Love this thread, and here is my pet hate - "you guys" - I am a grumpy old female and have NEVER been a guy. I want to scream when I hear that. :mad:

The goonies created hey you guys! Nobody hates the goonies :eek:

Mupette

when someone ends a question with soooo....?

example

my pencil broke soooo....

what! it broke and? finish the sentence with what you want done about it
I refuse to switch on my telepathic skills for someone who can't be bothered to finish their sentence with what they want.