Words or phrases that annoy you

millicent

When people write " I didn't want to read and run" - sets my teeth on edge!

Writing aloud instead of allowed...........

Georgiegirl256

AubreyMac wrote: »

Living room, front room or lounge?

Living room.

AubreyMac

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

Living room.

Good girl, I call it living room too but I don't think that's a regional thing.

Lately I've been using lounge as when I was flat hunting all the estate agents use the term lounge.

ERICS_MUM

LameWolf wrote: »

I don't mind any colloquialisms or mispronunciations; what I cannot cope with is people mumbling so that I can't hear what they're saying properly.

Oh yes, especially people whose job it is to speak to the public. I often tell shop assistants to 'speak up', especially young women (student age) who tend to whisper.

Also, journalists, news readers etc on radio and television who read from a script and sound like......they are reading from a script ! Surely anyone employed to address potentially millions of people should be able to make it sound spontaneous with a proper 'flow' rather than stilted with pauses at the end of the line rather than at the end of a clause, sentence or paragraph.

ERICS_MUM

'Don't get me wrong' meaning they are about to say something that could be interpreted in two or more ways and that we should accept the positive statement not the negative.

'I can't live without' - a certain hand cream, furry boots, cooking magazine etc

My sister is a fan of 'whatever' meaning she doesn't mind, has no opinion. If I ask her what flavour sandwich she would like she says 'whatever'. I give her egg mayonnaise because she can't stand egg. That will teach her (or should I say that will learn her ?).

maman

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

We sometimes say that (eating medinner....midday meal btw!), although sometimes we say it properly and say my!

ERICS_MUM wrote: »

Some of them say ' meMam'. Even worse.

AubreyMac wrote: »

Living room, front room or lounge?

Just like buses, variations of three pet hates have come along at once!:rotfl:

• mam I can live with (and even mammy when I was a child) but MOM!! that's such an American import and grates. I can't believe that posters actually use it when speaking to their mothers.
• we have breakfast, lunch and dinner around here and if dinner is quite a light meal we might call it supper. Tea is just a cup of something or maybe on special occasions with scones and cakes. Dinner is always in the evening around 7.30/8 p.m.
• we have a sitting room.

Dustyblinds

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

We sometimes say that (eating me dinner....midday meal btw!), although sometimes we say it properly and say my!

Just realised, I'm coming across as so Northern in this thread! :rotfl:

I've also wondered how they get that wheelchair up into that small flat where the only access appears to be the flight of stairs!

Edit: Yes, I also say "me Mam"....it's our dialect! I'm sure there are plenty of Southern phrases that would "do me ead in"

I'm a Geordie. I say I'm eating me dinner, midday meal.
I also say me mam, so do my kids, and they get annoyed when it get to Mother's Day and it's so difficult to find a Mother's Day card for mam, they all refer to mum, I'm not mum I'm MAM.
Love this thread, I agree with loads already posted.
Sammich instead of sandwich is a pet hate of mine.
My older sister thinks she's down with the kids and uses text speak all the time, really gets on my nerves, she's 54 and I find it quite embarrassing :rotfl:

onlyroz

AubreyMac wrote: »

So if I invite you over for tea, what do you expect?

At least sandwiches but preferably a decent meal at around 5pm.

onlyroz

AubreyMac wrote: »

So is there such thing (to you) as afternoon or high dinner?

Dinner is the main meal of the day, whether you choose to have it at noon or 7pm. Tea is a lighter meal in the early evening. Afternoon tea would be sandwiches and cakes at 3-4pm. Then there is lunch which is a light usually cold meal at noon. And elevenses is tea and cake at 11am. And supper would be a light meal at 9-10pm.

My mum has all these meals which is why she has a weight problem....

Bobcrowther

jjj1980 wrote: »

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.

People who use "of" instead of "if"...
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