Words or phrases that annoy you

Ezmondino

Where did the time go :wall:

Gloomendoom

And another one... "Lush"

My understanding of the word is green and verdant. It's possibly regional, but I've seen it used on MSE to refer to anything from a wedding frock to a new boyfriend. :huh:

Dizzy_Ditzy

Gloomendoom wrote: »

And another one... "Lush"

My understanding of the word is green and verdant. It's possibly regional, but I've seen it used on MSE to refer to anything from a wedding frock to a new boyfriend. :huh:

"Lush" is part of every day language in Bristol, if not the West Country.

"Gert lush" is that something is totally fab.

I am a user of "lush", both in RL and on these forums

CathA

pippahall11 wrote: »

The thing that really gets my back up is people using double negatives-

'I haven't got none'
'I haven't done nothing'
'That attitude won't get you nowhere'
'I don't have no time for this'

My OH uses them all the time and they drive me crazy!

When I worked for a local company, the office used to radio round each team at lunchtime to check for any problems and ask if anyone had any keys from the accommodation. I was the designated radio monitor in our team and it drove me mad when people would say 'I'VE GOT NO KEYS!!!'. How can you 'got' nothing? The temptation to scream down the radio at them was overwhelming at times.

Some years ago, when my girls were teenagers and Eastenders was the in thing to watch, they started with the 'firty free', dropping the h on words, general Eastenders accent. My friend was staying, told them they sounded like Eastend scuffers and if they didn't buck their ideas up, they would never come and stay with her in Australia again!! They speak beautifully now.

MandM90

I can't stand double negatives either.

I also dislike it when people, quite often on facebook groups, start a post with "Right..." and end it with "...rant over!!!!"

Yuck.

GeeBee38

MandM90 wrote: »

I can't stand double negatives either.

I also dislike it when people, quite often on facebook groups, start a post with "Right..." and end it with "...rant over!!!!"

Yuck.

Talking of facebook :rotfl:

I can't stand people who post stuff like this, then a few days later, they post something like

"People are so horrible and two faced, I'm sick of it all!!" Blah, blah blah :rotfl:

benjus

CathA wrote: »

When I worked for a local company, the office used to radio round each team at lunchtime to check for any problems and ask if anyone had any keys from the accommodation. I was the designated radio monitor in our team and it drove me mad when people would say 'I'VE GOT NO KEYS!!!'. How can you 'got' nothing? The temptation to scream down the radio at them was overwhelming at times.

While it may annoy you, and you have the right to be annoyed by anything you want, there's nothing grammatically wrong with using "have got" in place of "have" - the two are interchangeable. This applies to both affirmative and negative phrases.

tea_lover

Also when people answer the phone then tell you they can't talk. If it's not convenient, just don't answer the damn thing!

benjus

tea_lover wrote: »

Also when people answer the phone then tell you they can't talk. If it's not convenient, just don't answer the damn thing!

Most people would make time to take an urgent call. And you can't really tell if the call is urgent or not without answering it.

tea_lover

benjus wrote: »

Most people would make time to take an urgent call. And you can't really tell if the call is urgent or not without answering it.

Nothing is so urgent that you need to answer the phone during a funeral (which I've experienced). I've also called people who've answered and just said "can't talk right now" then hung up - so they have no idea what I've called about and whether it's urgent or not.