Words or phrases that annoy you

Primrose

Cool!
No probs!
And in a restaurant....Enjoy!

benjus

pigpen wrote: »

My phone also has Tourettes!

And a friend of mine, who has mild Tourette's (but not coprolalia), gets upset about people who don't know the difference between Tourette's and coprolalia... in fact the majority of people with Tourette's do not exhibit coprolalia.

Misty_Blue

Bought and brought, and incorrect use of "literally" drive me mental too.

Has anyone heard that horrific Americanism of "winningest?" As in "They're the winningest team in baseball history." It makes me want to punch myself in the face.

Also that strange Scottish expression of asking where you stay, as opposed to where you live. A stay implies that it's temporary!

pigpen

benjus wrote: »

And a friend of mine, who has mild Tourette's (but not coprolalia), gets upset about people who don't know the difference between Tourette's and coprolalia... in fact the majority of people with Tourette's do not exhibit coprolalia.

its always a friend .. haha..


Sometimes the phone breaks into Spanish.. it's rather talented!

Ezmondino

Shop assistants that call me buddy.

onomatopoeia99

"lappy"
"interweb"
"t'internet" - Fine if you are Monty Python doing a 21st century version of the four yorkshiremen sketch, otherwise not.

HurdyGurdy

kingfisherblue wrote: »

I don't like bad language and I'm finding that it appears to be far more acceptable to swear in public than it was - definitely a step backwards.

Couldn't agree more. The F word is bandied around so much these days and there is barely an eye blinked.

And when did the grossly offensive C word become acceptable? During the recent "Celebrity" (word used in an ironic way, I assume) Big Brother it was used so often. I wasn't AS shocked to hear it from the younger housemates (so called "reality stars") but I was very shocked to hear Angie Bowie say it.

I assume it is being used for its shock value, much as the F word used to be, but what will the next shock word be when C becomes "normal".

My least favourite word is lipstick. I shuddered just typing it!

The phrase I (currently) hate the most is "Ja nah 'a mean" which translates into "do you know what I mean".

onomatopoeia99

HurdyGurdy wrote: »

And when did the grossly offensive C word become acceptable?

I've never understood why it is even a pejorative, given that it describes something so nice. But, I'm weird. :A

HurdyGurdy

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.

And this is why I have subtitles on the TV almost permanently!

Going to the cinema is pretty much a waste of time, as despite the excruciating volume, I still can't make out what most of the actors are saying.

Pollycat

NBLondon wrote: »

My wife gets wound up by "train station" instead of "railway station". That might be a regional thing because in my Northern boyhood it was just t'station. (Trains and buses left from the same station so no-one needed to distinguish).

Pollycat wrote: »

What does your wife call a place where buses depart from?

NBLondon wrote: »

A Bus Stop...

She's born and bred in South London which doesn't really have such a thing as a "bus station" unless it's already attached to a "station for things that run on rails". Which is why I wondered if it was a regional difference.

Our buses depart from a bus station.

Maybe it's not so much a 'regional' thing, more a 'London' thing.

I see nothing wrong (and certainly don't view it as 'infantile') with calling a place that a train departs from a 'train station'.