Words or phrases that annoy you

tea_lover

AubreyMac wrote: »

But what about posh tea, with the fancy sandwiches and cream cakes on a stand? otherwise know as afternoon or high tea here.

That would be afternoon tea.

AubreyMac

tea_lover wrote: »

That would be afternoon tea.

And the 'tea' in afternoon tea refers to the drink or the sandwiches?

Faith177

haha the great tea/dinner debate it's just like being at home lol I am a Breakfast, lunch, dinner girl (the correct way lol) OH is Breakfast, Dinner, Tea

My OH is from Birmingham his mum is Black Country I can always tell when he's been talking to her because his accent comes in strong and as someone else said the am's come out grrrr

Also OH insists it's Mom I say it's Mum. I hate Mom and Mommy so he always make sure the cards from the animals (yes I know it's sad) say Mum on the front so he can write Mom on the inside!!

tea_lover

AubreyMac wrote: »

And the 'tea' in afternoon tea refers to the drink or the sandwiches?

Neither. It's the whole thing 'afternoon tea' which refers to the sandwiches, cakes etc. If it was just 'tea' it's something else completely, same as if it was just 'afternoon'!

Georgiegirl256

AubreyMac wrote: »

I know this is regional but I don't like my dinner being referred to as 'tea'.


Tea is a drink (with jam and bread).

And I don't like my tea being described as dinner nor my dinner being described as lunch! Totally a regional thing!

As for saying 'like' a lot, sorry but I do that. I always think it's a very northern thing.

Izadora

As a southerner who went to college in the Midlands, I get very confused about which meal people mean when they say "dinner".

My way of getting around it is to have breakfast, lunch and tea.

meggib

I hate people saying "I/they/we gave 150% effort" or any other percentage over 100%

There is only up to 100%

thorsoak

People who call their dogs and cats their "furbabies".

piglet74

Agree with "moist", also hate panties!!!

Sick of hearing "Awesome", its so overused.

kingfisherblue

Oh, so many of the words and phrases already posted annoy me!

Others include (in the very modern sense of the words, not their earlier meanings):
Sick
Random
Whatever

Also, why do so many people in my area say "I borrowed it them" when they have loaned something out? Borrowed and lent are used the opposite way round where I live. Grrr!

I hate being called Hun, Honey, or Babe.

So many people say 'less' instead of 'fewer'.

Another thing that annoys me is that few people seem to manage to say the 'ing' sound at the end of words.

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.

We have a beautiful language and some very interesting dialects, but so many people abuse English (and probably other languages too). I agree that it should evolve, but some products of evolution should be discarded.