Words or phrases that annoy you

Pollycat

sacha28 wrote: »

I have a couple of phrases and words that really irk me.....

'I need to spend a penny'.....I have no idea why but that really makes me rage inside. I know where it's come from, and why people say it, but it annoys me!

'Doing my nut in'......just, no.

Anything that has come off the back of TOWIE 'Amazeballs' etc

I Swear down

And I really annoy myself with my lifelong inability to pronounce 'oven' properly, I always end up saying 'othen'. Idiot.

I heard Hairy Biker Dave Myers say 'slithers of garlic' on a (I think) Saturday Kitchen Best Bites so you're not alone.

piglet74

goodwithsaving wrote: »

'Off of' really annoys me. A regional thing, but it is really annoying.

What does this mean? How would it be used in a sentence? I never heard it. Thanks

piglet74

sacha28 wrote: »

I have a couple of phrases and words that really irk me.....

'I need to spend a penny'.....I have no idea why but that really makes me rage inside. I know where it's come from, and why people say it, but it annoys me!

Years ago you had to put a penny in a public toilet door to lock it I think,

Izadora

piglet74 wrote: »

What does this mean? How would it be used in a sentence? I never heard it. Thanks

It can, even if it shouldn't, be used in place of "from", e.g. "I bought it off of ebay.".

pattycake

piglet74 wrote: »

sacha28 wrote: »

I have a couple of phrases and words that really irk me.....

'I need to spend a penny'.....I have no idea why but that really makes me rage inside. I know where it's come from, and why people say it, but it annoys me!

Years ago you had to put a penny in a public toilet door to lock it I think,

You are obviously too young, the old penny was inserted to UNLOCK the toilet door! Quite a bargain in today's terms.

Lazarus_Blackstar

Bobcrowther wrote: »

Ok - I'll bite. What's wrong with "instead of"?
Plenty of sources have no issue with it.

You've taken it the wrong way, I didn't mean "instead of" annoys me!
It was probably how I'd wrote it that made you think that!
I meant I hate it when people say brought instead of saying bought.

Edited original post now!

coolcait

clouds21 wrote: »

Interesting, never thought of it as an annoying word, more useful than anything else. It's certainly used in Scotland but it's also the only word that neatly describes "outside this area/ these boundaries/ this realm without (!) using too many words. I think it's also used in legal terms. Guess everyone has their bugbears.

'Outwith' is a wonderful and useful Scottish word, as you say. It plays an effective supporting role in Scottish law.

It may be a word which is outwith the ken of some, and outwith the tolerance of others.

I still like it .

coolcait

missbiggles1 wrote: »

Not quite.

"It’s important to remember that hanged has a very specific use. We only use hanged when we are referring to the killing of a human being by suspending the person by the neck. With all other past tenses of hang you will want to use hung. And if death is not intended or likely, or the person is suspended by a body part other than the neck, use hung. For example,

They hung him out to dry.
He was hung upside down as part of the prank.
They hung him by his arms and beat him."

http://writingexplained.org/hanged-vs-hung-difference

Or, as the late great Terry Pratchett summed it up:

hanged, hung

From Terry Pratchett's Maskerade:

Salzella shrugged. 'We've got to do this properly. Did you know Dr Undershaft was strangled before he was hung?'

'Hanged,' said Bucket, without thinking. 'Men are hanged. It's dead meat that's hung.'

'Indeed?' said Salzella. 'I appreciate the information. Well, poor old Undershaft was strangled, apparently. And then he was hung.'

coolcait

goodwithsaving wrote: »

'Off of' really annoys me. A regional thing, but it is really annoying.

As regional irritants go, this one really annoys me:

"The thing is, is - right".

I don't even know how to punctuate it!

It's a phrase used to locally to convey the sense of "OK, the reason I am calling you/talking to you is...."

Gloomendoom

sacha28 wrote: »

I have a couple of phrases and words that really irk me.....

'I need to spend a penny'.....I have no idea why but that really makes me rage inside. I know where it's come from, and why people say it, but it annoys me!

How about this little ditty...

"Here I sit broken hearted. Paid a penny and only farted"