Words or phrases that annoy you

Hard_Up_Hester

My line manager who throws the phrase 'going forward' in to all her emails regardless of the topic and especially when she is emailing retrospectively about something.

Pollycat

suelizab wrote: »

a pack-up for school lunch , instead of a packed lunch . sounds like you are packing up a mess.
also when my grand children use the local dialect for bath and class, instead of ba(h)th and cla(h)ss from the south where we are from . We use lunch and dinner . If we have a hot dinner at lunch time , then we may have afternoon tea, high tea or supper - not all on the same day!

I think these are just colloquialisms - we say 'pack up', my grandad referred to it as 'snap'.
Why say 'ba(h)th' or even ba(r)th when there's no 'h' or 'r' in it? :rotfl:

NBLondon

Packing-up when I was a lad. Not heard it in the last 20 years of living in London though. I'm not quite Northern enough to have ever said "snap" but I'd understand it. Isn't there somewhere they say "bait"?

pattycake

My dear dad referred to "snappin" for a packed lunch to take to work. He always used to say he was "fair clemt" when he was hungry. We are from south Cheshire / Staffordshire border. He was a child in the 1920s and sadly no longer with us.

Georgiegirl256

NBLondon wrote: »

Packing-up when I was a lad. Not heard it in the last 20 years of living in London though. I'm not quite Northern enough to have ever said "snap" but I'd understand it. Isn't there somewhere they say "bait"?

We say bait up here in Cumbria.

tea_lover

Pack-up here in the Midlands. As noun and verb.

pollypenny

suelizab wrote: »

a pack-up for school lunch , instead of a packed lunch . sounds like you are packing up a mess.
also when my grand children use the local dialect for bath and class, instead of ba(h)th and cla(h)ss from the south where we are from . We use lunch and dinner . If we have a hot dinner at lunch time , then we may have afternoon tea, high tea or supper - not all on the same day!

Using 'dialect' when one means 'accent' can annoy.

'Dialect' refers to localised words and phrases. Eg mitching, bunking, skiving for playing truant.

'Accent' refers to pronunciation. :)

Bogof_Babe

Quizzical_Squirrel wrote: »

"Are you all right?"

when it's said just after you've hurt yourself.

You've stubbed your toe, whacked your hand on something or bumped your head on a cabinet as you're standing up and you're now completely focused on the hot pain, clutching your body part while trying not to scream...

and someone nearby immediately demands you tell them exactly how you are. Right this minute. Your teeth are gritted, you're embarrassed and you're howling inside and yet this b*gger wants an answer from you right now.

And not just any answer because when you eventually manage to croak out that you're ok, with an understandable slight testy edge to your voice, they get the hump and say they were only asking and there's no need to be like that.

Now you're not only in pain but you have to apologise to someone because you're in pain.

How true, and also when I have just tripped and stumbled in the street, my OH immediately says "steady"... it's a bit too late for that!

tesuhoha

I've even seen this in newspapers - he could not breath. I also dislike the term bored of. It seems to be used by journalists too nowadays. Haitch instead of aitch. Another pet hate is when someone writes something they think is a clever answer and then puts simples at the end of it. I don't think I have heard anyone say that.

My mother used to say wopsies instead of wasps, which used to make me want to scream but I think she couldn't pronounce the word. My mother-in-law used to say sistificate instead of certificate and dis-cip-il-lin instead of discipline.

I'm sure I could think of many others if I had the time.

tesuhoha

Pollycat wrote: »

My Mum does this all the time.

If I ask her if she wants me to do something for her - make a cup of tea, sandwich, pop to the shops - she says 'if you like'.

Sometimes, I'll reply 'actually I don't like so I'll not bother'.
Then I feel guilty.

That has reminded me - when I ask my husband if he wants fish for dinner or a pork chop, if he wants a cup of tea or coffee, sausage or bacon - he replies 'I don't mind'. The reply is meant to make things easier but it actually makes it more difficult as I have to make the decision for him.