Stupid little things that bug you

[BrianW]

I despise how these phrases have made it into English usage:

"off of" - just off is fine.
"real estate" - argh!
"can I get a.." - no, it's Please may I have.
"gotten" - fuck off.

Also, during the pandemic, we seem to have traded "Stay at home" for "Stay home", which fucks me off royally.

Well said. It is vital we defend our language. And the "can I get" is the most annoying construction since "train station".
Although, having said that, "gotten" is a medieval English word that emigrated to the States and now seems to want to come home.

 

[halfmist]

Well said. It is vital we defend our language. And the "can I get" is the most annoying construction since "train station".
Although, having said that, "gotten" is a medieval English word that emigrated to the States and now seems to want to come home.

We could start to defend our language by punching anyone who says the word like more than once in a minute. That will stop the fuckers.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

“No biggy”
“My bad”

 

[Deleted member 77198]

We could start to defend our language by punching anyone who says the word like more than once in a minute. That will stop the fuckers.

Using the word “like” when they mean “about”.

“He was like 6 foot tall”
“She was like 30 years old”
“It was like 60 miles away and took like an hour an a half”

ABOUT, ABOUT! Even “approximately” or just “around”... but not “like”!

 

[old blue]

Using the word “like” when they mean “about”.

“He was like 6 foot tall”
“She was like 30 years old”
“It was like 60 miles away and took like an hour an a half”

ABOUT, ABOUT! Even “approximately” or just “around”... but not “like”!

I about your post above. :-)

 

[Tuearts right boot]

In the good old days we had Willy Shakespeare giving the world the only language worth talking...English, unfortunately we now have Netflicks and Google and they unfortunately are 'Mercan.

 

[Magicpole]

These cunts who take this 2 metre rule to the fucking extreme.

Some blob of a woman in Aldi before shot me the dirtiest look as I got behind her in the queue, probably about .5 of a millimetre short of the 2 metre lines.

Look at me like that again and itll be the last thing you ever do fatty.

To be fair to her, you did have your cock out.

 

[laserblue]

People who always start their answer to a question with 'so'.

 

[ballinio]

People who always start their answer to a question with 'so'.

This is a quite recent thing & it does MY FUCKING HEAD IN

 

[laserblue]

This is a quite recent thing & it does MY FUCKING HEAD IN

It's come in with a rush and people from all walks of life are doing it. Even people whose first language isn't English. Seems like yet another American import like the hideous word snuck for sneaked.

 

[ballinio]

It's come in with a rush and people from all walks of life are doing it. Even people whose first language isn't English. Seems like yet another American import like the hideous word snuck for sneaked.

Hate the English language being bastardised or Americanised, signs that end a word with a Z instead of an S like it’s really fucking trendy ...Fuck Off.

 

[mikemcfc]

People thinking the lockdown depends on the police imposing it. It doesnt. It depends on people for once taking a personal and collective responsibility. Not 'plod' making them do it. Own it yourselves.

good post, it could be in 4 or 5 different threads.

 

[AliBobbyJ]

Hate the English language being bastardised or Americanised, signs that end a word with a Z instead of an S like it’s really fucking trendy ...Fuck Off.

After living in the u.s. a long time I realize why this is annoying.

 

[ballinio]

After living in the u.s. a long time I realize why this is annoying.

Don’t ...i’m On the edge already

 

[bluebaja]

This is slightly off topic, but there are certain words and phrases that make my skin creep. Strangely, they nearly all have food connections, and yes, I am well aware that this is weird.

The worst is 'all the trimmings'. I can never bring myself to say 'meal' and the word 'juice' makes me shiver.

There. I have admitted it and feel better now.

 

[ballinio]

Grown men on skate boards.

Does my fuckin head in , saw one today overtaken by a 4 year old in the park , thought he was a proper out there rebel , he was about fucking 30 yrs old !

 

[Ballet-on-ice]

This is slightly off topic, but there are certain words and phrases that make my skin creep. Strangely, they nearly all have food connections, and yes, I am well aware that this is weird.

The worst is 'all the trimmings'. I can never bring myself to say 'meal' and the word 'juice' makes me shiver.

There. I have admitted it and feel better now.

What about 'moist'?

 

[mikemcfc]

On certain travel programmes when they constantly recap where they’ve been after every ad break. We already fucking know we’ve not got the memories of goldfish

that's as bad as when they waste time on loads of shows also when 30 seconds before the break they tell you what's coming up.

 

[mikemcfc]

People dawdling away in a 30mph zone doing between 20-25. Really boils my piss.

then the road widens with another lane and you pull out to pass and they race you up.

 

[AliBobbyJ]

that's as bad as when they waste time on loads of shows also when 30 seconds before the break they tell you what's coming up.

Be glad you're not in the u.s. where tv programs (sorry, programmes) have fucking pop-up characters from other shows appearing every ten minutes at the bottom of the screen to tell you what's coming up in half an hour, tomorrow, next week.