Phrases you hate

[shadygiz]

That's fair enough. I'm slightly confused though. If it is refrigeration then presumably a fridge is a refrigerator and I assume it all comes from the word frigid. So why is it a fridge and not a frige?

i think it stems from bastardisation of the language.....frigid is actually pronounced FRIJID, but if you shorten this, you get FRIJ, which some then went onto spell as fridge to make it easier to pronounce

Fridge is a shortening of the brand name Frigidaire but fuck knows where the d has come from. HTH.

frigidaire is actually the italian name for refrigeration or refrigerator...we call it fridge, they call it frigidaire.

in fact there is a UK company named frigidaire, we buy dairy cabinets & food chillers off them

 

[brass neck]

At the end of the day
Im not being funny....but

 

[Henry Chinaski]

i could write a very long list for this thread. But i will give two that really annoy me.

1) When i am in a resturaunt with a group of people and the collective group are referred to as 'guys', I hate that.

'Everything ok with the food guys'?
'Fuck off'

That is how it usually goes.

2) When someone starts off a sentence like this, ' Yeah...no............' That is the worst!

 

[simmers]

frigidaire is actually the italian name for refrigeration or refrigerator...we call it fridge, they call it frigidaire.

The Italian name for refrigeration is actually 'Refrigerazione' and the word for a Refrigerator is 'Refrigeratore'

Frigidaire - <a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigidaire" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigidaire</a>

 

[PistonBlue]

Not a phrase as such, but high rising intonation or Australian question intonation annoys the fuck out of me and makes anyone speaking that way sound like an utter cretin.

Also, Americans using the word 'period' to punctuate a sentence. Idiots.

 

[brass neck]

southereners who say "gud gud gud"

on radio phone ins, it usually goes like this.

presenter........ "Lets go to john from dagenham....hi John",
caller............... "owite boys, aaarrrss it gaan"
presenter.......... "fine thanks john"
caller................ "gud gud gud"

 

[mammutly]

"Pan fried"


And WTF else would it be fried in?

 

[glen quagmire]

No means no.

 

[nobody can eat fifty eggs]

One phrase I keep hearing is "It's ok, nothing to worry about...." coming from cold callers knocking on houses. Had one tonight and he got this reply: "I'm not worried mate I'm 'avin me tea, so do one" Hate them smarmy bastards.

 

[BackofJeanette]

southereners who say "gud gud gud"

on radio phone ins, it usually goes like this.

presenter........ "Lets go to john from dagenham....hi John",
caller............... "owite boys, aaarrrss it gaan"
presenter.......... "fine thanks john"
caller................ "gud gud gud"

Ha!
Ha!
Ha!

I heard this on hawksbe & Jacobs today and thought exactly the same!