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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2018 12:36:03 GMT
...“haitch”...
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Post by tmesis on May 1, 2018 13:44:46 GMT
'Ahead of...'
....instead of before.
This has now been a cliche of news reporting for years and you hear a statement like:
'Mrs May will have talks with President Trump ahead of the G7 summit.'
You would never say in normal conversation:
'I'm going to have a chocolate hobnob ahead of my cup of tea.'
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Post by The Matthew on May 1, 2018 13:51:12 GMT
This has now been a cliche of news reporting for years and you hear a statement like: 'Mrs May will have talks with President Trump ahead of the G7 summit.' "Here's a lollipop. Go sit in the corner while the adults talk." Of course not. You have plain biscuits with tea. Chocolate biscuits deserve time of their own.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2018 14:02:54 GMT
...the wife...
"I'll have a word with the wife later..."
"The wife doesn't like Indian food..."
"Me and the wife went last Friday..." *
* Poor grammar anyway, but it's "the wife" which really grates.
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Post by Baemax on May 1, 2018 18:13:46 GMT
Women who give their partners cutesy nicknames that are basically slightly more whimsical male alternatives to "the wife". If you're not a lifestyle blogger preserving his anonymity, PLEASE just use his name. (And if you *are* a lifestyle blogger preserving his anonymity, then for heaven's sake give him a fake real name, like the Bloggess's husband "Victor".)
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Post by tmesis on May 1, 2018 21:40:20 GMT
I used to teach an ex military guy the clarinet and he always referred to his wife as 'my spouse.' He always appeared to be quite serious about this - there was never any humour or irony in the way he said it!
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Post by harrietcraig on May 24, 2018 13:01:44 GMT
When did "action" become a verb? One of those "our new privacy policy" emails from the Royal Court this week says, "If you’d like to continue receiving news from us you don’t need to action anything."
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Post by tonyloco on May 24, 2018 13:45:33 GMT
John Lewis today is advertising a Miele washing machine that washes clothes beautifully.
I wonder whether I can find some soap that will wash my face in the same way!
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Post by alece10 on May 24, 2018 14:51:51 GMT
It's probably in here already but the ones that annoy me are
Not knowing the difference between borrow and lend.
Saying "innit" at the end of every sentence.
Starting every sentence with "so".
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Post by showgirl on May 24, 2018 18:13:05 GMT
People using "convince" when they mean "persuade". As in "he convinced me to" - no, he didn't; he either persuaded you TO do something or convinced you THAT you should.
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Post by daniel on May 26, 2018 17:01:18 GMT
It's probably in here already but the ones that annoy me are Not knowing the difference between borrow and lend. Saying "innit" at the end of every sentence. Starting every sentence with "so". so, I recently learnt the difference. I borrow you something for a period of time, and you lend it from me. Innit.
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Post by Baemax on May 26, 2018 21:18:17 GMT
Starting sentences with "so" is often recommended as a good dating tip. It makes you sound engaged and interested in what the other person has to say. If you hear it too much to bear, just start being really rude and obnoxious to everyone, they'll stop wanting to talk to and hear about you then.
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Post by d'James on Jul 21, 2018 15:45:11 GMT
‘Campy.’
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Post by Coated on Jul 21, 2018 23:05:56 GMT
Women who give their partners cutesy nicknames that are basically slightly more whimsical male alternatives to "the wife". If you're not a lifestyle blogger preserving his anonymity, PLEASE just use his name. (And if you *are* a lifestyle blogger preserving his anonymity, then for heaven's sake give him a fake real name, like the Bloggess's husband "Victor".) I read that as livestock bloggers and assumed that animal now have their own GDPR.
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Post by vabbian on Jul 23, 2018 23:38:07 GMT
Grey vs Gray
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Post by kathryn on Jul 24, 2018 9:28:17 GMT
I've probably said this before, but I keep seeing it - 'casted'.
The word is 'cast'.
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Post by harrietcraig on Jul 26, 2018 11:55:06 GMT
When did "adulting" become a word? I just received an email inviting me to sign up for any of five "adulting classes" (essentially, classes designed to teach people in their 20's the skills they need to live as adults; topics are financial planning, home repairs, "self-improvement", cooking skills, and dating). When I first saw the header on the email, I thought it was a typo for "adulterating".
Actually, I could probably use a course in cooking skills, but since I would be at least 40 years older than the next-oldest person in the class, I don't think I'll sign up.
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Post by The Matthew on Jul 26, 2018 14:26:17 GMT
essentially, classes designed to teach people in their 20's the skills they need to live as adults; topics are financial planning, home repairs, "self-improvement", cooking skills, and dating Or one class titled "How to search for information on the Internet, you f**king morons".
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Post by alece10 on Jul 28, 2018 10:20:59 GMT
Am I mistaken but dont we spell it Programme here in the UK? And in the USA they spell it program? If I'm right then a considerable number of websites and companies are spelling it the American way these days. Just had an e mail from Official London Theatre and they have put program and I've noticed it a lot recently.
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Post by emicardiff on Aug 14, 2018 12:29:54 GMT
'Inbox me' or 'I've inboxed you'
You've either emailed or sent a text/direct message etc etc
A favourite of people on my local FB groups.
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Post by sherriebythesea on Aug 15, 2018 0:42:01 GMT
That's another one of those UK - US things. Since belonging to this board I have all new spellings for Scrabble and they are all legal
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Post by mistressjojo on Aug 15, 2018 2:31:00 GMT
Am I mistaken but dont we spell it Programme here in the UK? And in the USA they spell it program? If I'm right then a considerable number of websites and companies are spelling it the American way these days. Just had an e mail from Official London Theatre and they have put program and I've noticed it a lot recently. Probably because whoever writes these things hasn't bothered to change their computer language settings to English (UK). I've found that IT type things sold in English speaking countries now seem to default to English (US). Grrrrrr. :/
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Post by Stephen on Aug 15, 2018 3:50:56 GMT
Mine are, to the best of my knowledge, specific to Scotland.
'Yous' as the plural of 'you' disgusting.
Also 'mines' instead of 'mine'
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Post by Elle on Aug 18, 2018 13:31:33 GMT
Nothing Annoys Me More Than When I See People Writing Like This! I don't understand why they would wrongly capitalize each word and also it takes so much longer to type. Just why???
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Post by The Matthew on Aug 18, 2018 15:10:45 GMT
I don't understand why they would wrongly capitalize each word WrItInG lIkE tHiS iS wOrSe
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Aug 18, 2018 17:31:35 GMT
I have to confess I’m not that fussed about using capital letters correctly in instant messages or texts. I mean a lot of platforms will do it for you these days anyway but if they don’t, sod it. It’s a text message not a bleedin’ dissertation.
On the other hand I will not tolerate text abbreviations such as WUU2.
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Post by harrietcraig on Aug 18, 2018 18:31:29 GMT
Nothing Annoys Me More Than When I See People Writing Like This! I don't understand why they would wrongly capitalize each word and also it takes so much longer to type. Just why??? On a somewhat related note, there's the practice of putting a full stop after each word of a sentence as a way of adding emphasis. It's. Just. So. Annoying.
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Post by lou105 on Aug 18, 2018 19:33:40 GMT
Mine are, to the best of my knowledge, specific to Scotland. 'Yous' as the plural of 'you' disgusting. Also 'mines' instead of 'mine' The Yous one is appearing everywhere on Facebook in forms such as " yous need to improve your service" and "when are yous going to reply". Shudder...
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Post by Baemax on Aug 25, 2018 21:44:07 GMT
It's McKellen. McKellEn. McKell*E*n.
*Not* Ian McKellan. The *only* A in his name falls between the I and the first N, and his surname is all consonants and Es.
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Post by tmesis on Aug 26, 2018 0:23:18 GMT
Nothing Annoys Me More Than When I See People Writing Like This! I don't understand why they would wrongly capitalize each word and also it takes so much longer to type. Just why??? Even worse is using no capitals at all.
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