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Post by ellis2ca on Apr 23, 2018 1:11:03 GMT
Well, the French never care what they do, actually, as long as they pronounce it properly. tmesis , bugbear twins!  And Hebrews learn it backwards which is absolutely frightening. There even are places where English completely disappears ! Why, in America they haven't spoken it for years ! - (Professor Higgins... My Fair Lady...) |
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Post by tmesis on Apr 23, 2018 6:26:09 GMT
Starting an explanation with ‘Basically...’. Or: 'At the end of the day...' and 'He turned round to me and said...' |
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Post by tmesis on Apr 23, 2018 6:42:39 GMT
The difference between less and fewer... Even the BBC doesn't know the difference!  Well call me snob if you like but I think this speaks volumes for the comparative quality of two of my local supermarkets: Tesco (Camberley) 'Ten items or less' Waitrose (Sunningdale) 'Five items or fewer.' |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Apr 23, 2018 7:00:19 GMT
I was on an audio conference the other day with a man who had the “you know what I mean?” tick. He said it so often, literally two or three times in a sentence, that he’d found it necessary to abbreviate it to “yermean?”. He was saying “yermean?” Every couple of words at one point.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2018 7:14:11 GMT
Starting an explanation with ‘Basically...’. Or: ' At the end of the day...' and 'He turned round to me and said...' Whenever I hear anyone say that I have this (almost uncontrollable) urge to interrupt them and sing at the top of my voice, " At the end of the day you're another day older, And that's all you can say for the life of the poor..."! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2018 8:00:16 GMT
I was on an audio conference the other day with a man who had the “you know what I mean?” tick. He said it so often, literally two or three times in a sentence, that he’d found it necessary to abbreviate it to “yermean?”. He was saying “yermean?” Every couple of words at one point. I don't mind "you know what I mean?" as a tic, but I do get really teed off with people who frequently ask "do you understand what I'm saying?" (or similar) and seem to mean it. I get that the person saying it is probably coming from a place of "I just need to make sure that you're still with me so I'll just check periodically that I'm not moving too quickly", but honestly the day is drawing nearer when I just respond with "actually, I forgot how to speak English at some point within the last five seconds, so no, I don't understand a word you're saying". |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2018 8:09:39 GMT
I don't mind "you know what I mean?" as a tic, but I do get really teed off with people who frequently ask "do you understand what I'm saying?" (or similar) and seem to mean it. Perhaps it's just me, but "do you understand what I'm saying?" carries overtones of "I'm dumbing this down for you, but I'm so much smarter than you that I worry I might not be dumbing it down enough". |
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Post by misspiggy1979 on Apr 28, 2018 21:33:16 GMT
Like the word basically...obviously...
If its obvious to you may not be to the other person!! How is it obvious?!?!😀 obviously.
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Post by Tibidabo on Apr 30, 2018 14:22:39 GMT
Dear Radio Newsreaders,
Amber Rudd is absolutely not the home secca terry.
No, really.
(And I mean absolutely, not appsalutely.)
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Post by TallPaul on Apr 30, 2018 14:29:24 GMT
Dear Radio Newsreaders, Amber Rudd is absolutely not the home secca terry. No, really. (And I mean absolutely, not appsalutely.) Not any more she ain't! |
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Post by Tibidabo on Apr 30, 2018 14:37:46 GMT
^'swot I said.
Go back to yer tripe fishing.....🎣🤪
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Post by harrietcraig on Apr 30, 2018 21:26:22 GMT
Dear Radio Newsreaders, Amber Rudd is absolutely not the home secca terry. No, really. (And I mean absolutely, not appsalutely.) Nor is the number that shows on a thermometer the "temp-a-cher". |
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2018 5:04:27 GMT
I get annoyed at "kil-OM-etre". If it was the only kilo- prefix word anyone was likely to have encountered then I'd understand it, but everyone seems to have instinctively managed to get kilogram, kilobyte and kilohertz correct. I assume it's been influenced by "thermometer", but it's still a dumb mistake to make considering that everyone managed to get "centimetre" and "millimetre" right.
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Post by MusicalTalk on May 1, 2018 6:33:07 GMT
"like"
"legit"
"could of"
"awesome"
"where you at"
"literally"
"WEST-minster"
"FI-nance"
"It's gotten cold"
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Post by d'James on May 1, 2018 10:12:08 GMT
I get annoyed at "kil-OM-etre". If it was the only kilo- prefix word anyone was likely to have encountered then I'd understand it, but everyone seems to have instinctively managed to get kilogram, kilobyte and kilohertz correct. I assume it's been influenced by "thermometer", but it's still a dumb mistake to make considering that everyone managed to get "centimetre" and "millimetre" right. My Physics teacher used to say that about ‘kilometre,’ and used to mispronounce ‘kilogram’ to prove the point. |
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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 Deleted 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 Deleted 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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