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Post by theatreian on May 20, 2021 10:31:02 GMT
A lot of these are Americanisms guys, dropped, season , movie ....Must admit I can't stand most of them.
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Post by frosty on May 20, 2021 10:45:09 GMT
This really annoys me: "Can I get a black coffee" instead of "Can I have...."
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Post by frosty on May 20, 2021 10:47:00 GMT
A lot of these are Americanisms guys, dropped, season , movie ....Must admit I can't stand most of them. And using the US date: "Coming on June 28".... No, it's coming on the 28th of June |
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Post by Dawnstar on May 20, 2021 11:09:24 GMT
I'm not keen on "guys" anyway but it particularly annoys me that several times when eating out with my mother & aunt we have had young waiters saying things like "Hi guys, what can I get you?". My mother & aunt are over 70 & I don't think waiters less than half their age should be addressing them like that. What is wrong with just saying "Hi" or "Hello" without using any additional words, then there's no risk of offending anyone.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on May 20, 2021 11:36:51 GMT
This really annoys me: "Can I get a black coffee" instead of "Can I have...." I'm worse than that I say 'can I try...' Hate myself as soon as I say it. And then the person I am speaking to immediately thinks I want 'to try before I buy/have a taster' confusion and I have to explain what I really meant to say was 'can I have....' |
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Post by frosty on May 20, 2021 11:37:24 GMT
I'm not keen on "guys" anyway but it particularly annoys me that several times when eating out with my mother & aunt we have had young waiters saying things like "Hi guys, what can I get you?". My mother & aunt are over 70 & I don't think waiters less than half their age should be addressing them like that. What is wrong with just saying "Hi" or "Hello" without using any additional words, then there's no risk of offending anyone. Reminds me of the Catherine Tate restaurant waitress sketch..."Hi Guys!": |
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Post by vickyg on May 20, 2021 11:44:48 GMT
This really annoys me: "Can I get a black coffee" instead of "Can I have...." Even worse is: "I'm going to do a black coffee" which seems to be creeping in. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 20, 2021 12:03:27 GMT
Train managers and cabin crew who given access to a tannoy system think it’s their opportunity to give the captive audience five minutes of a comedy routine.
Let’s keep it strictly business please..
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Post by alece10 on May 20, 2021 12:15:48 GMT
Train managers and cabin crew who given access to a tannoy system think it’s their opportunity to give the captive audience five minutes of a comedy routine. Let’s keep it strictly business please.. When I was a holiday rep back in the day I used to sing over the tannoy on the bus back from night excursions. I know all the golden oldies like "roll out the barrel" and "oh what a beauty!" I'm still tempted when I get on a coach to grab the mic, tap it and say "can you hear me at the back?" |
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2021 7:21:25 GMT
Default fonts in business letters. Grrr.
I've long had an interest in typography and I loathe the use of system-default fonts in letters. Arial in particular grates on me something chronic. It's not a brilliant font to start with, being Monotype's cheap knock-off of Helvetica, and it's particularly unsuited to large blocks of text on a page. It creates vast areas of bland greyness and when you use it in a business letter it creates the impression that your company is a vast area of bland greyness too. It's the typeface equivalent of walking into a restaurant and ordering a glass of room-temperature water and a plate of peas.
Companies really should put as much effort into their typography as they put into their logos, but give people a computer and a copy of Microsoft Word and they think they can do it all themselves.
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Post by TallPaul on May 21, 2021 8:24:08 GMT
I always use Arial for my personal letters.
And no trip to Nottingham is complete without a trip to the pea stall in the market...for a bowl of mushy and mint sauce.
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Post by david on May 21, 2021 15:36:38 GMT
I always use Arial for my personal letters. And no trip to Nottingham is complete without a trip to the pea stall in the market...for a bowl of mushy and mint sauce. Mushy peas and mint sauce TallPaul? Now that’s a good combination I would never have dreamt up in a million years! |
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Post by Jon on May 21, 2021 18:52:07 GMT
Multiple emojis whether it is in messages or forums, I don't mind someone using one emoji but multiple is too much.
On the same note, anyone who uses text speak on forums. Can't bear it!
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Post by Dawnstar on May 21, 2021 20:31:15 GMT
Multiple emojis whether it is in messages or forums, I don't mind someone using one emoji but multiple is too much. Especially when messages are nothing but a string of emojis. I only understand what a few emojis mean so have no idea what someone is saying when there's a message with dozens of them. |
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Post by kathryn on May 21, 2021 22:01:39 GMT
😱😡😤😔😕🤨🙂😘😁
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Post by david on May 21, 2021 22:38:25 GMT
Pineapple chunks are a great pizza topping.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2021 4:34:12 GMT
Multiple emojis whether it is in messages or forums It's particularly bad when someone blind is using screen reading software, because many — possibly all — of them read out the full name of each emoji in turn. The sender may think twenty smileys shows how happy they are but the recipient hearing "beaming face with smiling eyes beaming face with smiling eyes beaming face with smiling eyes beaming face with smiling eyes beaming face with smiling eyes beaming face with smiling eyes beaming face with smiling eyes beaming face with smiling eyes beaming face with smiling eyes beaming face with smiling eyes beaming face with smiling eyes beaming face with smiling eyes beaming face with smiling eyes beaming face with smiling eyes beaming face with smiling eyes beaming face with smiling eyes beaming face with smiling eyes beaming face with smiling eyes beaming face with smiling eyes beaming face with smiling eyes" will be far from happy.
Although you can actually send someone "badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger mushroom mushroom".
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Post by Dawnstar on May 22, 2021 11:39:55 GMT
Um... horrified screaming, ?angry, no idea, no idea, unhappy, no idea, happy, no idea, very happy.
I've just read another of my pet hates on the BBC's website "off of". Just "off" is sufficient.
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Post by kathryn on May 22, 2021 13:33:16 GMT
Um... horrified screaming, ?angry, no idea, no idea, unhappy, no idea, happy, no idea, very happy.
I've just read another of my pet hates on the BBC's website "off of". Just "off" is sufficient.
I read it as ‘shock, horror!’, ‘angry!’, ‘blowing off angry steam’, ‘dejected’, ‘sad’, ‘quizzical’, ‘happy’, ‘blowing a kiss’’, ‘laugh’. But of course it depends how your device renders the images - they will look different in different operating systems. And the overall sentiment was that I was lightly teasing you! |
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Post by Dawnstar on May 22, 2021 16:31:56 GMT
I read it as ‘shock, horror!’, ‘angry!’, ‘blowing off angry steam’, ‘dejected’, ‘sad’, ‘quizzical’, ‘happy’, ‘blowing a kiss’’, ‘laugh’. But of course it depends how your device renders the images - they will look different in different operating systems. And the overall sentiment was that I was lightly teasing you!
I had a year or two where I could only see emojis displayed on Twitter when looking at it from my phone. On my laptop they just showed up as crosses. Not that that made much difference to my comprehension of most of them!
Having Asperger's, I'm not very good at "reading" teasing either!
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Post by anthony40 on May 22, 2021 17:00:03 GMT
Can somebody in this country please pronounce my name correctly- it's AnTHony! Not Antony!
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Post by alece10 on May 22, 2021 17:17:35 GMT
Can somebody in this country please pronounce my name correctly- it's AnTHony! Not Antony! God I think I'm guilty of mispronouning your name. Sorry. |
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Post by theatreian on May 22, 2021 17:21:08 GMT
I think most British say Antony. There was a drama recently called The Disappearance where a boy called Anthony disappeared. He was pronounced Anthony with a th.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 22, 2021 17:22:08 GMT
Can somebody in this country please pronounce my name correctly- it's AnTHony! Not Antony! I pronounce it correctly! 😕 |
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2021 18:20:51 GMT
I think most British say Antony. My family does, but we spell it with a "th".
On the subject of names: People who see a foreign-looking name and instead of asking how to pronounce it will simply pick a different but similar name and call the person that name from then on. Bonus points if they insist they have it right and try to correct that person about their own name.
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