Basically... what expressions annoy you?
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At the end of the day, basically, literally, what are the expressions that annoy you the most?
For The One Show Kirsten O'Brien has been finding out about the origins of irritating phrases and cliches.
24/7. Know what I mean?
Tell us the expressions that annoy you the most... the best-worst will be read out on the show.
Adrian and Christine like to read out comments that feature your first name and location - so please add this info to your comments. Thank you.
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'As it were' is really annoying! lol x
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How about "That's your forecast".
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'I'm not being funny' really annoys me when people say it, usually i respond by sayin, "Yeah, you're right, your not being!"
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I sat in a bus full of students in Chicago. Every sentence began with "Oh yeah, well like....."!!!
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I hate LIKE!
As in "He was like..., and then she was like..., and I was like..."
The word you want is SAID!!!!
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How about we all start "thinking outside the box".....WHAT BOX!!!!
There's no "I" in TEAM, but there is a "ME" if you look carefully enough........
Graham, Loughborough
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'Scoring goals for fun' is the latest fad expression that drives me mad. What else are footballers doing it for then ?
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Ian from Orpington: I'm fed up with reading sentences that say "fed up OF" something!
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Not quite a phrase but annoying...my 11 year old daughter, constantly saying 'like' between every other word of a sentence! Howard, Tadley, Hampshire
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Im not being funny. Thats annoys me so much because they obviously are and I dont mean in a Funny Haha way.
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What really gets on my nerves is the overuse of the words, "like" and "went".
It drives me potty to hear someone say, "and I was, like" or "and I went, and he went"
and so on and so on. Ever tried talking without using either of those words in their proper context?
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Fortunately i only hear it on programmes like Strictly Come Dancing but the phrase "it's been an amazing journey" always seems to make me grind my teeth. The only time i want to hear the words "amazing journey" is when someone is talking about the Who song.
Tom, Essex
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The end of the day. When is that?, at the end of your shift or a second before mudnight?
Tony, London.
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"And then I turned around and said..."
Becca, Lowestoft
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I have 2:
"give one hundred and ten per cent..."
On a sign, "This door is to be kept shut at all times".
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I can't stand it when people say 'delish' istead of delicious. Its unbelievably pretentious and annoying. I'm getting annoyed about it just thinking about it!!
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There are two many American expressions entering our language.
1) Downtown. What on earth does that mean? It's either the city centre or the suburbs!
2) Gotten. Arrgghh! I hate this one. It's creeping in even amongst BBC presenters. The word is "got" or preferably, acquired.
3) People replying "absolutely" when they are asked a question to which they agree. But does it means absolutely yes or absolutely no?
Ray
Cheadle Hulme.
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"See you tomorrow / later / next time" etc when clearly that is impossible! It is us, the viewers who may see the presenters in due course.
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The Obama campaign favourite: "Hit the ground running". Heard that one a few times too many! Viktoria, Geneva
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I hate the expression "lessons will be learned" or "lessons will have to be learnt". It is a cowardly way of saying that someone has cocked up really badly. Aaaarrrrggggggg
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The one that annoys me most is 'basically'. What this says is that the person speaking thinks that you are an idiot.
A suitable alternative would be 'I will speak slowly in words of one syllable in order that your terminally stupid brain will perhaps be able to absorb a little of the wonderful insights I am about to impart."
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I HATE it in the weather forcast when the man says ' the numbers for today' when he means the temperature! It drives me mad!
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I get extremely annoyed when members of the BBC staff say nothink. There is no such word .Please set an example to others by using the correct word ie nothing or something.
Dennis
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"When I was Younger" or "Thanks, you're a star" how annoying!!
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I can't stand people beginning sentances with 'Going forward....'. Well of course it's going forward - time generally is.
Jack, Reading
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Jog ON! OMG you sad losers
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"Back in the day" drives me nuts.
Carol Norwich
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"Most Unique" - Something is either unique or it is not there are not degrees of uniqueness.
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What's Networking all about ?- Whatever happened to "talking to people" ?
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'to be honest' is REALLY annoying, and slightly unnerving. If people have to announce they're now being honest, doesn't it make you question what they were being before they said that???
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Hi lads,
What really annoys me this AMERICAN speak
e.g. "I was soooo like afraid of writing but is was sooo like easy to do...like easy "
I also get annoyed with A.Q.I/HRT where everything said is said as a question. Australian Question Intonation or High Right Terminal.....eeeekkss!!
thanks a million
Sean
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Using the word like at the end of every comment, usually dry dull northeners who think they are cool Adrian........
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"To be honest with you" - normally implies what ever follows is a lie.
Also "I didn't do nothing" meaning the completely opposite of what is actually implied
Jon, Bedford
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My mother offers two:
"a lot are" rather than "a lot is".
Also, footballers, etc., "hitting the floor" rather than "hitting the ground".
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I really hate the new buz phrase of 'going forward' it is so David Brent and when ever you have to go to a meeting this is always used by people who think it makes them look more 'business like'. Sad People!!!!
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At this time. It is NOW.
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People who add "You know" to every sentence. No I don`t know thats why you are telling me!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I hate the expression "soz-hard" that kids use today. It's used instead of "sorry", and it just sounds incredibly rude.
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"you know what I mean"
"Can you lend me some money?"
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no offense. if you have to say this what is the point of saying it at all. if you know you might offend someone then don't.
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The comment that I find most annoying is " DO YOU GET ME"
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Yeah.....(Basically)...You always know what comes next is un-certainty of any truths...my mother in law uses it all the time...! TREVOR PHARO (Brighton)
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no offence is the most annoying phrase as it is invarably followed by an offensive comment!!! nikki south wales
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I cannot stand the phrase which is everywhere at the moment "going forward". It seems to be the phrase of the moment.
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What ever happened to "you" and "me". Why is it always "yourself" and "myself"?
And why are railway stations now train stations?
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24/7 . random
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Going Forward
It is superfluous to any sentence, and has invaded all areas, count how many times you hear it on the news. Usually used with "in the future". Going forward in the future, nonsense I tell you.
I heard my boss use it 7 times in a 5 minute conversation, I had to bite my lip.
James, Newcastle
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'to be honest' is REALLY annoying, and slightly unnerving. If people have to announce they're now being honest, doesn't it make you question what they were being before they said that???
Meg, Maidstone.
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From Barry, Norfolk.
like
bear with me.
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I don't like expressions, mostly from American speakers, used to replace ONE word. ONE of the worst examples is "At this moment in time" instead of "Now" !
Martin
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What's REALLY bad is the use of 'at the minute'. It's NOT 'at the minute', it's 'AT THE MOMENT' Oh how I hate these 'Americanisms' that make their way onto these shores! Like the show - from Mile of Andover, Hampshire.
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when people say "genius" when its not really. Ham and pineapple on a pizza, genius! that sort of thing,
Also, while I'm here. When people say litarally when its not literally. This happens A LOT on football shows. i.e "Scott Parker literally ran his legs of today" did he? did he really? or "Claude makelele literally sat in front of the defence all day". I doubt he actually sat down on the pitch for 90 mins now did he.
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People being interviewed who keep saying "You know..."
If we knew then they wouldn't need to be interviewed.
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It's got to be "I'll give 110%" How can it be more than 100%? Know what I mean!
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"Meh".
It is not even a word! It is just an excuse for making noise! Apparently it replaces things like "Oh" and shrugging.
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In shops I often wonder where I have to go when I am given change and told "There you go then"!
Chris from Steyning, West Sussex
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Micky from Newcastle: "RANDOM!"
If I have to hear one more person misuse the word random I will scream.
"OH IT WAS SO RANDOM!" "We had a random night out!" "I'm so RANDOM!"
URGH.
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Adrian chiles really gets on my nerves, just though it had to be said
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The one that most makes my skin crawl is " lets touch base". Can't stand it. Great show by the way!
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"Basically, me, myself, personally think...." STOP, STOp, Stop, people...You are not that important to keep talking in circles and clearly have nothing to say..Just don't say anything and listen (now there's a suggestion).
How about: something/nothing pronounced "SomethinK/nothinK" for added gravatis!!
Basically, I personally think what a load of rubbish...we "Gotta" do somethinK about it.
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It annoys me intensely when the word basically is over used.
Also the saying 'I went', when they mean 'I said.
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People who say 'like' after virtually every word and who always end each sentence with an inflexion to make it sound like a question
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Blah d blah drives me NUTS
Hazel in Worle
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People saying "I thought to myself". Hmmm, who else can you think to?
And then there are the weather forecasters who refer to "our weather front". It's not ours! We don't own it. Grrgghh!
And finally, I see this so many times.. "I would of done that". It's would HAVE!
Ray
Cheadle Hulme.
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I am ABSOLUTELY fed uo with the use of ABSOLUTELY!!
Alison (bristol)
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The MOST annoying thing now a days is people ending a sentence with an up tone as if a question is being asked
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eg.. ‘I missed my train. So I was late for work.’
The words 'train' and 'work' are spoken with an up tone.
Say it as one sentence.
‘I missed my train so I was late for work.’
I blame Australian soaps..!!
Dave Crawley.
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Phrases that really annoys me are
Can I get a ..........
and
Can I get that to go.
Both imports from across the pond I believe
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What about
Im mad me!!!!!!!!!!!
or
the mind boggles
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The most irritating phrase ever has to be when a politician says
"The fact of the matter is..............."
You just know that what they are about to say is, at best, an evasion and at worst downright untrue.
Mark Newman
Montcuq
France
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A mate of mine at work keeps coming up to me after I make her laugh with "Ah what ya like?"
Shes not the only one either. Grrrr.
Emma Picknell Peterborough.
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Our most annoying word is "fragrance". It is even used as a verb "frangrancing the toilet" would you believe. What is wrong with scent, perfume or even aroma ?
Zapador.
PS.
Our most annoying habit is that of flapping hands about like "tic tac men", when reading or presenting the news.
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Saying 'at this moment in time'. Just say 'now'! A lot easier! Andy from Harpenden.
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Amazing.!!! Overused adjective describing almost everything from a beefburger to someone dancing on a television programme. That word should be reserved for The Grand Canyon, Great Wall of China and the summit of Everest.
Paul Farrow from Neath.
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It's not so much a saying that I find really annoying but more a grammatical error. It's when people say " I would OF done something or other - the correct grammar is I would HAVE. Unfortunately this phrase has also started appearing in the written word as well in speach.
Helen
West Sussex
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the phrase 'its like taching you grandmother tosuck eggs' really annoys mean and what dies it really mean?
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Nick Haffenden-Baldwin Eastbourne
My worst saying is when members of the BBC say "skelington" instead of the correct word "skeleton" this happens very often.
Thanks
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I simply hate it when people say they are 'gutted'. Even well-spoken people and TV presenters seem to be using the word now and I hat hearing children saying iPam Venner -- Pembrey Carmarthenshire
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I get very annoyed with people in the media who:
- say sick-th instead of sixth
- say drawring instead of drawing
Even people on the BBC say this
Mick
Northumberland
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My Husband just commented how annoying the phrase "does what it says on the tin" is as the show was starting. I thought I'ld just let you know.
Donna, in Newark.
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It always worries and distracts me when people to start a sentence with the expression 'To be honest...' because I always assumed that honesty was the default situation and not the exception! PS Dom just said it in his report on bringing legal action.
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One phrase my girlfriend keeps saying annoys her is finishing my sentences with 'to be honest'. Its not that i'm lying. I wouldn't dream of doing that!
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NEMESIS - innumerable "smarty" arty types using it to mean sworn enemy. She was the GODDESS of VENGEANCE, exactly the opposite!!! drives me nuts.
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When someone pluralises something for no apprarent reason.
The "Manchester Uniteds, Arsenals and Chelseas" of this work.
THERE IS ONLY ONE OF EACH, grrr
James, Newcastle
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Really annoying expression by many weather forcasters "old" as in "grey old day", cloudy old day".
Mispronunciation of several words: DIStribute instead of disTRIBute. CONtribute instead of conTRIBute.
Putting emphasis on wrong words: "IN the last half hour", "AT the end of the day"
The list is endless, and at 5 a.m. when I am having breakfast I am shouting at the television virtually every day!
Regards
Rosemary
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I hate the word"sickth" instead of sixth.
We don't say 'call a tacky' do we?
"Jensen Button came in sickth" sounds a bit...well... slippery.
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I really hate it when someone is telling you a tale and they say "yadiyadiya".
The other one that bugs me is when you complain about something and they say "tell me about it". Well I AM!!!!!
From Carole, Addlestone.
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The weather lady on NWT who cannot pronounce the 'g' on the end of words. As in mornin, rainin, etc.
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What really annoys me is the incorrect use of the words less and fewer especially by BBC newsreaders, reporters and show hosts. Thew continually say things like less viewers instead of fewer viewers.
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See you later it drives me mad
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When some people say 'No Offence' When they clearly mean offence to you. It also annoys me when people talk in abreviations, like LOL (Laugh out loud) or BRB (Be right back).
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Has anyone noticed the number of things that are "upped" these days.
I used too work in a bank and customers would phone and ask to "up" their overdraft instead of "increase" or "extend". The term has even crept into national news bulletins now - you listen out for it and see how often it occurs.
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U.S.of.A
Why insert "of" if you are abbreviating.
Stan Cornwall
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I have a particular dislike for vacuous management phrases. Things such as "Blue sky thinking" and "Lets touch base".
The one that really gets my goat is the replacement for brainstorming, which is "having a thought shower"!
Richard, Chesterfield.
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TV Soap scripts that really annoy... "We've got to talk....."
Peter
South Woodham Ferrers
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Hate shop assistants of all ages saying "Hiyorightthere?" (Hi, are you alright there?)
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I HATE HATE HATE !!!
To Be Fair
and
Basically
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i had a teacher that would always go basically in every sentance and would keep saying it to anyine who he spoke and even when went to eat something and another teacher that would always say i know its dry work
from Ben , maidstone
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Please can BBC newsreaders at the end of the main news stop saying:
Now let's go to the news "where you are".
Can't they just say "in your region"?
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I find the expression 'So I turned round and said'...how can you turn round and say - you would be turning your back on the person!
Christine Hughes
Templeton Pembrokeshire
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"to be honest" and "to be fair"
makes me think you are lieing and unfair
James, Newcastle
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David from Nottingham wrote:
It always worries and distracts me when people to start a sentence with the expression 'To be honest...' because I always assumed that honesty was the default situation and not the exception! PS Dom just said it in his report on bringing legal action
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oh and another one, when people say "i half expected that to happen". how can you half expect something? you ether expect it or don't.
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Why did we change from the kind and gentle description of the forward stroke / to calling it the aggressive slash so we say something like hk law/ slash business.
Please can we change back to the English word stroke and not the American usage.
Thank you. Marvellous programme.
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Anyone ending a sentence in the word so, or I have to say.
Barry from Boston Lincs
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Sayings I hate are:
Bored of'. It should be 'bored with' or 'bored by'.
'Handing himself in to the police'. Surely it should be 'Giving himself up'.
When one is asked how are you - 'I'm Good' sounds awful. I much prefer 'I'm fine'.
When it comes to spelling, I want to scream every time I read 'petrol blue'. It should be 'petrel blue'.
Margaret
Cambridge
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The phrase that both me and my husband can't stand is, 'see you later' when some is actually saying Good bye to you. You know you will not see them again that day. Or even worse you are on the phone to them and they 600 miles away!
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When I hear you can get something 'for free' it makes me mad! You can get something free or free of charge!!
Carol, free in Dundee!
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When someone's preparing for a meeting they say, 'to give you a heads up'!!!
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americanisms in the way we say the date
ie november 7
we're not american and it should be "the 7th of November!!!!!!!
poppymartina
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From work
Thats like the cat amongst the flowers isn't it
It's a blue mondeo
It's the sticky ball theory
we'll toss that grenade over the fence
Lets look at it from a badgers perspective
There are many more from this chap work, Help ME!!!
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1) If you like - so commonplace, so ugly.
2) One of the only - an impossibility.
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"shortly" (meaning later)
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'In this day and age........' In what day and what age??
This expression irritates me beyond belief!!
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I hate it when people say "at this moment in time". Surely the words "this moment" tells you all you need to know.
Have you noticed how some people say "as you say" when in fact you have not said anything of the sort!
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The indefinite article should be a short 'a', not the long 'ay' currently used by Adrian, Christine, and all news forecasters, presenters. etc., Really gets my goat. Afterall we don't say,
Ay cate sate on ay mate! Rassle fassle as Deputy Dawg used to say.
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At the end of the day the knee jerk reaction is for people to keep moving the goal posts thus preventing a level playing field.
Andy McPocket
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How come the most insignificant stuff has suddenly become "ICONIC"?
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Most annoying is 'In terms of' and, you can't watch any property program on any channel without someone saying 'Yes- it ticks all the boxes!' Uggh!
Daffine, Dorset
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Is there anything worse than hearing someone say "let's TOUCH BASE"
Neil Hughes
West Midlands
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lets start a new one and see how long it takes to catch on EVIDENTLY
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My Dad drives us all crazy!!
When he talks about people from the telly he always says,
"Umm... you know..thingamebob...on err...whatjamacallit... who wears that...err..wassitcalled...you know who I mean."
We get really frustrated with him!!!
Jamie Cleaver
Banbury (oxfordshire)
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A boring phrase sure to annoy me is Strictly Come Dancing.
Will it ever come to an end ?
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Why does everyone in the media use the expression TWO TIMES instead of twice?
I find this annoying please tell me is this another import from America?
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Sorry - it should be MIKE of Andover on the previous comment.
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The one which annoys me most - " We need to talk".
from Sue
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As always the expression that makes me mad is one in which people 'a' is different TO 'b'.
If you learnt maths you will know that a difference is the number of times you can take something away FROM something else.
So the expression is 'a' is different FROM 'b'
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Phil from Leeds,
my most annoying expression is, if a question is asked in a group meeting and it cannot be answered the reply is ......we will RE-VISIT that at a later meeting.
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computer and text speak such as 'LOL' people who end every sentence with "LOL" - nothing is THAT FUNNY ALL OF THE TIME!!!!
"OMG" is another one - see above - If you feel so strongly about it, SAY IT grrrrr....
As for 'End of the day', say 'Ultimately' , unless you are some dimwit footballer or pundit then you can say it - it goes with the territory, we expect you to be thick.
vicky, newcastle upon tyne
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How about 'Bent as a hatpin'... Huh???
Sick as a Parrot Ever seen a sick parrot?
'Dont get me/Take this wrong They are about to say something you don't like
'Listen' Ummm, I am listening, otherwise I wouldnt have heard you
'by close of play' ummm, sorry, I am at work not play!
'Showed immense bravery' Ummm, no, they were/are ill and carry on living. bravery dont come into it
Laters .... Aaaargh! That REALLY drives me mad.
West Mids, (Shropshire) I will do it afters... After WHAT???
My Kids and Grandkids hate me saying... When I was young... After all, Dads ad Grandads were NEVER young!
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What Really annoys me is anyone (Dom) saying hhhhhhhhBOS instead of AITCHBOS and anyone sayinf taking something OFF OF the shelf instead of taking something OFF the shelf.
From Terry Holden, Congresbury Somerset.
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with regard to regards? you know what I mean, it's sort of so wrong, with regard to regards, it literally drives me up the garden path.
Regards
Rob, France
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When people say "you know" when they are explaining something to you, so nobody knows what anybody is talking about.
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Where do I start!? I've been at my place of work nearly nine years and one of my colleagues causes me so much distress with the plethora of superfluous content that comes out of her mouth! "Actually"/"actual" used several times in the same sentence. "whatever", "doogitwhatsit", "thingamebob", said like I'm supposed to know what it means! Replacing ings with inks, i.e. "anythink", "summink". "I done it", "He done it", "They come over last night". Ending a sentence the same way it was started: "They went into town, they did". "Can I ask a quick question?" well it's not going to be quick is it because you already asked one question. No! I started to create a league table in a spreadsheet to see if that would make the aural torture fun... sadly not.
James
Aylesbury
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The phrase that really annoys me is " I hear what you say" Basically, the person is NOT listening and being trite. I want to punch their lights out, figuratively speaking.
Cheryl Youldon-Hockey, Liverpool
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WBA fans who say 'well thats football' when they clearly no nothing about football on account of supporting WBA.
Two sugars and Brenda's phone number.
Tim from Bath
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from Carrie in Worcestershire
Annoying expressions are nothing new ...... Many years ago, when people first started to pepper their conversation with 'you know,' it irritated my Mother so much that used to shout at the TV, 'No, we don't know!'.
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At this moment in time - why not say 'now' - just a space filler!
But love the expression - willy waving (usually business men in meetings!!!)
Davina, Cambridge
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"Shortly" (As Later )
Harry
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"Here's Giles Brandreth" is one of the worst expressions commonly used on the One Show. Paul, Dunfermline
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You spend time giving perhaps your best piece of information you have for that day to your nineteen year old son for him to reply: "actually"
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We need to talk
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"I'm gobsmacked" - and what is it supposed to mean?
What's wrong with "speechless".
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Why do TV property pundits without exception "rent out" property? Landlords let property, tenants rent it.
And why are all majorities vast?
Alex Collinson, Cuxham, Oxfordshire
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"At the end of the day"....(it's night). So annoying!
"Legend"
"To be fair"
"Like..."
"A catch 22 situation"
"Absolutely"
The list is endless!
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'Oxymoron' when the user means a contradiction of terms.
'Prevarication' instead of procrastination.
'Significant' when it is used in a pseudo-scientific manner and the user fails to support their claim by stating the level of significance they mean.
'Clearly' when used as an argument.
'Aggravated' when they mean irritated.
The list could go on ...
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Phrases that annoy:
these dont just annoy me they grate on my nerves: - OH MY GOD (even worse when its repeated add nausium)
Basically, such as:- well basically, i must say that basically at the end of the day, basically its dark.
You know such as:- you know, well like you know, basically, oh my god, like well, oh my god- you know!
in point of fact i dont know nor do I care if I even did know.
Revd Kelvin woolmer
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"Hello guys" when referring to femails.
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Blimey O Riley, That is really annoying. Vernon Kay says it on his Radio 1 show!!
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people saying (a) when the should be saying pardon.
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i work for sainsburys and gets abit annoying having to say are you ok packing and did u need any plastic bags
Ben, Maidstone
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Avoid cliches like the plague - that's what I say
Graham, Loughborough
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The misuse of the word unique.
Used all the time, including the BBC.
It is either unique or not.
Cannot be fairly unique or any variations of that.
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I hate it when someone says
'I'll suck it and see' !!!
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Misuse of grammar. Why do people say 'myself 'instead of me and 'yourself' instead of you?
Where did they learn grammar?
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DECIMATED. This means to kill one in ten - NOT everyone. The Romans, to punish a Legion, would have them DECIMATED - executing one in ten to teach them a lesson
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AT THE END OF THE DAY .. the date changes, it goes dark and that's it nothing else happens !!!!
this expression started with trade unionists moved onto football managers and then politicians .. last year I heard a vatican official being interviewed on the beeb and guess what he started a sentence with .." AT THE END OF THE DAY " . i couldn't believe it .. now you cant listen to a football phone without every sentence starting with "AT THE END OF THE DAY" .... aaaaarrrrrrrrgh..
john rochdale
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And why do people say "can I get" instead of "may I have or can I have.
If I was behind a counter and someone said "can I get"? I'd say "yes" and wait to see if they wanted one.
Mick
Northumberland
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sayings that annoy me. Tony Mobary albion manager- ''i think we played well at times'',
all TV ads that tell you to hurry while stocks last and all ads that start banging on about boxing day sales two weeks before christmas.
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Basically, the most annoying and overused word, in my opinion, is"absolutely" Why do people, particularly football pundits, say "Absolutely!" when they quite simply mean "Yes!"
Michael from Northumberland.
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"To be honest. " This really gets to me does this mean that they usually tell lies??
Anna Warwickshire
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' Can we just park that issue for a moment?'
Richie McCrae, Brighton
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I HAVE 4 VERY ANNOYING COMMENTS, IN ORDER OF ANNOYANCE,
1 HATCH INSTEAD OF ATCH, we even hear people on the BBC use an H! i.e HATCH D ready
2 COOL
3 OH RIGHT
4 YOU GUYS, even to women and animals
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To be honest drives me mad. I used to work for an Estate Agent and the manager used this all the time - the thing is he was the most dishonest person I have ever known.
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People who keep saying COOL especially older people.
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Dear Christine and Adrian, the worst expression which is constantly repeated is that something "ticks all the boxes". If I hear that expression once more I will lose the will to live.
Ros, West Yorkshire.
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I hear what you are saying...
I'm taking it on board...
Leave it with me...
and on "Weakest link"---
contestents saying that another contestant got theit QUESTION wrong --- they got their ANSWER wrong!!!
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'Ask the expect'!
Well-
X is an unknown quantity! and
'Spurt' is a drip under pressure!!
Dont you know !!
there you have it in a nut shell...
Love Marilyn from Swindon XX
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Why has the word "Obviously" become so missused? It seems to be a part of everyday conversation! When someone is asked a question it really irks me when they start the reply with "Obviously". Obviously the answer isn't obvious otherwise the question would not need to be asked! It makes my blood boil!! Mark, Huddersfield.
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In theory and Blah Blah Blah really get up my nose! Ann from Leamington
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"In the fullness of time!"
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The term 'kids' - my child is not a baby goat & I am certainly not a nanny goat, nor my husband a billy! Children, teenagers, young people - at least that defined their place in the age group: as with senior citizens or middle aged!
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always beware of peop0le who start everything wiyh the phrase ( to be honest ) or ( to be perfectly honest ) and then proceed to be economical with the truth and waffle
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"And Your Point Is?"
"D'you no what i mean?"
Kayleigh Solomon from Whittlesey
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I'm an English woman living in Holland, i hate it when somebody asks me äre you American"AGHHHHHHHHHH!
Karen Vroomshoop Holland
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The term 'kids' - my child is not a baby goat & I am certainly not a nanny goat, nor my husband a billy! Children, teenagers, young people - at least that defined their place in the age group: as in senior citizens or middle aged.
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I turn off when I hear a politician say "the truth of the matter is...."
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The commonly used phrases that irritate me totally are "I,m Going to go" and "The reason why". Going to go!!!, The reason why!!!
Awful.
Richard
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OMG, One that drives me round the bend, winds me up, gets my goat... When you ask senior management the location of something (like car keys) they are always 'on the side' or 'where you left them'
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A commonly used phrase is "The thing is ...."
What does that mean? What thing is?
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we find the word HARSH really annoying and really cool
from emily and alison in selby
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What I hate is
LOL
can't bear it, also
TO BE HONEST
well people should be I say, does this mean they are always lying unless they say it??
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I hate the phrase "LOL" people use when e-mailing.
People who end their sentences with "LOL" are frankly liars and are not sitting at their computers "laughing out loud".
Let's ban this phrase and other acronyms like "ROFL" forever as a simple "tee hee" would be more gratifying.
Lee, Sunderland
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Forget sayings its the two presenters that are on every night at 7pm BBC1
I'm sure they say silly things if only I could understand them.
Worse saying "welcome to the ONE SHOW"
Best saying " GOODNIGHT FROM THE ONE SHOW
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I hate commentators, experts, pundits, journalists etc. who can't put a sentence together without including
"you know"
"I'll tell you what"
and others who say "went" instead of "Said" and "Turned round" instead of "replied"
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This is really current but also really annoying. Just on the news from Mumbai a released hostage said " we were kind of led from the building".
Make your mind up either you were or you wern't.
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at the end of the day niggles me buy anyone saying "and also" infuriates me
Terry from Ashby De La Zouch
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Haitch R instead of Aitch R
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"Oh - You'll be alright"
It's what people say when they don't actually care.. It's a way of stopping someone from talking.
It's the worst phrase ever....
Especially around exam time...
2 I've got a really hard exam
1 Oh you'll be alright
2 Well I'm glad you know because i'm the one studying for it.
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"At this moment of time"
Surely the most blatant use of tautology. It means NOW!!!
Malcolm Leyland Lancashire
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At this moment in time. It should be at the moment and nothing else.
I love your programme, it is so refreshing!
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The most irritating is definitely "going forward" but "across the piece" runs it close. I also loathe "at the end of the day" and "preventive" (what's wrong with "preventive"?
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I really hate "I'll tell you for why" - surely the word WHY is all that's needed!
I also hate "roll it out" when referring to new iniatives being taken up by organisations.
Jan, Warrington
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On the plus side, I found that cliches got me through GCSE & A-level French oral because it added pre-planned padding to discussions and even some familiarity with common language- however ugly it may be.
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addressing the issues......
in fact over-use of the word 'issues'
ahead of instead of before
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What annoys, on strictly when 2 have to dance off, and Bruce wishes them both Good Luck, now THAT is stupid
Mollsmother
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No brainer, Whats that mean?
Innit!!! whats that mean??
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The inverted commas freaks really annoy me.
You know, the ones who wiggle two fingers of each hand in the air but, even worse, are those who say "quote, unquote" before all of the quotation!!!
How stupid!
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I become incensed when I hear the BBC and politicians continue to use the word "issues".
Everything seems to be a flipping 'issue' these days!!! Grrr!!!!
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At the moment there seems to be a kind of sort of proliferation of kind of sort of annoying sort of, kind of filler words. They're really kind of annyoning!
The other thing that really irritates me is people saying "I was sat, I was stood" instead of " I was sitting, I was standing" you wouldn't say "I was drove my car" would you!
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At the end of the day is the most annoying cliche there is!
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The missuse of the English language is most annoying, and seems to be championed by the broadcasters of today. Speaking for myself personally; comes to mind. And where the heck is Marlabone? Is it the London area known to us oldies as Marylebone?
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when somebody insults someone and then says 'no offence'
thats annoying.
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i noticed when wayne rooney first burst onto the scene he averaged an (erm) every 4 seconds , now its about 10 secs , well done young wayne
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Referring to a future event that will happen "in a few minutes/hours time".
In the context of time, what other sort of minutes or hours are there?
Almost all BBC presenters do it. It is tautology. Stop it!
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I am sick of "its not rocket science" .........no of course its not - it never is
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"24/7 " - really annoys me. We are not all Americans!!
"Like" - every other word
"AbsoLUTELY" - although I am guilty of this one.
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I get really irate when I phone a company with a problem, such as being overcharged on my phone bill, and they say "No problem".
Of course it's a problem!
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When on the telephone the person says
BARE WITH ME
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My pet hates are "it's been a real rollercoaster of a ride" and "I feel like I've been on a journey"
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BBC commentators please note, "Up until" is WRONG. "Until" is all that is required, or possibly "up to".
ALL NEWSREADERS please note, at the end of the news the word is not 'bye-'bye. It's simply "Goodbye". Why can't they say that?
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lessons have been learned.
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Hi well basically I just wanted to touch base with you all because atually its all six of one and half a dozen of the other!!!! uuuggghh!!
Touch base has got to be the most annoying and stupid of all
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"ME" as the subject of a sentence. Even heard a gov't minister at it on Questiontime last week. Does this reflect how we now expect the world to revolve around us?
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when a politician says,
"The fact of the matter is...."
or when he says,
"What the public really want ......"
Grrrrrr!!!
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adding "more " to words such as more faster , more quicker etc
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or even.....
"I'm CONCERNED with....."
It's what's usually said to me just before getting sacked from a job.
HA
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What really annoys me are people who say "you know" at the end of every sentence when they are being interviewed on TV.
Presenters saying "sawr," "drawr," etc, instead of saw and draw.
Des O'Connor saying "Okay Dokey" every two minutes on Countdown.
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I don't boil my cabbages twice!!! Who does!!
Karen from Holland
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Tick all boxes
does what it says on the tin
At this moment in time
I know where you are coming from
Wake up call
All ducks in a row
Its my way or the highway
20/20 foresight
Wake up and smell the coffee
Lay out my vision for the future
Touch base
Stepping up to the plate
Run this past you
It has the wow factor
Does what it says on the tin
Think outside the box
I hear what you say
Give you a bell when I have a window??
Regards
Elton
Ayrl
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It's more a work than a phrase
Somethink
Everythink
Nothink
It's a 'G' not a 'K'!!!!!!!!! Grrrrrrrrrr It makes me so mad!! You don't write the word like that so why say it like that???????
Megan from Hertford
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Do I like the One Show? Well, at the end of the day--- What day? This day? That day? What about the afternoon.
The other one is - "these ones". Aghhh!!!!
THIS ONE/THESE/THOSE. "These ones" is making a plural out of a singular AgggHHHH!!!
Uneducated twits!!!
Don Looe Cornwall
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"You know" and "I just wanted to say" both these I find really annoying.
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i seriously hate it when you get a text and at the end your friend types pmsl .. what are you pissing your self laughing at .. :S .. god and i also hate lmao .. you cant realy laugh your arse off can you , some of these things are so stupid .
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I think innit as a universal question tag is a disgrace
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nigel rees says we should be careful how we speak...and opened the interview by saying english is the language of the bible...?
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It wasn't until I was living in Japan, working in a company alongside an interpreter, that I realised just how many cliches I was using.
I remember one meeting where I said "Well, at the end of the day we're going to find an answer to this". It was duly translated and 30 people all looked down at their watches at the same time.
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Hello, Christine and Adrian,
our son rings from Australia, saying "just ringing to touch base with you", we hate this saying and I am temted to say, "how many runs have you scored?". But I don't of course. Love the one show, Regards Patricia, from the Isle of Wight.
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"sort of thing" at the end of a sentance - does this mean that what they are saying isn`t totally correct? - its just using more words for the sake of it!!
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Why do people apologise when yhey haven't heard you? "Sorry" instead of "I beg your pardon?" or just "pardon?"
Tony, London.
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the phrase "almost exactly" total contradiction
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I've just thought of another, its sixth being pronounced sicth and also people saying "would of" instead of "would have"
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The word congratulations pronounced by some people as CONGRADULATIONS (with a D not T) really annoys me and Carol Vorderman and Phillip Scofield are extremely guilty of putting a D in the word!!!!!!
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"and i'll tell you why."
Why do people say something and then go "and i'll tell you why"? Don't tell me you're going to tell me, just get on with it and tell me. It's not even worth waiting for usually anyway.
Tom, Essex
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With all due respect!
If you are going to be rude to me, be honest about it!
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I hate the phrase Train Station shouldn't it be Railway Station?
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my grandaughter always says
" what was i going to say ?! "
well how are we supossed to know ?! it drives everyone mad but i think that she cant help it !
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I would just like to add that it really annoys me when people use Latin phrases without first checking them. I would expect that the learned Reverend would know that the phrase is "ad nauseam" and not as he stated.
Jan, Warrington
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another one I hate is "bless", I don't mind bless you when you sneeze, but just bless really annoys me. Regards patricia
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Jonny West Swansea When people answer a question with Yeh .........No really winds me up
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When a lady is looking for some information you have asked about, and she says "bare with me" I'm thinking oh is she just in labour
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lessons have been learned.!
i hate it..because somebody has usually been hurt in some way before this is said..!
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Referring to an event as being due in "a few minutes/hours time" is tautology.
In the context of time, what other sort of minutes or hours are there?
Many BBC presenters annoy me with this phrase. Please remove the 'time'. It is unecessary.
David Thorpe
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Use of the word "was" instead of "were"
Best illustrated by that master of the english language David Beckham in "them players was tired"
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Listen to 90% of your guests. At least once within a sentence they will say "ye know". Listen to most peoples conversation and they will repeat "ye know". It seems to be a sub concious expression. I always reply "no I don't bloody well know" It's so infuriating.
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I have never loved anyone 'to bits' and can't imagine why I would want to do so!
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I cringe in anticipation whenever there is a dreadful event and the clamour for changes to whatever went wrong (such as the law, the rail signals, crash barriers etc,) and the same old lines are trotted out with various minor modifications....e.g ..."so that this never has to happen to anyone again" .... so that no one has to suffer this way again ..." arrgghh !
Sorry but bad things are still going to happen, just like they have for hundreds of years before we were here. Sad to accept too but we are all going to die in one way shape or another. We may plan and hope to have a peaceful end and a long life, but sometimes life hasn't been given a copy of the script.
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the overuse of beloved. The worst is one I heard today on the BBC radio news was someone saying: "They will have to baste the business"! What does this mean? Is it a 21st century version of oiling the wheels.
I have worked in a Government sponsored company dealing with teenagers. I was struck dumb when a piece I wrote was rejected as being of too high a standard for teenagers to understand. Example is: "Thankyou for completing this form. Your co-operation is appreciated". Was changed to "Thanks a lot. It's really good of you". How will children learn words and word power if they don't hear it. Nigel Rees is so right when he says that our language is being completely destroyed by a lack of beauty and appreciation of the words and sentence construction.
Falling Chrisda
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Annoying phrases?
How about, "Welcome to the One Show."
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Remember the cricket TEAM and football TEAM, what really annoys me the word TEAM has been replaced by the word SQUAD.
Ever heard of any reference to SQUAD WORK as opposed to TEAMWORK ???
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to "... cut a long story short" .... and it's not!!
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People who pronounce the H when it should be silent. People who no longer use "an" before a vowel. OK, I'm sad. I'm just about learning to give in to people who say "a hotel" instead an "an hotel".
Falling Chrisda.
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At last someone has noticed the fact that our language is deteriorating rapidly. I cannot stand statements in the double negative such as "I don't do nuffin". It also annoys me that people can no longer pronounce words properly, such as "I fink this" - what has happened to our culture?
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I really hate it when you are on the telephone, having waited for ages and have been passed from one person to the next (my phone bill going up and up) then asked just bear/ bare with me a minute.
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the over-use of the Aussie expression 'no worries' used especially by young blokes when using mobile phones
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'Gunner' instead of
'going to', used by most TV presenters and especially news readers! This REALLY annoys me!!!
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from Peter in Aledo, Murcia, Spain.
You do it, but ITN news is worse. The BBC Spotlight team in Plymouth are best. Why do you all have to say 'bye bye' and not 'good bye'
You wouldnt say 'night night' would you? Time to change, please.
Thank you, Peter
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I hate the phrase 'Life's like a box of chocolates' with a vengeance. With a passion, even. It is nothing like a box of chocolates!! Let's be reasonable here. Boxes of chocolates come with labels, and life doesn't. Life has many possible paths, and boxes of chocolates don't. It's a highly unrealistic analogy, and it drives me insane. Why can't people think of their own instead of parroting what is possibly the most ridiculous comparison ever created?
Abbii, Isle of Wight
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The overspent word of the year!
Unprecedented
If it is news then it must be unprecedented, because it has not happened before!
There are other words that can be used
why not use “unique”, “new”, “experimental” or “not understood”
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Things that really annoy me are people using the word 'gotten'. I do understand it is 'olde English' but seems to be more American these days. And 24/7 IS American and it should be banned. Anyone using it should be forced to spend twenty four hours with Dom Littlewood.
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The one I dislike the most is "giving 110%" - or indeed anything over 100%. Really irritating.
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people on tv, especially weather forcasters saying SCOLAND instead of SCOTLAND. also drawring instead of drawing.
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Not exactly a cliche, but how many weeks can a TV show be described as 'new'....? we hear it on TV every night the 'new' series of...Dr Who! Heroes! The Sarah Connor Chronicles. No problem with the first couple of shows, but please!!!!
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'Pre-planned' and 'pre-prepared' are particularly irritating. I even heard 'pre-pre-prepared' on one occasion!
The things were either planned or unplanned, prepared or unprepared.
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The worst expression has got to be:
" It's like I said"
Usually included at the start of a sentence, however, the subject matter has never been mentioned before. Grrrrrrr.
Used a lot by footballers and football managers. Good examples include Steven Gerrard, Harry Redknapp and Wayne Rooney.
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Cliches, etc, which get up my nose.(Is that one?)
1. Television presenters who cannot start a sentence without saying "OKAY".....
2.People who end a conversation with me by saying "Take care". Why? Do they know something I don't?
3.(All TV Channels) (at the end of a contribution from someone:- "Thank you very much indeed" Or sometimes "Thank you very-(pause)- much - (longer pause) IN-DEED". What 's wrong with a simple "Thank you"?
4."There's light at the end of the tunnel, but no-one tells you how long the ........tunnel is!
Ribena 68, (Cardiff.)
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I normally see this written rather than hear it. Courtesy of our overseas office who can't seem to make up their minds what should be done to an account - or if they can they want us to work it out all over again. 'DO THE NEEDFUL'. Do they know that we have no idea what they mean?
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I hate it when people add "very" to emphasize something like "very unique " , either something is unique or it isn't !!!
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The use of the word 'Cool' to describe anything gets my goat. For example how can holiday temperatures in the 30's be described as 'Cool' !
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I can't stand "At the end of the day", but even worse is when people use degrees of uniqueness such as "quite unique" or "very unique". Unique is an absolute, there are not degrees of it!!!
Siân, Worcestershire
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And another expression is 'I feel so stressed...'
Yuck - Get on with it,that gets my goat,pull your finger out, cheer up and freak out !!!
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'enjoy' when the person serves you your meal in restaurants, cafe's etc
not 'I hope you enjoy your meal' Just 'ENJOY' and a quick escape.
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There is an advertisement on the other channel for Somerfield that says, "Love the dress" "Yes, he bought it me".
It should be "He bought it FOR me".
If I hear it one more time I will throw something at the television!
Judy
Benissa
Spain
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Hello,I'm Jonathan Ross...........uughhh!!
I have a window of opportunity)
Thinking outside the box ) Does
anyone
Touch Base ) know what
they mean?
Going forward )
Gave/give 110%........not possible
and I agree with all the other examples that have already been posted.
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At Last I have managed to get thopugh ai the sign in procedure.
I watch the show regularly and had to to post the MOST annoying pharse which is 'YOU KNOW'
The persosn(s) to whom you are DO NOT KNOW that iwhy they asked the question or invited comment.
During the Paralympics one commentor was suufering fro the 'YOU KNOW' disease
wrest1 - Ron
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"Going South" meaning falling or decreasing - as in "house prices going south, reported XYZ bank"
On restaurant menus: "mains" rather than "main courses" or "entrees"
"Train station" rather than "railway station"
"There's" when it should be "There are" - There's lots of televison presenters who fail to conjugate their verbs properly!!
"Between you and I" instead of "between you and me"
Simon
Retford, Notts
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Not so much a cliche, more a pronunciation annoyance with the letter 'H'
My post code has two 'Hs' in it and when I say 'aitch' the other person ofter corect it to 'haitch'
Could you tell the world that aitch does not start with an aitch, PLEASE
John (with an aitch) from Huddersfield (with an aitch)
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I hate "Absolutely" as a reply to any remark made by another;
and why are all heart attacks or strokes "massive"?
And while I'm at it, I HATE media people calling my Borough "GrEnidge" when everyone who lives here calls it GrInnidge" (for Greenwich of course).
Regards.
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'Blah de blah', 'Blah de blah de blay' is even worse and finally, the ending of every sentence with 'Yeah?' ......Yeah?
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"Gotten" is not an Americanism - it's English and was in use in the 16th century. It's there in Psalm 98 in the Book of Common Prayer - Myles Coverdale's tranlation of 1535
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My complaint is not about the use of cliches but about pronunciation,e.g. we seem to have lost the vowel sound 'o'.
How many times do you hear 'I nigh' or 'I told you sigh'. I suppose this is just an indication of the power of television and modern communication technology in general. It can override all convention over time.
Let's face it, in 100 years time we will all be coffee coloured and speaking Esperanto, so why fight it.
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Whatever it is, GOTTEN is not an attractive word - neither is GOT - the odd thing is that there is always an alternative -I was told that at the age of 13 by a teacher who refused to mark essays containg the word GOT. He was right and I still try to avoid using it today.
Back to written phrases - how about FROM PILLAR TO POST - more commonly seen in its amusing variation of FROM PILLOW TO POST! - imagine it - soft/hard/soft/hard - not quite the original meaning!
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The expression which annoys me is "I'm going to give it 110% or even 200%." Don't these people, usually "celebs", realise how difficult this must make it for kids to understand percentages, and for their teachers to teach percentages? Or is it that they themselves never understood that you can't have more that 100% of anything?
Clive, Cwmbran
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In my previous posting (259) I did say the word "gotten" was 'olde English' so I don't need correcting thank you.
And, while I am on (another bad thing to say) how about "thanks for the head's up!" - more Americanisms creeping into our language.
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I hate these:
PIN number - the N in PIN stands for number, so the expression is: Personal Identification Number Number!!
Pee - for Pence. This drives me potty. Why can't people say fourpence, sixpence etc instead of four pee or six pee. After all, in pre-decimal days we never said (for example) two ess and six dee (two shillings and sixpence - or two and six). And we certainly still do not say (again for example) four ell or six ell, four £4 and £6.
To be honest / to tell you the truth. - Why wouldn't you?
24/7 - A horrible Americanism.
Not strictly a saying, but the use of the rising intonation, where a statement becomes a question. I blame the soap 'Neighbours' for this.
Cascade - As in 'we must cascade this information to people'. What is wrong with saying 'we must tell people'?
'K' - instead of thousand. Why? It's only one sylable shorter.
At this moment in time - What's wrong with saying 'now' ?
I probably have a lot more, but I think it would become boring.
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When you are going on holiday and people say ''Now you remember and enjoy your self'' ' Do they think i will forget
Oh thank god you reminded me I've been saving up all year for this and I might have forgotten have you got a pen and I'll write it on my head just in case, could you text me everyday just in case I forget.
Another is when you are leaving the company of a friend or family member
And they say ''you take care now''
What do they think I was going to before they said it........... To night I'm not taking care, I'm going throw my self down the first flight of stairs that I see, then I'll get up and jam my finger in the boot of the car, drop the keys down a drain and when I get home I will make chips and set the house on fire.
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This is not about cliches but I am incensed by those crayon sketches of the accused during the BBC news accounts of court proceedings. They never look anything like those they are meant to represent and usually photos of the same poeple have already been shown so why? They are jsut a waste of money or are you a charity for out of work bad artists?
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It's true, cliches are a strange occurance of our everyday life eg. 'see you later' we say to complete strangers, when the odds are we'll never see that person again...so what does that mean?! It's not literal, yet we say it as a form of good gesture and manners. The person recieving our see you later is attune with this too, they know we're not literally saying 'see you later'...it's this mutual understanding of the cliche that makes me appreciate its place in our language.
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The phrase I find really annoying is "very much so"
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More importantly!!
This grammatically wrong and is used by many people in the media and other areas and irritates me
What is wrong with more important.
I suspect it is used wrongly so often that it has been incorporated into the English language?
I am not a scholar but I was taught to speak "proper".
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Why do Newscasters or anybody on Television say "See you tomorrow"? The can't see me. I might see them tomorrow if I want to.
And "Give it up", for however. Give what up
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I agree with most of the comments but particularly with " at this moment in time" which just means "now"
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One of my pet hates is when you receive a sales call and they open with 'How are you today' - then regardless of the answer they respond with GOOD GOOD.....aghhhh!
I also find extremely annoying when people respond to your well thought through and valid point of view with.. I HEAR WHAT YOU SAY ...when they evidently havent
Michael
South Yorkshire
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What I find annoying is the expression
"Here-on-in" This seems to have come from the States and was used by some presenters on radio and TV from a few years ago. Fortunately not so often these days
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"Myself and David" (or whoever). The rules of grammar say "David and I" or "me and David" depending on the sentence. The other one is "Yourself." Everyone seems to be saying this now. It's WRONG!
Myself and Yourself are reflective pronouns and shouldn't be used instead of I and You.
It makes me soooooooooo mad!
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Hi my pet hates are,
unfortuately .... bad news or something which can't be done for me or no help- not allowed, one call I received repeated it several times. Unfortuately we don't process black and white films after the assistant had taken it from me to process, at boots a day earlier.
no news is good news, (which usually means bad news is on the way or haven't got that job i went to the interview for years ago)
a no brainer - not having to think about something
and more recently is uba cool. It seems uba something has crept in somewhere.
or aksing - please say it properly.
these are to name a few.
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It doesn't tick the right boxes ,
Quintessentially
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I've left this rather late, I did watch the show and I see there have been an awful lot of 'annoyancies' advised....I haven't read them all so mine may have already been mentioned......I just hate the senior person in perhaps an office, who asks for suggestions and replies with....."I hear what you say".... in a voice that implies that
it will not even be considered !!...grrrr!
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Nick again.
What about "20 years of age" we dont say 12 stone of weight or 6 foot of height so why oh why do they say that
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Nick yet again.
I hate "reverse back, or reduced down"
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I get flummoxed when shop assistants,cashiers or other people say 'at all' after each sentence. i.e. is there anything else 'at all' .What does it mean? I once replied 'no thank you''at all' and the person looked at me as though I was the idiot!To me it has no meaning or relevance.
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It annoys me when people say 'see you later' when you know that it is very unlikely that you will see them again that day.
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"Shortly"
Often unclear , heard as "shortie"
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My stress level is raised by News readers constantly responding to a correspondent's report with "Thank you very much .. indeed". What's wrong with "Thank you"?
Other contributors to my stress score are ..
"At the end of the day"
"Twenty four seven"
"At this moment in time"
"I should OF"
"..like..like..like.."
"To be quite honest with you"
"Minging" and "Minger"
"Par for the course"
"Pushing the envelope" (What the hell does that mean?)
"Thinking outside the box"
"Blue sky thinking"
"Community leaders" (Who elected them?)
"Helping the Police with their enquiries"
"The VAST majority"
"With great respect" (before saying something disrespectful)
"It affects you and I" (Try taking out the words 'you and' - then see how it sounds! Should be "It affects you and me")
All aspects of "text speak".
Finally I am irritated by fanatical pedants like me.
Lionel - North Yorkshire
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I find the use of the word "scary" annoying. Whatever happened to "frightening". Also the repetition of "very" to cover for the lack of a suitable adjective - as in "it was a very, very, very interesting programme.......".
John of Uxbridge
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Everything these days is 'iconic'. I wish I had a tenner for every time this word is used by the media - I'd be rich!! The One-Show is just as guilty!!
Lynn Simmons
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Why does everyone on TV have to be not merely thanked or even thanked very much but thanked very much I N D E E D
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At the end of the day
Do you get where I'm coming from?
If you can understand what I mean
Overuse of words such as fabulous and fantastic
Anything over 100%
When people say "pacific" instead of "specific", and "heighth" instead of "height"
Have a nice day
"Your call is important to us"
Pushing the envelope. What envelope?
"Absolutely" as a reply to anything I say
My all-time favourite... "No, you can't have a payrise." Something my boss says with monotonous regularity!
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get really annoyed when people talking about drawing insist on saying drawring.
Also filling out forms is not possible. We fill IN a form, just like children color in a picture.
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get really annoyed when people talking about drawing insist on saying drawring.
Also filling out forms is not possible. We fill IN a form, just like children colour in a picture.
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Top of my list is the use of 'take' as in 'What is your take on the matter.
Peter white on the radio said 'Phone me your takes on the subject'
Others include:
Think outside of the box
On my radar
Has it got legs
Run it up the flagpole
Mind set
and all of the others already mentioned.
Why not a One Show with all of them banned, with a fine for every one mentioned
(to charity)
Brian of Dorset
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I transcribe interviews, and there are so many English people who are so very irritating these days. I'm transcribing one at the moment who starts nearly every sentence with, "I mean, I think, I kind of like..." How ridiculous!
Another last week, "And I turned round and said to him... And he turned round and said to me..." over a three hour interview. I could have 'turned round' and smacked him by the end of those two days' typing!
Americans are far more fluent. I would say that speaks volumes about English education!
Last night, at the end of the six o'clock news, the weather man said, "It does what it says on the tin." That sounds like the BBC is now helping to advertise Ronseal!
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Being in the service industry I have two comments that I really really hate.
"no problem" & "enjoy" - I forbid my team to use these expressions when they are talking to customers.
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Two irritancies: "...is required by close of play today". I don't come to my work to play! "by close of business" is correct. Secondly to top slice the budget. What on Earth does that mean? To use some of the budget for work it is not meant to finance? Or to retain some as a contingency? Or what?
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'Good times' really annoys me. You can never really tell when someone is being sarcastic when they say that.
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What really grinds my gears is when people say ... she/he is great because 'what you see is what you get!' ... infuriating
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When I have just told somebody something, they say 'tell me about it', to which I say 'I just have'.
At this moment in time instead of 'now'.
Pee instead of pence eg:- 50pee instead of 50pence.
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This phrase annoys me-when you have been talking to someone/explaining something,they turn around and come out with these words of wisdom " I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING".
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I hate rubbish being thrown from car window.
The use of 'init'.
'Your call is important to us' and
'Bear with me'.
I hate most all 24/7
9/11
7/7
Please return to 7th July
The worst offenders are the BBC!
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Haitch instead of aitch
Bored of instead of bored with
Any poor pronunciation, especially by newsreaders and presenters. Presumably, most of these people employed have some sort of degree in journalism or, at the very least, English - what a terrible example they set to the impressionably young!
See message no 106 - Sharzee, the phrase is NOT me and my husband - it's my husband and I
I also agree with nearly all the 318 comments so far!
Jeanne, Southampton
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See you later is the annoying phrase for me, you feel like saying oh are you popping back or come around (to the house).
Also, good girl is another one that I don't like.
Thank you love or sweetheart
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'Get this ....... for free'
'The bottom line is....'
'Touch base'
Things being described as 'stunning'
And the worst one around at the moment must be 'Can I get.....' Aaaaaargh!!!
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People who only have one adjective
'cool'
NO IT'S NOT!
Oh and 'West Brom'... really annoying!
Oh
and
'Jeremy Clarkson'
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Watcha mate......one man's annoying phrase is another man's flowery language. What do you want everyone to speak middle English or worst of all cockney? Live and let live if you don't like the way people speak don't talk to them....you'll be the looser.
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The worst response ever which drives me mad is "tell me about it"
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Hmm - are you sitting comfortably? - then I'll begin:
"Credit crunch" - Arrggh!
"I think" - mentioned over 78 times the other morning on the Today programme on Radio 4
"Moving forward" - from His Tonyness
"Sheer weight of traffic" - c'mon, who's weighing it?
"team" - (add your own suffix) - since Xerox coined this term, just about everyone misuses it
"Spells" - (from the weather reporters) - before Harry Splotter came on the scene, it was always "periods"
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When someone replies "I'm glad you asked that" you know they are struggling for an answer and they are just playing for time.
Glynne
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Used by brain dead sloganeers everywhere .....
'Simply The Best'
e.g.
Plumbers, Double Glazing, Bathroom Fitters.
Also........ 'Solutions'.
also used everywhere, by the unimaginitive.
Run a mile from any company that uses either.
Nanny Weather Forcasters.
" .. so, be sure to wrap-up warm" also ".... so, take great care if you out there driving"
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It wasn't to be the ONE but what the "nation" thinks... The nation?! You guys are NOT a nation. You are a collection of nations. Nothing wrong with that, but your presenter , Irish, if Northern, Kirsten O'Brien, should know better...
Actually my irritating expression was going to be "challenge", "challenges"... When did all the problems, difficulties, obstacles, competitions, opposition, etc, become "CHALLENGES"???
Alexandre
Brussels
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This blog has carried on from the 'Posh' blog. It proves that so many of us are so concerned about how our wonderful language is being degraded.
I hate 'take a left' instead of 'turn left'.
'Next up' instead of 'next'. (Michael Parkinson was always guilty of this!)
'Me personally'.
'Do you know where I'm coming from?'
(No! But I know where I'd like to send you!)
'Huge enormous'. - two words together that mean exactly the same.
Some of our 'bloggers' have written some bad ones.
106 mentioned 'me and my husband' instead of 'my husband and I'.
'Really winds me up' and 'makes me mad' are two examples. They make you angry, not mad - or maybe they have!
Many of these blogs have been written without capital letters or correct punctuation.
I know they are not meant to be really serious but if one is writing about bad English one should write correctly. Do you know where I'm coming from?
Anne Robinson says, 'thousant'.
I dislike it when someone is quoting and puts their hands up and wiggles two fingers of each hand!
I must say that most of my hates have been mentioned. 'At this moment in time' is one of my favourite hates.
Many people cannot distinguish between 'bought' and 'brought'. I can't understand why.
Unfortunately, this blog has been filled with opinions of people who are concerned about the English language and will not be read by the ones who NEED to read it!
Ah well! That's the way the cookie crumbles!
Keith
Camborne
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AWESOME tops my hate list, followed by almost all those mentioned above.
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I can't stand it when newsreaders/reporters, in fact anyone says "haitch" when surely the letter "H" is pronounced "aitch".
I also can't stand the expression "Fed up OF" or "Bored OF". Shouldn't it be "Fed up WITH" or "Bored WITH"
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Ever since the introduction of email addresses I have been annoyed by presenters using the words"forward slash". If a direction is needed it should be 'backward'.
If you try to write the "stroke" in normal handwriting and in rhythm it has to be written right to left. i.e. backwards. If it is written forwards it will appear at a much more acute angle and not as the "oblique" which I was taught in shorthand and typing lessons some sixty years ago. I also do not like the inference of the word 'slash' especially when used by the attractive and intelligent ladies like Christineas well as some of your male colleagues. I notice that a few presenters, some on the 'Today' programme do now use the word "stroke". How about a campaign to use other than ;"forward slash", I would accept "stroke"
Dave, Swindon
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Double negatives really annoy me.
eg. Karen Mathews said in court today - "I didn't have nothing to do with it"
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Double negatives really annoy me.
eg. Karen Mathews said in court today - "I didn't have nothing to do with it"
From Pauline Cook - Dewsbury
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"i wonder"- its not a question, dont answer it
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This is not an annoying phrase but a very annoying habit - so many people, even in The Times say 'I was sat' 'I was stood' INSTEAD OF I was sitting, I was standing!
Why?
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The silly expression "Really really", gets on my nerves, what's wrong with "very" ?
Saying someone is "On the floor" when the subject is out of doors, it's the ground. Floors are indoors !
It's not a Train station...It's a Railway station .
While my all time non favourite is Haich for the letter H. It's aitch, look it up in a dictionary under A ! As my old Granny used to say, " Don't put your haitches where there haren't none"
Stan
Herne Bay
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I have just heard another annoyance on the radio.
The only way I can describe it is to give an example. 'It was so not right'.
Even worse is 'It was like so not right.'
Even worse is 'Basically it was like so not right.! A real mixture of horrors!
Where on earth do these expressions come from?
How about 'I was kyna gonna'?
Keith
Camborne
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I have several sayings that I don't care for.
1. As you do.
2. Gutted
3. 'yeah' after every two or three words. and the same with 'like'.
4. Bear with me.
I could go on and on but won't bore you!
justanniemac. Southport.
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One thing that makes me really want to self-combust is the current propensity to use the phrase "I'm liking" instead "I like". It's as if its usage automatically gains you entry to an exclusive club for the desperately smug. Makes my flesh creep, it really does.
Also, I really hate 'cool'. Generally, people who say cool a lot seem to think its usage will make them cool, when in actual fact all that it means is they are really lame at self-expression.
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"Whatever!!!" as if someone is being a real rebel :/ cringe
When people say "no offence" either they obviously want to cause offence or there is no need for it
Also " to be honest" why do people feel the need to point out they are telling the truth :S
becky hopkins,
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Dear One-Show, and indeed all British broadcasters as a whole: The following cliches are quite appalling, and wind people up beyond description.
When making a link to another item or correspondent, why are we to "Catch-up" with them? Why oh why can you not just say "Over to.....", or "now let us hear from...." etc.
This "catching-up" must stop. I am sitting in a chair when I watch a programme. I am NOT moving. I therefore cannot "catch-up" with anything, or anybody, and neither at that moment do I wish to.
Please stop this ludicrous cliche and just use normal English.
AND, while we are about it, if you wish to accentuate the immediate, the word is NOW. Nothing more is necessary, as the immediate moment, is NOW. It is either "Now", or it isn't. To insert the additional word "Right" is so totally not necessary! I suspect it is no more than an attempt to be "flash" and pretend to be "trendy" and to introduce an element of "Americanism" into speech. It is either now, or it isnt so any further word is tortologous.
PLEASE, lets just say "....our correspondent is outside the Whith House NOW" Not "Right now" , just NOW is enough, thank you.
Oh, and finally, the word schedule does NOT have a "K" in it. Not unless you are an American/Canadian etc etc. Please, no more "K" in schedule, please....
Thank you
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I think this is the most irritating and completely meaningless part of many peoples way of talking today - the constant and persistent use of the words 'kind of' or 'kinda' in practically every sentence, usually mixed in with a smattering of 'I guess' to add impact.
What absolutely amazes me is the number of apparently well-educated individuals that seem to feel the need to speak in this ridiculous fashion (newsreaders, TV presenters, Strictly Come Dancing contestants, Australian soap characters etc.).
Please, please let's start speaking English again, and not try to speak 1940s American.
This thing's spreading like a virus!!
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Hi One Show and all,
it becomes very,very annoying when people on the TV keep peppering their comment's with "you know".Have a listen to the box and it won't take long before you come across someone who 'you know' uses the term.It will drive you mad!!!
Another annoying term is "becuss" instead of "because".It too is regularly heard on TV.
Ah, that's better becuss - you know - i've got that off my chest!!!!!
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Well. Good morning 'fellow bloggers'. If no-one else beats me to it this will be blog no. 345.
It's been fascinating reading people's annoyances, not only in this blog but also in the one about talking 'posh'.
During my scanning I have come across 1 or 2 expressions I have never heard before.
315, OokiBoosh (brilliant!) wrote 'grinds my gears'. I quite like that one - until it is over-used of course!
I agree (I nearly wrote 'totally agree'!) with 316 purplecowbum (fantastic - how on earth did you come to think of THAT one! - Compared with yours mine is positively boring!!) about people saying 'pee' instead of 'pence' - AND 1 pence instead of 1 penny!
Unfortunately 323 electronicEscapee got his loser and looser mixed up.
325 DaiGriffiths wrote about 'Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin.' The first time I heard that one was on 'Listen with Mother' on the Light Programme at, I think, 1.45 or 2.45pm. in the 50's.
I loved 340 voiceofbedford's 'self combust' so, you see, not everyone's hate is another one's too!
'The fact of the matter is' (yuk!) I don't like 'slash' either. I'd much rather hear 'stroke' or 'oblique'.
And where on earth did 'logistics' come from? It one time it was 'warehousing' or 'storage'.
My girlfriend picks me up on one expression I am guilty of using which is 'little tiny'. Why not just 'little' or 'tiny'? I don't know. It's just one I have used for years.
And why do people say 'et' instead of 'ate'? It seems wrong to me.
As I have said before, unfortunately most of these blogs will have been read and written by people who are already concerned about the English language and not those who need to relearn it. However I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the comments and being part of it all.
Maybe someone has the time and expertise to start up a website for correcting annoying grammar. I would certainly join in.
Keith
Camborne
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Hear hear Keith (from not so far away!)
Also well done stupendousbuilderbob for pointing out my pet hate of inserting a "k" in schedule. As you say, it's American, and we are English.
Can we also get into the habit of saying "to whom" instead of who to?
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As a lecturer in further education I come across numerous phrases/expressions that really annoy me! Examples are:
I would of/they could of ... (instead of have)
It's early doors but ... ????!!!!
It's kinda ...
I writ it ... (instead of wrote) - this one seems to be fairly common in Suffolk!
Basically ...
At the upcoming ... (surely they mean forthcoming!)
Oh - and Giles - it is really painful to see words with apostrophes omitted or placed incorrectly! I just want to get the good old (teacher's) red pen out!!! How much easier it is to say "It's John's pen" rather than "The pen of John" as they say in French!
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'At the top of the programme'.
And one that seems to have arrived with New Labour, the unnecesary and repetitive use of 'clearly'. Just listen next time a politician gives a reply.
And what about those people who ask you how you are and when you say 'fine' or similar they reply 'goodgood'?
And lately some weather forecasters have taken to describing rain as spotting, skipping or jostling. Are they auditioning for Play School?
Can't go on. My head's just burst and I've fallen off my soap box.
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Oh, I forgot one more. 'Obviously' seems to be a favourite of football managers and players.
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The way all TV presenters add ziz to Wales, eg Walesziz. ie Walesziz Rugby Team, Walesziz weather for today is.. . It's Wales for God's sake. Wales Rugby Team, or The Welsh Rugby Team. The weather for Wales, or the Welsh weather today will be.. . Get it right, we pay far too much for the TV license as it is. Perhaps some of it could be used to provide presenters with speech lessons.
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people who don't speak properly. eg. free instead of three, fanks instead of thanks,I fink,instead of I think. I have heard some so called highly educated people speaking like this. It drives me mad.
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SORRY god I hate this dam word more than any thing
Why well since my major accident three years back and I am in wheelchair when those who walk into my wheelchair and say sorry I did not see you GOD!!!!!!!!!
When I am looking for something in supermarket and those who got no time or patience bang into me and you get sorry O GOD!!!!!!!!!!
Then the best one try and go into a disabled toilet and out comes a abled bodied person who looks at you and says
YES --------------SORRY
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Everything already mentioned plus:
Do you see what I did there?
Team GB (or team anything else)
The use of "designer" to justify overcharging for mass produced tat. Anything man-made has been designed.
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'It's not for the money, I just want to make sure it doesn't happen to anyone else'.
AND.....people who cannot differentiate between bought & brought.
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I really dislike it when people use the word "gobsmacked".
Also when TV presenters say "You lot out there"
I think it just sounds so disrespectful
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Back again........... another that really annoys me is when TV presenters say..........
"propitty".
The word is property!
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the worst has to be...'It's always in the last place you look' after finding a set of keys or something!
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'It does what it says on the tin'
'To be honest'
'I'd love to be like you' (you wouldn't)
'At the end of the day'
' shouldn't 'ave'
'What 'r' you like'
'Ta ta or tarrah'
'See ya later'
The horrible thing about this is I've found myself saying some of these!!
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Me again.
Did anyone hear this evening the BBC 6 o’clock news weather forecaster refer to a ‘disruptive snow event’ instead of ‘heavy snow’?
What next? A ‘horizontal wet event’ maybe instead of ‘wet and windy? ‘A reduced visibility event’ instead of ‘fog’? ‘An ongoing evaporative situation’ for ‘drought’?
Lastly ‘secertary’. There really is no 'secert' to broadcasting correct English. Narmeen?
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I also hate it when inverted commas are changed to question marks after you have hit the post comment box and cannot edit them.
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Please, PLEASE dear journalists, think up some worthwhile links to the next correspondent, without having to "Catch-up" with them..... it just sounds SO phoney!!!.....catch-up,....oh YUK!!
Regards,
John
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Local BBC weather forecast last night....
"Weather stats".
That would be STATISTICS I suppose? Is it really that much of an effort to say a complete word as opposed to abbreviating everything?
Personally, I cannot stand the word "telly" either.
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I couldn't get online in time to let you know my PET HATE.
It's EVERYTHIN K
ANYTHIN K
Horror of horrors, even educated experts on R4 Today's programme use these words! Ugh!
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Don't get me started! It infuriates me when people say "I should of" instead of "I should have". They do not seem to teach grammar at school nowadays or is it that most of the youth of today are completely thick! (In HI
hindsight, it is probably the latter!)
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Don't get me started! It infuriates me when people say "I should of" instead of "I should have". They do not seem to teach grammar at school nowadays or is it that most of the youth of today are completely thick! (In
hindsight, it is probably the latter!)
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Message for OldIronBaz.
Can't you express yourself better than having to blaspheme all the time?
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With all due respect... Means I do not give a monkeys.
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Phil of Stamford. Wtih all due respect......Meaning I dont give a monkeys
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The next time you have some dreadful polititian on who is trying to convince us that some discredited policy is going to allow us to "Move forward", I swear I shall destroy the TV and withold my licence fee.
Any journalist who allows "communities", and
"minorities", and that we must be more:
"inclusive", and that we should be less:
"judgemental", and,
well, any word ending in "-ism" [you know, the "R"-word etc]
....then that journalist should be subject to INSTANT dismissal, please, do not just Ross-them for a couple of months;
.......you know, the SACK!!!
Thanks;
Have a good day.
John,
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One phrase that does really get to me is when you hear a footballer or sports pundit say something like, 'Well we need to get a result here today.'
DOH! Of course you are going to get a result: You are either going to win, lose or draw!
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I dont know nothing. Which really means you do know something.
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Youth speak:
an answer to a question. Where were you last Friday?:
"I was at home and stuff, doin' things like family."
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I cannot stand the way "th" has become "v" as in "bover" and "whever" also, when did congratulations gain a "d" and become congradulations aaagh
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*BASICALLY* *AT THE END OF THE DAY*
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i am going to give 110 per cent . thats a mathmatical imposibility . it annoys me so much i want to throw something at my tv
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what about the infinitly long pauses presenters add before giving the winners name ie strictly come dancing next time count the elephants , you will be , one elephant , amazed
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"It's amazing!" "It's amazing!" I hear this when people are admiring something; a view, some fantastic architechture or what someone has done to promote the expression "It's amazing!"..... There are plenty of other impressive words to use other than "It's amazing!"
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when people give THEIR opinion about something and end it by saying 'and if anyone says otherwise they're lying', or words to that effect.
I just think this is arrogant and a bit narrowminded that they believe everyone has the same opinions and/or moral values as they do.
I also can't stand - or understand - the phrase 'pushing the envelope'. What on earth does this mean anyway?? :}
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' I hear what you say'.
Which normally means I'm not interested in what you've just said and is usually followed by a But...
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the level playing field
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the window of opportunity
Where I live, windows are opportunities for only one kind of person.
The rest of us use the door.
And some of us knock first.
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the jury's out
So many juries out these days....
So few of us left....
SIGH!
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bear with me
big white fellow.
looks kinda friendly.
got his hand in the honey pot again.
lovely eyes.
bit smelly tho'.
wish he'd move over a bit.
give a guy room to think.
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As has already been mentioned, I second the bad usage of the English language when someone writes, 'would of' or 'could of' instead of 'would have' or 'could have'.
This rapid deterioration of our great language saddens me especally in a time when there are so many other languages being used in this country nowadays.
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the phrases that drive me round the bend is.... "Yer wot?" and "ya know like...."
Love the show
Blaise Harman
Cheshire
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sorry bad grammar... "is" should have been "are"
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My two hates are "you know" (if I do know why are you telling me?) and "like".
Both repeated even more than the other words in the conversation!
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Pet hates:
"Lessons will be learned" (they never are)
"Basically"
"At the end of the day"
"When you get right down to it"
"Like" - used inappropriately
"In jeopardy", "In earnest" (where are these places?!! :) )
"You know what I mean"
"Amaazing!"
"Wow"
"Texting language abbreviations" (use proper English)
The peculiar new pronunciations used by Television presenters and newsreaders.
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Continued:
"Global Warming"
"Climate Change"
"Fiscal responsibilities"
"New guidelines have been issued"
Interminable Telephone Answering machines with choices, when you just want to speak to a human being, and then a voice with a strong accent answering which you cannot understand.
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Absolutely (why can't people just say Yes?)
Mist and Murk
A 'raft' of measures/new legislation
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I get teased for being pedantic about language so it's reassuring to know I'm not alone. So many of my bugbears have already been listed! - "I was sat/stood"; "Haitch"; "Congradulations" - but no mention that I could see of "Floor" when what is meant is "Ground", as in football commentaries where the players fall "on the floor". I've always understood a floor to be an indoor construction, and the ground is outside. Decking might be debatable, but a football pitch is definitely ground.
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The phrase,
'I have to say....'
really annoys me.
I just shout at the TV...
'No!!! You don't HAVE to say. You can keep it to yourself'
Grrrrr.....
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PLEASE can someone teach Anne Robinson to say THOUSAND instead of THOUSANT
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People say "in actual fact". Is there a "non actual fact"
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Can't stand the word "Chillax"....it has to be easier to say, "I'm going to relax now"....rather than "I'm going to Chillax now"
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I just think thirty years to live
I'm busy
People are like that /not perfect/worse off than yourself
Paradigm
Lighten up
Just get on with your life
Just make the most of the rest of your life.
I put things behind me.
Firm up
It's what we all have to face in life I'm afraid.
The way you're talking you need more medication
I try not to/don't dwell on things
Life is what you make of it.
Pot pourri
The above are terms and words I cannot stand.
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I am not keen on life is too short.
Brevity of life is irrelevant. If something neeeds to be dealt with it needs to be dealt with, that is why we are alive. It wastes more time dodging things than dealing with them.
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