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People who start a sentence, or reply to a question, with their first word being 'so'.......
Becoming the norm I fear, particularly on TV and radio, and it absolutely makes my toes curl.
Please somebody....
.....Make it stop
And don't get me started about broadcasters with short tongued speech impediments - how did they get employed in broadcasting if they can't talk properly? There's a woman on BBC radio 2 from 5am who I have to turn off - her speech is simply excrutiating.
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22nd Feb 2017 5:47 pm
al cope
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people when doing presentations who say, can "can you talk to that point/topic" - no I F***cking well wont - I'll talk about that point/topic !!
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22nd Feb 2017 8:27 pm
RRSTDV8
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oldstout wrote:
People who start a sentence, or reply to a question, with their first word being 'so'.......
Becoming the norm I fear, particularly on TV and radio, and it absolutely makes my toes curl.
Ooh, me too! I hate it. I think it's come over from the US (where else?) as a way to stop people saying "um". Of course, if people avoided speaking until they knew what they were going to say, they wouldn't need to use these silly props.
I had to bite my keyboard recently when someone posted on RRSport and started their comment with "So,[...]". I kid you not.Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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22nd Feb 2017 9:11 pm
trailhound
Member Since: 27 Aug 2015
Location: Colchester
Posts: 697
People who say.... in one fowl/foul swoop when is should be "one fell swoop". The real reason it irritates me is that I spent 25 of my 45 years saying it wrong myself
22nd Feb 2017 9:18 pm
Narpy
Member Since: 18 Jul 2011
Location: Stockport
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People who say " visa versa" when they should of course be saying "vice versa".
It's Latin you dimwits, get it right.
Also, people who say "He's turned round and said". Why has he turned around, was he facing away from you?
Also, British people who insist on saying the americanism "Skedule" instead of "schedule"
And finally, anybody who likes to use the phrase "going forward"
There may be more.
Here's another, people who type the word "of" instead of "have". Mods:
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22nd Feb 2017 10:18 pm
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I tell you what's got my goat up today. Firstly, the crap roads in Norfolk. Took me 2 hours to drive 50 miles to the airport. Secondly, the length of time you have to wait for baggage reclaim at Manchester airport T3. It took almost as long as the flight to collect my bag and get a taxi.
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22nd Feb 2017 10:28 pm
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22nd Feb 2017 10:30 pm
oldstout
Member Since: 03 Apr 2016
Location: North East England
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Narpy wrote:
And finally, anybody who likes to use the phrase "going forward"
Here's another, people who type the word "of" instead of "have".
Oooh Narpy!
Two more I agree with! Whatever happened to 'in future'? Going forward is more business BS pervading everyday speak.
You can't educate pork...
23rd Feb 2017 12:31 am
oldstout
Member Since: 03 Apr 2016
Location: North East England
Posts: 247
RRSTDV8 wrote:
oldstout wrote:
People who start a sentence, or reply to a question, with their first word being 'so'.......
Becoming the norm I fear, particularly on TV and radio, and it absolutely makes my toes curl.
Ooh, me too! I hate it. I think it's come over from the US (where else?) as a way to stop people saying "um". Of course, if people avoided speaking until they knew what they were going to say, they wouldn't need to use these silly props.
I had to bite my keyboard recently when someone posted on RRSport and started their comment with "So,[...]". I kid you not.
Also, loads of examples of "loose" being used instead of "lose"
But the most ridiculous of all, not seen it here I have to be honest, is clowns who use the word "Are" when they actually mean "Our". Idiots.
A classic example is the description title to this eBay listing: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Focus-1-6-D...Sw2xRYmK1Z
Read it and weep. Mods:
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23rd Feb 2017 1:21 am
oldstout
Member Since: 03 Apr 2016
Location: North East England
Posts: 247
Brilliant!
Yes..all those....
.....too! You can't educate pork...
23rd Feb 2017 10:52 am
Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
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Narpy wrote:
People who say " visa versa" when they should of course be saying "vice versa".
It's Latin you dimwits, get it right.
Also, British people who insist on saying the americanism "Skedule" instead of "schedule"
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Visa versa - don't think I've ever heard that one.
One really strange thing is part of the westcountry dialect where I've heard people replace words ending in ow with ell - have you ever seen a windle zil or a wheel barrell? Current: Discovery 3 06MY (55 reg) HSE Auto Zambezi Silver Allisport Fast Road Intercooler, V8 Brakes, Silicone IC Hoses, EGRs Blanked, Remapped, De-Cat pipe, FBHIC
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23rd Feb 2017 11:41 am
Rescue01
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Location: Aberdeen
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People who use this icon In posts when there is no need.Its not the height of the fall but the sudden stop at the bottom that hurts!!
23rd Feb 2017 1:54 pm
Pelyma
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Lost for Words wrote:
Visa versa - don't think I've ever heard that one.
One really strange thing is part of the westcountry dialect where I've heard people replace words ending in ow with ell - have you ever seen a windle zil or a wheel barrell?
Perhaps Vicea Versa would be a better way of explaining it.DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
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