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Most annoying "spoken phrases" you hear

I hate it when people say 'obviously' when it isn't obvious at all. I also really hate it when on Big Brother they say "Please give the name of your first nomination."
 
KingYaba said:
"cajones" --> People say 'cajones' improperly when they are refering to 'cojones.' Which means balls. "He's got some cojones." Instead people say "He's got some cajones." Cajones is a desk drawer. Get your Español correct people! It's the improper vowel sound that bugs me a little bit.

Cojones = Balls

Cajones = Desk drawer
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Bien dicho. Tienes chutzpah.
 
I hate it when people (speaking English) try to put foreign accents on words that already have commonly accepted English equivalents. One of the biggest is when they try to pronounce "mozzarella" as "mootzerell." Italians don't even say it like that.
 
KingYaba said:
"cajones" --> People say 'cajones' improperly when they are refering to 'cojones.' Which means balls. "He's got some cojones." Instead people say "He's got some cajones." Cajones is a desk drawer. Get your Español correct people! It's the improper vowel sound that bugs me a little bit.

Cojones = Balls

Cajones = Desk drawer
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Also not to be confused with "conejos" = rabbits :D
 
"no offense"

"contrary to popular belief"

GRRR!!!! WHAT OFFENSE, YOU ALREADY OFFENDED ME!
and, POPULAR BELIEF? WHO BELIEVES THAT YOU ARE GOOD-LOOKING ANYWAYS???!
 
I've waited a long time for this

Never been able to express my dislike of the following before so thanks to the originator of this thread.

Difficult to explain but I loathe the use of the phrase 'just about' when used incorrectly. e.g. watching moto GP and Haydon beat Rossi out of a corner and commentator said 'Haydon just about gets away quicker than Rossi' when in fact he did get away quicker not just about.

Oh that's better, I feel cleansed.
 
Most stuff rolls of me.... but the "axe you a question" drives me crazy.

I usually ask them "what?" just to stop the flow of conversation and give them another try.
 
I just moved from NY to Massachussets, and I really need to vent about some of the phrases here.

"That was so wicked awsome!" "That was so f-in awsome!"
"That is so sketchy" = "That is so weird"
"Can I go get a drink at the bubbler?" = "Can I go to the water fountain"
"The elastic" = The rubber band"

not to much the lack of r's
 
skunk said:
Why do people say "lonjeray" when it's pronounced "lanjeree"?
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It's not just the Americans who do it?

I just wish that people would learn that "There's" is singular, not plural and things like "There's problems with it." do not work correctly.
 
It drives me nuts when American's pronounce silent letters in British place names. e.g. Norwich, Leicester, Bury.

Or when academic wannabes mispronounce German words. I'm sure I'm guilty of butchering French though.
 
tominated said:
aks instead of ask - really common in the lower socio-economical areas of queensland, australia
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Oh yeah, that one always bugs me.

I think the one I find most annoying is people using "but" and the end of a sentence instead of "though".

eg. I didn't know that would happen but.

Grrr
 
tominated said:
aks instead of ask - really common in the lower socio-economical areas of queensland, australia
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Yeah, I've heard similar amongst the "Great Unwashed" but I think it came in from the US - definitely heard it there a long time ago.

We really should stop the poor from drinking, we'd save a lot more water that way.
 
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