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Most annoying "spoken phrases" you hear
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But some improper English is interesting. I get a kick out of translating for my Chinese factory friends.
Man who run in front of car get tired.
Man who run behind car get exhausted.
Or if you have to clean something for a sticker-
"prepare the surface full smoothingly".
or " these rubber bumpers are on the product to reduce smash".
Actually quite clever.
Man who run in front of car get tired.
Man who run behind car get exhausted.
Or if you have to clean something for a sticker-
"prepare the surface full smoothingly".
or " these rubber bumpers are on the product to reduce smash".
Actually quite clever.
I say "Couldn't care less". That's exactly what I mean when I say it!Chundles said:
EDIT: Nevermind... I need to go to bed...!
Bern said:Odd that's not how you responded to my "could've, would've, should've" reply.
Sorry? I responded to your reply saying that whilst I knew how the phrase was said (yes you are correct), in my original post I was annoyed at people who say the individual words incorrectly. That's why I put each in a separate quotation field. I've already said this to you.
The person who says "couldn't care less" is also correct.
As far as i can see "couldn't" and "could've" are two different words.
Haven't read all of this, but I gotta say the one that annoys me the most is
"Just chillin' 'n ****." A buddy of mine says this. Annoys the piss out of me.
That and "Well, that sounds like a personal problem". Everytime my brother says that, I want to kill him.
"Just chillin' 'n ****." A buddy of mine says this. Annoys the piss out of me.
That and "Well, that sounds like a personal problem". Everytime my brother says that, I want to kill him.
The 'N' word... Especially when used by black people... Ugh... WTF is up with that double standard? They find it acceptable to say it among themselves, but get all angry when said by someone who isn't black. If you don't like it when other people say it to you, then don't say it at all. And on top of that it means black... I don't mean this in a racist way by no means, but it irks me! Gah!
other-wise
Any word which is inappropriately suffixed with the word wise. For example, "How do you feel your life is money-wise".
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Any word which is inappropriately suffixed with the word wise. For example, "How do you feel your life is money-wise".
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Chundles said:Sorry? I responded to your reply saying that whilst I knew how the phrase was said (yes you are correct), in my original post I was annoyed at people who say the individual words incorrectly. That's why I put each in a separate quotation field. I've already said this to you.
The person who says "couldn't care less" is also correct.
As far as i can see "couldn't" and "could've" are two different words.
Hey I'm just taking the pi** it's cool
Bern said:Hey I'm just taking the pi** it's cool
You're just annoyed because you didn't realise he was an Aussie
I'm not sure if he was talking about Creole, but it is true that in the South, there are distinct differences between groupings of 'white' speech and 'black' speech, and sometimes this presents significant barriers to communication. And it must be noted that there are varieties of each, for example, I can understand my father's speech fine (he's black), but some people I've met from Greensboro, AL are almost completely unintelligible to me. There are also white dialects that I have trouble with occassionally (Mom's white).
That being said, my Dad realized he was old, and started using "right smart" to refer to a lot of something. arrgh!
1337speek, just let me slap you, just once, please?
When I was in Japan, it was annoying that they combine/shorten English words to make their own loanwords "pasocon" - personal computer, "MacDo" - McDonalds, etc... but I got over it
I use the word cliche, but only to refer to actual cliches (as in writing).
"Can I borrow a tissue?" - heck no!
That being said, my Dad realized he was old, and started using "right smart" to refer to a lot of something. arrgh!
1337speek, just let me slap you, just once, please?
When I was in Japan, it was annoying that they combine/shorten English words to make their own loanwords "pasocon" - personal computer, "MacDo" - McDonalds, etc... but I got over it
I use the word cliche, but only to refer to actual cliches (as in writing).
"Can I borrow a tissue?" - heck no!
Nermal said:You're just annoyed because you didn't realise he was an Aussie
Cheeky
His location says "The Gong" of course I knew he is Aussie. The Gong is Wollongong here in New South Wales. That's why I said "we Aussies" thus taking the pi**.Another annoying one:- "Anywho" instead of "Anyway"
"I were ..."
"He/she were ..."
"We was ..."
"You was ..."
"They was ..."
"broke" instead of "broken" as in "that PC were broke"
haitch
But ... I quite like accents ... such as northern English "water" and "washing" (both with a flat "a" as in "bat").
"He/she were ..."
"We was ..."
"You was ..."
"They was ..."
"broke" instead of "broken" as in "that PC were broke"
haitch
But ... I quite like accents ... such as northern English "water" and "washing" (both with a flat "a" as in "bat").
I have several pet peeves but I guess my biggest on is the use of the word 'like'
eg. "And I was like, 'yeah, whatever' and he like totally freaked out"
Here it first replaces a verb with a simile and is just unnecessary in the second part...maybe it replaces 'errr' or 'um'? Also have you ever noticed that people that use 'like' a lot always talk really loudly as if their thoughts and words are so incredible that the whole world needs to hear them?
I know it's not a spoken thing but I get really annoyed by people that use mobile phone abbreviations in emails. e.g. 'CU L8R M8' (AKA ****wit speak). It's a damn email! You have a full size keyboard! There is no excuse. It saves you a few seconds. It takes me ages to read the thing phonetically to work out what the hell you're on about. The same goes for excessively poor grammar, spelling and punctuation in message board posts. It's just laziness.
eg. "And I was like, 'yeah, whatever' and he like totally freaked out"
Here it first replaces a verb with a simile and is just unnecessary in the second part...maybe it replaces 'errr' or 'um'? Also have you ever noticed that people that use 'like' a lot always talk really loudly as if their thoughts and words are so incredible that the whole world needs to hear them?
I know it's not a spoken thing but I get really annoyed by people that use mobile phone abbreviations in emails. e.g. 'CU L8R M8' (AKA ****wit speak). It's a damn email! You have a full size keyboard! There is no excuse. It saves you a few seconds. It takes me ages to read the thing phonetically to work out what the hell you're on about. The same goes for excessively poor grammar, spelling and punctuation in message board posts. It's just laziness.
Lacero said:
Nah, a Masters will do fine
I'm so glad that we no longer have the "like" in my area, at least not to such an extent. I remember it bothering me in the 80's and early 90's when it infiltrated my elementary school.
caveman_uk said:
I agree!!
Some people claim that it is not important (it is if the message is misinterpreted!) ...
Others claim that it would take longer to type. (Nothing like the amount of time it takes to decipher some of the garbage that is posted!) ...
People whose first language is not English have an excuse.
People whose first language is English don't.
[ aaaah ... I feel better now ... ]
[Note to self: must stop being a reactionary old grump]
kiwi-in-uk said:
I agree that if something is so poorly written as to be ambiguous or unintelligible than the writer need to take more care.
But I also agree that there aren't any truly firm spelling or grammar 'rules' just guidelines.
Languages are not set in stone they need and do evolve over time, sometimes very quickly. Just look at words in current use in English job, cash, pajamas, jodhpur, khaki, flak, etcetera etc. All those and many, many more are taken from Indian, German, Latin and other languages.
The one I hate with a passion fruit is cache when it's pronounced kaysh, it's not bloody kaysh, it's pronounced the same as cash. And ask me how many times I get to hear it, I work in the bloody computer industry, I hear it constantly.toontra said: