[snellfish]

"Random" - why is everything random at the moment?
"hey guys, guess what i did today, your not going to believe the randomness of it all, i went to this random shop and randomly bought a random bottle of water, it was just soooooo random"

"My bad" - What is that all about?? This is England so speak English "My mistake" or "My fault" will suffice.

"Can I ARKS you a question" - Sorry what did you say, can you ARKS me a question? When you learn to speak properly then maybe you could ASK me a question.

[Fusewire]

People that start sentences with the work "basically" then start to explain what they want / or happened in the most unbasic fassion imaginable.

[Pecker]

"Twenty four seven".

"Back in the day".

Steve W

[funkyspider]

Random does have a meaning ....

Take my photo thread for example. Basically they are just random photo's in that they are not grouped by any theme.


'gotten' btw.... annoys me.

[dan1979]

Any of that management toss like 'touch base', 'in the loop', 'by close of play'

[loz]

see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7457287.stm

50 office-speak phrases you love to hate

[Pecker]

I heard a new one earlier today.

My mate doesn't have weaknesses, apparently. He has...



































..."strength gaps".



Saints preserve us!

Steve W

[Kieron]

The management waffle always annoys me.

Also "Maccie D's" - when I hear people say that it reminds me of those hooded, skull faced druggies you see.....

"alrarrrt mon, gon Maccie D's fo us" etc etc

[Matt_C]

"I could care less" - it's "I COULDN'T care less" you morons! "I COULD" insinutates just that - you COULD care LESS, meaning you do infact care! "I couldn't care less" insinuates you don't care at all, therefore it would be impossible to actually have any LESS care than you do, as you have none!

Morons!

[NewMan]

People who have been out and "brought" something. Really? Do you plan to "bruy" anything else?

[pave]

Me..."have you finished the job?"

Other...."Yes............apart from."


Me..."Well its not blooming finished then!!!".......arghhhh.....

Note my polite way of venting anger..........do not use "blooming" all the time....sometimes say ..."dam"...

[NewMan]

A couple more.

This one's written, but I can't stand people who don't know the difference between "affect" and "effect". It drives me mad!

Also, and I'm not sure about this one, but when people say something like "Well, thats patently obvious..." Patently? Surely it should be blatantly? Like I say, maybe just me....

[mjn]

It has to be "office speak"

Blue sky thinking
End of play today
Going forward

Blah, blah, blah

[Beobloke]

"pacifically" instead of "specifically"

"vunnerable" instead of "vulnerable"

"med-sin" instead of "medecine"

"Wensday" instead of "Wednesday"

"Febry" instead of "February"

"could of" instead of "could have"

People who pronounce the word "retch" as "reach"

People who, when talking about something someone else said, say "He goes....". Really? Where did he go?

and "arks" instead of "ask" winds me up so much that I'm mentioning it for a second time!

Oh, and in case you were wondering, yes, I am the son of an English teacher and, yes, I am a complete pedant where the English language is concerned.....

[Scott3]

Could of instead of could have.

Then instead of than.

There are too many to mention!

[Pecker]

Am I the only one to notice just how many of these have come from the other side of the pond?

Steve W

[Scott3]

Originally Posted by Beobloke

Oh, and in case you were wondering, yes, I am the son of an English teacher and, yes, I am a complete pedant where the English language is concerned.....

"med-sin" instead of "medecine"

Medecine instead of medicine.

[Beobloke]

Originally Posted by Scott3

Medecine instead of medicine.

I....er....threw that one in deliberately to see if anyone would spot it.

*cough*

[Zeromajor]

'Your' instead of 'You're' (written, obviously!)

'Literally'. Like when someone says "Oh yes I was literally blown away"

Really? So you were literally blown off into the air on a gust of wind? How far did it take you?

[mjn]

Originally Posted by MajorZero

'Your' instead of 'You're' (written, obviously!)

Not as bad as "lose" and "loose" Grrrrrrrrrr

[Ian J]

Is it my imagination or does a variation on the "I'm smugger than you" thread now make a re-appearance on a monthly basis

[snellfish]

Originally Posted by Ian J

Is it my imagination or does a variation on the "I'm smugger than you" thread now make a re-appearance on a monthly basis

smuggness or intelligence you decide "SUPER Moderator"

[Pecker]

Originally Posted by Scott3

Medecine instead of medicine.

Ah, the classic two syllable words.

Cool. School. Regular.

One that particularly grates - and you used to get this a lot from Bianca on EastEnders - is the missing of the middle 'd' from 'didn't' - thus somehow pronounced di-ant.



Steve W

[Ultima]

"free" instead of "Three".

How old are you? "oh i'm firty free"

[Dave Weystoner]

" Turn that thing down, the whole street can hear it". Doesn't she know that 'that thing' is a complex, finely honed and fettled amalgam of the best in British audio engineering?

Dave

[Beetlejuice]

This thread brings back memories... of last month:

Phrases that really annoy you

[marty2005]

He said to me, and I'm like... and he's like... and she's like...


She's all that...

Whatever....

Talk to the hand...

[Setenza]

"Hello".....

I hate it when people greet you or try to start a conversation.

Why can't they just **** off?

Originally Posted by Xusia Of Delos

"Hello".....

I hate it when people greet you or try to start a conversation.

Why can't they just **** off?

Me too, I hate meeting people .

I hate it when people say;

'I was sat there'......

'I was stood at the bus-stop'

'I fell pregnant'

It's I was sitting/standing you complete wastes of space. Lazy.

Now **** off !

[AgentCool]

People who constantly say "You know what I mean?", especially when its use is completely redundant.

Example:

"I went to town on the bus today, you know what I mean?"