Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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- Inside my skull
What English expression do you hate the most?
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Gwylan
Veteran
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- All at sea⛵
Gwylan
Veteran
- Location
- All at sea⛵
I was stuck in a hotel in Florida one weekend.
I was the only person there who didn't know it was a ND look alike tribute weekend.
He had a lot of attractive followers amongst the sad and distracted.
But the whole complex pulsated to his music all weekend.
Ratchet Cat
Veteran
Sorry to bother you. People who say the word “no” as “ no-WUH”
I writ it down. No, you WROTE it down.
People who pronounce the word “school “ as skew-will.
I writ it down. No, you WROTE it down.
People who pronounce the word “school “ as skew-will.
Drago
Legendary Member
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- Suburban Poshshire
Nothing worse than pulsating to Neil Diamond.
Chill your beans.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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- Inside my skull
Have you seen a doctor about it?
mickle
innit
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- 53.933606, -1.076131
"Without further ado".
Or even worse when Mericans butcher it by saying;"Without further adeu"
Or even worse when Mericans butcher it by saying;"Without further adeu"
Brandane
Legendary Member
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- Costa Clyde
Another Americanism which hasn't quite caught on here YET (but no doubt soon will, like everything else) is their habit of saying "I'm gonna GO AHEAD and....... (insert any type of action here!)......". It is very noticeable on just about any YT video of American origin relating to bike maintenance procedures, for every step of the job being explained.
matticus
Guru
I'm gonna go ahead and nuke all those idiots before it spreads round the Anglosphere.
Who's with me?!?
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
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- The hills of Accrington
Not English, more European I'd say. "For sure', often used by football players and managers rattles my cage....as they say! 🧐
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Andy in Germany
Guru
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- Rottenburg am Neckar
Sometimes that reflects an expression that exists in their first language that they automatically translate into English when speaking it. I've noticed a few Germans use and I probably have a couple of anglicisms that I translate unconsciously when speaking German.
Drago
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Me!!!!!
matticus
Guru
Not a hatred, more a bemusement:
" I would have thought that ..."
eh?? Do you mean you DON'T think that, but under certain circs you would?
Why not tell us/me what you DO think!
(Of course in reality it's usually used to have a sly dig e.g.
"I would have thought that it would be quicker for you to come on the M40."
or
"I would have thought you'd find that easy, with your [experience/education/etc]"
" I would have thought that ..."
eh?? Do you mean you DON'T think that, but under certain circs you would?
Why not tell us/me what you DO think!
(Of course in reality it's usually used to have a sly dig e.g.
"I would have thought that it would be quicker for you to come on the M40."
or
"I would have thought you'd find that easy, with your [experience/education/etc]"
mistyoptic
Vintage
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- A parallel reality
Because it’s conditional and in the same tense as the (implied incorrect) choice that was made, i.e. the past?
