What English expression do you hate the most?

[mistyoptic]

Alight (from the train). No-one I have ever talked to has ever used that term. It's utterly British, which is both very good and very bad

You could detrain instead

 

[PhotoNic69]

Alight (from the train). No-one I have ever talked to has ever used that term. It's utterly British, which is both very good and very bad

Along with "unboard" or "deboard" from any form of transport. Makes my teeth curl.

I'm happy with "Disembark" or to simply "get of the ..."

Also any phrase containing the word "influencer". I wish they would be Unboarded from this world and placed on Musk's one way voyage to Mars.

 

[Electric_Andy]

You could detrain instead

How about just get off!

 

[First Aspect]

Might I add 'nom nom nom', comfy and cosy.

So basically, people hate anything overheard in Waitrose?

This seems reasonable.

 

[yello]

So basically, people hate anything overheard in Waitrose?

I'd not of it like that before. You may well be right.

 

[laurentian]

With regard to "alight" in relation to leaving forms of transport. I have flown to and from the US quite a few times and, apart from the frankly awful "deplane", on descent the cabin crew often say, ". . . we will be landing momentarily . . ." to me, this suggests a brief touch down before lifting off again. Surely " . . . we will be landing in a moment . . ." is what they mean.

 

[yello]

I do you love language and the magical moment when it hits you that we all use if differently.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I do you love language and the magical moment when it hits you that we all use if differently.

I have certainly been know to use it differently


such as saying "if" instead of "it"

 

[Profpointy]

With regard to "alight" in relation to leaving forms of transport. I have flown to and from the US quite a few times and, apart from the frankly awful "deplane", on descent the cabin crew often say, ". . . we will be landing momentarily . . ." to me, this suggests a brief touch down before lifting off again. Surely " . . . we will be landing in a moment . . ." is what they mean.

The "landing momentarily" thing always conjures up an image of jumping out of a still-moving Hercules clutching my laptop as part of bizarre combination of business trip and commando raid

 

[Alex321]

With regard to "alight" in relation to leaving forms of transport. I have flown to and from the US quite a few times and, apart from the frankly awful "deplane", on descent the cabin crew often say, ". . . we will be landing momentarily . . ." to me, this suggests a brief touch down before lifting off again. Surely " . . . we will be landing in a moment . . ." is what they mean.

"in a moment" is what "momentarily" means in US English. Whereas to British people, it means briefly, as you suggest.

 

[Dogtrousers]

"in a moment" is what "momentarily" means in US English. Whereas to British people, it means briefly, as you suggest.

All the same, "momentarily" seems a bit inappropriate for an airline captain's landing announcement. Unless he does indeed make it a moment before the wheels touch the runway.

 

[Profpointy]

"in a moment" is what "momentarily" means in US English. Whereas to British people, it means briefly, as you suggest.

The other classic is "tabling" something for discussion. In the UK it means to get it into today's meeting, but in the US it means to defer till a later date. This caused great consternation in wartime conferences when an important decision kept on getting deferred against the wishes of both delegations until someone finally twigged

 

[lazybloke]

You could detrain instead

How about just get off!

Bit rude doing that on a train. Except maybe in 1st class.

 

[Accy cyclist]

"They've made history", or "History in the making". Yes I know what they mean, as in it's something that's happened that will be remembered by those associated or interested with the happening for years to come, but can you create/make history.🤔 Surely history is something that happened quite a while ago, not as it actually happened.🤔

 

[Webbo2]

"They've made history", or "History in the making". Yes I know what they mean, as in it's something that's happened that will be remembered by those associated or interested with the happening for years to come, but can you create/make history.🤔 Surely history is something that happened quite a while ago, not as it actually happened.🤔

Technically your post is history as the past is the past instantly.😉