Alex321
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I don't understand what you are getting at here??
It is perfectly possible for multiple things to all be important, and indeed in many contexts it is the norm.
What English expression do you hate the most?
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I don't understand what you are getting at here??
It is perfectly possible for multiple things to all be important, and indeed in many contexts it is the norm.
Profpointy
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For example: surprise, ruthless efficiency, and a fanatical devotion to the Pope
Andy in Germany
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Not an expression as such, but exclamation marks annoy me, especially when they are sprayed as liberally as commas; or worse, used in multiple.
Drago
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Why is that?!!!
Jameshow
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I don't get what your on about🤔?!!!
Does putting emoji into sentences really annoy 😡 you too?!!!! 🤣
Yellow Fang
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I dislike the express "ahead its time" when used about music bands, normally. Like whe I play We're Only Making Plans for Nigel by XTC, which came out in 1979. There will be pillocks who post this was ahead of its time. No it wasn't. Pop music was great back then. It's rubbish now.
You've got me started. On a certain football team forum I was once on, one particular player was always described as "underrated". To the point where I'd swear it was the most common description of them. Hardly underrated if everyone goes on about how underrated they were.
Drago
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Indeed. The highly excellent XTC were very much of their time, a time that produded some fantastic and varied acts that arose from the same mixed embers of the dead bodies of punk and pub rock.
XTC, Squeeze, The Motors, even The Knack, and many others, can all draw their lines back to the same point of origin, are all totally different, yet all bloody marvellous.
Gwylan
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It's a what 3 words location
Gwylan
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Brandane
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Not an expression as such, but I dislike the way some people talk as if they are constantly asking a question. In the way one might talk to a 2 year old, trying to confirm they have understood. Difficult to explain in print? But I'm sure you know what I mean? Arghhhh! Yet another Americanism that has crept in to our language.
Sea of vapours
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That questioning intonation thing is predominantly an Australan trait, not a USAnian one (not exclusively obviously). It's also, as you say, pretty irritating. I know a Geordie, in his sixties, who has somehow developed that ... problem. He's recently moved to Fort William to corrupt the natives with it :-)
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First Aspect
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In the round.
Top or bottom of the hour.
Keeping across something (in a BBC sort of a way).
Top or bottom of the hour.
Keeping across something (in a BBC sort of a way).
