Words that annoy me for no particular reason.

[Accy cyclist]

I see this all over the tinterweb.

Oh no!! It's not the tinternet,it's t'internet. T'internet is Lancashire/Yorkshire for The internet. There's no need for a The when the T in t'internet is the word The shortened by an apostrophe.

I bet some clever clogs will come along and point out any incorrect punctuation in my post,but i'm not trying to be pedantic,it's just a little thing that i feel the need to explain to non Lancastrians or non tykes.

 

[swee'pea99]

"My Bad". WTF.
Why not say sorry for making a mistake.

Posh people have been saying mea culpa for years, which in a similar way isn't quite the same as apologising.

 

[JPBoothy]

"My Bad". WTF.
Why not say sorry for making a mistake.

Oh yes, what a very annoying phrase that just makes no sense and one that I'm sure any old English teacher would definitely cringe at.

 

[Blue Hills]

Posh people have been saying mea culpa for years, which in a similar way isn't quite the same as apologising.

Would be interested in your definition of the difference.
Genuine question.

 

[PeteXXX]

"My Bad". WTF.
Why not say sorry for making a mistake.

I sometimes say 'my bad', but it's my thread so I don't care!!

 

[swee'pea99]

Would be interested in your definition of the difference.
Genuine question.

Acknowledging culpability and making an apology are two different things. There's nothing grammatically wrong with 'yes it's down to me - what's it to you, mate?'

 

[Blue Hills]

Acknowledging culpability and making an apology are two different things. There's nothing grammatically wrong with 'yes it's down to me - what's it to you, mate?'

Fair answer - I have a certain experience of "mea culpa" used in Italy.
It can be, quite often is maybe, used in a saracastic way meaning "so what".
Centuries of training betwixt bells smells and routine confession.

 

[matticus]

Seeing "of" instead of "have".
"I could of ". I see this all over the tinterweb. There's probably things I put that get your backs up. If so I can take it.

I can't believe this took 36pages to crop up! Perhaps CC is relatively safe from this modern horror.

(I used to hàve a colleague who used "kind of a" so often, he shortened it to "kava" without realising it.)

 

[PeteXXX]

Snax & Skillz

Very annoying when seen written.
Hard to determine if the boyz are pronouncing the end letter as a Z or an S, though.

 

[raleighnut]

Snax & Skillz

Very annoying when seen written.
Hard to determine if the boyz are pronouncing the end letter as a Z or an S, though.

Bollox is still valid though innit.

 

[LarryDuff]

"My Bad". WTF.
Why not say sorry for making a mistake.

I hate that phrase.

 

[roley poley]

on adverts when they say.."NOTHING works better than ....."well why push your product if your better without it??

 

[Accy cyclist]

I'm('am') picking up a few ams here on CC. Used in the context of i am,or i'm.🧐

 

[Accy cyclist]

'Macwaaan'. When about half of newsreaders and news reporters (mostly BBC) refer to the French President using a faux French accent,instead of simply saying Macron.🧐

 

[PeteXXX]

on adverts when they say.."NOTHING works better than ....."well why push your product if your better without it??

In a similar vein.
.....up to 99%
That could mean anything from 0% upwards.