Words that annoy me for no particular reason.

[glasgowcyclist]

Less for quantities, fewer for numbers. So:

Less wine, fewer glasses.
Less sugar, fewer lumps.
Less water, fewer raindrops.

It all depends on whether you can count it or not.

[/pedant]

Phew, that's one fewer thing for me to worry about!

 

[Profpointy]

Yebbut, he was Norn Irish. The more usual translation of 'Hwaet!' is Listen! or (more prosaically) Pay Attention!

Maybe he would have instinctively said something like "right lads" but felt it wasn't the right tone

 

[Salar]

Fetch....don't know why.
Sea bass,... no it's not it's bass.

 

[swee'pea99]

A phrase, not a word, but (especially on Twitter):

<makes statement> "Let that sink in."

How utterly patronising. It's the newer version of "Do the math!"

That's excellent! I must try that on the munchkins.

 

[Bazzer]

Blimey, They used to say northern folk were friendly ...

We are. But some of us don't extend it to everyone who happens to be here.

 

[matticus]

If I was American it would be Just Sayin'.
An insult, retraction, accusation of snowflakery and abdication of responsibility all rolled into one.

Oh, that's been a common one on the British Internet for a couple of years - hugely annoying!!!!! (that's five, in case no-one noticed)

I may regret saying this, but it seems to have faded from it's peak in the last few months. ...

 

[matticus]

We are. But some of us don't extend it to everyone who happens to be here.

That reminds me of a stay with a Scottish friend at his parent's place. Out on a ride, discussing this-n-that, he said:
"We're not unfriendly - we just don't like you."
!!!

 

[MichaelW2]

Fetch....don't know why.
Sea bass,... no it's not it's bass.

Anything on a sea-going vessel prefixed by the word "sea".

 

[Blue Hills]

A phrase, not a word, but (especially on Twitter):

<makes statement> "Let that sink in."

How utterly patronising. It's the newer version of "Do the math!"

A phrase, not a word, but (especially on Twitter):

<makes statement> "Let that sink in."

How utterly patronising. It's the newer version of "Do the math!"

There used to be a whole host of fake polite fake reasonable patronising terms used in the politics bit. Quite possibly because a fair few folk flattered themselves as being part of the twitterati. Now a fair bit better thankfully.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Round here any bloke I meet generally refers to me a 'My Mate'

so I walk into the bike shop
I get
"Hello there My Mate" - OK I go in every few weeks and was in and out every few days a while ago when I was having some trouble

but basically this is normal - if a local actually recognises you and has spoken to you, even briefly, - you are 'My Mate'
weird


Anyway - to reverse the topic - and as I have worked in IT since 1981

I miss people saying they have fixed something by switching it "on and off"

it was always amusing - so much less fun when they say "off and on" nowadays
like I miss going for a jab and the nurse/doctor saying "Just a sharp scratch"
used to be "Juts a little prick" - far more distracting - I miss that

 

[Cathryn]

Utilise. What on earth is wrong with 'use'???

And myself when it should just be plain old 'me'.

 

[stephec]

Bubble
Curated

You just know though that Cliff Richard's new Christmas album will be, 'a carefully curated collection featuring some of his favourite songs.'

 

[winjim]

Less for quantities, fewer for numbers. So:

Less wine, fewer glasses.
Less sugar, fewer lumps.
Less water, fewer raindrops.

It all depends on whether you can count it or not.

[/pedant]

Who do you think you are, Robert Baker?

 

[tyred]

I know it's been said twice already but I think it can be said again as it's so annoying - Literally - I was literally eating my dinner - as opposed to what - virtually eating your dinner or not ?

I hate the word "lounge." No particular reason, it just sounds horrible. I refuse to ever call a room in my home as a lounge.

I hate the word "brunch."

Qashqai - What drugs were the Nissan marketing people taking when they dreamed that one up

I work for an American company and there are quite a few words and phrases which annoy me - why do we have "huddles," "daily stand-ups" and "town halls?" What was wrong with the word meeting? Huddle conjures up images of a group of schoolchildren having a sneaky fag on their lunch break. A town hall is a large building in the middle of a town used for community activities. A stand-up is someone who stands on stage and tells jokes.

I ask people questions - I don't "reach out" to them.

I make phone calls, not outreaches.

People say acronym when they actually mean an abbreviation or has the meaning of acronym changed recently?

"That project is getting good traction now." We work in insurance, not tyre tread pattern design or tractor design so what has traction got to do with it

 

[winjim]

Qashqai - What drugs were the Nissan marketing people taking when they dreamed that one up

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