Words that bug you - written or spoken

OldGoat · 09-09-2015 3:02pm

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

GOAT (Greatest of all time) :D:D

That's my epitaph right there.

Sudance · 10-09-2015 5:21pm

"Oriented"

It's orienTATED!!

"Who knew". Where TF did that spawn from????!!!!

Sudance · 10-09-2015 6:17pm

Im loving it

*smack*

Rubecula · 10-09-2015 9:00pm

As usual it is all SNAFU.

(Situation Normal, All F***ed Up)

or

FUBAR ....... -*- Up Beyond All Repair

Jellybaby1 · 11-09-2015 12:39am

LANGUAGE Timothy!! :rolleyes:

Samaris · 11-09-2015 12:32pm

This is going to be -very- specific to anyone that partakes in online writing communities, but orbs and adorns.

Out into the real world, the overuse of "turns around".
"So I turns around and says to him, what are you saying and he turns around and says I'm sayin' that and then some wan that wasn't even IN the conversation turns around and says will the two of you shut up because the entire bus can hear you and I turns around and says..."

etc. Situation aside, all that spinning makes me carsick.

looksee · 11-09-2015 1:45pm

Samaris wrote: »

This is going to be -very- specific to anyone that partakes in online writing communities, but orbs and adorns.
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I would like to be able to quibble that partakes only refers to food, and not as an alternative to 'takes part' or 'participates'. But I am wrong, all the dictionaries (including some guy in the 16th century) say it means to take part. Sigh.

Samaris · 11-09-2015 2:09pm

looksee wrote: »

I would like to be able to quibble that partakes only refers to food, and not as an alternative to 'takes part' or 'participates'. But I am wrong, all the dictionaries (including some guy in the 16th century) say it means to take part. Sigh.

I bow to the attempted quibble though, sounds like there was much research behind it!

Actually, looking back on it, "partakes" doesn't really look that good just there, it's a rather awkward word.

campingcarist · 11-09-2015 9:52pm

looksee wrote: »

I would like to be able to quibble that partakes only refers to food, and not as an alternative to 'takes part' or 'participates'. But I am wrong, all the dictionaries (including some guy in the 16th century) say it means to take part. Sigh.

Just put it down to poetic licence - or whatever licence that suits!

Rubecula · 12-09-2015 3:34pm

As a Scouser I suppose I am used to poor usage of good English. However some things do make even me squirm.

"Ay youse wanna go forra pint or wha?" Nice idea but the way of expressing it gets right up my nose.

campingcarist · 12-09-2015 4:04pm

Rubecula wrote: »

As a Scouser I suppose I am used to poor usage of good English. However some things do make even me squirm.

"Ay youse wanna go forra pint or wha?" Nice idea but the way of expressing it gets right up my nose.

You must be tilting your head back too far. Anyway, most people drinking from a pint glass put their nose in it. Just watch the next time you go to the pub.

Rubecula · 17-09-2015 2:34pm

I wish, LOL (there are no pubs where I live now.)

I always preferred the dimple pint glasses anyway. (Fighting glasses we called 'em back in the day... cos when you were two sheets to the wind you had a handle to hang on to when you were fighting to save yer beer from a disaster as you staggered across the room)

nompere · 17-09-2015 4:00pm

Sudance wrote: »

"Oriented"

It's orienTATED!!

"Who knew". Where TF did that spawn from????!!!!

I'm looking at my Chambers Dictionary - real not virtual - and it gives both "oriented" and "orientated". You can find both here www.chambers.co.uk/ as well.

trashcan · 20-09-2015 7:15pm

The phrase "Rock up" Ughhh

Jellybaby1 · 21-09-2015 12:13am

Rubecula wrote: »

I wish, LOL (there are no pubs where I live now.)....

No pubs? Rube, as far as I'm concerned you are in heaven!

northgirl · 21-09-2015 12:16am

Snog

Jellybaby1 · 21-09-2015 12:35am

That reminds me of an elderly relative who used to say 'snog-in-a-fog when she meant the flower 'love-in-a-mist'.

northgirl · 21-09-2015 12:36am

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

That reminds me of an elderly relative who used to say 'snog-in-a-fog when she meant the flower 'love-in-a-mist'.

Excellent :pac:

Rubecula · 24-09-2015 9:55pm

Labradoodle Fer heaven'ssake the correct term is MONGREL.

Cockapoo Same idea

All these made up words to milk money from fools who pay it. Really gets my goat........ OOPS sorry OG

Jakey Rolling · 24-09-2015 10:07pm

"Medalling" and "he medalled in the Olympics" - when the hell did "medal" become a verb?? Must be an Americanism.

SPIN DOCTOR - really grinds my gears! Call them for what they are, propaganda officers!

Rubecula · 24-09-2015 10:37pm

Bouncebackabilty ...... what in the seven pits of Hades is that all about

campingcarist · 25-09-2015 10:11am

Rubecula wrote: »

Bouncebackabilty ...... what in the seven pits of Hades is that all about

The speed at which an oulwans' or oulfella's skin returns to the same state it was before being lifted/squeezed/pinched. It slows as you get older - mine doesn't return to the original state at all, so, it's got no bouncebackability.

looksee · 25-09-2015 10:19am

Rubecula wrote: »

Bouncebackabilty ...... what in the seven pits of Hades is that all about

Or the speed at which one's perspective returns, having been squished by life or someone obnoxious.

earlytobed · 25-09-2015 12:31pm

"So" as the first word of an answer.

As in
"Did you go to Cork"?
"So. I went to the train station, then met Eileen then went on to Cork"

"What happened in the pub"?
"So. We were sitting there when John came in......"

I don't understand why so many people begin a sentence with "So"

Steve · 25-09-2015 10:13pm

earlytobed wrote: »

"So" as the first word of an answer.

As in
"Did you go to Cork"?
"So. I went to the train station, then met Eileen then went on to Cork"

"What happened in the pub"?
"So. We were sitting there when John came in......"

I don't understand why so many people begin a sentence with "So"

So what :P

It depends on where you are in this country. In some parts of Louth, "Well." is an entire sentence...

campingcarist · 26-09-2015 6:17pm

Really, really ....

Are people's vocabulary so limited that they have to say really twice.

Really really great event = Absolutely fantastic or exceptionally good, would sound better?

Jellybaby1 · 27-09-2015 12:25am

Watching interviews with sportspeople after their event. They tend to use the word 'Yeah' at the end of a sentence when they run out of things to say. Sometimes, they even combine it with "So. Yeah!" Might be something to do with the interviewer not filling in a silence with another question and leaving the interviewee to linger in silence.

Steve · 27-09-2015 12:35am

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Watching interviews with sportspeople after their event. They tend to use the word 'Yeah' at the end of a sentence when they run out of things to say. Sometimes, they even combine it with "So. Yeah!" Might be something to do with the interviewer not filling in a silence with another question and leaving the interviewee to linger in silence.

In fairness, their job is playing their sport, not speaking about it so it's understandable. It bugs me more when our politicians speak and punctuate their sentences with copious amounts of 'em' 'eh' 'er' 'aah' .. just seems to me they're stalling to think up the next lie :rolleyes:.

barneystinson · 27-09-2015 12:37am

Quinoa. Looks like it should be pronounced Quinn-Oh-Ah, is gleefully pronounced Keen-Wah, by the people who litter Facebook with pictures/updates of their latest run/triathlon/gym session etc...

Steve · 27-09-2015 12:54am

barneystinson wrote: »

Quinoa. Looks like it should be pronounced Quinn-Oh-Ah, is gleefully pronounced Keen-Wah, by the people who litter Facebook with pictures/updates of their latest run/triathlon/gym session etc...

And to top it off, it tastes as bad as it sounds... whatever way you pronounce it.

Boolean · 27-09-2015 1:13am

"Cheers" instead of "thank you", cheeses, I hate that.

looksee · 30-09-2015 8:47pm

Boolean wrote: »

"Cheers" instead of "thank you", cheeses, I hate that.

I say 'cheers' sometimes, though I would argue that it has a subtly different meaning to 'thank you'.

OldGoat · 01-10-2015 9:10am

I have to admit to being one of those "Cheers mate" types. Too long spent in England and have too many English friends so the term is in daily use thus ensuring I can't drop it.
On the plus side "mate" is infinitely better than "Bud".

northgirl · 01-10-2015 4:41pm

Jagging (ie. "going out" or "in a relationship" with someone) - horrible!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 01-10-2015 9:43pm

OldGoat wrote: »

I have to admit to being one of those "Cheers mate" types. Too long spent in England and have too many English friends so the term is in daily use thus ensuring I can't drop it.
On the plus side "mate" is infinitely better than "Bud".

I actually complained in Dunnes Stores two weeks ago because the young guy at the checkout ended every other sentence with "mate". It's only one step behind "dude" in my book.

campingcarist · 01-10-2015 10:17pm

Alden Many Serf wrote: »

I actually complained in Dunnes Stores two weeks ago because the young guy at the checkout ended every other sentence with "mate". It's only one step behind "dude" in my book.

I'm glad to hear that it's not just me who complains about things!

trashcan · 10-10-2015 6:02pm

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Watching interviews with sportspeople after their event. They tend to use the word 'Yeah' at the end of a sentence when they run out of things to say. Sometimes, they even combine it with "So. Yeah!" Might be something to do with the interviewer not filling in a silence with another question and leaving the interviewee to linger in silence.

What about starting a reply with "yeah, no." What's all that about ? Agree on the "so" thing too.

northgirl · 10-10-2015 11:10pm

suckin' diesel

Steve · 10-10-2015 11:44pm

trashcan wrote: »

What about starting a reply with "yeah, no." What's all that about ? Agree on the "so" thing too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zExc6SK4kpA

Steve · 10-10-2015 11:46pm

Boolean wrote: »

"Cheers" instead of "thank you", cheeses, I hate that.

I say that all the time, nothing wrong with it!

charkee · 23-12-2015 4:32pm

..furnish...used in iinsurance and legal correspondence..

.eg .furnish your reports...

pretentious c...p!

Eugene Norman · 23-12-2015 4:37pm

earlytobed wrote: »

"So" as the first word of an answer.

As in
"Did you go to Cork"?
"So. I went to the train station, then met Eileen then went on to Cork"

"What happened in the pub"?
"So. We were sitting there when John came in......"

I don't understand why so many people begin a sentence with "So"

Fairly quaint, benign, and very old school Irish usage. Just a verbal tick. It's been condemned as a neologism in British and American English as it caught on there recently.

Jellybaby1 · 23-12-2015 7:57pm

I follow a lot of crafters online, and they often say......"it's SO stinkin' cute!"

I'm not sure which annoys me most, the 'SO' or the 'stinkin' cute'. Remember when we used to say....'isn't that lovely'.....ahhhhh!

Rubecula · 24-12-2015 5:11am

if something is stinkin' it isn't any type of cute that I know JB.

Why oh why is it impossible for folk to say what they mean? We have a huge vocabulary to choose from.

campingcarist · 24-12-2015 3:52pm

"I really, really ....."

I think this shows a lack of vocabulary and it is used so often.

looksee · 24-12-2015 4:09pm

campingcarist wrote: »

"I really, really ....."

I think this shows a lack of vocabulary and it is used so often.

Jellybaby1 · 29-12-2015 5:31pm

Me too, Looksee! Although I don't usually use two 'reallys' together like that, but I definitely have been known to regularly edit out a lot of solo 'reallys' from my posts.

Words that bug you - written or spoken

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