Words that bug you - written or spoken

slowburner · 25-03-2012 8:24pm

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

I don't like 'journalling' in place of 'keeping a diary'. Is a journal the same as a diary? I'm not really sure, but I have always failed to do either.

You could say 'diarying' instead, but this might sound as if you had the trots.

slowburner · 25-03-2012 8:28pm

JuliusCaesar wrote: »

"Enjoy" is a transitive verb, and requires an object.

That's why we used to say "Enjoy it!" and not just the word "enjoy!" on its own. Although I do feel that English lacks a one-word 'enjoy' equivalent.

Could 'Pleasure' could be a one word equivalent?
For example;
'I hope you have a good trip.'
- 'Thank you.'
'Pleasure.'

Spread · 26-03-2012 12:31am

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

I don't like 'journalling' in place of 'keeping a diary'. Is a journal the same as a diary? I'm not really sure, but I have always failed to do either.

Over here, a journal is a diary. But trying to get one like a letts or a Collins was a chore. As a result didn't get one this year until mid Jan and am afraid that it still lies empty. You've gotta start in the first week of the new year or all is lost (at least with me)

Have kept a diary on and off since I was a child. Reading over old ones can be fascinating

GaryIrv93 · 26-03-2012 12:39am

when people say ''I could care less'' when it's suppossed to be said as: ''I couldn't care less'' Saying I ''could care less'' means you do actually care :mad: Irritates me to no end.

Also when people greet others by shouting: ''Schtoorreeeeee?!''

franc 91 · 26-03-2012 7:43am

Pardon my ignorance, but what does 'Schtoorreeeee!' mean? - story/scéal?

slowburner · 26-03-2012 10:34am

It's a catch phrase from a comedy series called 'Hardy Bucks'. It means 'story' - as in 'What's the story?' or 'What's happening?'.

JuliusCaesar · 26-03-2012 10:58am

slowburner wrote: »

It's a catch phrase from a comedy series called 'Hardy Bucks'.

Really? I thought it was a Dublin phrase, as used by junkies.

slowburner · 26-03-2012 11:08am

I'd guess it originated in Dublin and was adopted by the 'Hardy Bucks', probably for the irony of a bunch of 'softcore' lads in the west using a term from the 'hardcore' east. (No offence to either intended).

franc 91 · 26-03-2012 12:57pm

Ceart go leor, GRMA - scéal ar bith

Pulsating Star · 26-03-2012 1:13pm

Any Irish word, for any reason, innit .

Spread · 26-03-2012 1:28pm

Pulsating Star wrote: »

Any Irish word, for any reason, innit .

innit = sea = ceart go leor. Innit!

franc 91 · 26-03-2012 2:05pm

It was just to say - OK thank you and it's no story at all (when you don't have anything to say)
PS I'm trying to learn Irish all my own here at my end, and it isn't easy.

GaryIrv93 · 26-03-2012 5:05pm

another phrase that bugs me is ''School years are the best years of your life'', as I've been told that multiple times. Not true,

annascott · 27-03-2012 12:24am

I find it really annoying that the word 'presently' seems to be repeatedly misused. I noticed it last year and was shocked to hear people who ought to know better use 'presently' instead of 'at present' or 'currently'. Why is this happening?

Spread · 27-03-2012 1:08pm

But surely this is the beauty of a living language ........... constantly evolving.

Colette X · 27-03-2012 4:16pm

When every sentence is punctuated several times with 'like' or 'ya know'. Cork people mostly.:)

Jellybaby1 · 28-03-2012 12:46am

Colette X wrote: »

When every sentence is punctuated several times with 'like' or 'ya know'. Cork people mostly.:)

When our kids were younger they used to love interviews on the TV with Sonya O'Sullivan 'cos they used to count all the 'y'knows'. There were a lot!

Paulie Gualtieri · 28-03-2012 12:51am

banter! banter! banter! , hate it

stick girl · 30-03-2012 4:02pm

This is a small pet peeve: when people say 'shrimps', when speaking the plural form of shrimp. Though technically I guess it's right, I prefer to say (& hear it said).. shrimp. one shrimp, two shrimp, 100 shrimp swimming in the sea.

slowburner · 30-03-2012 6:25pm

stick girl wrote: »

This is a small pet peeve: when people say 'shrimps', when speaking the plural form of shrimp. Though technically I guess it's right, I prefer to say (& hear it said).. shrimp. one shrimp, two shrimp, 100 shrimp swimming in the sea.

Guilty

Now I know better.

paddyandy · 01-04-2012 5:27pm

English is not a finely tuned language and the way it's used often irritates me .Also words and meanings get hijacked and transposed to another realm of uncleanness .

Spread · 01-04-2012 9:51pm

stick girl wrote: »

This is a small pet peeve: when people say 'shrimps', when speaking the plural form of shrimp. Though technically I guess it's right, I prefer to say (& hear it said).. shrimp. one shrimp, two shrimp, 100 shrimp swimming in the sea.

Now if you've got something against the letter S please tell us.

If you were to drop the S in your post it would go like this:

Thi i a mall pet peeve: when people ay "hrimp", when peaking the plural form of hrimp. Though technically I gue it' right, I prefer to ay (& hear it aid) .. hrimp. one hrimp, two hrimp, 100 hrimp wimming in the ea.

There, FYP

northern lights · 09-04-2012 11:11pm

It nearly makes my fingers bleed to type this one - 'My Bad'
Who, why, where and what in the name of all that's holy is that all about????
Arrghhhh!!!!
There... I feel much better now, thanks

franc 91 · 10-04-2012 7:39am

I absolutely agree, I hate it just as much as you do - couldn't they say - sorry, my mistake or sorry, I've made a mistake ?

Jellybaby1 · 10-04-2012 8:37pm

northern lights wrote: »

It nearly makes my fingers bleed to type this one - 'My Bad'
Who, why, where and what in the name of all that's holy is that all about????
Arrghhhh!!!!
There... I feel much better now, thanks

Oh dear, I previously noticed one of our 'old retainers' here has already used that phrase, and to be honest I hadn't heard of it before and didn't know what it meant. Someone's in trouble now!

slowburner · 10-04-2012 8:40pm

northern lights wrote: »

It nearly makes my fingers bleed to type this one - 'My Bad'
Who, why, where and what in the name of all that's holy is that all about????
Arrghhhh!!!!
There... I feel much better now, thanks

Never use it myself, but there's something about it I quite like

eildoran · 10-05-2012 10:14pm

my 21 year old son replied "potassium" instead of the usual "K" - thought that was clever!

mike65 · 10-05-2012 11:15pm

gotton

paddyandy · 11-05-2012 1:47am

....this last/past 'number' of years whatever number that means but not as honest as 'several' which suggest seven . This 'point' in time .......Who thinks up these new fangled nonsense phrases ?

franc 91 · 11-05-2012 7:39am

and 'going forward' (which is just a way of avoiding the blame for what they did in the past and not answering the question they're being asked now)

celtic-chick · 11-05-2012 12:25pm

omg,I just hate it when kids keep repeating it

paddyandy · 11-05-2012 12:53pm

Rubecula wrote: »

I hate it when people keep saying, "you know" and "like" when telling you something.

"Like he went for the ball you know, and you know he got it like so it was not a foul like, you know."

"YOU KNOW" is short for "do you know what i mean?" because we irish are very poor listeners and have to be constantly prodded with "you know"s

franc 91 · 11-05-2012 7:30pm

And there's 'like' that gets repeated, like, all the time or there's 'basically' that they can't stop saying at the beginning of every sentence.

Jellybaby1 · 11-05-2012 8:43pm

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

'Like' by Joseph O'Connor. It's brilliant!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx-siLoRmgc

So good I thought I'd post it a second time. Mod, don't hit me with that stick!:eek:

paddyandy · 12-05-2012 11:59am

" I'm broadminded" means i can't be bothered or i'm too confused to object to the idea .

eildoran · 14-05-2012 8:06pm

Has anyone noticed when Teens are talking they say "and I was like Oh No you can't wear that and she was like Oh yes I can" - when they really mean "I SAID" and "SHE SAID". why can't they say that??????

Alice1 · 14-05-2012 8:35pm

They don't say "she was like" or "I was like" - what they say is:
She wuzzlike and I wuzzlike!

"Cool" and "hot" are positive things to say about people or situations. "Lethal", "deadly" and "wicked" mean good.

"Yeah, right" actually means no

doughef · 14-05-2012 8:40pm

probably mentioned already but

"in relation to"

my boss says it the whole time...

makes me puke

eildoran · 14-05-2012 9:49pm

Alice1 wrote: »

They don't say "she was like" or "I was like" - what they say is:
She wuzzlike and I wuzzlike!

"Cool" and "hot" are positive things to say about people or situations. "Lethal", "deadly" and "wicked" mean good.

"Yeah, right" actually means no

yea right!

doughef · 14-05-2012 10:17pm

or when people say issues..

I know a guy who says it like "isss uues" (isss sounds like hiss)

whats wrong with plain old ish uues... (probably completely incorrect but thats how I like it said!!)

Jellybaby1 · 14-05-2012 10:29pm

doughef wrote: »

or when people say issues..

I know a guy who says it like "isss uues" (isss sounds like hiss)

whats wrong with plain old ish uues... (probably completely incorrect but thats how I like it said!!)

I expect it's because when he buys a sewt, it's really a soot! Also, if he makes an appointment on Wed-nez-day, he really means wensday! However, he may be just trying to use the exact pronunciation that he was taught in school, like wot I wuz learnt!

odds_on · 19-05-2012 11:35pm

stick girl wrote: »

This is a small pet peeve: when people say 'shrimps', when speaking the plural form of shrimp. Though technically I guess it's right, I prefer to say (& hear it said).. shrimp. one shrimp, two shrimp, 100 shrimp swimming in the sea.

The same goes for euro: it cost 54 euro. I always thought the plural of euro was euros.

odds_on · 19-05-2012 11:43pm

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Glad to hear that Snow. I was told by a teacher that they don't correct bad grammar these days because children hear it at home. I remember my teacher distinctly saying 'that is wrong' and 'that is bad grammar, now what should you say?' etc., ensuring that I understood the rules no matter what was used at home. It used to be black and white but there is too much grey these days.

Reminds me of the story of parent and child at the dinner table:
Child: Can you pass the bu'er please?
Parent: It's not bu'er, it's butter - now ask correctly.
Child: Can you pass the butter, please?
Parent: That's be'er!

Jellybaby1 · 20-05-2012 1:09am

odds_on wrote: »

The same goes for euro: it cost 54 euro. I always thought the plural of euro was euros.

You would think so, but if, like me, you were around when the Euro was first introduced here we were definitely told the plural of Euro is Euro (Can't for the life of me figure out why that should be though), like two deer, and two sheep I suppose.

looksee · 20-05-2012 5:40pm

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

You would think so, but if, like me, you were around when the Euro was first introduced here we were definitely told the plural of Euro is Euro (Can't for the life of me figure out why that should be though), like two deer, and two sheep I suppose.

Back in the day the pound, who's plural was pounds, was often used a s a singular though - 'that'll be four pound fifty'.

Jellybaby1 · 20-05-2012 6:27pm

looksee wrote: »

Back in the day the pound, who's plural was pounds, was often used a s a singular though - 'that'll be four pound fifty'.

Ahah! And it was always a quid, but never two quids!!

In fact my son still sometimes says 'squid' for 'quid'.

looksee · 20-05-2012 6:37pm

Did I write that almost incomprehensible sentence? I can hardly understand it myself!

Jellybaby1 · 20-05-2012 6:44pm

looksee wrote: »

Did I write that almost incomprehensible sentence? I can hardly understand it myself!

S'allright, I got it ok!

omerin · 20-05-2012 6:47pm

cheers, mate and cool

greenflash · 20-05-2012 7:23pm

Get

As in: "Can I get a chicken wrap?"

No you can't get it, you're a customer at a Deli counter. The staff get it for you.

"Can we get the bill please?"

No, the waiter will bring it to your table.

What does no one use "can I have" any more?

Words that bug you - written or spoken

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