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Words that bug you - written or spoken

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    #122
    paddyandy
    Site Banned Posts: 2,037 ✭✭✭paddyandy


    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 .


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    #123
    Spread
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,876 ✭✭✭Spread


    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 :)


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    #124
    northern lights
    Registered Users Posts: 144 ✭✭northern lights


    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 ;)


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    #125
    franc 91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 401 ✭✭franc 91


    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 ?


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    #126
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    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!


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    #127
    slowburner
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 5,218 Mod ✭✭✭✭slowburner


    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 :o


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    #128
    eildoran
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭eildoran


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


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    #129
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    gotton


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    #130
    paddyandy
    Site Banned Posts: 2,037 ✭✭✭paddyandy


    ....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 ?


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    #131
    franc 91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 401 ✭✭franc 91


    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)


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    #132
    celtic-chick
    Registered Users Posts: 14,978 ✭✭✭✭celtic-chick


    omg,I just hate it when kids keep repeating it


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    #133
    paddyandy
    Site Banned Posts: 2,037 ✭✭✭paddyandy


    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


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    #134
    franc 91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 401 ✭✭franc 91


    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.


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    #135
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    Jellybaby1 wrote: »
    'Like' by Joseph O'Connor. It's brilliant!! :D

    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:


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    #136
    paddyandy
    Site Banned Posts: 2,037 ✭✭✭paddyandy


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


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    #137
    eildoran
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭eildoran


    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??????


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    #138
    Alice1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,633 ✭✭✭Alice1


    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:confused:


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    #139
    doughef
    Registered Users Posts: 734 ✭✭✭doughef


    probably mentioned already but

    "in relation to"

    my boss says it the whole time...


    makes me puke


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    #140
    eildoran
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭eildoran


    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:confused:
    yea right!


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    #141
    doughef
    Registered Users Posts: 734 ✭✭✭doughef


    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!!)


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    #142
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    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! :D


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    #143
    odds_on
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,869 ✭✭✭odds_on


    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.


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    #144
    odds_on
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,869 ✭✭✭odds_on


    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!


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    #145
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    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.


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    #146
    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,052 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    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'.


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    #147
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


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


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    #148
    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,052 ✭✭✭✭looksee


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


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    #149
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    looksee wrote: »
    Did I write that almost incomprehensible sentence? I can hardly understand it myself!

    S'allright, I got it ok!


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    #150
    omerin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭omerin


    cheers, mate and cool


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    #151
    greenflash
    Registered Users Posts: 499 ✭✭greenflash


    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?


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