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Words that bug you - written or spoken

odds_on · 2011-10-22 16:02:18

Some words that really bug me: Spoken: .... dude Written: .... would of (and all similar "of"s which should be "have"). And in general the poor state of spelling on so many forums, (there for their etc). I don't believe that these are typos but poor spelling by the posters. I also hate all text message abbreviations.

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#212 25-08-2012 9:40pm
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tyre thread:eek:

don't know if it has been mentioned already but there is a word used by the OP that irritates me..

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#213 29-08-2012 12:31pm
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When people simply don't like a warning ......ahhhh he's 'negative'...
or you say something easy to understand.......ahhhh he's 'simplistic..'.
there are loads more of the 'don't-trouble-me-with-reality' terms that are PC and in Vogue at the present time ....like 'narrowminded' and i'd love to see a book out exposing the verbal slooosh and hyperbole and other nonsense that we use today often because we simply do not think enough about what we believe .People are foolish not bad .

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#214 01-09-2012 1:55pm
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odds_on wrote: »

Some words that really bug me:
Spoken:
.... dude

Written:
.... would of (and all similar "of"s which should be "have").

And in general the poor state of spelling on so many forums, (there for their etc). I don't believe that these are typos but poor spelling by the posters.

I also hate all text message abbreviations.

You're singing my song here. "Would of" etc really, really, really annoys me. Not knowing when to use "there" their" or "they"re is another pet hate of mine. Lots of the other stuff mentioned in the thread here doesn't actually bother me too much though.

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#215 08-09-2012 12:17pm
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ootbitb wrote: »

tyre thread:eek:

don't know if it has been mentioned already but there is a word used by the OP that irritates me..

Being the OP, I have never used "tyre thread"; unless, of course, you are not using OP (Original Poster) as I understand it.

I've noticed recently that "two" is being pronounced more and more like "Chew". And so many commentators/hosts on Irish radio have got into what I call lazy English ..... walkin', doin'. What ever happened to good diction?

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#216 08-09-2012 1:29pm
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'Lets meet up next week and "touch base".'
We have no "bases" to touch. Office-y talk that as crossed the Atlantic. It sounds vaguely sexual as well

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#217 08-09-2012 1:31pm
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When I listen to BBC Radio Four, and more particularly The Today programme (yes that's how I spell it) there are several expressions that they use that irritate me - this week I heard - 'it's up for grabs' - surely there must be a more elegant way of expressing that idea? and 'What's your take on...?' Couldn't they use words such as - What's your view of...? What is your opinion of....? What do you think of...? What is your understanding of the situation? What impression do you have of ....? and so on - and lastly - 'Do you buy into it?' which I'm sure could be expressed differently - Do you accept...? Do you agree ...? Do you find it acceptable? etc

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#218 08-09-2012 1:37pm
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ootbitb wrote: »

tyre thread:eek:

don't know if it has been mentioned already but there is a word used by the OP that irritates me..

Is it "bug"? Not my favourite word in that context, I would prefer 'annoy', 'irritate', etc.

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#219 08-09-2012 1:49pm
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zef wrote: »

Originally Posted by ootbitb
tyre thread

don't know if it has been mentioned already but there is a word used by the OP that irritates me..

Is it "bug"? Not my favourite word in that context, I would prefer 'annoy', 'irritate', etc.

Ahhhhhh!! Gotcha

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#220 08-09-2012 11:15pm
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looksee wrote: »

Aargh, that's a horrible invention! What is the obsession with making verbs out of nouns?

Agree totally. A particularly horrible example, and another of my pet hates is the use of "trousered" as a verb, e.g, "he's trousering 200K a year" Grrr. It's not even a word for chrissakes.

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#221 09-09-2012 2:39am
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Didn't have a foreign holiday this year [which sounds like I have one every other year. Hah!]. The next person to ask if I had a "staycation" will have to extract his teeth from the sole of my boot.

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#222 09-09-2012 8:36am
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'awesome', '24/7' and 'Mom' - we are not American so why try to speak like we are grrrrrrr

Then you get 'I seen' and 'I done'. I know a teacher who speaks like that. It's so irritating.

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#223 09-09-2012 10:00am
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odds_on wrote: »

Being the OP, I have never used "tyre thread"; unless, of course, you are not using OP (Original Poster) as I understand it.

I've noticed recently that "two" is being pronounced more and more like "Chew". And so many commentators/hosts on Irish radio have got into what I call lazy English ..... walkin', doin'. What ever happened to good diction?

I was referring to the word "bug" .:)

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#224 09-09-2012 4:57pm
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ootbitb wrote: »

I was referring to the word "bug" .:)

Yes, I got it - eventually. See my post #219

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#225 09-09-2012 5:48pm
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Once, during a discussion on the subject of housekeeping and cleaning, a woman I worked with at the time, said "when it comes to cleanliness, I'm anal". I had never heard the word in that context before and could not relate 'cleanliness' to 'anal' I hope never to hear it again. It made me feel quite ill.

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#226 09-09-2012 6:41pm
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odds_on wrote: »

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

I think the explanation given at the introduction of the euro was that not every European language uses an "s" to make a plural, so for consistency they tried to make euro the singular and plural in all languages.

One misspelled word I see a lot is "phased" as in "He was not phased by the defeat". Watching too much Star Trek maybe.

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#227 09-09-2012 9:34pm
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Oh My God

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#228 09-09-2012 9:57pm
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OMG

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#229 11-09-2012 4:43pm
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"counting the 'sleeps' until Christmas / Birthday etc". Sheesh!

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#230 11-09-2012 6:12pm
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For practically any talent competion.

and the winner is ........................ This pause annoys me

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#231 11-09-2012 6:19pm
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syngindub wrote: »

For practically any talent competion.

and the winner is ........................ This pause annoys me

Mmm, me too. I s'pose it's meant to build suspense, but it just irks me.

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#232 11-09-2012 6:21pm
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Alice1 wrote: »

Mmm, me too. I s'pose it's meant to build suspense, but it just irks me.

it's just so dam cliche at this stage

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#233 11-09-2012 9:16pm
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The word irk irks me.

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#234 11-09-2012 9:29pm
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Ellsbells wrote: »

The word irk irks me.

Ooops

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#235 11-09-2012 9:36pm
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The word that is spelt phoenix but pronounced pheonix really annoys me

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#236 19-09-2012 1:25pm
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Gutted, just can not stand the word as an expression of disappointment.

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#237 19-09-2012 2:49pm
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what's happening

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#238 19-09-2012 3:33pm
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What's the Story

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#239 19-09-2012 8:56pm
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lmfao

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Majorly - Major Tom yes, Marjorie yes, Majorly NO!

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#241 22-09-2012 2:14pm
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Loose instead of lose. How can someone loose a football game?

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