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Things you hate people saying

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    #1262
    Deja Boo
    Registered Users Posts: 13,473 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    "Can I ax you a question?"

    Well you can try, but…. if you can't even pronounce a-s-k, good luck axing.



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    #1263
    Deja Boo
    Registered Users Posts: 13,473 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    "side hustle"

    Post edited by Deja Boo on


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    #1264
    brokenbad
    Registered Users Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭brokenbad


    "I was today years old when i (insert title here)"



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    #1265
    pappyodaniel
    Registered Users Posts: 5,723 ✭✭✭pappyodaniel


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122084050#Comment_122084050

    There's an ad for Bank of Ireland where they mention your "mortgage journey"

    pure shyte talk



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    #1266
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,895 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Wearing the green jersey: usually spouted by insufferably smug business types.

    Ireland Inc. As above.



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    #1267
    ruth...less
    Registered Users Posts: 927 ✭✭✭ruth...less


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122118607#Comment_122118607

    Saying not wearing....just saying......

    (just saying is a thing I hate people saying lol)

    I was a television version of a person with a broken heart...



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    #1268
    Bluebell woods
    Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭Bluebell woods


    Flatness of spags



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    #1269
    ottolwinner
    Registered Users Posts: 431 ✭✭ottolwinner


    it’s not my first rodeo that does my head in.



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    #1270
    brokenbad
    Registered Users Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭brokenbad


    All of the GAA cliches below that you hear managers and players saying when interviewed……

    "We go again"

    "Lessons were learned"

    "The lads put in a tremendous shift"

    "Everyone needs to put their shoulders to the wheel"

    "Championships aren't won in January"

    "They left everything on the pitch"

    "A great day for the parish"

    "Lookit"

    "Listen"

    "Yeah, i suppose"



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    #1271
    Needmoretea
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭Needmoretea


    "Hon" (insert County or team as appropriate)

    "Just saying/sayin'" - another pointless expression

    Sorry, I'm in a grumpy mood today :-)



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    #1272
    Declan05
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭Declan05


    I seen, I done, I have went, I bet him in the race…

    Just bad grammar in general.



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    #1273
    Strumms
    Registered Users Posts: 24,934 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    +1 for the GAA heads and their answering any and every question with ‘lookit’. 🤪

    +1 for the ‘journey’ too. In about ten minutes I’m going to make a pasta dish, I’m not on a pasta journey, then I’ll probably play my games console. I’m not on a gaming journey….



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    #1274
    Pauliedragon
    Registered Users Posts: 2,537 ✭✭✭Pauliedragon


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122119189#Comment_122119189

    To be fair you could apply those terms to most team sports and I'm no GAA fan.



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    #1275
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,895 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Job applicants being encouraged to say they are "passionate" about dreary kinds of work.



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    #1276
    Kingslayer
    Registered Users Posts: 217 ✭✭Kingslayer


    You do you



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    #1277
    barneygumble99
    Registered Users Posts: 4,144 ✭✭✭barneygumble99


    when people ask how much something is and I say I don’t know I’ll need more details about the product and have to come back with a price and they respond by asking

    ‘WOULD YOU HAVE A BALLPARK FIGURE’


    would you ever fluck off , I just said I don’t know. Literally could be anywhere between €200 and €2k.



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    #1278
    lumphammer2
    Registered Users Posts: 794 ✭✭✭lumphammer2


    The thing that annoys me most and infuriates me with a passion is the current trend of European politicians talking about world war three …. they keep saying we are in a pre war situation and the like …. and sound like they want to see this !! …. stupid, irresponsible dangerous talk …. just as if to deliberately scare the people …. as if to say Covid didn't turn into the scary virus they hoped we have to go with WW3 instead to scare the people !! ….



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    #1279
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,895 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Digital nomads, just call them "laptop wånkers".



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    #1280
    ruth...less
    Registered Users Posts: 927 ✭✭✭ruth...less


    'Theyre my person'

    There's some seriously sick people out there.

    I was a television version of a person with a broken heart...



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    #1281
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122148054#Comment_122148054

    You can blame Grey's Anatomy for that one.



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    #1282
    drury..
    Registered Users Posts: 450 ✭✭drury..


    "you have to look after yourself"

    Said to someone whos 3 relatives died in a car accident



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    #1283
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,100 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Minx.

    Generally used by dirty auld lads on the internet slobbering over some young one they saw on the telly.



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    #1284
    Asdfgh2020
    Registered Users Posts: 1,450 ✭✭✭Asdfgh2020


    using ‘them’ instead of ‘those’…….its becoming very common…..’them things over there’…….’them guys gave everything on the pitch’ and sometimes this is followed by the equally cringy phrase ‘so they did’

    Also people who use / say pacific instead of specific or squashed instead of quashed…..all ‘piss boiler’ examples …..!



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    #1285
    StevenToast
    Registered Users Posts: 3,401 ✭✭✭StevenToast


    More American wànk....."Run it back"......

    Its a rematch you cùnts!

    "Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining." - Fletcher



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    #1286
    Photobox
    Registered Users Posts: 774 ✭✭✭Photobox


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122172488#Comment_122172488

    Reminds me of people saying damp squid instead of damp squib



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    #1287
    brokenbad
    Registered Users Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭brokenbad


    Fly high with the angels



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    #1288
    Asdfgh2020
    Registered Users Posts: 1,450 ✭✭✭Asdfgh2020


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122172536#Comment_122172536

    Bertie Ahearne was good a good man for these type of ‘phases’ (phrases) officially known as ‘malapropisms’ (I think) eg’s ‘don’t be upsetting the apple tart’, ‘ Belfast is a great city for Muriel’s on the wall’…..etc etc



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    #1289
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,497 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122172488#Comment_122172488

    This is what happens when you let people mess with pronouns. It ruins grammar for everyone!!! 😁



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    #1290
    Photobox
    Registered Users Posts: 774 ✭✭✭Photobox


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122173000#Comment_122173000

    Ya used to take the P out of him on gift grub for that, one memorable one for me was 'Bertie' saying bon appetit as bon appeTIT.



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    #1291
    crusd
    Registered Users Posts: 1,150 ✭✭✭crusd


    Another thing I hate people saying is expressing the general opinion the speech in a local dialect that is not their own local dialect is somehow lesser.

    Plenty of examples right here on this thread. One such example is the mockery of people who use ax instead of ask. Ask only being considered the current correct pronunciation. The word itself has evolved from being pronounced acsian to asken to ask and the only thing that makes a pronunciation correct is whether its understood not if it conforms to an arbitrary standard



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