Things you hate people saying

magicbastarder · 20-09-2023 09:04AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121132029#Comment_121132029

i don't think i've ever heard this.

20-09-2023 09:16AM

I think I must have said “AWESOME” in an earlier post. I nearly explode when I hear it said by an Irish person and any time I go near North America I have distract myself with a moment of CBT in anticipation of hearing it as a reply to something I might say.

54and56 · 20-09-2023 09:24AM

I detest people saying "Can I ask you a question?"

You just f**king did!

Get on with it.

con___manx1 · 20-09-2023 09:33AM

Suv its a feckin jeep

Miley Byrne · 20-09-2023 10:23AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120954303#Comment_120954303

Ending a sentence with "mate"

walshb · 20-09-2023 11:18AM

What is so difficult with the pronouncing the word, tremendous? Where is the J in it? Tremjus!!!🤢

moycullen14 · 20-09-2023 11:32AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121132890#Comment_121132890

Very common in north Cork. 'with years'. Doesn't grate with me, tbh. Another local one is using 'or' instead of 'if' - 'Or you don't mind....'

Miley Byrne · 20-09-2023 11:37AM

"oh my days" normally said by someone gasping in astonishment. It's bad enough when I hear it said by someone from England but my ears bleed when I hear someone Irish saying it. What does it even mean for fcuk sake?

EchoIndia · 20-09-2023 11:40AM

"Just pop in your PIN there"....usually followed by "perfect!".

brokenbad · 20-09-2023 01:21PM

People who comment "Fly high with the angels" on Facebook regarding a bereavement post

20-09-2023 03:49PM

“Perfect” ….when it’s most definitely NOT perfect.

“No bother”

Very dismissive and 90% of the time, these two are said by people who never listen.

Any fully grown adult who describes themselves as a “girl mom” “boy mom” “girl dad” “boy dad” “dog mom” “dog dad” …. Gives me the creeps

tayto lover · 20-09-2023 06:16PM

Going forward ...

q2ice · 20-09-2023 07:13PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121134751#Comment_121134751

“Perfect” ….when it’s most definitely NOT perfect.

When used in relation to some thing/situation that is definitely not perfect then it is usually used in the same way as "I will; yeah" (meaning I definitely will not). It is an antiphrasis

How are "Perfect" and "No bother" very dismissive? Unless you are talking about people who are constantly using those words for everything.

20-09-2023 07:21PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121135558#Comment_121135558

Haha ya I’m thinking of people who say it a lot.

Reminds me of a time I was giving feedback to someone I was training about a serious error that was made and she kept nodding her head and saying “perfect” in response hoping I would stop talking rather than engaging in a conversation. In the end I had to stop and say “well no, it’s not perfect because X and Y happened as a result” after the 8th “perfect”

good times.

CUCINA · 20-09-2023 07:42PM

"The vast majority"...when said by someone on the defensive.

Like the head of the taxi federation answering allegations on radio that a certain number of taxi drivers were not compliant regarding the right of passengers to pay their fare by debit/credit card.

"The vast majority of our members are compliant", he claimed. So that's anything from a fraction over 50% to just under 100%. It means nothing, just a cop-out answer, which the radio presenter didn't challenge.

New Home · 20-09-2023 08:21PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121135747#Comment_121135747

It's like "A percentage of our members etc". 0% is a percentage, too.

Higgins5473 · 20-09-2023 08:27PM

“It is what it is”

came to particular prominence during Covid. Usually uttered by those that don’t know what to say next and at the same time are happy to bend over and spread their cheeks whenever required. The most defeatist, mundane and braindead of sayings.

Stephen Kenny said it the other night in the post match press conference after yet another defeat. The perfect man and moment to deliver this piece of sh*t comment, sums him and Irish football team situation up.

FishOnABike · 20-09-2023 08:44PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121133567#Comment_121133567

A literal translation of the Irish "le blianta" - a common source of many Hiberno English phrases.

dxhound2005 · 20-09-2023 09:01PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121133504#Comment_121133504

Not difficult, but not natural either in casual speech to enunciate the individual sounds. There is the same discussion about the J sound in the pronunciation of Module. I think what is explained here for that case could also apply to the pronunciation of Tremendous.

The phonemic pronunciation is /ˈmɒdjuːl/. This is how you might say it if you were enunciating everything clearly. However, everyday speech distorts phonemic pronunciations into what we call "allophones". For example, the "t" you use in "kitten" might not be the same as in "tree"; instead you might use the "glottal stop", written as /ʔ/, and might informally transcribe it as "ki'en". We say that the glottal stop is an "allophone of /t/".

The term for /j/ (the IPA's symbol for English "y") is the "palatal approximant". "Palatal" means that it is articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the hard palate (the middle part of the roof of the mouth), and "approximant" means that it is produced by briefly pushing two areas of articulation together. Because the method of producing an approximant is so similar to that of a fricative (produced by constraining continued airflow through an area of articulation), the two types of sounds will often become confused.

z80CPU · 20-09-2023 09:06PM

" I have NO respect for ... "

Everybody who says that has some obviously personality defect of their own. They don't accept something's their own fault lot of the time too.

ShamNNspace · 22-09-2023 08:01PM

Those who've never shown any interest in religion in their daily lives who wish a "happy birthday in heaven" to those who are dead and gone, how can this be??

K-9 · 22-09-2023 08:35PM

Stakeholders.

littlevillage · 22-09-2023 11:28PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121133016#Comment_121133016

Jeep is a feckin SUV

Jeep is a car brand owned by Stellantis Group. They make SUV type vehicles.

SUV stands for 'Sports Utility Vehicle' industry jargon... It refers to a type of car that sits high off the ground and which often has four-wheel drive and rugged styling.

Leg End Reject · 22-09-2023 11:31PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121145539#Comment_121145539

I think you'll find they're simply a must have for yummy mummies. 😂

gameoverdude · 23-09-2023 03:28PM

"I don't mean to be bad, but..."

con___manx1 · 23-09-2023 04:25PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121145539#Comment_121145539

I'm well aware it's a car brand but from my generation anyway people refer to veichles like that as jeeps even if its not an actual jeep branded veichle. Suv sounds very American and bullshitty to me. I don't like that.

K-9 · 23-09-2023 06:14PM

Disruptors.

Ash.J.Williams · 23-09-2023 06:53PM

An American project manager welcomed me to the project and asked me to pour some lubrication on it

Dido35 · 24-09-2023 11:46AM

I only see this online but it makes me irrationally annoyed when I see someone say "fit" instead of outfit. As in, what do you think of my new (out)fit? 😡

gameoverdude · 24-09-2023 11:48AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121147835#Comment_121147835

The project?

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