Velocette Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Those who start a sentence with " So" should change it to " I'm an empty headed cretin and" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Curated. I bought a packet of cheese biscuits the other day that were described as 'carefully curated'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriBsa Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 And of course the much over used OBVIOUSLY! Obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve d Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Innit😡 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Obvs innit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick miller Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 The use of the word heads to describe bullets and bullets to describe cartridges. If you don't know what you're talking about, read, digest, try again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie&bezza Posted August 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 I'm glad I'm not the only one it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriBsa Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 I'm glad I'm not the only one it seems. Ye M8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 If I hear axed instead of asked I completely ingnore them. They get quite irate until I ask them what are you cutting down, then blank stares. Fink and free are another two I don't like hearing like. No i am off on a rant now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Whilst we are moving along nicely, my wife finishes the spoken word "nothing" with a "K", some people on here have actually used it in print! Keep 'em coming, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriBsa Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 The misuse of the word this. As in "I saw this bloke..." It should be used to refer to something you can point at or was just mentioned previously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrowning2 Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 People who do not know the difference between slander and libel and look stupid threatening you with legal action when they don't know the difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick miller Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 (edited) Estuary English Part 1. "Pass me them pliers". "Basically, it's complicated" Edited August 10, 2017 by mick miller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie&bezza Posted August 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 The word technically can be annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 (edited) The word technically can be annoying. Yes, when over used or inappropriately used. Usually used with the word "speaking" following it by someone without the intellectual capacity to comprehend anything technical. Edited August 10, 2017 by TIGHTCHOKE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 (edited) And that fake cock-er-ney accent exemplified by that fat knob Mike Brewer in Wheeler Dealers and transposing pronunciations as in "Wills" instead of wheels, "Seals" instead of sills. And don't get me started on people who use incorrect phrases like "One foul swoop." "Mute point." "Damp squid." "For all intensive purposes." "He was done for driving with undue care and attention." Gets right on my whip. Edited August 10, 2017 by walshie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Absolutely.......gets on my tits.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenhunter Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 I suppose we should be grateful that some people manage to change the meaning and/or use of certain words because it also means that we(as in The English) can create new words instead of, like the French with 'le hamburger', for instance, having to assimilate anything new from our language. The trouble is that this means it's relatively easy to corrupt the use, spelling and meaning of a word and (sometimes) still make a sentence make sense. I know I've said this before ,but if you try and read manuscripts that were written in the 15th and 16th centuries, I am fairly certain that most of us would have difficulty understanding them. Yet, this was written in English! Our language is changing, like it or not. For better or worse! It's a fact And yes, it p's me off just as much as most on here have said! GH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 People who do not know the difference between slander and libel and look stupid threatening you with legal action when they don't know the difference. Does this happen to you a lot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
termin8r Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 (edited) I smiled (well, grimaced) when I read that 's.u.l.f.u.r' is now the accepted spelling for sulphur. Really can't see what was so difficult about the original - especially when there's been no mention of other elements, like fosfer! Edited August 10, 2017 by termin8r Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilR Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 I defiantly agree with the foregoing😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biketestace Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Those who start a sentence with " So" should change it to " I'm an empty headed cretin and" Velocette is my hero !! Spot on squire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manthing Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 My shooting buddy wants to go on a *stimulated* game day. Told him I have enough trouble hitting them when they are lethargic nevermind when they're stimulated... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 Here's a classic. "Should of" rather than should have. A few posters on here guilty of that one. I can understand the contraction should've in speech, but to actually write "should of". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted August 10, 2017 Report Share Posted August 10, 2017 My shooting buddy wants to go on a *stimulated* game day. Told him I have enough trouble hitting them when they are lethargic nevermind when they're stimulated... Brilliant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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