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  • janetfossjanetfoss Posts: 303
    I do agree with the above. Along with 'let me answer the question' but never intend to, of course.

    I'm hearing the phrase 'hiding in plain sight' being used more frequently just about everywhere these days. Apart from being illogical, it irks me because it sums up the 'dumbo' in me who can't find anything, even if it's right under my nose!
  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    Politicians are fond of saying '"I'm very clear on this..."  It is for us to judge whether they are clear or not.
    They also tend to state that they have nothing more to add to their previous answer.  There is no time in an interview to replay to find the previous answer and even if there was, it would be found that of course there was no previous answer.
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited March 2022
    Sometimes the English language is bonkers.

    SANCTION

    [ˈsaŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n]
    NOUN
    1. a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule.
      "a range of sanctions aimed at deterring insider abuse"
      synonyms:
      penalty · punishment · deterrent · punitive action · 
    2. official permission or approval for an action.
      "he appealed to the bishop for his sanction"
      synonyms:
    VERB
    1. give official permission or approval for (an action).
      "the scheme was sanctioned by the court"
      synonyms:
      authorize · consent to · permit · allow · give leave for · 
    2. impose a sanction or penalty on.
      "foreigners in France illegally should be sent home, their employers sanctioned and border controls tightened up"
      synonyms:
      punish · discipline someone for
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    I'm pretty sure that "Look..." is the modern playing-for-time equivalent of "Well..." - which is undoubtedly something I said myself and which my father disapproved of.   :)
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • star gaze lilystar gaze lily Posts: 17,709
    When people start their sentence with.......So  😣


  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    So they can think what they're going to say😉
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I'm super fed up with super. I'd be super pleased if people stopped using it
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • a1154a1154 Posts: 1,108
    I’m sorry that this is punctuation, not a word or phrase, but I’m terrified that there are so many people putting an apostrophe before an S when it’s simply a plural, that it will become the accepted format.  Aaarrrrggggg!!! 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    That gets my goat too @a1154. It was a basic of our education. I find it odd that so many people don't seem to be able to grasp it. 
    It's the old grocer signs again - 'Onion's 50p per lb' thing.

    It really is super annoying @B3. :|
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I'd forgive greengrocers their superfluous apostrophes if there were any around here, but it irritates me anywhere else.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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