Shtupid, shtronger, shtruggerling ... And this annoys me, why? Can you tell me exactly? Am I happy with this? No.
Other things that piss me off are actors who pause after the first three words they say, presenters who emphasise unnecessarily the word ‘you’ or ‘your’, people who say myself when they mean me or I, rising inflexions at the end of sentences (a habit much practised by younger women) so every statement becomes a question, all Americanisms and, worse, people so culturally obtuse they do not know they are using imported phrases and, worst of all, I get cross with myself for getting wound up over things that are so trifling.
Gutted. One of the branches on my new rose was broken by the wind, I am utterly gutted. I have to adore the alliteration (or is it a consonance?) but c'mon, really? Devastating.
So I goes like...... and he goes like...that sentence really gets me. So, I turned round and said....then he turned round and said, I have asked people if they’re giddy yet with all the turning round.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Issues. There are some issues with the garden. Issues , could you be more specific? Some issues have come to our attention with the borders. Mostly used in a work emails argh.
I'm usually OK with single words but there are a couple of two word phrases that I really dislike. I think the one "no brainer" became very annoying when it was used in some repetitive radio add that said buying some product was a "no brainer" decision when it simply wasn't the obviously correct choice the phrase might imply.
The other one that gets to be very irritating when used by some people more than others is the "you know" which is stuck into obscure places in sentences when people not knowing what they are going to say struggle to get their ideas in order before continuing. The most annoying are the professional presenters and other types of spokes people who make a simple couple of sentences last an age and make a lot less sense by multiple "you knows". I have seen the occasional speaker who expands this in to "you know what I mean" and it makes some sense to me that someone might try ask if their message is being taken in but to repeat "you know" over and over in a situation where no response from the people being spoken to is looked for just sounds presumptions and lacking in basic communication skills to me.
1. ‘At the end of the day.’ Meaningless filler phrase. 2. ‘Babe’. Toe curling, as used by one of my daughters and her partner exclusively to each other. 3. ‘Darling’. Not in itself toe curling but inappropriate when used by youngest daughter to her partner as they are not middle class.
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And this annoys me, why?
Can you tell me exactly?
Am I happy with this? No.
Other things that piss me off are actors who pause after the first three words they say, presenters who emphasise unnecessarily the word ‘you’ or ‘your’, people who say myself when they mean me or I, rising inflexions at the end of sentences (a habit much practised by younger women) so every statement becomes a question, all Americanisms and, worse, people so culturally obtuse they do not know they are using imported phrases and, worst of all, I get cross with myself for getting wound up over things that are so trifling.
So, I turned round and said....then he turned round and said, I have asked people if they’re giddy yet with all the turning round.
2. ‘Babe’. Toe curling, as used by one of my daughters and her partner exclusively to each other.
3. ‘Darling’. Not in itself toe curling but inappropriate when used by youngest daughter to her partner as they are not middle class.