Phrases that annoy you the most
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k right off!
. It's a fair cop!
captain_cynic said:
This x 100.
English is a living language (although that phrase will upset people, screw it). It will change over time. However the brilliant thing about English is how fault tolerant it is. Ultimately it is this fault tolerance that lead to it being adopted by so many other nations.
This would be ok, except that most 'modifications' appear to come from the very shallow end of the gene pool. It's well sick innit bruv?English is a living language (although that phrase will upset people, screw it). It will change over time. However the brilliant thing about English is how fault tolerant it is. Ultimately it is this fault tolerance that lead to it being adopted by so many other nations.
foxbody-87 said:
Guys - could we please take this off line, or at least park it until we've dealt with the low hanging fruit - then at least we have a good news story in the making. Otherwise we'll end up with the monkey on our back,
Let's put it on the back burner for now, and we'll touch base offline at close of play. Thanks for bringing it to the table, but after running it up the flagpole and taking a helicopter view it's clear we aren't singing from the same hymn sheet.AMG Merc said:
He/She turned around and said...
I once got so fed up of a colleague preceding everything they said with this (she was recounting an earlier conversation with someone else) that when she finally shut up for a second I stood up, spun round in a circle and sat down again, then explained to her rather dumbfounded face why I'd done it.
Two that really get my urine warm... and both totally contradictory
'It goes without saying that'... then they say it
AND
'Needless to say' then why say it right afterwards
And one i really have to bite my lip everytime i hear it
'I lost my husband/wife last year'
Every time i hear that i have a really hard time asking
'Did you report it to the police, someone may have handed him/her in'
'It goes without saying that'... then they say it
AND
'Needless to say' then why say it right afterwards
And one i really have to bite my lip everytime i hear it
'I lost my husband/wife last year'
Every time i hear that i have a really hard time asking
'Did you report it to the police, someone may have handed him/her in'
lowdrag said:
"I should/could of" is another pet hate, but you know someone, especially a politician, is going to lie when he starts out with "the truth of the matter is". Grr.
What you also know is that they are an idiot. It's "could've" not "could of". It's the shortened form of "could have" and anyone who says could of is a moron.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff