Phrases that annoy you the most

[Monkeylegend]

Landlubber said:

Root beer tastes like old liquorice soaked in cats pee. Nasty, nasty stuff.

That does beg the question, how do you know that ?

Edited by Monkeylegend on Monday 13th April 10:48

[Landlubber]

Monkeylegend said:

Landlubber said:

Root beer tastes like old liquorice soaked in cats pee. Nasty, nasty stuff.

That dose beg the question, how do you know that ?

Sweetie tin, very old cat.

[Tom8]

Agent57 said:

Sa urday. Compyoo er. Bri un.

Those words are supposed to have a 't' in them.

But don't let that stop you getting a job as a TV continuity announcer.

Notice too that they use Jafraican announcers when talking about football or other council televisual delights.

[donkmeister]

Landlubber said:

donkmeister said:

RichB said:

swisstoni said:

RichB said:

swisstoni said:

"I was today years old when I found out ..."

I've read that on social media and still have no idea what it means.

It's what tossers say when the mean 'I found this out today'.

Presumably it's a 'hack they wish their mom had taught them'.

I learned relative late in life (I don't know how many todays old I was) when I learned that "mom" is a perfectly acceptable term for "mother" in the West Midlands, but it makes perfect sense because that's how they say it. Mom. Not maaam. Mom. "Al-oight mom, how are yow?" Fine.

But when someone in the home counties is writing it on a soshul meeja post, when I know damn well that they say "mum"... Well it really grinds my gears.

Add to that people using "y'all" in written English, ever. Or in spoken English when they didn't spend at least the first 20 years of their life in the deep south of the USA. They should be forced to eat grits and drink rootbeer until they admit the error of their ways. They'll stop soon enough.

Root beer tastes like old liquorice soaked in cats pee. Nasty, nasty stuff.

That's the point. If they want to talk like someone who comes from somewhere that root beer is drunk, then they can bally well drink the stuff!

[redrabbit29]

Agent57 said:

Sa urday. Compyoo er. Bri un.

Those words are supposed to have a 't' in them.

But don't let that stop you getting a job as a TV continuity announcer.

I get quite annoyed by this on the radio, often BBC Radio 1 type people (I don't listen to it), but you know, the younger people who have a bit of a mockney accent and don't talk proper

Not sure how to describe it, but it just sounds like sloppy, trying-to-be-gangster talk

[swisstoni]

redrabbit29 said:

Agent57 said:

Sa urday. Compyoo er. Bri un.

Those words are supposed to have a 't' in them.

But don't let that stop you getting a job as a TV continuity announcer.

I get quite annoyed by this on the radio, often BBC Radio 1 type people (I don't listen to it), but you know, the younger people who have a bit of a mockney accent and don't talk proper

Not sure how to describe it, but it just sounds like sloppy, trying-to-be-gangster talk

Current McDonalds ads are full of it.

[Strangely Brown]

swisstoni said:

redrabbit29 said:

Agent57 said:

Sa urday. Compyoo er. Bri un.

Those words are supposed to have a 't' in them.

But don't let that stop you getting a job as a TV continuity announcer.

I get quite annoyed by this on the radio, often BBC Radio 1 type people (I don't listen to it), but you know, the younger people who have a bit of a mockney accent and don't talk proper

Not sure how to describe it, but it just sounds like sloppy, trying-to-be-gangster talk

Current McDonalds ads are full of it.

And so are those for Currys. It's stupid but it really makes me want to not go in there.

[Penny Whistle]

Strangely Brown said:

swisstoni said:

redrabbit29 said:

Agent57 said:

Sa urday. Compyoo er. Bri un.

Those words are supposed to have a 't' in them.

But don't let that stop you getting a job as a TV continuity announcer.

I get quite annoyed by this on the radio, often BBC Radio 1 type people (I don't listen to it), but you know, the younger people who have a bit of a mockney accent and don't talk proper

Not sure how to describe it, but it just sounds like sloppy, trying-to-be-gangster talk

Current McDonalds ads are full of it.

And so are those for Currys. It's stupid but it really makes me want to not go in there.

I wonder whether the marketing gurus who come up with this sort of thing think that sounding like an oik brings in more money from oiks than they lose by putting people off the brand.

[PauloHendo]

redrabbit29 said:

I get quite annoyed by this on the radio, often BBC Radio 1 type people (I don't listen to it), but you know, the younger people who have a bit of a mockney accent and don't talk proper

Not sure how to describe it, but it just sounds like sloppy, trying-to-be-gangster talk

Are you talking about LME?

A horrible, affected noise.

[Strangely Brown]

PauloHendo said:

redrabbit29 said:

I get quite annoyed by this on the radio, often BBC Radio 1 type people (I don't listen to it), but you know, the younger people who have a bit of a mockney accent and don't talk proper

Not sure how to describe it, but it just sounds like sloppy, trying-to-be-gangster talk

Are you talking about LME?

A horrible, affected noise.

Or MLE, even.

[PauloHendo]

Strangely Brown said:

Or MLE, even.

That made your day, didn't it? Big man around the forum, are you?

[Strangely Brown]

PauloHendo said:

Strangely Brown said:

Or MLE, even.

That made your day, didn't it? Big man around the forum, are you?

Did I say something to upset you?

[snuffy]

I always refer to the always on lights on the front of cars as DLRs. And if I'm corrected, I just respond with "Ay, that's it".

[Strangely Brown]

snuffy said:

I always refer to the always on lights on the front of cars as DLRs. And if I'm corrected, I just respond with "Ay, that's it".

I would venture to suggest that one thing you do not want on the front of your car is a DLR. It would indicate that you have gone wrong somewhere.

[snuffy]

Strangely Brown said:

snuffy said:

I always refer to the always on lights on the front of cars as DLRs. And if I'm corrected, I just respond with "Ay, that's it".

I would venture to suggest that one thing you do not want on the front of your car is a DLR. It would indicate that you have gone wrong somewhere.

I certainly find being at the front of the DLR quite exciting, especially that one bit that's like a rollercoaster (I can't remember where it is, it might be that brilliantly named station Mudchute).

[Super Sonic]

snuffy said:

I always refer to the always on lights on the front of cars as DLRs. And if I'm corrected, I just respond with "Ay, that's it".

I believe the actual name is 'Position Marker Side Lights' usually abbreviated to 'PMSL'.

[Michael_B]

Q. What does DNA stand for?
A. National Association of Dyslexics.

(Which works equally well in French )

[borcy]

PauloHendo said:

redrabbit29 said:

I get quite annoyed by this on the radio, often BBC Radio 1 type people (I don't listen to it), but you know, the younger people who have a bit of a mockney accent and don't talk proper

Not sure how to describe it, but it just sounds like sloppy, trying-to-be-gangster talk

Are you talking about LME?

A horrible, affected noise.

What's LME?

[RichB]

borcy said:

PauloHendo said:

redrabbit29 said:

I get quite annoyed by this on the radio, often BBC Radio 1 type people (I don't listen to it), but you know, the younger people who have a bit of a mockney accent and don't talk proper

Not sure how to describe it, but it just sounds like sloppy, trying-to-be-gangster talk

Are you talking about LME?
A horrible, affected noise.

What's LME?

I hardly want to risk saying it but it's MLE

[C5_Steve]

RichB said:

borcy said:

PauloHendo said:

redrabbit29 said:

I get quite annoyed by this on the radio, often BBC Radio 1 type people (I don't listen to it), but you know, the younger people who have a bit of a mockney accent and don't talk proper

Not sure how to describe it, but it just sounds like sloppy, trying-to-be-gangster talk

Are you talking about LME?
A horrible, affected noise.

What's LME?

I hardly want to risk saying it but it's MLE

Alright big man wind your neck in, strutting about with your correct terms and everything

(It's multicultural London English, the accent that's emerging from so many different accents and ways of talking in London we now have)