loppylugs 8,427 Posted March 3, 2017 Report Share Posted March 3, 2017 I'm with you on the 'like' thing, Jill. When I was pastoring in Canada I had a number of teenagers who used it to the point of driving me nuts. I took them aside and said I would take them out for like pizza if they could avoid misuse of the word like for a week. Needless to say, at the end of the week they all claimed to have succeeded. . Anyway I honored my promise and took 'em all out. It seemed like a fun way to address an irritating issue. Not sure it did much good but I did notice a decrease of the word when I was around. Another one is. Then he goes. So she goes. Referring to speech. I hear that even in adults. It grates like fingernails on a blackboard. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted March 3, 2017 Report Share Posted March 3, 2017 People who say........''I turned round''.........as in ''I turned round and said''..............my Father in-law uses it all the time........so every time he says it I turn round..............annoys the wife no-end........but he never says owt...............lol 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,579 Posted March 3, 2017 Report Share Posted March 3, 2017 "They say it's going to rain today" who are THEY Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted March 3, 2017 Report Share Posted March 3, 2017 On talent shows, when the panel say 'You nailed that song ', or 'You made that song your own ' . What utter patronising twaddle ! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,427 Posted March 3, 2017 Report Share Posted March 3, 2017 2 hours ago, plantfit said: "They say it's going to rain today" who are THEY Rog I always thought 'they' were those blokes on the air ministry roof. If they were getting wet it was going to rain. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,579 Posted March 3, 2017 Report Share Posted March 3, 2017 Was THEY the ones responsible for saying THEY reckon if you smoke you stand a chance of dying younger,or THEY reckon one day man will land on Mars. Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,427 Posted March 3, 2017 Report Share Posted March 3, 2017 No,. I think they were another bunch of theys. They's everywhere. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,579 Posted March 3, 2017 Report Share Posted March 3, 2017 Ah they reckon so Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gem 1,430 Posted March 3, 2017 Report Share Posted March 3, 2017 6 hours ago, FLY2 said: On talent shows, when the panel say 'You nailed that song ', or 'You made that song your own ' . What utter patronising twaddle ! What about "she/he owns the room" got to be one of the stupidest ever. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
woody 552 Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 Think out of the box drives me mad, this is England you numpties and we do not live in boxes! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 Not a phrase but a word - "amazing". A word that's used to death every time you turn on the television. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 I would much rather be notified if there are any changes. These days I have to be 'Kept up to speed' or 'Kept in the loop'!!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 On 03/12/2016 at 9:06 AM, FLY2 said: I was in Pets at Home in Daybrook the other day as my daughter needed biscuits for her dog. I took the bag to the checkout to be met with...... Have you got a Loyalty Card ? No, and I don't want one I replied. I was then told the benefits of owning one. I still said no. Would you like to donate 50p for unwanted pets at Christmas? Ok I said. How many units of 50p would you like to donate sir ? Well one of course I replied ! Well you can donate as much as you like sir ! Just give me the bleddy biscuits for Christs sake. It was like the Spanish Inquisition. Next time, it'll be Wilkos for the stuff. Barking branch? 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 I've moaned about "Hi Guys" enough times already but another bad taste of the month is esp on YouTube, the video starts with "What's up Guys" what's up ? the bleddy sky is up that's what, but "What's up Guys" really does my head in. GRRRRR 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 I still find "have a nice day" irritating in the extreme I some times answer "is it compulsory"? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
woody 552 Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 The Queens English has been good enough for people to communicate for many years so why does the younger generation need to cannibalise it these days I ask myself. Many of the phrases I knew as a youngster would get you funny looks these days due to somebody hijacking them for a totally different meaning. As the old saying stated "the man who truly knows what he is saying speaks in a language we all understand ". 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted March 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 Many years ago "BBC English" was "the thing" but these days the words and phrases heard on the TV are very different. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,304 Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 #114 Guys go on top of bonfires so far as I am concerned. If anyone directs the phrase at me, I either ignore them or point out that I am female! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 It's all down to text speak & with due respect to our American cousins, American slang combination. The same as going into any cafe or shop & someone say's "Can I Get" ? Not, "May I Have" !! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 2 minutes ago, Jill Sparrow said: #114 Guys go on top of bonfires so far as I am concerned. If anyone directs the phrase at me, I either ignore them or point out that I am female! You & Mrs Catfan think alike Jill ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,304 Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 #119 I don't speak American. Reminds me of that song from My Fair Lady. Why Don't The English Teach their Children How To Speak? Written by...an American! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,408 Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 Hi Guys. This topic is like well cool innit? I mean like I said to me friend when he turned round n said 'Whats happenin' n I like said 'We is talkin about people what don't talk proper ok' n he said 'it's cos they don't like learn stuff, you know what I mean like when they is in school n stuff innit'. I turned round n said 'it's like amazin they don't learn you stuff like when they's supposed to innit'. When I did me exams I've like totally owned it guy enni. It 's marked D right? but that's good innit? My mate don't go for all that stuff you know what I mean Say's it's like booshwah or summat n playing inter the capitalist system what wants to like crush the spirit of the workers n I turned round n said' but like you don't got a job n he said 'I know it's like n amazin way to fight the system inni. He don't do this stuff like blue sky n says it's like undertakers what think about boxes n all that innit. Have a nice day.. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,427 Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 Another misused word, here anyway, is the word 'Awesome." As our pastor noted, 'A hamburger isn't awesome. It may be good but it is not awesome.' I find it annoying when I hear a parent telling a kid that his behaviour is 'awesome.' Part of the everyone gets a prize mindset, that has turned so many kids into demanding little monsters. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,721 Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 Some phrases annoy by their absence. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 5 hours ago, loppylugs said: Another misused word, here anyway, is the word 'Awesome." As our pastor noted, 'A hamburger isn't awesome. It may be good but it is not awesome.' I find it annoying when I hear a parent telling a kid that his behaviour is 'awesome.' Part of the everyone gets a prize mindset, that has turned so many kids into demanding little monsters. loppy, you sir are my hero ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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