The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

[AllaboutEve]

My all time hates, which are numerous, include: "24/7" which is now being used on the BBC news.

"I'm loving it"

The incorrect usage of the word "of" for example, "I should of", which should clearly be "I should have"

Substituting the phrase "She said" or "He said" with "She goes" or "He goes"

"Aks" instead of "Ask"

Anyone who mimes or mimics inverted commas whilst they are speaking to you.

"Ditto"

Oh, and the recent trend to start spelling definitely with an "a" that has started to appear.

My speech and grammar are far from perfect, but I do think that it is important to try.

 

[metropd]

I think the phrase I dislike the most is "Ya know".

 

[Paisley]

Oh boy :eusa_doh: I took a Management Fundies class in high school, and it was all corporatespeak:

Fast Track
Key Enabler
Incent
Talk Track
Up-selling
Integrated Solution

and my personal favourite: Customer Service Ambassador.

On a dating website, almost all my matches said, "I think outside the box." They all lived very conventional lives (corporate job, house in the suburbs, enjoyed reading and hiking, and of course "[took] time out to smell the roses"). Am I that bland, too?

 

[ThesFlishThngs]

Can I please never hear "awesome" again, ever?

Server: "how's your salad?"
Me: "fine, thanks."
Server: "awesome."
Me: [huh]

My salad being fine fills the server with awe? Poor boy needs to get out more.

 

[LizzieMaine]

"For Your Convenience..." on signs in stores, as in "For Your Convenience, This Entrance is Monitored by Video Surveillance." No, it's not for my convenience, it's to keep people from walking out the door with the merchandise. If you have to monitor, it's fine with me, but please don't try to convince me that you're doing me a kind favor by doing it, or that you have to sugar-coat your intentions to keep me from being scared away.

 

[John in Covina]

Anyone who mimes or mimics inverted commas whilst they are speaking to you.

I have always associated the hand quotation marks with erudite English teachers and human resource managers.

 

[BellyTank]

"My bad."

Can we, like, see you get your bad on, yeah. Eh.

In and of itself.


But.


B
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[Carlisle Blues]

"For Your Convenience..." on signs in stores, as in "For Your Convenience, This Entrance is Monitored by Video Surveillance." No, it's not for my convenience, it's to keep people from walking out the door with the merchandise. If you have to monitor, it's fine with me, but please don't try to convince me that you're doing me a kind favor by doing it, or that you have to sugar-coat your intentions to keep me from being scared away.

It actually is for your convenience due to the fact there is a recorded history that can be relied upon if there is an incident where you are accused of stealing. The recording will show that you are not a crook.

 

[St.Ignatz]

I think the phrase I dislike the most is "Ya know".

" I heard that"

 

[Marc Chevalier]

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How about annoying pronunciation?


Drives me nuts when folks pronounce the word "anti-Semitic" as "anti-Semetic".


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[jamespowers]

"Aks" instead of "Ask"

Geez, I hate that one! :rage:
Another one is Shtring instead of string. :eusa_doh:
Another is when people run a sentence together to form one word:"samatachu"---What's the matter with you?:eusa_doh:

 

[Paisley]

I don't like "How's it going" or "What's happening" instead of "Hello" or "Hi." I start thinking about how it is going or what is happening instead of just saying hi back.

 

[jamespowers]

I don't like "How's it going" or "What's happening" instead of "Hello" or "Hi." I start thinking about how it is going or what is happening instead of just saying hi back.

So "What up?" would make you look up to check too.

 

[Paisley]

Or respond, "Say your prayers, rabbit!"

 

[Ethan Bentley]

With a little bit of this...

My all time hates, which are numerous, include:

Anyone who mimes or mimics inverted commas whilst they are speaking to you.

My speech and grammar are far from perfect, but I do think that it is important to try.

Ah air quotes, reminds me of the action to the Birdie Song / Chicken Dance.

[YOUTUBE]<object width="445" height="364"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6UV3kRV46Zs&hl=en&fs=1&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6UV3kRV46Zs&hl=en&fs=1&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"></embed></object>[/YOUTUBE]

Unfortunately there is rarely a chap with an accordion when someone is miming punctuation.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Overarticulation of foreign words and phrases in ordinary conversation, with the intent of impressing one's hearers with how multiingual one is. ("I'm running over to the --overenunciated -- Auhh Bonh Pahhn -- to get a --overenunciated -- cwahhhhsssssaawwwwn.") No matter how erudite they think it makes them sound, they always come across like Pepe Le Pew to me.

 

[jamespowers]

Overarticulation of foreign words and phrases in ordinary conversation, with the intent of impressing one's hearers with how multiingual one is. ("I'm running over to the --overenunciated -- Auhh Bonh Pahhn -- to get a --overenunciated -- cwahhhhsssssaawwwwn.") No matter how erudite they think it makes them sound, they always come across like Pepe Le Pew to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UEKbGXK6yk
lol lol lol

 

[jamespowers]

Or respond, "Say your prayers, rabbit!"

In the voice of Yosemite Sam or Elmer Fudd?

 

[jamespowers]

Ah air quotes, reminds me of the action to the Birdie Song / Chicken Dance.


Unfortunately there is rarely a chap with an accordion when someone is miming punctuation.

lol lol lol lol Great. Now everytime I see some do that the music will be in my head.

 

[Paisley]

In the voice of Yosemite Sam or Elmer Fudd?

In the voice of Tallulah Bankhead.