Post by: loulou on September 02, 2006, 12:49:27 am
What words do people use that annoy you? Today in Next a woman was looking at a striped top and saying to her husband "Isn't that a nice strippy top?"
Strippy? What word is that?
Post by: wjp666 on September 02, 2006, 01:10:08 am
Post by: loulou on September 02, 2006, 01:13:28 am
Post by: goldencup on September 02, 2006, 01:51:42 am
similar, but people who say "babby" in reference to their young offspring is vomit inducing.
And one beloved of our friends in the Midlands.
Post by: loulou on September 02, 2006, 01:57:01 am
Post by: goldencup on September 02, 2006, 01:59:03 am
Post by: goldencup on September 02, 2006, 02:08:53 am
Post by: loulou on September 02, 2006, 02:09:55 am
Post by: goldencup on September 02, 2006, 02:17:58 am
Post by: oldspice on September 02, 2006, 09:12:46 am
i agree with all of those examples. they all make me cringe. I hate being called babe, and as my name is Julie some people who don't know me that well think it's Ok to call me Jules with I HATE!
My sister-in-law refers to 'her boys' as the 'winkies' (as in kiddie winks) and they are aged 27, 22 and 20 respectively.!!!!!
Post by: on September 02, 2006, 12:27:13 pm
Doll, pet, love, etc.
I am not your friend I am your customer. You do not know me nor I you. You are paid to be courteous and professional. Please be so when serving me/answering my enquiry.
Incidentally, I never gave you permission to call me by first name. Refrain from doing so.
Post by: oldspice on September 02, 2006, 12:28:17 pm
Post by: on September 02, 2006, 12:30:12 pm
Who?
Just don't call me Black if you do not know me.
Post by: StrollingMinstrel on September 02, 2006, 01:01:11 pm
People, over 10 years old, who refer to their parents as mummy and daddy, particularly in an upper class style.
Post by: oldspice on September 02, 2006, 01:02:55 pm
I think Carol Thatcher calls the old bat 'mummy'. What a horrid thought.
Post by: smurfboy on September 02, 2006, 02:32:04 pm
Incidentally, I never gave you permission to call me by first name. Refrain from doing so.
This one drives me mad too.
The one that really get my teeth on edge is when people refer to men as 'guys'. You even get newsreaders and people who supposedly speak proper English doing it now! 
Post by: goldencup on September 02, 2006, 03:44:34 pm
Post by: smurfboy on September 02, 2006, 03:51:17 pm
Post by: lorri on September 02, 2006, 05:34:21 pm
or maybe im just too picky lol
Post by: oldspice on September 02, 2006, 05:53:37 pm
I find it stange that in the north of England, glasses in pubs are known as 'pots'. I first heard this when a friend from Manchester told me her son was 'collecting pots in the pub to earn a bit of cash' I had this picture of someone going round the pub picking up saucepans and frying pans (they are pots in my world!) and I wondered what people drink out of in Manchester!!
Post by: smurfboy on September 02, 2006, 05:58:59 pm
Post by: goldencup on September 02, 2006, 06:04:05 pm
Post by: on September 02, 2006, 06:39:25 pm
Norridge and Ostridge instead of Norwich and Ostrich.
Milyun instead of Million.
As a Christian, Crimbo, I find particularly annoying.
Post by: smurfboy on September 02, 2006, 06:52:01 pm
Post by: goldencup on September 02, 2006, 06:53:21 pm
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Post by: loulou on September 02, 2006, 07:50:10 pm
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on September 04, 2006, 09:14:49 am
Lecturers calling dissertations 'dissys' make me cringe.
Also when people pronounce 'st' as 'sht' as in 'shtrange'. Not people with a genuine speech impediment of course, just people who pronounce it that way for no apparent reason (such as Jade Goody).
Post by: robbie on September 04, 2006, 12:09:22 pm
People who say 'pants' to indicate something they don't like.
Also, people who say 'random' when another word would be more appropriate.
Post by: Jamsi on September 04, 2006, 04:23:53 pm
People who can't say HOSPITAL and say HOSPICAL like Ashley in corrie
People who can't say kettle and say kekkle
MAD MAD MAD people!!!
Post by: smurfboy on September 04, 2006, 04:33:34 pm
Also, people who say 'random' when another word would be more appropriate.
Oh god, that one drives me insane!
Another one which drives me mad is when people talk about 'doing' a place; e.g. 'let's go to Oxford Street and do Selfridges' (or indeed 'let's do Oxford Street'). You don't 'do' Selfridges, you go to Selfridges! You don't 'do' lunch, you have lunch!
Post by: oldspice on September 04, 2006, 06:03:34 pm
People who can't say HOSPITAL and say HOSPICAL like Ashley in corrie
People who can't say kettle and say kekkle
MAD MAD MAD people!!!
This is a perculiarity of some parts of Manchester. You will notice that les Battersby does the same - and calls a bottle a bokkle.
Post by: on September 04, 2006, 07:43:43 pm