Things People Say That Annoy You

KungPao

dienbienphu wrote: »

Sports reporters refering to the geographical origins of players.
Joe Stack last night talking abou Rory McIlroy; 'the Ulsterman'...

Trevor Welsh of TV3 is reknowned for this. Watch a match on said channel with him commentating...it's remarkable.

"Fabulous play by the Dutchman", "Wonderful control there by the Argentine", "Oh the Russian referee won't like that challenge, it could be a yellow card for the big Hungarian" etc.

Still, I love Trev.

Teyla Emmagan

Feathers wrote: »

I hate people who go out of their way to pronounce words in the 'proper' way. Yes, it's espresso not expresso but when people start putting on a lisp to say Barcelona or with croissant — as an English loan word, there's no 'q' and there is a 't'.

"Cwossant" is one that drives me mad actually! Would you EFF OFF and just put an 'r' into it you tosser!

cantdecide

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

"Cwossant" is one that drives me mad actually! Would you EFF OFF and just put an 'r' into it you tosser!

The t is silen'









/runs

Teyla Emmagan

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

"Cwossant" is one that drives me mad actually! Would you EFF OFF and just put an 'r' into it you tosser!

You're right.

"Cwossan" then!

Acacia

europa11 wrote: »

ditto to "going forward" which mercifully - or at least since the demise of Biffo and the Celtic Tiger seems to have vanished into the ether.

Nobody seems to have informed my manager of this... every meeting has to involve him saying ''going forward'' about twenty times. He must trapped in some Noughties time-warp.

I actually hate the word ''Noughties'', too.

''I could care less''. Doesn't even make sense.

People using the phrase '' I think, as a parent...'' about subjects that have nothing to do with parenting.

"I'm not a racist but..." Idiot-alert.

Canard

I can't stand people who try to pronounce words like croissant / espresso with those accents as if they're so cultured or something. It's a loan word, you're not even supposed to do it! In French they have the word "le weekend" - but you don't hear them saying it in an American accent. Worst part is 99% of those ponces butcher the world completely. :mad:

Czarcasm

Patchy~ wrote: »

I can't stand people who try to pronounce words like croissant / espresso with those accents as if they're so cultured or something. It's a loan word, you're not even supposed to do it! In French they have the word "le weekend" - but you don't hear them saying it in an American accent. Worst part is 99% of those ponces butcher the world completely. :mad:

The last few posts had me think of this clip-

Knockout_91

"Smile"

"Cheer up"

"Life's not that bad"

I could be perfectly happy when people say these things, it's just my face. Really annoys me!

If someone orders a 'curry chip'. If I were working in the take-away, I would give them one fcuking chip dipped in curry sauce.

coolhull

''You don't like cabbage/carrots etc? You don't know what's good for you.''

Mr Benevolent

'You're an alcoholic.'

Always annoys me. Anyone know the perfect Pina Colada recipe? This one's not hitting the spot.

Feathers

Pherekydes wrote: »

Pronouncing words correctly is now a bad thing? Who knew?

Also, people who say "Who knew?" gets on my (ample) tits.

It is if you're doing it to be pretentious. Put it this way, would you pronounce restaurant like this, or like this?

Muckit

'Get off me!'

Scruffles

retard/retarded/mentaly retarded,when negatively refering to something that is stupid or when refering to people who have done something silly and unfunny as what those of us with intelectual disability [called learning disability here] do,as a medical term it is just as offensive and luckily it is finaly being shafted out of the DSM come the new version in march.
-people will flip if they see or hear others using slurs against race or sexuality even when used non directly but dont even notice when someone uses slurs that dehumanize & wrongly label intelectualy disabled people.
besides being an offensive term [a throwback to the years intelectualy disabled people were thrown into godawful assylums] they are not actualy descriptive of our disability,we arent 'retarded' we process things very differently and have a different level of mental capacity.

Muckit

'You're gay' was another one

bnt

I knew a guy who would always say "which?" if he didn't understand something. Example:
"It might snow next week."
"Which?"

I think he adopted "which?" because it's longer than "what?", thus making him look more intelligent.

Czarcasm

bnt wrote: »

I knew a guy who would always say "which?" if he didn't understand something. Example:
"It might snow next week."
"Which?"

I think he adopted "which?" because it's longer than "what?", thus making him look more intelligent.

I had to teach my child to say "pardon?" before he REALLY got into the habit of "wha'?". He picked it up in school, gave me twitchy eye any time he said it.

purplegeko

Hows the job hunt? Been really getting on my wick this week

Ando's Saggy Bottom

People who say they're going "for drinks." Inexplicably annoying.

Il Trap

Sleepy wrote: »

hun

Some women seem to add it to the end of every fucking sentence. Though it does help identify the morons very quickly so it's not all bad.

Often substituted for 'hen' or 'chick'. Dopes.

The Aussie

"Thanks be to God"

passremarkable

Banter. Terrible word

iCosmopolis

Using "FLOOR" to describe an outdoor situation really winds me up. Seems to be popular on UK TV shows all the time lately eg. Brit cops : "we got him down on the floor" when they're actually in the street. Some other show they're running around a field on some assault course "oh he's on the floor"
The Floor=Indoors, The ground=Outdoors
Also, as mentioned before "Lidlses" And "Simples" "Happy Out".

billion dollar baby

First post on boards and i can't think of a better place to do it. So many words and phrases that i have an irrational hatred for including:
"wreck my head/face/banana"
"supps"
"quiver"
"you don't know you're born"
"rad (radiator)"
"irregardless"
"I'm not being funny but..."
"Not being a bitch but..."

and the absolute worst:
"How's the lovelife?"

wardy2

''roll on the weekend'' over used word on facebook

efb

"gay marriage is wrong"

Czarcasm

Apparently it's not a hangover any more, it's now "the fear".

Pronouncing each letter of acronyms like OMG, WTF, LOL, FML.

Itwasntme.

Medusa22 wrote: »

I'm pleased that everyone seems to be filled with as much bile and rage as me.

There is a lot of anger on this thread.

Eeeyore

Lady Ga Ga or Rihana just anyone uttering those words in any positive meaning makes me wonder where we are heaeded as a Race.:o

smash

billion dollar baby wrote: »

"wreck my head/face/banana"

People say wreck my banana?

billion dollar baby wrote: »

"you don't know you're born"

And wtf is this supposed to mean?

Czarcasm

smash wrote: »

People say wreck my banana?

You'd hear it said by shams and chavs all the time.

smash wrote:

And wtf is this supposed to mean?

You don't know how lucky you are.

srfc d16

Czarcasm wrote: »

You'd hear it said by shams and chavs all the time.

What's a sham?

Czarcasm

srfc d16 wrote: »

What's a sham?

I would've thought sham was a common enough expression in Ireland-

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav

kraggy

1. "Get in"

You see it over on the soccer forum.

a. you're not English, you sound stupid
b. It's already "in", why are telling it to go in?


2. "Let's be 'avin ya"

e.g. Someone on Facebook updates their status to inform people that theyre going to Galway for the weekend and they're, you know, so mental and good craic that they're going to set Galway alight with their fabulousness...

"Come on Galway, let's be 'avin ya"

Again, you're not English. You're a cunt. Shut up.

srfc d16

Czarcasm wrote: »

I would've thought sham was a common enough expression in Ireland-

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav

I know what a chav is but i have never heard the word sham before.
Is it the same thing?

ruthloss

Do you know what you 'should' have done?:mad:

BUBBLE WRAP

srfc d16 wrote: »

I know what a chav is but i have never heard the word sham before.
Is it the same thing?

yes, just the irish version.

Oranage2

"im not being funny"

Its like "good because im not laughing"

The King of Moo

Do people who don't pronounce French words like "croissant" the French way do the same with words like "rendezvous," "ballet" and "chef?"

kiffer

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

yes, just the irish version.

What part of Ireland, and in what decade because I've never heard it...

smash

Lads, sham and chav are not the same thing. Sham is on old Dublin expression meaning chancer. i.e. "you're some sham" - haven't heard it in around 10 years.

Czarcasm

smash wrote: »

Lads, sham and chav are not the same thing. Sham is on old Dublin expression meaning chancer. i.e. "you're some sham" - haven't heard it in around 10 years.

I always thought it was "scobe" in Dublin, you'd hear "sham" still used a lot in Cork though to refer to the addidas tracksuit wearers with the barely hanging on baseball caps and argos jewellery.

mewe

Yup and Frickin!

Fungums

me:''i was at the shop''
Some idiot: ''were ya?''
Me: :-|

Jimmy444

"You know that kind of way?"



Anybody else notice that a lot of people being interviewed on TV/radio lately start many answers with an irrelevant "so" e.g.

Interviewer: "What are the prospects for the economy?"
Interviewee: "So. We think that employment will stay at current levels . . . "

Interviewer: "Will the exports help?".
Interviewee: "So. The world economy is flat at present . . . . ".

Just a new habit that's spreading, I guess.

Czarcasm

Jimmy444 wrote: »

"You know that kind of way?"



Anybody else notice that a lot of people being interviewed on TV/radio lately start many answers with an irrelevant "so" e.g.

Interviewer: "What are the prospects for the economy?"
Interviewee: "So. We think that employment will stay at current levels . . . "

Interviewer: "Will the exports help?".
Interviewee: "So. The world economy is flat at present . . . . ".

Just a new habit that's spreading, I guess.

You just reminded me of "onvelope" for envelope, and "an 'otel" for a hotel.

Pre-drinking. As in 'Where are we pre-drinking tonight?' i.e. whose house? You're still fukking drinking!

bootybouncer

coola boola............nidge............poor darren.........................................

fook off you if you like the promotion of scum bags

newbee22

What's for you won't pass you by :mad::mad::mad::mad:

Moll'll fix it

"Is it yourself?"