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Did you know that you could probably save yourself 6 months of your life if you dropped this unnecessary punctuation mark. This would not apply if you were to die within the next six months - sorry. http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/homer.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by LoudounSquareLurker wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 22:03
Some absolute shoulder biter says this at least twice a day in work. Infuriating.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve R wrote on Thu, 19 February 2015 02:48
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Originally Posted by HP Source wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 23:48
Nucular for nuclear, math for maths (I wasn't at all surprised to hear Adrian Childs say "math" on air this week).
Not a wrong saying as such, but why have people started using "going forward" when talking about the future in the last few years - Russell Slade is a serial "going forward" user.
A meeting I was in went very quiet when, describing a patient's behaviour I said
"she don't take telling..."
Lot's of quizzical looks.
"I could care less"
Perpetrated by most Americans.
People in cafes or shops saying "Can I get a ...".
No, but you can have one, the waiter/waitress/shop shopkeeper will get it for you. You cannot go in to the kitchen and get it yourself.
No need. Whenever I hear someone say that I give them a gentle look of mild pity.Quote:
Originally Posted by RichardM wrote on Thu, 19 February 2015 08:03
My wife's 3:
She's like a bleached whale
I've got a coleslaw coming on my lip
Be more pacific
That's a bit wrong, mate!!Quote:
Originally Posted by fingers wrote on Thu, 19 February 2015 10:21
Pelanty.
To be fair, it is not really something that "people" get wrong, it seems to be an affliction specific to messrs Harson and Waddle.
I don't understand it. Most 5-year-olds could probably get it right, and that would include those that have absolutely no interest in football. My line manager who goes out of his way to avoid football or any discussion of it is still able to say "penalty". Hartson and Waddle are both ex-professional footballers. They were both penalty-takers. I cannot comprehend how they are unable to get their mouth to say a perfectly simple three-syllable word that they must have uttered tens of thousands of times in their working lives. It that was not bad enough, their primary source of income is now talking about football. "Penalty" is a pretty common word in the football vocabulary. You might hope that they would have taken the time to learn to say it correctly.
Since this thread has widened a little, what about the contradictory 'I'll be there now in a minute'. I don't think I have heard this outside of Wales.
On hearing Jill dando had died, my mother in law came into the room and said " that's horrible news about jan dildo. Not technically relevant to the thread I know
Sounds like a Freudian slip. http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/hehe.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Vinny Riley wrote on Thu, 19 February 2015 11:49
Hartson saying pelanty is amazing. I've heard him do it three times in less than 30 seconds before.Quote:
Originally Posted by Optimistic Nick wrote on Thu, 19 February 2015 10:41
I can't stand this either, what's more surely they have been corrected on it thousands of times and they still can't pronounce it correctly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Optimistic Nick wrote on Thu, 19 February 2015 10:41
"Touch Wood" for luck is incorrect.
The full saying is "Touch wood is no good / Touch iron to rely on"
Apparently it's an old seaman's saying. http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/sherlock.gif
Untrue, those young men are forever touching wood.Quote:
Originally Posted by plodder wrote on Thu, 19 February 2015 12:08
If you eat a shedload of chips, you'll have a sh1tload of chips in the morning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vimana. wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 23:10
Sounds like a bit of a cock-up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vinny Riley wrote on Thu, 19 February 2015 11:49
'Here, here' instead of 'hear, hear'.
I hear a lot of people using "it Swings in roundabouts".
Airplane or Aeroplane. Which one is correct?
Also, WTF is a Chimley?
PIN number.
Also, people who say "double-U, double-U, double-U dot". Ever. It's faster and easier to say worldwide web, but even then, there is no reason to say it any more anyway.
People who don't read the whole thread http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/hehe.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Optimistic Nick wrote on Thu, 19 February 2015 13:13
Right. That's lunch.
Nail on headQuote:
Originally Posted by calonlan wrote on Thu, 19 February 2015 13:15
I've never found the place to complain about this before but women who moan about their menstration. For fecks sake is menstruation.
And another thing - the current month is February and not Febry.
People often say something like "My guilty pleasure is listening to Simply Red in my wife's knickers while licking raspberry jam off the floor"
Not too guilty to tell everyone though. [/quote]
Often?
You must know some interesting people http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/hehe.gif
[quote title=The Bloop wrote on Thu, 19 February 2015 13:19]I've never found the place to complain about this before but women who moan about their menstration. For fecks sake is menstruation.
And another thing - the current month is February and not Febry.[/quote
You just wait till setember
'Just desserts' instead of 'just deserts' http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/rolleyes.gif
Don't you mean it the other way around?Quote:
Originally Posted by stevo wrote on Thu, 19 February 2015 13:35
My wife doesn't pronounce her r's (what the hell is the plural of r?) just like Woy Hodgson.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taibach 70 wrote on Thu, 19 February 2015 13:06
Don Coooooooowie far eastern footballer comentator
Airplane is US English. Aeroplane is UK English.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taibach 70 wrote on Thu, 19 February 2015 13:06
So aeroplane is correct. Good.Quote:
Originally Posted by calonlan wrote on Thu, 19 February 2015 14:26
If you're British, yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Bloop wrote on Thu, 19 February 2015 15:50
Lots of people say " shitload " instead of shedload.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gwynedd Blue wrote on Thu, 19 February 2015 00:42
Along the same lines is Aluminum and Aluminium.Quote:
Originally Posted by calonlan wrote on Thu, 19 February 2015 16:12