Words and Expressions that we hate

QSis

QSis

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It could fill up a book with words and expressions and grammatical errors that I hate. Figure that we all have some, maybe a lot.

This thread can be a repository of getting crappy English off our chests (or maybe just my chest).

They don't have to be food-related, but I'll start with just 3 of food "words" that make me cringe. (Apologies to those of us who actually say these things - I love you anyway!)

'Nanner (for banana)
'Mater (for tomato)
Sammies (for sandwiches)

Lee
 
Sass Muffin

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QSis said:
It could fill up a book with words and expressions and grammatical errors that I hate. Figure that we all have some, maybe a lot.

This thread can be a repository of getting crappy English off our chests (or maybe just my chest).

They don't have to be food-related, but I'll start with just 3 of food "words" that make me cringe. (Apologies to those of us who actually say these things - I love you anyway!)

'Nanner (for banana)
'Mater (for tomato)
Sammies (for sandwiches)

Lee
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I say nanner and mater sometimes because I'm being goofy 😛
Sammies sounds childish, I don't like it either.
Sarnies is ok because it's what they call a sandwich in Yorkshire.

I cannot stand "influencer"...seems to be a thing.
Too or to.
They're/there/their... You'd be surprised how many people cannot use the proper in a simple sentence.
 
rickismom

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QSis said:
It could fill up a book with words and expressions and grammatical errors that I hate. Figure that we all have some, maybe a lot.

This thread can be a repository of getting crappy English off our chests (or maybe just my chest).

They don't have to be food-related, but I'll start with just 3 of food "words" that make me cringe. (Apologies to those of us who actually say these things - I love you anyway!)

'Nanner (for banana)
'Mater (for tomato)
Sammies (for sandwiches)

Lee
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I don’t use any of those lol……Sass….literally. 😉🥰
 
LastManStanding

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Here's a list of what I hate most:
Writing ect for etc (makes me furious)
"I thing" for "I think"
Apostrophe in plural. E.g. "All the boy's came back." (Another one I really hate)
"All kind of" for "all kinds of"
Their/there/they're
And the very popular double negative - I didn't do nothing.
There's a lot more. But I can't remember now 😅

Two days ago I was watching the EPT Prague poker tournament on Pokerstars. Joe Stapleton had some really nice opinions about wrong use/usage of English words. He brought up the words undoubtedly/undoubtably, some really funny comments which I cannot remember now. He is one of the wittiest and funniest people I've ever seen, but didn't think that he had such factually correct ideas until then.
 
Doc

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You know what I'm saying?
after every sentence or paragraph You know what I'm saying?

Had an hour long conversation with a guy I had not seen for a long while. I bet he said "You know what I'm saying?" over 100 times. :bonk:
 
QSis

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Luckytrim said:
"like", after every other word...
"Ben, like, came over, like without calling or, like , anything..."
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Absolutely horrible! It's woven tightly into the conversational fabric of mainly young people. Hard to take what they say seriously, even if you don't just stop listening.

Lee
 
Luckytrim

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Watched an episode of "Chopped" this morning... Battle of the Twins...
Four sets of twins competed ... one set, two ladies, fought a running verbal battle
and constantly called each other "Dude" ..........
 
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