…like for fires and stuff
Well it’s not hearing, but it irks the hell out of me when people use ‘your’ instead of you’re.
And its instead of it’s.
SAVE THE APOSTROPHE FROM EXTINCTION PEOPLE
Well just look for all the lost apostrophes on snack bar blackboard-menus like: “Hot Dog’s” or even “Frie’s” (“Fry’s?”) They seem to be especially bad about that in parts of England.
- Politically correct/incorrect:
C’mon, people! The phrase means absolutely nothing, and is used to refer to absolutely everything.
Every time I see or hear it used, I see it as a rejection of two fundamental aspects of humanity: the ability to think, and the ability to adapt to change. Yep, I really do.
And why do people have to italicise when they say it - as in “I know it’s not politically correct” - or worse, they make little ‘quotation marks’ with their hands.
Actually, the phrase has been given meaning. It’s ignoring the truth because someone might find it objectionable. It’s the antithesis of free speech, in that you aren’t allowed to voice an opinion.
I have no use for people who keep making quotation signs with their fingers: if you emphasize everything, you emphasize nothing.
Trouble is, the people who use the phrase PC always think they’re right, regardless of whether they are or not, or even if they’ve considered the other person’s point of view.
Sorry sh, even though the verb form of access may be newer, it’s not an incorrect gone correct… The definition I found was this:
v. tr. ac·cessed, ac·cess·ing, ac·cess·es.
To obtain access to (data or processes).
Usage Problem. To obtain access to (goods or information), usually by technological means.
Then there’s a note:
Usage Note: The verb access is well established in its computational sense “to obtain access to (data or processes),” as in This program makes it considerably easier to access files on another disk. In recent years it has come to be used in nontechnical contexts with the more general sense of “to obtain access to (goods or information), usually by technological means,” as in You can access your cash at any of 300 automatic tellers throughout the area. This example was judged unacceptable by 82 percent of the Usage Panel.
So in other words, access when referring to data, etc, is fine, but not other ways. Interesting
Jman
Words that make me cringe:
“Foot loose and fancy free”.
UGGGGHHH!
Words and Phrases I hate:
- “mo”, or “half a mo”. As in when you’re supposed to wait for something.
That’s because a friend used to say it all the time and it really bugged me.
2. “chill” meaning relax or calm down. I think this one came over to Britain from America. So it’s your fault 
3. “extreme” I think I saw anotehr poster in another thread mention the overuse of this word.
By the way, my post subject comes from the name of one of the teams on Sensible Soccer
I despise the word nostril. I have no idea why I hate it so much, but I don’t like to say it or hear it at all.
Four years in New England taught me to dislike the word ‘wicked’ when used to say something like “These fries are wicked good”.
‘Aight’. Hate it. Hate hearing it.
On a side note, it took a while, but I finally broke myself of using “as if” and “like” constantly. I decided that I needed to start talking like an adult. They do slip out every once in a while, but nowhere near as often.
“That’s the man, officer”.
“I didn’t know she was your sister, honest”
“Felch, squick etc…”
I never heard of these words before I came here and now I have to struggle to avoid using them in everyday conversation. I hope you know that you people have warped my innocent little mind.
I hate the buzzword, “arguably”…ugh. “Resonate”, as in, “He failed to resonate with the voting public”, also makes me twitchy. But at the moment, I would have to say that “heat advisory” are my least favorite words. “Swelter” is right up there,too!— Tabithina
Happify of happifying.
WHY???
Also there is an absolutely unsubtle guy I work with whose favourite expression it ‘You know what I’m sayin’?’ wink wink.
YES!!! EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT YOU’RE ‘SAYIN’!!! Cut it out, no one cares!
Sorry, carrying very large chips on shoulders…I’m going to go watch Star Wars now…
Hate the phrase “no problem”–when, of course, there is a problem!!!
I just had to say this:
Please let this thread DIE!!! It’s ancient now. Time to move on folks.
It’s me who brought this thread back. I wasn’t here when it was last posted on and I found it on a search. I just wanted to put my two penneth in. OK?
Deck the halls with “Balls” of holly…it’s BOUGHS, damn you!
“I’ll take that as an action item”
“deliverables”
and how can we forget… “I think it is better if we just be friends”
God do I hate those phrases, somebody make them stop!
Duh
From about 1983 - 1993 the GTE phone directory for West Los Angeles had this entry under UCLA /Libraries:
Hours For All Librarie's.....825-...
Made me cringe every time I saw it.
Those dreaded words “margin call”.
Also hearing my boss say “I have to challenge you on that.”
Really? Well I have to plant my foot in your ass!