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I can’t be the only person who hasn’t seen and will never see a single second of Love Island??
100% no (flame me now 😋). I'm with you there. (Another flaming???)
“Boots on the ground.”
What, are you going to fly over in a helicopter and throw footwear at the enemy? I think you mean, “Soldiers on the ground.”
Ah, but that's a perfect example of a synecdoche. A "figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa". I love 'em me.
“Going forward”. Entirely unnecessary unless they’ve found a way to change things that have already happened.
"Go ahead and..."
I was watching a training video last week. "So I'm just going to go ahead and do this, then you can go ahead and do that, and while I'm waiting for you to finish I'm going to go ahead and..." What, other directions are available? 'I'm going to turn left and download the installer, then third exit off the roundabout just past the Rose & Crown I'll click Setup and then proceed in a direction I believe to be North...'
Verbal 'filler' tics in language generally. I'm probably as guilty as anyone, but OBVIOUSLY it's far more annoying when someone else does it. 😁
“Boots on the ground.”
What, are you going to fly over in a helicopter and throw footwear at the enemy? I think you mean, “Soldiers on the ground.”
Ah, but that’s a perfect example of a synecdoche. A “figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa”. I love ’em me.
It's not incorrect though, is it. The soldiers aren't on the ground, the soles of their boots are.
Qualifying the word 'unique', as in 'my bike is quite unique'. It's either unique or it isn't, there's no in-between stage!
I can’t be the only person who hasn’t seen and will never see a single second of Love Island??
Me either although the ITV Hub keeps trying to foist it on me whenever I open it to watch the TdF highlights.
Qualifying the word ‘unique’,
Weirdly, my wife, who's a professor of English at a Russel Group university, doesn't mind qualifiers on absolute adjectives "almost never" "most delicious " etc etc. But then she is Canadian, so you know; I'll reserve judgement.
"don't be a dick" and "rule 1" I dislike as both equate to "do what appears reasonable to me".
my wife, who’s a professor of English at a Russel Group university
Boom!
doesn’t mind qualifiers on absolute adjectives “almost never” “most delicious
As in language is about communication more than nitpicking that gets in the way of communication?
That said, I dislike when people confuse use of "I" and "me": "me and my wife went to town". I hear this as "me... went to town". Attractively caveperson I guess.
"We won" or "We lost"
When referring to a football team when they did not participate in the match.
Weirdly, my wife, who’s a professor of English at a Russel Group university, doesn’t mind qualifiers on absolute adjectives “almost never” “most delicious ” etc etc.
Haha owned. And the examples you've put above don't bother me at all, so no clue why the one I mentioned winds me up.
As in language is about communication more than nitpicking that gets in the way of communication?
Lies.
That said, I dislike when people confuse use of “I” and “me”:
I'm pretty relaxed about most grammar and spoken conventions, but referring to anyone in the third person pronoun (so beloved of call centre workers) vis "Is the policy suitable for yourself" ought to be punishable by public flogging.
Colourway
It's just a colour or colours
Colourway is a necessary word. It doesn't describe a colour or replace the word colour, it defines the colours which make up a product (which may of course be a single colour, but may be multiple colours, or even the same colours but in a different pattern).
So the RED colourway may not be all red, and other products that are mainly red too will have a different colourway name to differentiate them.
Sorry - spot the (ex) clothing buyer.
Pain Cave is one that I won't use - it's just a garage / shed / spare room with a turbo trainer and a rusty barbell.
I make signs and vehicle graphics for a living. It’s trailing off a bit now but there was tendency for trades people to want to add “bespoke” & “solutions” to everything.
“Bespoke decorating solutions” wtf. You’re a painter and decorator!
Trying to make what you do sound like an M&S food advert!🤣
Pain Cave is one that I won’t use – it’s just a garage / shed
Wattage cottage?
Myself has replaced I and me in lots of situations and it does my head in. It just makes the person speaking or typing seem like an idiot.
Weirdly, my wife, who’s a professor of English at a Russel Group university, doesn’t mind qualifiers on absolute adjectives “almost never” “most delicious ” etc etc.
"Almost never" seems reasonable? Zero is an absolute* but 'close to zero' is perfectly cromulent.
(* - and pretty cold)
Get in the sea.
Qualifying the word ‘unique’, as in ‘my bike is quite unique’. It’s either unique or it isn’t, there’s no in-between stage
See also: "one of the only..."
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And when, in the context of television programmes, did series become season?
American jumbled up date formats, and the way they are articulated... and following on from that, british people adopting them...
It's not July four, it's the fourth of July.
And when, in the context of television programmes, did series become season?
I think thats another 'Americanism' Might be wrong but I think it's to do with a lot of actors taking a hiatus at certain points over the year, possibly something to to with the actors guild or unions or something.
So they can only produce a new series when the actors are in season. ooh err.
Love Island is a telly programme that will never be shown in our house. What a load of drivel (having accidentally seen a clip during Le tour France highlights).
Going on a journey, without leaving the room
Grrrr
Essentially..
American jumbled up date formats, and the way they are articulated… and following on from that, british people adopting them…
The Americans actually have the right idea, it's just that the year is in the wrong place. If you specified the time as min-sec-hour it's not the minutes and seconds that are the wrong way round.
(Not really a phrase though.)
It’s not July four, it’s the fourth of July.
Which is weird in itself isn't it? The US itself doesn't celebrate "July Four Day."
All football conversations where fans seem to think they own the club and have some form of right to suggest how they are run. Don’t they realise they are just cash cows to be milked by entertainment companies
'Part out' is a perfectly legitimate phrase used in agriculture. When handling/separating livestock you commonly use a parting gate (a gate parallel to the race which hinges at the rear) to direct livestock down one of a number of routes. Hence you would 'part out' a particular group of animals to be penned or processed differently.
Smash it
You smashed it
BTW
acoustic bikes
git gud (a form of mickey taking in gaming for people who aren't as good at games as others).
git gud (a form of mickey taking in gaming for people who aren’t as good at games as others).
L2P nub
Moar pew pew less QQ
"waves fist at cougar" ;-p
Over use of the word 'Sick' especially in interviews with DH racers. Just stop it!
"Does my bum look big in this". :O)
For anyone who has watched an American/Discovery channel car show ....."it's the holy grail of Mustang/Barn Find etc etc etc"
French press.
“Almost never” seems reasonable? Zero is an absolute* but ‘close to zero’ is perfectly cromulent.
Yes, they do. Through continued use i think. "Nearly impossible" is another one. There's a word for that etc etc...
'From the Get Go'.......urgh!
Over use of the word ‘Sick’ especially in interviews with DH racers. Just stop it!
Roadies do it too but with the word "super". Try listening to any TdF interview.
Yes I was super happy with the way the team performed and obviously we knew today was going to be super hard, super hot so yes we were super well prepared. And to win the stage as well - I was super surprised at that!
" I saw it with my own eyes..."
Is there another way?
Roadies do it too
TBF to both roadies and DH'ers, they're often have English as a second language, I don't think i could do justice to superlatives in French or Italian any better.
discussing your cockpit set up, when you don't have an aircraft
Customer journey
Endgame
Organic growth
Drill down
Macro level
And today I asked marketing if the new flier was ready and their reply was
"The collateral will be released next week"
I mean come on!
" Are we nearly there yet"?
Qualifying the word ‘unique’, as in ‘my bike is quite unique’. It’s either unique or it isn’t, there’s no in-between stage!
Unfortunately, the primary meaning of 'quite' is: 'to the utmost or most absolute extent or degree; absolutely; completely.' So there's absolutely nothing wrong with 'quite unique'.
Misuse of the reflexive pronoun however deserves a death sentence, particularly when combined with 'at all', as in 'would you like some dessert for yourself at all?'.
Before I gave up work, there was also a worrying trend for emails requesting information to end with 'please revert to myself'. I think what they meant was 'please reply to me', but how they ended up asking me to change back into someone I'd never been was beyond me.
"I have been perfectly clear" when said by Tory politicians.
How have we got this far and no-one has mentioned "perfect storm"?
(Has anyone mentioned perfect storm?)
‘please revert to myself’.
English not as a first language perhaps? It sounds a little like the Indian "please do the needful."
Unfortunately, the primary meaning of ‘quite’ is: ‘to the utmost or most absolute extent or degree; absolutely; completely.’ So there’s absolutely nothing wrong with ‘quite unique’.
But, that's not always how the word quite is being used in the phrase There is a second meaning of the word: "to a certain or fairly significant extent or degree; fairly" So there could be confusion, so don't use either.
You folks have some strange hates. I mean, "it is what it is" - Really? It's like the written equivalent of a shrug, an acceptance of a situation whose outcome is not ideal, but can't really be changed.
1. Anyone who starts a reply with the word "Listen".
No - you * off you self important *. Seems to be part of media training, hear it all the time on the radio.
2. "I am loving it"
**** off.
From the domestic realm, I give you......
Daddy....
Can you just....
It's a 2 minute job....
In these strange times
In these unprecedented times
Now, more than ever
Don't even get me started on 'space' - 6music are the worst - even a radio show is a 'space to lose yourself'
Just eff off
“Included but not limited to”
"Levelling Up"
Are we in a giant game of Mario World ?
Custom built
English not as a first language perhaps? It sounds a little like the Indian “please do the needful
Yes, I first got it from Indian colleagues, along with your equally hideous example. But it's spreading, and the use of 'myself' when what should be written (or said) is 'me' is now endemic.
I, slightly irrationally, hate the use of “off of”. Sounds terrible and is often used when “off” or “from” would suffice.
Roadies do it too
TBF to both roadies and DH’ers, they’re often have English as a second language, I don’t think i could do justice to superlatives in French or Italian any better.
Not watched any of Bernard Kerr's YouTube material then?
Swap out
The very worst of Americanisms. Sadly used all the time in the mtb community.
As offensive as hearing middle aged English bikers screaming “yewwww”
God I’m old and grumpy.
A pet hate of mine is using fancy language to make things sound more scientific than they are. I once read a bit of nursing reaeach entitled " an ontological hermanutic approach " now im well educated and well read but had to resort to a dictionary to have a clue what they meant. They meant "telling a story"
I have also replied to emails from my bosses that are full of similar jargon with " I dont understand this. Could you translate it to plain English please"
Always goes down well but you usually do get a translation
"Is it in yet?"
Starting every sentence with ... "So, .... " 🙂
"could care less" is another pet hate when someone means couldn't care less.
!!!!
!?!
????
and sometimes just ! instead of a .
You don't make a statement more exclaimy by adding more marks. You don't make a question more asky by adding more marks. A question can't be an exclamation.
Fun fact: the written form of Joy in Greek is io. the i is placed over the o. (in Greek grammar). It's thought that it's where the exclamation point comes from.
smiffy
A question can’t be an exclamation.
Then what is an "exclamatory question"?!?‽
I love using ?!? to make a question more exclaimy! See?!?!
The use of "y" to imply an increased quantity or amount.
e.g. "more exclaimy", "more asky".
PS I am happy to move this complaint to the "grammar you hate" thread, but I seem to have mislaid it.
?! puntuation mark even has its own word - interrobang.
First to see will buy, or greedy builders merchants patter
we can't even buy it at that price
A one word phrase only heard from commentators at a Scottish 2nd Division game stramash
Heard it being used last night Kilmarnock v Partic Thistle
Whatever
“Does my bum look big in this”. :O)
That one has had a turn of events.
it used to be - My bum looks big in this 🙁 Now we have - My bum looks big in this 😀
I personally hate.
'It's a game changer' - usually it isnt.
OR
'Broke the internet' - means nobody to this point has heard of this.
To quote a Love Island favourite…….100%, rather than I agree.
The use of “y” to imply an increased quantity or amount.
e.g. “more exclaimy”, “more asky”.
Er, isn't the "y" just turning a verb into an adjective?
It's the word "more" that's increasing the quantity surely.
Which is pretty much what more has done for years.
“Does my bum look big in this”.
"Does this dress make my bum look big?"
No, your fat arse is the root cause there, love.
(I'm never having sex again, am I.)
game stramash
I had to look that up
“Does this dress make my bum look big?”
Can be countered by, "the style really suits you but what about the accessories?"
No real knowledge of what it means. I will caveat that you should never deploy the question if you are within 30 minutes of your leave time.