1. 'i didn't do anythink' 'there's nothink wrong with that'
are these people FUCKING IDIOTS? No-THINK? do you even think of the words you're saying when you say them? since when did you decide to change a G to a K? fuck you! the worst culprit is Gordon Ramsay. the moron.
2. 'oooh i'm having a backflash'
WHAT? again, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. YOU CAN'T JUST REVERSE THE WORDS. BACK FLASH?!?
3. American pronunciation of niche and clique! NITCH!?!? CLICK?!?! FUCK YOU PAUL ABDUL! FUCK YOU!!
I hate Paul Abdul too
Is that Paula's brother?
What he been sayink?
People saying/writing
would of/should of etc. That really grinds my gears.
Ending every sentence
with the word Still.
I'm alright "still".
I'll meet you in town "still".
My car's fucked "still".
Mine's a Fosters "still".
Stop saying the word Still.
I have never heard
this happen
He's making it up.
Nope
It seems to be the latest Nottingham thing.
STILL
Aaaarrrggghhhhhhh
same
except for this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alright%2C_Still
Yes
The should of/could of thing gets my 'goat' too.
Also, being a ridiculously over-educated snob, people using latin plurals in the singular wind me up (it is *these* criteria not this criteria, dumbass)
Hmm. Data is hard, though
I think those words will evolve to be like sheep soon. Just as 'news' is no longer a plural.
I think you'll find that it's criterion.
yeah
could "of" winds me up so much! It makes no sense at all!
here come the language meanies!
Lead by Paul Abdul.
He sounds a bit foreign so he's probably a terrorist. We should of known, still.
oh THEO
Oh JAMIE! :D
do you really want me to
go fish that fugazi dvd out of my outbox and put it in the bin? EH?
Oooh. You harsh bastard...
:(
i have no problem
with language evolving, new words etc. english has always been an evolving hybrid language and i hope it continues to be.
however, in the here and now, in normal conversations, if you're just saying words completely incorrectly because you paid no attention in school or are just a complete thicko, then i hate you.
not you. them.
I think you're lack of capitalisation on sentences doesn't do your case any good.
You clearly paid no attention in school or are just a complete thicko.
this is the internets
not real life! i can do anythink i want, still.
your retarded
did you use the wrong 'your' on purpose?
Both times. Yes
people who think that saying
'and I' makes them automatically well spoken, even though they get it wrong. eg
'he gave it to Dave and I as a present'. Me! ME!
It's a central part of Marilyn Monroe's character in Some Like it Hot
I seem to remember.
She points at herself in a picture at one point and says "That's I!" :D
Is
that not actually correct? I may be getting confused here.
No you'd say 'That's me'.
As in
'That person is me'.
You would say 'I am that person', though. But no one would say "I'm that," either.
can you explain
when I should use "and I" and when I should use "and me"? please?
whenever you'd normally say 'me'
you say 'someone and me'. Wherever you'd normally say 'I' you say 'someone and I'. Easy!
oh ok...
so
"The kind lady helped Jenny and me find the way to the station"
"My friend and I had an argument with the ticket inspector"
right?
correct!
have some grammar nerd points.
Miserable Whinging Bastards^
;)
That said...
it's not technically a misuse but I hate people adding "d'you know what I mean?" or "d'you know what I'm saying" on the end of every sentence they say, no matter how self-explanatory the sentence is.
I used to work with someone who was constantly on the phone to friends doing that and it was really, really irritating.
i.e.
"So Saturday I'm thinking about having a barbecue, d'you know what I'm saying?"
I mean how the fuck could the other person not know what she was saying?
They didn't speak English very well?
merrymaking
lovechasing
at my place baby at my plaaaace
1. People who use words like "advancement" or phrases like "equal levels of distinction"
2) People who can't say 4 words without saying "you know?", or "do you know what I mean like, you know?". I saw an interview with Kieron Richardson on Sky the other day, the single most illiterate person on the planet.
I am REALLY
bad for saying "y'know" and "kind of" in sentences - I don't even realise that I do it. it's a major source of frustration for other people. I'm not proud of it.
But anyway, it's my turn. I hate people who write 'alot'. Aaa!
bf
American spellchecks I am too computer illiterate to turn off
...
If you aks me, you're taking it too much to heart.
Funnily enough though, I had a sit down with a proof-reader today. She doesn't turn it off, believe me. The whole thing threatened to turn itself into the sort of semantic nightmare of the sort up with which I will not put.
my sister says
what instead of that...
e.g. the one what did
Standing behind
3 stupid posh girls in the airport yesterday they said "like" every second word....extremely annoying....it was like, and then like and I was like arrrrrgggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh shut up.....one of them even said "and it was unlike like"...nobbers....speak properly.
...
I do this. I like it. It feels good.
It is terrible :(
***********
The use of the noun 'action' as a verb, e.g. I'm going to action that.
It really, really, really annoys me.
And people
who pronounce the work 'ask' 'aks'.
*word
I think people who say aks have some sort of lisp because I know someone who says that but spells it the right way. Maybe someone who knows about linguistics/speech can shed some light
'bring to the table'
Hmm, Im not sure, maybe I misuse english....or maybe I just treat it unusually
Me either
..
People who say "COULD care less".. If you could care less, you evidently care. Thus, it is "Couldn't care less"..
I don't like that:
One of the joys of our language is the fact we can pronounce the 'th' sound correctly, which occurs very rarely in other languages, but most Brits seem to forget how to pronounce it, so now we can't either. It's now turned into a sodding 'f' sound.
The rest I can take or leave, but that really grinds my girders!
@ JohnM
Criteria is Greek, not Latin.
As an overeducated snob you just don't cut it.
Ah, really?
But data is Latin right? That's the one I love correcting people on. What do you mean look at *this* data? You don't say look at *this* letters do you? Eh? EH?!