Can't abide Canadian word?
Jul 25th 2014, 11:05 pm
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
It is what it is! (Gaaaaaaaah)
Jul 25th 2014, 11:22 pm
#62
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
A "go to" item. That's my "go to file" I had to ask what it meant.
Impact, it impacted someone. In my world the phrase should be "had an impact on". Impacted sounds as if they are squashed, or constipated if medical.
Impact, it impacted someone. In my world the phrase should be "had an impact on". Impacted sounds as if they are squashed, or constipated if medical.
Jul 25th 2014, 11:49 pm
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Jul 26th 2014, 12:21 am
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
Similar to that, people expect you to say "Its great" or something positive about everything. Case in point - people ask me how I like high school / how school is going - they expect me to say "Oh, its great!" and list a bunch of things I like about it. I actually hate school, always have, literally hated it since the first week of kindergarten. I don't think after 11 years i'm going to start liking it. So when I respond to that question with "Ehh I don't really like it that much to be honest" or when i'm in a good mood and I compromise by saying "Ehh its alright" , people just do not know what to say! Its really irritating.
Yep, but i'm sad to say i'm guilty of this one. I can't pronounce it the British way. I know grammatically, it is not correct. "Mirror" does not read "Meer" , otherwise it would be spelt "Meer" .
Mum uses this one on me every. single. day. It is applied to everything, "Oh, the car dealer really serviced the car bad, I've had to take it in twice more and it still isn't fixed!" "Ah well, it is what it is, why complain about it?" is an example, I could go on and on listing them.
Jul 26th 2014, 7:08 am
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
Another one... I don't know if it's a Canadian thing or just a curse of the modern world, but I find the phrase "... that being said, ..." to be like nails on a blackboard.
Often, people don't even use it correctly. They say something, then say, "that being said, ..." and then proceed to say the same thing only slightly differently.
"It's going to be a lovely sunny day today here in northern Alberta. That being said, you won't be needing your umbrella today!"
Often, people don't even use it correctly. They say something, then say, "that being said, ..." and then proceed to say the same thing only slightly differently.
"It's going to be a lovely sunny day today here in northern Alberta. That being said, you won't be needing your umbrella today!"
He often precedes it with an emphatic 'BUT.....That being said'.
Fortunately, it amuses me rather than irritates me.
Jul 26th 2014, 10:23 am
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
I'm not so good at quotes on a tablet:
Bats & 4 bells:- "go to" and "it is what it is"
Disgusting, stupid lazy English usage...really horible
Bats & 4 bells:- "go to" and "it is what it is"
Disgusting, stupid lazy English usage...really horible
Jul 26th 2014, 12:54 pm
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
Liderally.
It literally adds nothing to the sentence.
It literally adds nothing to the sentence.
Last edited by Dashie; Jul 26th 2014 at 12:56 pm.
Jul 26th 2014, 2:24 pm
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
I don't know what parts of England you've lived in but the majority living there speak in dialects and accents that distort the language in so many horrible ways. So, not necessarily a NA problem.
Jul 26th 2014, 3:10 pm
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
However, the rain in Spain actually falls mainly on the windward side of the Pyrenees mountains nearest to the sea/ocean.
Jul 26th 2014, 3:35 pm
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
Foreigners really should make the effort to speak English properly if they expect us to take them seriously. I mean, have you ever heard a Frenchie trying to pronounce Beauchamps. Pathetic, isn't it?
Jul 26th 2014, 4:19 pm
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
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Jul 26th 2014, 5:30 pm
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Jul 26th 2014, 5:39 pm
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