British words/expressions you DON'T like
Nov 1st 2011, 7:44 am
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Jog on
Hate it, hate it, hate it.
Hate it, hate it, hate it.
Nov 1st 2011, 9:22 am
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'My bad' is the one I dislike
Nov 1st 2011, 12:36 pm
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I hate that one too - think it's an Americanism that has crept in somehow. Other ones that get on my nerves particulalry when Brits say them are:
"Can I get a coffee" etc....
And "Anyhoo" instead of "Anyhow".
"Can I get a coffee" etc....
And "Anyhoo" instead of "Anyhow".
Nov 1st 2011, 2:06 pm
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Nov 1st 2011, 3:53 pm
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I HATE 'Hiya' although it seems to have died out a bit now thank God. It just makes me cringe.
Nov 1st 2011, 4:02 pm
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'Aw bless' on seeing a kid do anything.
'Haitch'.
One my Mum and her family use which I always found very annoying - calling a magazine a 'book'. "Have you read that Woman's Own book?"
'Haitch'.
One my Mum and her family use which I always found very annoying - calling a magazine a 'book'. "Have you read that Woman's Own book?"
Nov 1st 2011, 4:30 pm
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"Hun"........ makes my teeth itch.
"of" instead of "have"......... can't believe how common this mistake is made verbally and in the written word.
"of" instead of "have"......... can't believe how common this mistake is made verbally and in the written word.
Nov 1st 2011, 5:09 pm
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"At the end of the day"
Watch one episode of TOWIE and it will be off the Richter scale.
Also excessive use of 'like' as a filler and 'actually'.
Watch one episode of TOWIE and it will be off the Richter scale.
Also excessive use of 'like' as a filler and 'actually'.
Nov 2nd 2011, 5:42 am
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Ms especially since I'm a Mrs..... I went through hell to become a Mrs and I'm very proud of it 
Nov 2nd 2011, 7:08 am
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"Partner" is one I find a bit stilted and impersonal. If someone is your wife, husband, say so, and if you're not married, well ... I guess I can see that B/F, G/F doesn't quite fit that situation.
Pertner just sounds too business-like. Someone should come up with a more romantic-sounding alternative - my main squeeze, my side blanket, my better half are all nicer, I think.
Pertner just sounds too business-like. Someone should come up with a more romantic-sounding alternative - my main squeeze, my side blanket, my better half are all nicer, I think.
Nov 2nd 2011, 7:15 am
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"Partner" is one I find a bit stilted and impersonal. If someone is your wife, husband, say so, and if you're not married, well ... I guess I can see that B/F, G/F doesn't quite fit that situation.
Pertner just sounds too business-like. Someone should come up with a more romantic-sounding alternative - my main squeeze, my side blanket, my better half are all nicer, I think.
Pertner just sounds too business-like. Someone should come up with a more romantic-sounding alternative - my main squeeze, my side blanket, my better half are all nicer, I think.
No, I agree with that comment - 'the missus' (even when you're technically not married) is better even.
Nov 2nd 2011, 12:11 pm
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I don't mind Americanisms or new words or any of that but I HATE the way every person in the UK seems unable to pronounce our President's name correctly.
It's an African name so it should be said 'Bar-ACK' with the emphasis on the second syllable, but they insist on BAR-ack like an army barrack. Even the BBC presenters do it although they go to great pains to say country names correctly.
It's an African name so it should be said 'Bar-ACK' with the emphasis on the second syllable, but they insist on BAR-ack like an army barrack. Even the BBC presenters do it although they go to great pains to say country names correctly.
Nov 2nd 2011, 12:23 pm
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I don't mind Americanisms or new words or any of that but I HATE the way every person in the UK seems unable to pronounce our President's name correctly.
It's an African name so it should be said 'Bar-ACK' with the emphasis on the second syllable, but they insist on BAR-ack like an army barrack. Even the BBC presenters do it although they go to great pains to say country names correctly.
It's an African name so it should be said 'Bar-ACK' with the emphasis on the second syllable, but they insist on BAR-ack like an army barrack. Even the BBC presenters do it although they go to great pains to say country names correctly.
When your President was in Australia he kept referring to Julia as GilLARD, most irritating and I'm not even from down under.
