Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 7)
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MartG said:
Rich Boy Spanner said:
They also pronounce Craig as 'Creg', which is a bit odd, and is much to the annoyance as the many Craig's who work in our US based company.
Not to mention 'Bernaaaaarrrd'The one that annoys me is when they 'sodder' an electrical connection
RizzoTheRat said:
Variations in pronunciation I can cope with but what really annoys me is when I watch a US youtuber doing a How To video and they can't just "do" things, they have to "Go ahead and do" things. Some of them manage 5 or 6 "Go ahead and"s per minute! It's even more annoying that "Gotten"
Are they swapping things out rather than changing them 
Mind you they could care less
Cotty said:
RizzoTheRat said:
Variations in pronunciation I can cope with but what really annoys me is when I watch a US youtuber doing a How To video and they can't just "do" things, they have to "Go ahead and do" things. Some of them manage 5 or 6 "Go ahead and"s per minute! It's even more annoying that "Gotten"
Are they swapping things out rather than changing them Mind you they could care less
Red9zero said:
Cotty said:
RizzoTheRat said:
Variations in pronunciation I can cope with but what really annoys me is when I watch a US youtuber doing a How To video and they can't just "do" things, they have to "Go ahead and do" things. Some of them manage 5 or 6 "Go ahead and"s per minute! It's even more annoying that "Gotten"
Are they swapping things out rather than changing them Mind you they could care less
I hear reaching out, takeaways, and bunches of things that are not grapes or flowers all the time now.
Dan Singh said:
It's the alacrity with which the British ape these language mutilations that gets me.
I hear reaching out, takeaways, and bunches of things that are not grapes or flowers all the time now.
What's the correctly British word for takeaway? I thought 'takeaway' is the British version; 'to-go' or 'takeout' is the US version, isn't it?I hear reaching out, takeaways, and bunches of things that are not grapes or flowers all the time now.
deadtom said:
Dan Singh said:
It's the alacrity with which the British ape these language mutilations that gets me.
I hear reaching out, takeaways, and bunches of things that are not grapes or flowers all the time now.
What's the correctly British word for takeaway? I thought 'takeaway' is the British version; 'to-go' or 'takeout' is the US version, isn't it?I hear reaching out, takeaways, and bunches of things that are not grapes or flowers all the time now.
ETA: "Bunch of fives" isn't an Americanism.
Doofus said:
deadtom said:
Dan Singh said:
It's the alacrity with which the British ape these language mutilations that gets me.
I hear reaching out, takeaways, and bunches of things that are not grapes or flowers all the time now.
What's the correctly British word for takeaway? I thought 'takeaway' is the British version; 'to-go' or 'takeout' is the US version, isn't it?I hear reaching out, takeaways, and bunches of things that are not grapes or flowers all the time now.
ETA: "Bunch of fives" isn't an Americanism.
Dan Singh said:
I did indeed mean "Things we should remember from this meeting". Usually the sort of meeting where they say "going forward" a lot and every response to the Q&A starts with "hey, that's a great question, thanks for asking" even if it's a stupid question.
ah, yes those things annoy me tooDan Singh said:
I did indeed mean "Things we should remember from this meeting". Usually the sort of meeting where they say "going forward" a lot and every response to the Q&A starts with "hey, that's a great question, thanks for asking" even if it's a stupid question.
Do we work in the same place?Today, our local tip. Take 3 bits of car undertray there, to, you know, dispose of them responsibly. 'We can't take them, as they're 'car parts'. For sure, but over there, there's a skip labelled 'hard plastics'. 'Yep, but we can't take them as they're off a car'
Fine. I'll break them up and put them in the black bin, to no doubt end up in landfill. Anyone without a moral compass would likely fly-tip them. At least the guy at the tip agreed it's bonkers.
Fine. I'll break them up and put them in the black bin, to no doubt end up in landfill. Anyone without a moral compass would likely fly-tip them. At least the guy at the tip agreed it's bonkers.
Fermit said:
Today, our local tip. Take 3 bits of car undertray there, to, you know, dispose of them responsibly. 'We can't take them, as they're 'car parts'. For sure, but over there, there's a skip labelled 'hard plastics'. 'Yep, but we can't take them as they're off a car'
Fine. I'll break them up and put them in the black bin, to no doubt end up in landfill. Anyone without a moral compass would likely fly-tip them. At least the guy at the tip agreed it's bonkers.
Yes, I had this some years ago with some old brake calipers. As with you ‘car parts’. Yes, and I was going to put them in the skip labeled metal. Nope, car parts. So I lobbed them in the general waste bin when I got home.Fine. I'll break them up and put them in the black bin, to no doubt end up in landfill. Anyone without a moral compass would likely fly-tip them. At least the guy at the tip agreed it's bonkers.
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