What Phrases or Words Irritate You?

In Dutch, apostrophe-s is the plural ending for nouns ending in a vowel. /smarty-pants

 

I"'ll blaim tha modirn skool sistum for hour kids failyours too lern proper. Us parents nede to start takin controle of the sitiation.
. I sled myself.

 

I am not a fan of dangling participles.

 

Gerundives are my fave participle.

 

Well, I like pineapple and banana yogurt. It would be silly to call it ananas and banana yogurt.

 

Well, is "ananas" any better?

 

"My Bad" is still irritating me, more than anything else. I now see adults use it, as well as the Airheaded Newscasters, on the morning news channels.

 

"I Hate Jazz!"
How can anyone HATE every form of Jazz there is....It's this type of musical illiteracy, that makes it so difficult to make a living playing any kind of music other than Top 40!

Oh....and "Can you guys hire a vocalist?"
Vocal music tells you what to think and what the music is about....where as, instrumental music allows you the listener to compose the meaning of the piece of music. Why is that such a problem...I prefer vocal music in another language than one I speak, so I can still allow the tune to bring whatever memories to mind that the melody and harmony inspire me to remember. I don't want someone always telling me what the tune is suppose to make me think! Whew!

 

It just means they don't get what you do.

Can you guys play "Free Bird"? (Bic lighter held high).

 

So, when did "woke" become an adjective?

 

Here's an experiment to try: Go to someone you know who says that, and say, "That was my fault", or "my mistake"....see what the person says.

 

I've heard people come up with alternatives, such as "If you might" or "If you like". I'd like to think that throws off the "if you will" crowd a bit.

 

After reading some of these I would recommend that no one read any of my post....that is all.

 

Yes, whatever happened to "the FACT is"? I still use that.

 

You'da thought that her now-ex husband (Gavin Rossdale of the band Bush) woulda taught her some better vocabulary. /sigh. Even the British have given up.

 

Quoth wikipedia:

The word "pineapple" in English was first recorded to describe the reproductive organs of conifer trees (now termed pine cones). When European explorers encountered this tropical fruit in the Americas, they called them "pineapples" (first referenced in 1664, for resemblance to pine cones).[9][10]

In the scientific binomial Ananas comosus, ananas, the original name of the fruit, comes from the Tupi word nanas, meaning "excellent fruit",[11] as recorded by André Thevet in 1555, and comosus, "tufted", refers to the stem of the fruit. Other members of the Ananas genus are often called pine, as well, in other languages. In Spanish, pineapples are called piña ("pine cone"), or ananá (ananás) (for example, the piña colada drink).

 

I was working with a gentleman and was explaining work that we had to preform. After I heard him utter "Huh" or "Whaaa" about the sixth time, I turns to him, and in a serious tone, asked "Are you deaf or ****ing stupid?". I later went to my boss and told him that the gentleman wasn't fit to use a push broom. I can take legitimately ignorant people, but person that wants to act stupid and stay home.

 

I've worked construction for many years and I understand foul language can be some what the normal vocabulary, but when used out of context or repetitively, I begin to object. I was working with a gentleman (a term used very loosely) that was repeatedly going through the ABC's of foul language. When I finally had enough, I asked him if he feels better when he says those words, in which he responded **** YAH. I said "Really let me try ... Procreate, Procreate, Procreate ... Son of a Female Dog ... Female Genitalia ... Excrement!" Then I said "Sorry doesn't do a thing for me". The crew broke to a fit of laughter and he walked away and called me a ***hole. I responded "That's sphincter".

 

330,000 words. Amazing how people over use 7 of them.