What Phrases or Words Irritate You?

Using except in place of accept

 

Well, you got me on THAT! I sit corrected.

 

HERM

 

y'know, here in metro Boston, "grammar sound" like "gramma" or to be more pacific...."grandma".

 

That's a difficult one to read.

 

Where does ax-cept fit in?

 

"Can I ax you if you axcept credit cards?"

HERM

 

I upsets me to hear, "I ain't got no taters." It's "I ain't got any taters!"...and it bakes me unhappy anytime we're out of taters.

 

Thx. That clears it up. I'm glad I axed.

 

There's another word that gets me...."axe murderer". You'd think it refers to the killing of axes, but I guess it refers to killing ANYTHING.

 

right-"ain't got no" does look like "I got some".

 

Well, you know what they say, a good ax deserves an honest answer.

 

Which reminds me of another peeve a la' Richard Rawlings ("Fast 'n' Loud")... "Git me/ya some." Makes me want to yell at the TV.

 

The first time I heard a phrase like that was in Juice Newton's hit "Queen of Hearts" where she sings "But when they're handin out the heartaches you know you got to have you some".

 

Yes, but playing with the queen of hearts...? I mean, you know that isn't really smart.

 

You're right, isn't it "ax" murderer? He will ax for permission to kill you.

HERM

 

well, perhaps it is "ax", but......now I need a dictionary!!!!!

 

she knows it, you know it, I know it . Great song IMO.

 

no, I was right...but, now that we have THAT straight....what is the origin of ax(e)murderer? ( Both ax and axe are chopping tools).

 

Git outta here! In fact, you should git while the gittin' is good. Git yourself a coke (applies to any soft drink one has on hand) on the way out.