'To be honest'
'At the end of the day'
'Political correctness gone made'
'Police believe it was a racist attack...'
'I love you but I'm not 'in' love with you'
This isn't exactly a phrase but it really bothers me how many people on the internet nowadays write "could of" when they mean "could've".
thats just a mistake in grammer. could have and could of always get mixed up, but it really doesn't cause much confusion and the meaning of the sentance isn't usually lost.
How about we ban all Americanisms? Unless you're a merkin to start with, there's no reason other than watching too much US TV to say "can I get", "Zee" instead of Zed etc.
thats just a mistake in grammer. could have and could of always get mixed up, but it really doesn't cause much confusion and the meaning of the sentance isn't usually lost.
On its own a mistake doesn't cause confusion, but pile one of those mistakes on top of another and text rapidly becomes unreadable. If you look at old texts from the 1700s before English language rules were strictly adhered to, they're very hard to plough through because you have to keep guessing what they actually meant by what they've written.
Do you have Women's lib in India Arjun? For some reason, that surprises me. I have no clue as to why either....
They had Indira Gandhi, she was Prime Minister there in the 1960s and 1970s, sort of their own Mrs Thatcher. She got India the nuclear bomb, declared a state of emergency, waged wars... all kinds of stuff.
On its own a mistake doesn't cause confusion, but pile one of those mistakes on top of another and text rapidly becomes unreadable. If you look at old texts from the 1700s before English language rules were strictly adhered to, they're very hard to plough through because you have to keep guessing what they actually meant by what they've written.
'At the end of the day'
'You know wat I mean'
'Basically'
'Derrrr, ya Ding'
'What I'm trying to say is'
'Shut up and Listen Riight'
'Am I bovvered'
'Whatever'
'The thing is'
'Well it's like'
I could go on but I wont. Anyone else notice how most of the phrases we want banned are the most common phrases on the Jeremy Kyle show and Trisha :)
"travelling at a high rate of speed" - You mean "travelling at high speed" dammit! Or even just "fast". What's wrong with saying "fast"...
"Micro SME" - one I've encountered at work, meaning an organisation of around 1-5 people. Well, let's see... an SME is a Small to Medium-sized Enterprise, so a Micro-SME is - um... they didn't think that one through, did they.
Anything ending in -ee that blatantly shouldn't. Attendees at a meeting. Standees on a bus. The standee is the thing that's being stood on by the stander, surely? THE GODDAMN BUS, in other words.
And top of the chart...
"virii". As used by smug bastards on Slashdot who want to look superior to the stupid fools who say "viruses". Never mind that "viruses" is more understandable and is in fact the correct form if you examine its Latin origins. And even if they were right, they'd still be wrong, because they've stuck an extra 'i' in there. It would be viri, in the same way that cactus becomes cacti. Radius -> radii is different, because that's keeping the 'i' that was already there. Grr!
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'sorry you're not my type'
'get off me you perv'
'help, police'
'At the end of the day'
'Political correctness gone made'
'Police believe it was a racist attack...'
'I love you but I'm not 'in' love with you'
'It's swings and roundabouts really'
When you ask someone what day it is, eg. 'Is it Thurday ?'
and they reply 'Yes. All day.'
"the best ... in the world ever."
"the best ... in the world ever 2."
"the next big thing."
Erm... what exactly do you get up to on saturday nights?
"Back In The Day" - a phrase that's simply horrific!
"My Bad" - Your bad WHAT! Arrrrgggghhhh, enough said.
"Recommend Me Do" - You see this around the Internet forums. Oh dear...
I have to stay in these days. lest the thing on my ankle starts beeping.
Why, you wanna ask him out? :D
I'd like to ban "In the grand scheme of things" and
"The bigger picture is"
CP/M User.
thats just a mistake in grammer. could have and could of always get mixed up, but it really doesn't cause much confusion and the meaning of the sentance isn't usually lost.
'would you be ever so kind as to shut the door'
when what they mean is.
'put wood in't hole, cock.'
'Where's that to ?' instead of 'Where is that ?'
How about we ban all Americanisms? Unless you're a merkin to start with, there's no reason other than watching too much US TV to say "can I get", "Zee" instead of Zed etc.
I'm joking, but only sort of
"Basically speaking..."
"It's a baseless allegation"
and the womens lib favourite line (in India anyway)
"another male bastion comes down..." (another what??)
"I mean...you know..."
Bytes:Chuntey - Spectrum tech blog.
'emotional rollercoaster'
How many times do you hear that shit on reality tv shows ? Argghhh I hate it!
On its own a mistake doesn't cause confusion, but pile one of those mistakes on top of another and text rapidly becomes unreadable. If you look at old texts from the 1700s before English language rules were strictly adhered to, they're very hard to plough through because you have to keep guessing what they actually meant by what they've written.
Oh, and it's "grammar" and "sentence" btw... ;)
They had Indira Gandhi, she was Prime Minister there in the 1960s and 1970s, sort of their own Mrs Thatcher. She got India the nuclear bomb, declared a state of emergency, waged wars... all kinds of stuff.
we used to have a womens lib in england, until they realised burning their bra's weren't gonna land them a rich husband.
i have vowal blindness.
Really?
Mine died a year ago. Did well though, she was 96!
How about those that say "New cue ler" instead on Nuclear. Now that DOES piss me off.....
edit: Correction of a spelling error
:)
i also hate
'the message you entered is too short, please lengthen in to at least 10 characters'
'At the end of the day'
'You know wat I mean'
'Basically'
'Derrrr, ya Ding'
'What I'm trying to say is'
'Shut up and Listen Riight'
'Am I bovvered'
'Whatever'
'The thing is'
'Well it's like'
I could go on but I wont. Anyone else notice how most of the phrases we want banned are the most common phrases on the Jeremy Kyle show and Trisha :)
George W. Bush's wife Laura once gave a very funny speech where she said "I actually know how to pronounce nuclear".
What really worried me was when Blair started saying "nu-killer" instead of "nuclear".
"travelling at a high rate of speed" - You mean "travelling at high speed" dammit! Or even just "fast". What's wrong with saying "fast"...
"Micro SME" - one I've encountered at work, meaning an organisation of around 1-5 people. Well, let's see... an SME is a Small to Medium-sized Enterprise, so a Micro-SME is - um... they didn't think that one through, did they.
Anything ending in -ee that blatantly shouldn't. Attendees at a meeting. Standees on a bus. The standee is the thing that's being stood on by the stander, surely? THE GODDAMN BUS, in other words.
And top of the chart...
"virii". As used by smug bastards on Slashdot who want to look superior to the stupid fools who say "viruses". Never mind that "viruses" is more understandable and is in fact the correct form if you examine its Latin origins. And even if they were right, they'd still be wrong, because they've stuck an extra 'i' in there. It would be viri, in the same way that cactus becomes cacti. Radius -> radii is different, because that's keeping the 'i' that was already there. Grr!