Words Which Annoy You Intensely

[The Cowboy]

Anybody who pretends they are from Jamaica or anybody who misuses Patois who has no right to even try to speak like that. For example, middle class White London schoolkids.

Heaven forbid accents and dialects should rub off on people.

 

[Rob17896]

I think threads like this show how tightly wound some people are!

Grrrrrrrr!

 

[Paul w]

When someone uses the word fella,as in alright fella,hate it hate it.

 

[Matty_j1878]

Cringe - worse than it's meaning.

 

[Tree13]

When people say "aks" instead of "ask"

Oh God this. Easily the most annoying one in the thread so far, because every single person on Earth who does it is DOING IT ON PURPOSE.

 

[summerisle]

We'll learn the lessons : said by any public institution after some calamity. They then patently don't.

 

[summerisle]

He'll be disappointed at that.

 

[Sennott Street]

Politicians saying, "We need to have a conversation about....."

 

[Redstarrob]

Red or c--t, but i like them when used together

 

[summerisle]

I hate to be pedantic - and then proceed to be so.

 

[1966efc]

I hate to be pedantic - and then proceed to be so.

"I hate to be pedantic," and then proceeds to be so.


Tsk.

 

[summerisle]

Transfer rumour.

 

[Abertonian]

So many up here in Scotland. Dya Ken is a weird saying and can only be said properly by the lowest of lowest class.

Even the word Ken being said instead of know is well weird.

Dya ken Ken?
fas Ken like?
Y'Ken, KEN!
oh aye Ken, ah ken Ken like.

Ken and Like, two words we use way too much up here, especially in the NE, ken?

 

[john jako]

Dya ken Ken?
fas Ken like?
Y'Ken, KEN!
oh aye Ken, ah ken Ken like.

Ken and Like, two words we use way too much up here, especially in the NE, ken?

Well said. Definitely overused like.

 

[Ronnie lee]

four words actually...is it in yet