The things people say...that irk you

[WranglerBowman]

MacDonalds = McDonalds
Axe = Ask
Ima = I'm going to
Ebonics in general
SOME New York Accents, the ones who ad "r's" to everything. ie Agendar = Agenda, I used to think this was a speech impediment one guy at our office had, but when I met another New Yorker who sounded like this I realized it was just an accent...(mind blown)

[NoraLenderbee]

For about 6 months after I moved to NYC, every time something bad or annoying happened to me the response was "Welcome to New York!" And not even NYC-centric things, but just stuff like the cable company not showing up on time for their appointment. The hell does that have to do with being in New York? Are NYCers so egocentric that they think cable companies are perfect everywhere but here?

Yopu know how many New Yorkers it takes to change a light bulb? One to change the bulb, and seven to shake their heads and say, "Only in New York."

[Kalergie]

Passengers in the back row refusing to fasten their seatbelts because "it's not important on the back seats". such blatant disregard to simple physics makes me lose my mind!

[Orvell]

Passengers in the back row refusing to fasten their seatbelts because "it's not important on the back seats". such blatant disregard to simple physics makes me lose my mind!

... Is that a thing? Omg that's ... wow.

[Kalergie]

Passengers in the back row refusing to fasten their seatbelts because "it's not important on the back seats". such blatant disregard to simple physics makes me lose my mind!

... Is that a thing? Omg that's ... wow.

Yes, it is. Usually, I don't like to lecture other people without being asked but every time I hear that (which is a lot), I go all Isaac Newton on them!

[StockBeard]

People who incorrectly spell "voila"

"viola" means "[he/she] raped" or "[he/she] infringed" in French. "voila" means "and that's it". Just an FYI to anyone who thinks it's ok to mix their letters.

[JLee]

People who incorrectly spell "voila"

"viola" means "[he/she] raped" or "[he/she] infringed" in French. "voila" means "and that's it". Just an FYI to anyone who thinks it's ok to mix their letters.

But most of us aren't French. :P

The viola (/viˈoʊlə/; Italian pronunciation: [ˈvjɔːla]) is a bowed string instrument. It is slightly larger than a violin in size and has a lower and deeper sound than a violin.

And then there's "wah-la" (and variants). Which I have actually seen.

*weeps for humanity*

[GuitarStv]

Passengers in the back row refusing to fasten their seatbelts because "it's not important on the back seats". such blatant disregard to simple physics makes me lose my mind!

... Is that a thing? Omg that's ... wow.

Yes, it is. Usually, I don't like to lecture other people without being asked but every time I hear that (which is a lot), I go all Isaac Newton on them!

Agreed!  Imagine the protests that would exist if we took some of the most vulnerable people in society (children) and then forced them daily into large group transportation without providing them seatbelts.

:P

[Kalergie]

Passengers in the back row refusing to fasten their seatbelts because "it's not important on the back seats". such blatant disregard to simple physics makes me lose my mind!

... Is that a thing? Omg that's ... wow.

Yes, it is. Usually, I don't like to lecture other people without being asked but every time I hear that (which is a lot), I go all Isaac Newton on them!

Agreed!  Imagine the protests that would exist if we took some of the most vulnerable people in society (children) and then forced them daily into large group transportation without providing them seatbelts.

:P

How that has been allowed is a mystery to me....

[calimom]

People who incorrectly spell "voila"

"viola" means "[he/she] raped" or "[he/she] infringed" in French. "voila" means "and that's it". Just an FYI to anyone who thinks it's ok to mix their letters.

But most of us aren't French. :P

The viola (/viˈoʊlə/; Italian pronunciation: [ˈvjɔːla]) is a bowed string instrument. It is slightly larger than a violin in size and has a lower and deeper sound than a violin.

And then there's "wah-la" (and variants). Which I have actually seen.

*weeps for humanity*

Say Lah Vee 

[synonym]

or as the french say, "That's life"

[NoraLenderbee]

Passengers in the back row refusing to fasten their seatbelts because "it's not important on the back seats". such blatant disregard to simple physics makes me lose my mind!

Like the folks who think it's safer to go without seat belts in a car, because if there's an accident, they'll be "thrown clear." Yeah, clear through the windshield and into the asphalt.

[KiwiMust]

I don't drink coffee but something that I hear often (and even see on cafe signage) is expresso instead of espresso. Could be a New Zealand thing, I am just glad I don't spend much time in cafes, otherwise I am sure I would be irked far more than I am.

[DaMa]

I also hate the false pleasantries that have crept into email. "I hope you had a good weekend" or "Enjoy the rest of your Thursday" or "Hope you are well." Good grief. We've never even met in person and even if we're close, get to the point already!

Apparently false pleasantries are now required.  If your email is direct and concise you may be thought rude or offensive.

"Guesstimate"
It's like nails on chalkboard.

[yuka]

I also hate the false pleasantries that have crept into email. "I hope you had a good weekend" or "Enjoy the rest of your Thursday" or "Hope you are well." Good grief. We've never even met in person and even if we're close, get to the point already!

Apparently false pleasantries are now required.  If your email is direct and concise you may be thought rude or offensive.

"Guesstimate"
It's like nails on chalkboard.

The problem is that those people really want to use punctuation faces, but they can't because that's unprofessional. Lacking that, they say stupid things like "Have a good mid-morning!" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

On that note, people need to learn to write emails properly. The first paragraph should always say what one wants, and pandering isn't a good reason to make an exception.

[shelivesthedream]

People who incorrectly spell "voila"

"viola" means "[he/she] raped" or "[he/she] infringed" in French. "voila" means "and that's it". Just an FYI to anyone who thinks it's ok to mix their letters.

This makes me want to let loose with a harpoon!

[MandalayVA]

"Easy peasy."  What the fuck is "peasy?"

[TheBuddha]

I don't drink coffee but something that I hear often (and even see on cafe signage) is expresso instead of espresso. Could be a New Zealand thing, I am just glad I don't spend much time in cafes, otherwise I am sure I would be irked far more than I am.

I've heard "expresso" here in the States too.

Along the same lines, hearing "ex etera" for "et cetera" drives me crazy.

[JLee]

I also hate the false pleasantries that have crept into email. "I hope you had a good weekend" or "Enjoy the rest of your Thursday" or "Hope you are well." Good grief. We've never even met in person and even if we're close, get to the point already!

Apparently false pleasantries are now required.  If your email is direct and concise you may be thought rude or offensive.

"Guesstimate"
It's like nails on chalkboard.

I've noticed that (pleasantries) on conference/meeting calls.  2-3 minutes of utter BS that nobody gives any fucks about before we can start to be (but not really) productive.

[Sojourner]

"Easy peasy."  What the fuck is "peasy?"

And what the fuck does WTF mean?

[Kalergie]

"Easy peasy."  What the fuck is "peasy?"

And what the fuck does WTF mean?

"Well That's Fabolous"

[Friar]

"Easy peasy."  What the fuck is "peasy?"

It's the essential ingredient in a lemon squeezy.

[Schaefer Light]

"Easy peasy."  What the fuck is "peasy?"

I hate that one, too.  It sounds ridiculous.

[dorothyc]

"Easy peasy."  What the fuck is "peasy?"

I hate that one, too.  It sounds ridiculous.

It's quite a common linguistic phenomenon known as reduplication. Other examples are hoi polloi, argy bargy, spit spot, bric a brac, and there are many others.

[sheepstache]

"Easy peasy."  What the fuck is "peasy?"

It's the essential ingredient in a lemon squeezy.

Which is a traditional beverage in Japanesey culture.

[oneday]

I learned a new one today, hopefully I don't see it again anytime soon.

Physical year...as in "July 1st is the start of the new physical year for some companies".

I'm pretty sure she meant fiscal...

[GreenSheep]

Redundancy... as in "ATM machine" or "return back" or "revert back"

[Kris]

"Easy peasy."  What the fuck is "peasy?"

I hate that one, too.  It sounds ridiculous.

It's quite a common linguistic phenomenon known as reduplication. Other examples are hoi polloi, argy bargy, spit spot, bric a brac, and there are many others.

There is a fantastic movie called In The Loop, which some of you have no doubt seen. They riff on "easy peasy, lemon squeezy" to great effect:

http://youtu.be/7mAFiPVs3tM

[calimom]

Redundancy... as in "ATM machine" or "return back" or "revert back"

PIN number; HIV virus

[TheBuddha]

Redundancy... as in "ATM machine" or "return back" or "revert back"

PIN number; HIV virus

The hoi polloi.

[2Cent]

Nr. one annoyance. "I can't ..." when someone just doesn't feel like doing it or worse "It's impossible" in a context where it is very possible, but a rule or policy says it should be done differently. So many bureaucrats hide behind Impossible when they just don't feel like being helpful in a non-standard situation.

[Jappe]

I laughed at the physical year :D

My annoyances in the english (spoken) language:
- This is the best thing ever. -> When overly used. Someone who says it every 5 minutes and if it's online it's mostly in caps as well.
- Best thing since sliced bread -> dumbest expression in the English language. If sliced bread is the #1 (or now #2) on your top list of inventions... ^^
- "It's like Sophie's Choice" when having to pick between vanilla or chocolat icecream -> yeah except that it's not. (And take stracciatella, it's the best of the two combined).

[GuitarStv]

- "It's like Sophie's Choice" when having to pick between vanilla or chocolat icecream -> yeah except that it's not. (And take stracciatella, it's the best of the two combined).

Exactly!  Sophie didn't have to choose between her truest, dearest, love and vanilla. . .

[Turnbull]

"Narrative" when someone just means "story." Sounds so pretentious and you can't get away from it in the media these days.

[MandalayVA]

My annoyances in the english (spoken) language:
- This is the best thing ever. -> When overly used. Someone who says it every 5 minutes and if it's online it's mostly in caps as well.

And usually proceeded by OMG, with "ever" being spelled "evar."  As in OMG BEST THING EVAAAAAAAR!!!!11!!!11!

[BTDretire]

I don't get it.  I understand people commenting on it if its unusual for the area you live in (annoying though it can be I do understand and am pretty good about it) but to try to imitate it? I don't understand  people.

The worst was when a friend of mine visited me when I was living in the UK and started slipping into a bad fake British accent here and there. I asked what she was doing and she claimed that she just couldn't help it, after being surrounded by British people for a whole day, she just picked up the accent. (I personally thought she was full of shit, but...)

 I moved from North U.S. to Southern U.S. 21 years ago, I notice I've picked
some of the Southern speech.
But apparently not to much, because I have had people say I have an accent,
and then pick the Northern state I came from!

[NoraLenderbee]

"Easy peasy."  What the fuck is "peasy?"

I hate that one, too.  It sounds ridiculous.

It's quite a common linguistic phenomenon known as reduplication. Other examples are hoi polloi, argy bargy, spit spot, bric a brac, and there are many others.

Willy-nilly, dilly-dally, hocus-pocus.

Actually, "hoi polloi" is not reduplication. It's Greek and it means "the masses" or "the great unwashed."

The hoi polloi.

Right. :)

[sheepstache]

"Easy peasy."  What the fuck is "peasy?"

I hate that one, too.  It sounds ridiculous.

It's quite a common linguistic phenomenon known as reduplication. Other examples are hoi polloi, argy bargy, spit spot, bric a brac, and there are many others.

Willy-nilly, dilly-dally, hocus-pocus.

Actually, "hoi polloi" is not reduplication. It's Greek and it means "the masses" or "the great unwashed."

Then there's shilly-shally which I believe derives from "will I? shall I?", in other words, dithering.

[runningthroughFIRE]

"Easy peasy."  What the fuck is "peasy?"

I hate that one, too.  It sounds ridiculous.

It's quite a common linguistic phenomenon known as reduplication. Other examples are hoi polloi, argy bargy, spit spot, bric a brac, and there are many others.

Willy-nilly, dilly-dally, hocus-pocus.

Actually, "hoi polloi" is not reduplication. It's Greek and it means "the masses" or "the great unwashed."

Then there's shilly-shally which I believe derives from "will I? shall I?", in other words, dithering.

My parents say "coulda, shoulda, woulda" (could have, should have, would have)

[Schaefer Light]

"Easy peasy."  What the fuck is "peasy?"

I hate that one, too.  It sounds ridiculous.

It's quite a common linguistic phenomenon known as reduplication. Other examples are hoi polloi, argy bargy, spit spot, bric a brac, and there are many others.

I don't say any of those things.  I think they all sound silly.

[BrandonP]

Hubby

[tofuchampion]

Passengers in the back row refusing to fasten their seatbelts because "it's not important on the back seats". such blatant disregard to simple physics makes me lose my mind!

Like the folks who think it's safer to go without seat belts in a car, because if there's an accident, they'll be "thrown clear." Yeah, clear through the windshield and into the asphalt.

I know someone who thinks this. She's a nurse and her husband is an EMT. Some people are just that dumb.

[horsepoor]

I learned a new one today, hopefully I don't see it again anytime soon.

Physical year...as in "July 1st is the start of the new physical year for some companies".

I'm pretty sure she meant fiscal...

Oh, that reminded me of a coworker who ALWAYS said clinometer when he meant kilometer.  We were working on a project that dealt in lots of clinometer scale data for over a year...

[Jon_Snow]

My god, so many people so EASILY irked.

[Kris]

My god, so many people so EASILY irked.

I always find it amusing when people come to a thread whose subject is clearly marked, merely to leave a smug, above-it-all comment.

I imagine them clicking out of the thread with a superior little smile, convinced of their own superiority, buoyed by a wave of self-satisfaction as they go about the rest of their day.

[Jon_Snow]

My god, so many people so EASILY irked.

I always find it amusing when people come to a thread whose subject is clearly marked, merely to leave a smug, above-it-all comment.

I imagine them clicking out of the thread with a superior little smile, convinced of their own superiority, buoyed by a wave of self-satisfaction as they go about the rest of their day.

Wow...lol.

[Kris]

Not said, but written:

When people write "Awe!" when they mean "Aww!"

"Woah!" instead of "Whoa!"

[calimom]

Hubby

Wifey.  The Wife.  Hubster.  Hubs.

[Tom Bri]

I hear 'physical year' for 'fiscal year' almost every day at work. The first few times I heard it I was confused, but now I just reply with the info they want.

[johnny847]

I hear 'physical year' for 'fiscal year' almost every day at work. The first few times I heard it I was confused, but now I just reply with the info they want.

From the Grammar Nazi thread

Friend of a friend got an email saying he was busy because it was the end of their physical year.

So....they're done with all physical activity for the year? They plan on vegetating for the rest of the year?

I propose that "physical year" become an official term.  Definition: The period of time between the beginning of one's New Year's Resolution to exercise more, and the moment when one officially abandons said resolution.

Therefore, the end of the "physical year" for most people would be... January 2.