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Words/phrases you’re very particular about

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Soubriquet · 20/09/2023 08:45

It winds me up when people use poisonous regarding snakes. Noooo it’s venomous

If you bite it and you die it’s poison
If it bites you and you die it’s venom

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Soubriquet · 20/09/2023 09:03

I also don’t like the word Alsatian. They were renamed during the war so that they weren’t vilified for being German. They are German Shepherds. Done

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LulooLemon · 20/09/2023 09:33

I'm with you on the poison/venom.

I dislike 'quote' when it should be 'quotation'. Quote is the verb. Quotation is the noun.

'Here is your insurance quote' makes me mumble '-Ation, it's quotATION' every time. 🤣

Bubbleandsqueak22 · 20/09/2023 09:42

Undoutably when it should be undoubtedly

Housewife2010 · 20/09/2023 09:43

"Invite" is a verb, not a noun. You send out invitations.

AffIt · 20/09/2023 09:47

Housewife2010 · 20/09/2023 09:43

"Invite" is a verb, not a noun. You send out invitations.

Yes, this bothers me too!

I also grind my teeth a little when people use 'obligated' as a synonym for 'obliged'.

Plusque · 20/09/2023 09:47

I’m fussy about ‘less’ versus ‘fewer’.

Also, the misuse of ‘hopefully’ to mean ‘with luck’ eg ‘Hopefully, it will be sunny tomorrow’ rather than ‘He walked hopefully towards the doctor’s surgery, thinking it would be good news’.

Also ‘begs the question’.

JohnnyYenSetHimselfOnFireAgain · 20/09/2023 10:16

Any Americanism.

Itslosenotloose · 20/09/2023 10:18

See username.

To lose something is not to loose something. Winds me up 🤣.

fiddlesticksandotherwords · 20/09/2023 10:19

"Can I get..." particularly when people say it to the person serving them in a coffee shop. No, you can't get it. That would involve you going round the other side of the counter and serving yourself. They get it for you.

ColleenDonaghy · 20/09/2023 10:28

Cupboard - it's a press.

Father Christmas - he's Santa.

Aitch - it's Haitch.

People who have no idea how to use the word gotten and so avoid it.

Confusion about bring vs take - it's "Don't forget to bring your umbrella with you", not take unless you're taking the umbrella off someone.

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Lifeinlists · 20/09/2023 10:30

'The proof of the pudding is in the eating'.

It is not 'The proof is in the pudding' which doesn't make sense but is widely repeated.

Also - how difficult is it to know the difference between 'to' and 'too'?

@Plusque you and my DH are kindred spirits re hopefully!

Tarantallegra · 20/09/2023 10:36

People using literally to mean metaphorically. It gives me so much rage!!! And the fact that the online dictionary went ahead and changed the definition of literally and agreed with these idiots.

Plusque · 20/09/2023 10:40

ColleenDonaghy · 20/09/2023 10:28

Cupboard - it's a press.

Father Christmas - he's Santa.

Aitch - it's Haitch.

People who have no idea how to use the word gotten and so avoid it.

Confusion about bring vs take - it's "Don't forget to bring your umbrella with you", not take unless you're taking the umbrella off someone.

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He’s here, @ColleenDonaghy! One of the nicest things about moving home involved being able to refer to my hot press without explanations.

And I’m haitching away shoulder to shoulder with you.

See also ‘going for the messages’, ‘I’m after doing x’, and the manifold uses of ‘your man’ or ‘your one’. And ‘massive’ as a compliment.

Plusque · 20/09/2023 10:41

Plusque · 20/09/2023 10:40

He’s here, @ColleenDonaghy! One of the nicest things about moving home involved being able to refer to my hot press without explanations.

And I’m haitching away shoulder to shoulder with you.

See also ‘going for the messages’, ‘I’m after doing x’, and the manifold uses of ‘your man’ or ‘your one’. And ‘massive’ as a compliment.

Oh, and ‘ye’ is very useful.

ColleenDonaghy · 20/09/2023 10:42

Plusque · 20/09/2023 10:41

Oh, and ‘ye’ is very useful.

Adore ye, and also youse (which sounds much less nice but does seem to be the version I reach for).

JohnnyYenSetHimselfOnFireAgain · 20/09/2023 10:42

ColleenDonaghy · 20/09/2023 10:28

Cupboard - it's a press.

Father Christmas - he's Santa.

Aitch - it's Haitch.

People who have no idea how to use the word gotten and so avoid it.

Confusion about bring vs take - it's "Don't forget to bring your umbrella with you", not take unless you're taking the umbrella off someone.

Wink

Never in my life have I heard of a cupboard being called a 'press'. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Phos · 20/09/2023 10:43

Big Ben. It's the bell, not the Tower.

foreverbasil · 20/09/2023 10:43

You need to spend more time in Ireland

foreverbasil · 20/09/2023 10:44

Mine was to JohnnyYen

Pixilicious1 · 20/09/2023 10:44

Hold down the fort - it’s hold the fort, it’s not going to bloody well float away!!

JohnnyYenSetHimselfOnFireAgain · 20/09/2023 10:44

foreverbasil · 20/09/2023 10:43

You need to spend more time in Ireland

That explains why I've never heard it.

Vegemiteandhoneyontoast · 20/09/2023 10:45

The words 'I lie' after saying something mistaken. A lie is a deliberate untruth designed to mislead and is a serious accusation, it is not saying something in error.

Plusque · 20/09/2023 10:48

Sorry, @ColleenDonaghy — that should have read ‘Hear, hear’ and the edit button seems to have gone AWOL…

Bammm · 20/09/2023 10:49

Awesome used to describe the fairly mundane. My husband uses awesome a lot once he's had a beer and I can't stand it.

Itslosenotloose · 20/09/2023 10:55

@Bammm

I am with you. God I hate that word.