Pet peeves that others may find odd.

[ThishittyLimeCat]

I have so many that I think I should be on an island on my own.

1. People on Tipping Point who don't say please.
2. Describing someone eating as she polished off/ he demolished/devoured...
3. Hun overload, you ok Hun, thanks Hun...
4. Ordering food and drink. Can I get? Probably not from there 😫.
5. People who have to compete with your illness. I had glandular fever I was so ill. Well I had glandular fever twice and I nearly died.
6. Two words I want to kill people when I hear them, one starts with t and means dehydration. But they don't just say it once, they keep saying it without getting a drink.

The second means dinner but used by posh people and elderly, starts with a s.

People using 'text' when it should be 'texted'. The rage is real.

DD bought me a t-shirt saying "Yes, I'm silently correcting your grammar." She knows me so well.

Chill instead of chilled

Emails that start with the phrase this is a gentle reminder.

Perfectly normal to say "Can I get?" here.
I'm old fashioned and this sets my teeth on edge. 'Please may I have....' is what I say.

I'm so old that I remember when people would use 'video' as a verb (Did you video it?) instead of 'record'. Sloppy.

PS I'm a bit pernickety tonight. Might need wine.

It’s probably because you need to take those with food otherwise it damages your stomach

THIS! I correct it every single time.

Agree with the wellness thing. Also the word Super when used to say something like “super excited” or “super lucky”

oh also the term “reach out to me” ugh. Hate it.

so many more…… ive also noticed that we are just adding extra words in for no reason (see the use of super). Drives me crackers. just get to the point. Who has time for extra words 🤷‍♀️

Vinyls.

They’re not ‘vinyls’, they’re records! Vinyl is something you put on the kitchen floor.

Or if you want to confuse the Johnny come latelys ..45s.

For a long time the word 'gotten' - it sure as day makes one sound rather illiterate!

Myself.

When I was teaching I would ask a question and the answer would often be, "Miss, is it like..."

20 times a day I would say, "Well it is like that, or is it that?"

I considered I was winning when the answers became, "Miss is it like, er I men is it..."

'May you' is very rarely used in the correct context. I see it as the new 'myself'.

I'm probably being picky but 'decimate'.

DH says "Can I get" which annoys me as his grammar is generally good.

Agree. Another creeping Americanism just like "can I get"

"Gotten" is the archaic past participle of the verb "get," originating from Old Norse geta and Middle English geten. While it was used in Britain during the 16th–17th centuries—appearing in Shakespeare—it fell out of common British use by the 18th century, only to be preserved and revived in American.
if it was good enough for Shakespeare……😄

I hate seeing/hearing “super” before anything to emphasise the extent of it. Drives me barmy!

Oh what pisses me off the most is people who write ‘enjoy’ as a response 🤬

Pop, as in 'pop this on,' or 'a pop of colour.' Actually, any use of 'pop' that doesn't relate to a balloon or a tyre.
Also, the overuse of 'super' instead of 'very.'

"Can I get" is not an Americnism.
It is, and always has been, the normal way of asking for things in Scotland.

The word ‘bonkers’ is used so much now, especially on TV and is so annoying when used in the context of serious news stories.

People putting the letter k on the end of ‘ing’ - somethingk / nothingk.

People who write pointless online reviews for things that are not helpful to other purchasers. Such as book reviews that say:

1* - delivery was slow and there was a rip in the front cover.
5* - bought as a gift for my son but he hasn't read it yet.

Or reviews for clothes that complain about sizing without context, e.g.:
1* - bought the size 14 but it was too small so returning.

You must get fed up handing out that explanation.
Fellow NE Scotland resident👍

'Smash it' and 'nail it' - so cringe and weirdly aggressive.

@JackieLeeOhmyDarlinNsoul I feel like writing "For the hundredth time it's normal in Scotland"

I imagine going into my local shops and saying, "Please may I have" 🤣