Things in literature they really annoy you?

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For me, it’s when characters are referred to as the X girl or the Y boy by characters who are perfectly aware of their names.

Dumbledore in Harry Potter referring to the ‘Malloy boy’. He knows his name is Draco. Just say it. In Game of Thrones Lyanna is referred to as the Stark girl by people who know her name is Lyanna Stark. It drives me mad.

Definitely heard it in real life, my brothers were both at public school - 'the younger PulpJarvis boy just won a prize...'

At my school it would have been the same 'the Smith girl'. I don't hear it very often now. But I think it's true of a certain type of environment and speaker.