to want to clout dd because she keeps calling it 'prom' without THE in front of it

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I love our American brethren, but I do NOT want to listen to my dd endlessly witter on about 'I am really looking forward to prom' and 'everyone is tweeting about prom'

I keep on saying THE prom THE prom THE prom we do not live in Indianapolis and she s at me.

YANBU- I imagine its annoying but I wanted to add, you just made me LOL at the use of the word "clout" I haven't heard it for ages, since I was a child.

why do they say it without "the"? "I am looking forward to prom" sounds really strange. No wonder it is driving you mad

Ask her where Prom is. (I'd quite like to know, too.)

Years ago The Notting Hill Carnival was referred to as ... The Notting Hill Carnival, or, at least, The Carnival.

Now it's just called 'Carnival'.

Hang on a minute, it's not the only 'carnival' in the world

Only old stuffy folk refered to 'carnival' in conversation as 'the nottinghill carnival'

Was always said 'are you going carnival?'

Its still officially called 'the nottinghill carnival' though.

This has just reminded me of when william hague went and wore a baseball cap to 'get in the spirit'!

Yes it is very annoying that Notting Hill Carnival is just called carnival now.

Just home now, looking on Amazon and ebay for clutch bags

There are bound to be many others.
Do funky young Muslim say they are doin' Haj I wonder?
What about people who blether on about avoiding 'dairy'.
Dairy what? I want to shriek.
Maids, churns, parlours?

YANBU. What's wrong with leaver's ball/dance/party?

lol at dairymaids.

My personal bugbear (actually, one of thousands) is when people and idiots on the telly go on about something which has 'goodness' in it. Goodness? What does goodness actually mean? Why the fuck can't people be more scientific?

Then I realise I am ranting on at a TV advert about yoghurts and people have left the room.

Colleague at work told me yesterday her DDs prom has set her back around £275 - dress hire, limo,shoes,make up and hair do , actual night itself plus year book and school hoody

Unbelievable and very annoying

Ooooh don't get me bloody started on weasel words.
In my field everyone talks about raising awareness.
Yes, we're already well aware thanks. Now just start doing something instead of riaisng even more awareness.

Oh and 'toolkits'.
Bane of my bloody life.
A toolkit is a useful collection of metal things, not a pointless paper exercise put together by public sector numpties who need to justify their employment.

I'm American and we say "the Prom." Not saying the "the" is just as annoying to me as it is to you. Maybe it's a regional thing.

I'd be tempted to start talking about 'the hop' with a perfectly straight face.

'So who else will be at the hop tonight?'

'What are the other girls wearing for the hop?

'What kind of music goes down well at the hop?'

Try it.

We have war rooms at work (just a room with pictures of graphs on the wall where you meet every day to discuss pressing issues). War room ffs. I love my job and think it is very important in its own way but even I realise it is not as crucial as planning the D Day landings.

Oh moondog I am already having a whale of a time calling her dress a 'frock'.

'have you hung up your frock?'
'you will have to be careful you don't put your heel through your frock'
'have your friends bought their frocks yet?'

It's great to see her gritting her teeth.

Ha!
Do you do something creative in the meeja then?

In my line (public sector) a dingdong over who has swiped someone else's Options sachets is as racy as it gets.

More annoying to me than "the Prom" or "prom" is the actual event itself. It should have stayed the other side of the Pond.

Take it a step further.
How would she react to talk of 'underpinnings'?
Pantyhose?
Slip

Oh I already called it a brassiere for maximum 'shuddup mum'

No I work for the public sector as well, central government (have only been there for just over a year after a whole career in the private sector, it's a bit strange )

I think "proms" should be BANNED.

Josephine I think this lot would disagree :o

We have an absence of 'the' in this house too. "I'm going town" Or, "I'm going cinemas" Cinemas? Suddenly plural?

Is that deliberately omitted or is it Yorkshire stylee glottal stop a la James Herriott.
''Appen I'll be going 't barn to do some milking.'

??

I had a folder named frock choices for dd she said mum frock really FROCK i am sure her last word was frock,

Dd frock wasnt espensive and they all went in a coach to THE prom some girls did go ott but i didnt

When I left school, all we got was a lunchtime "disco" which involved bags of crisps and orange juice.

It was an all girls school - how exciting was that !!!

Oh, and the teachers turned up in jeans which, back in the day, was WRONG, JUST WRONG.