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Misuse of words( light hearted)

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Ollienoodles45isbananas · 22/10/2015 15:10

My dd constantly uses the word "like" multiple times in sentences, it's slowly driving me insane. Iv asked her so many times to not use the word unless it's actually needed in the sentence. To make matters worse she never ever stops talking so we must here "like" a thousand times a day. So aibu to either charge her 10p for every time she says it, or gag her? Is this something that's happening with most kids of today? Hmm

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CigarsofthePharoahs · 22/10/2015 17:11

My mum asks if she can borrow my toilet.
Eh?
Just put it back when you're done then.

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Ollienoodles45isbananas · 22/10/2015 17:22

Both born and lived in the same area, I think it has a lot to do with some of the crap she watches. She says if I flick her ear once more she is reporting me Shock iv told her to complain to her nan, who has the problem with who what when and where. Confused

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helenahandbag · 22/10/2015 17:22

DP and I were squabbling and he asked me why I was in such an "erroneous" mood Confused

travellinglighter · 22/10/2015 17:23

"Can I get" instead of "Can I have"

Typical example is "can I get a Big Mac and fries?"

PHANTOMnamechanger · 22/10/2015 17:24

I quite like regional words/terms really.

Bairns
Aye
Hinny
Lad/Lass
Now then
Ee by gum

Wrong words though make me cringe.
Worst ever was a vicar who could not say creator and instead always said curator - so God was reduced from all powerful creator of the universe to some old guy looking after a museum!

And I have seen many chester draws for sale but also several Wall Drobes!!!

thebestfurchinchilla · 22/10/2015 17:28

I forgot about 'Can I get?' I absolutely hate that. I want to say " I don't know , can you?" Again another Americanism.

SilverOldie2 · 22/10/2015 17:34

Yes to all the above.

I also loath myself used incorrectly, e.g. 'myself and DH went to dinner' when it should be 'my DH and I went.... ' grrr.

NKFell · 22/10/2015 17:39

Brought for bought is a killer for me! E.g. "I brought a new top".

I also like regional words!

RainbowCake · 22/10/2015 18:08

Ollie you need to alternate between ears, nose and other parts. Grin
How old is she?

themightycheese · 22/10/2015 18:20

A woman I used to work with referred to funerals as 'fyoondruls'. Urgh. Another popular one where I live is 'haven't got no '. Makes me cringe. There's also a café near me that boasts of its 'ho made food' Hmm

Love 'wall drobes' though Grin

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Ollienoodles45isbananas · 22/10/2015 18:21

She is 13 rainbowcake, leaving her with the sitter tonight who has a habit of saying yeah I know all the time, they should have some interesting conversations for a few hours, all I need now is for the younger dc to learn the new lingo Wink

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reni2 · 22/10/2015 18:27

We need milk, isn't it? I don't eat carrots, isn't it? He was nice, isn't it? She won't come, isn't it?

I then say "No, she won't will she" and feel a twat.

cardibach · 22/10/2015 19:06

Sorry themightycheese, but I hate 'cringe' as massively overused on MN when the poster really means wince.
Definitions:
cringe
verb
bend one's head and body in fear or apprehension or in a servile manner.
"he cringed away from the blow"

wince
verb
make a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body out of pain or distress.
"he winced at the disgust in her voice"

KanyesVest · 22/10/2015 19:18

DD(5) is very funny at the moment. She asked me to "extract" her dad at the weekend so she could get to the good hiding place behind him, then got very cross with me for "coffeeing" her when I asked her 47 times if I was extracting him properly Grin

Picnic2223 · 22/10/2015 19:23

I'm 28 and still over use ' like ' it drives me mad!

However online defiantly instead of definitely is the worst one.

PHANTOMnamechanger · 22/10/2015 19:27

my bad

^ I hate this, SIL says it, drives me potty.

TheIncredibleBookEatingManchot · 22/10/2015 19:31

Wasn't there an episode of Fawlty Towers with this conversation:

Hotel guest: That's, like, illegal.

Basil Fawlty: Do you mean it's as if it's illegal or are you being working class?

ludog · 22/10/2015 19:55

"Either do I" is one of my pet peeves.

themightycheese · 22/10/2015 20:00

Cardibach, you know words can have more than one definition I presume? Cringe also means to wince or experience a feeling of embarrassment or distaste so a perfectly cromulent use of the word, think Wink

wasonthelist · 22/10/2015 20:04

The folk who reversed brought and bought seem to have gone on to reverse worst and worse with similarly confusinv results.

Lots of people seem to be saying "that's a misnomer" when they mean "that's not correct" rather than it being a crap name.

I hate "I'm not adverse to it".

Another favourite of mine is Asterix for Asterisk.

wasonthelist · 22/10/2015 20:05

Bah! Typo.

derxa · 22/10/2015 20:09

Do you know hitler? Erm, no. Heard of him though... Grin So funny!

cardibach · 22/10/2015 21:28

themightycheese I do know that words can have several meanings, I'm an English teacher Hmm
The meaning you give isn't correct though. Cringing is about fear, not embarrassment, although modern dictionaries are starting to suggest a drift that way. I don't like it, though, which is what this thread is about. I did say sorry, it wasn't you I was getting at as it's horribly prevalent on here.

EastMidsMummy · 22/10/2015 21:35

We need milk, isn't it? I don't eat carrots, isn't it? He was nice, isn't it? She won't come, isn't it?

Er, what the fuck? Who on earth says that cobblers??

reni2 · 22/10/2015 21:41

People do use "isn't it" like that in London a lot. Innit, too. I hate this kind of talk, innit. But if they are in their "talking to the teacher" mode it's isn't it, innit.