Please RSVP - seriously?

[Namechangenell]

Official correspondence asking me to 'please RSVP'. Why??? There's no need for please... Rant over

I think it stems from "you should make the beef the hero of the dish" type instructions^^ and they just took it and ran with it...

It makes my eyelids twitch. I actually had to leave the room the other night

So you're not bitter at all then, arf?

And another thing ... to make the noun medal into a verb .... just wrong!

What does even mean, mean?

I still don't understand Purple. I don't understand how a lump of dead cow can be a hero? Should it not at the very least be a heroine?!

This is making my head hurt. And I have work to do.

I've heard "Please uplift all Luggage on leaving the train"

...wellllll,

A) am not sure I would manage everyone's
B) I do quite like her handbag, and matching luggage so can I take that?

architect-designed house - this gives me the rage and make me want to say 'no, I'll take the house designed by a toddler please'

I came to terms with "the next station stop" because, let's face it, trains keep stopping all over the place for traffic lights, sick passengers, leaves on the line, you name it. If it stops before it gets to the station they don't want everyone jumping off in the middle of nowhere. Also, of course, there are some stations where the train isn't supposed to stop but might, or at least goes very slowly. So they're being extra careful to define when the train stops at a station it's going to stop at.

"am in the morning" is one I do loathe, and I'm totally with you on using "medal" as a verb. Yes, of course we know what they mean, but is that any reason to trample the English language to a bloody pulp?

Supposed to stop at, I mean. Gah!

Up to half price has been known to have me shouting at the TV.

However I'm a live and let live kind of person since I read Lynne Truss's book and realised what an arse she sounded like :o

When Olympic athletes 'medal', I always think 'those meddling kids!"

I'll add 'pan-fried' and 'oven-roasted'.

RSVP as a noun makes me too.

Can you send me a RSVP?

architect-designed house - this gives me the rage and make me want to say 'no, I'll take the house designed by a toddler please'

But a lot of new build houses are designed by structural engineers with few features or innovation beyond what is required to keep them standing. Then they are mass produced off 1 of about 5 blueprints per developer.

Equally, a lot of older houses were mass produced - think rows and rows of Victorian/Edwardian terraces, workers cottages, miners terraces etc.

Many even older properties may have no design records at all.

It's actually quite unusual for houses to be specifically designed by an architect.

I always thought "up to half price" meant that some items could have a discount less than 50%
or am I really thick?

"French Champagne" gets my goat

ISBN number

What about designer clothes? Surely even cheap and cheerful clothes are designed by someone.

I get annoyed when something is described as being 'up to 50% off' or 'up to 100% more effective'. So basically, it could be 0%.

Along the same lines as 'architect-designed house' can I throw in designer clothes/handbag/shoes, etc? As opposed to what, being created by some kind of algorithm?

Ah, cross-posted with LarrytheCucumber.

"revert back"
"continue on"
"completely unique"
"over exaggerate"

These and other tautological expressions make me FURIOUS.

Two twins.

That would make four children.

Plug socket. Which is it?

I hate two twins as well. I have twins and when someone makes a comment involving that I seriously have to bite my tongue!

I also hate 'receive back'. As in, when we receive the valuation back we'll offer you a mortgage.

No.

I have also heard 'half of a twin'