Are You Joking Me?

[rockchick78]

Are you joking me?

For some reason this phrase pisses me off!

Are you kidding me? - Makes sense
Are you joking? - Makes sense

Is it just me that this annoys?!

The bring/take thing is interesting. I'm Irish and the connotations are slightly different. "Take" implies removal of an object and "bring" implies carrying or otherwise transporting an object.

So it would be "what are you bringing to Susan's party?", but "I'm taking that bottle of Prosecco from the fridge".

I have an irrational hatred for use of the word "actual" in place of "actually."

e.g. "i actual am a fucking moron."

Mangoes it's completely rational.

Glad it's not just me Natalie

Perfectly normal in NI.

Usually "are you fucking JOKING ME?'

That makes me think of Chris O'Dowd in the IT Crowd. One of his regular phrases. God I miss that fucking show, it was brilliantly hilarious

Some of these are Irish things, but we do have a wonderful way of talking! And assigning three different meanings to one word, especially in the North - wile for example, it's not really a word, but in different contexts has different meanings - it's wile (It's terrible), It's wile windy (It's very windy) She's wile for shopping (She likes to go shopping).

My mother drives me crazy when she asks anyone to do things - 'You wouldn't lift that box?' No, mother, I wouldn't but if you ask me properly, I might.

"Impact" used as a verb to mean "affect". "This will impact our sales forecast."

NOooooooOOOOOooooOOOOO!!!

Brings me out in a grammar rash.

Oh yes, the me/myself thing. I think people think they're being posh or something. "You can talk to myself if you have a problem." HOW. HOW WILL I TALK TO YOURSELF?

I'm also painfully aware that none of this matters one iota in the real world. So glad to have found people who understand me.

The Irish bring/take thing: if someone says "I'm going to bring John to the airport," that suggests to me that the person they're speaking to is already at the airport. I (English person), and everyone I know, would say "I'm going to take John to the airport."
You're right MaisieDotes, it's a usage thing.

scampi you are not alone. The misuse of "myself" is horrible. Where will it end?

"So as myself said to yourself we need to talk to himself about how herself wants to proceed. Let myself know if yourself has any questions. "

I also hate when people say "thanking you." Just throwing that in as a bonus peeve.

I lived in the states for many years and had to work hard at not accumulating too many americanisms in my volcabulary. One that always threw me was "I know, right?". First time I heard it I wasn't sure what to say in return. Was I supposed to agree with their agreement?

I hate 'Youse' as some odd new plural of you.

Argh, I've been getting irate about people using 'invite' instead of 'invitation' for ages now. It drives me up the wall! The worst thing is that everyone does it, people who generally speak well and should know better included!

I'd like to invite you to blah blah blah - correct
Here is an invitation for blah blah blah - correct
Here is an invite for blah blah blah - ARRRRRRGH!! NO! NO! NO!

Oh a heavenly thread -

What about 'going to' as in 'I'm going to toilet' or 'going to bank'?

Drives me crazy

Is that not a Yorkshire thing though? "Going t'bank."

My dad learnt me to drive

Overuse of myself/yourself, we are always asked by one waiter "Can I get anything else for yourselves?"

Can you give me a borrow of your mower?

Use of "us" as the possessive adjective, my former boss (in education!) used to do this "We need to get us ducks in a row".

Present continuous with verbs for preference or emotion: "I'm liking your use of lime zest Zac!"

Present continuous with verbs for preference or emotion: "I'm liking your use of lime zest Zac!"

I blame FB. Back in the day, your status had to start with "I am" so the only workaround for every other verb in the English language was present continuous.

I am ... playing hockey - fine
I am ... loving my hubster - eurgh.

Oh, and yes to the "invite" thing. IT'S A VERB. VERB IT RIGHT UP YOUR NOUN.

Less and fewer annoy me a bit - particularly at checkouts (yes Morrisons, I'm looking at you with your "10 items or less").

Invitation v Invite argggggghhhhh

And yes "can I get a coffee" "yes indeed, if you'd like to go round to the other side of the counter, otherwise it'll be the person serving who gets the coffee".

Myself drive me mad when used incorrectly (currently seems to be 99.5% of the time).

Argh, I've been getting irate about people using 'invite' instead of 'invitation'

That and "gifted".
"I sent out the invites for my birthday party. I was gifted a book on grammar."

And don't get me started on 'you and I' / 'you and me' - John Torode on Masterchef is a swine for getting it wrong.

While everyone else is going on about bring and take, at last, someone else who hates this.
I killed the last "I hate" thread with a post about this very issue.

vjg "youse" is not "an odd new plural of you"!

It's Scots dialect and has been in use for hundreds of years. It's no stranger than having a "you plural " like "vous" in French or "vosotros" in Spanish.

I do accept though that it has no place in formal speech and arguably should not be said by anyone who doesn't have a Scottish accent....

scampimom yep. I simply cannot bring myself to use "invite" as a noun. It hurts my tongue.

Even worse though is "the electric" as a noun eg - the electric went offf last night. How much do you pay for your electric?

Waves to Trooperslane

I ran around Trooperslane last night