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?!

My pet hates tend to be Americanisms creeping into usage in the UK.

Off of. I have even read the phrase "the film was based off of the book". How can anything be based 'off' something? And why on earth do we need the 'of'?

"Let's switch it up" another hideous ugly Americanism. Meaning, I think, let's swap one thing for another, or chose an alternative.

And something that I see frequently on MN is this bizarre use of the word 'much' usually intended as a brief (lazy) retort after directly quoting a previous post, as in "Blah blah blah judgmental much?" Am I the only one who cannot stand this?

Fantals I'm half Welsh and lived in Wales for the first 21 years of my life. To this day I have never heard a single Welsh person say either "nice boots them shoes" or "whose coat is that jacket?" unless it's been said ironically, in jest. I am convinced this is a cultural joke, probably started by an English person, usually said in a dreadful 'Welsh' accent (as my English father has been doing for 40-odd years).
"I'll be there now in five minutes" however is very commonly used!

And something that I see frequently on MN is this bizarre use of the word 'much' usually intended as a brief (lazy) retort after directly quoting a previous post, as in "Blah blah blah judgmental much?" Am I the only one who cannot stand this?

I find it an odd and irritating turn of phrase. It's not something I've ever heard anyone say IRL either.

I hate it when 'no?' is tacked on to the end of a provocative sentence to make it into a rhetorical question, as in "You hate people who kick kittens, no?" or "I bet you want your mil to babysit for you for free, no? So you should let her reorganise your knicker drawer and be bloody grateful." I know it's not grammatically incorrect but I find it lazy and presumptuous, and in my mind it sounds really aggressive.