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WoofWoofMooWoof · 18/10/2017 20:33

I'll start this off:

The mom outside school today who said to her 3-year old: "Move it! Fuckin' hell, why are you so slow!"

Skinny jeans on men.

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FineAsWeAre · 22/10/2017 10:01

This thread has made me realise that I'm quite an angry person Grin, nearly everything listed annoys me. The worst ones for me are people with no manners, smug people and passive aggressive or attention seeking Facebook statuses.

CatkinToadflax · 22/10/2017 10:05

People who tuck their thick jumper into a skirt, trousers etc. It looks daft.

People who “park up”. The ‘up’ is not needed!

Saying “I” when “me” is correct.

A “pack lunch” instead of a “packed lunch”.

Gregg Wallace.

RaininSummer · 22/10/2017 10:38

Agree with most of these but I do think draws, drawers,claws and wars rhyme.

Can I add my rage for taxi drivers who stop in the middle of the road a d b!ock it entire!ly even when there is a space. Ignorant twats.

Also young women with giant caterpillar battled eyebrows. Also too much cosmetic interference on young women think false hair, false nails, false eyelashes, chicken fillets etc. Makes me sad.
People spaying body spray all over in public, gross.
Idiots who think they own the space outside their house and doubly so when they have three cars a d at least one is outside my house.

RaininSummer · 22/10/2017 10:39

Tattoed not battled

NetflixandBill · 22/10/2017 11:11

Use of 'less' when it should be 'fewer'.

Lethaldrizzle · 22/10/2017 11:19

Pedants who get worked up about fewer and less

NetflixandBill · 22/10/2017 11:21

GrinGrinGrin
People who call you a pedant on a thread about stupid minor things that mildly irritate you

WoofWoofMooWoof · 22/10/2017 11:33

Use of 'less' when it should be 'fewer'.

Netflix - this bugs the hell out of me as well. TV presenters do it so often, it's horrific!

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StevesFlappyCap · 22/10/2017 11:48

Turquoise88 - have to say it’s “Apostrophes” as it’s plural there so not possessive. Couldn’t resist.

General grammatical errors (see above).

Groucho Marx eyebrows.

The need to be orange. During Winter. In the U.K.

Lethaldrizzle · 22/10/2017 11:48

I just don't like pedants in general life not just on this thread.

StevesFlappyCap · 22/10/2017 11:50

Ha, ironic x-post.

Life would be a lot more confusing without the pedants though.

DrKrogersfavouritepatient · 22/10/2017 11:52

people who stand in doorways
Oh yes

thewooster · 22/10/2017 12:04

I hate it when management refer to us by pay grade at work ie get the level 3s to do it. Why not say get the administrators or support staff or officers etc.

Absolute hate being referred to by my pay bracket.

Also agree with spitting in the street, throwing fag nubs on the ground and littering (get even more enraged when it flies out of a moving car).

And anyone who hurts animals....grrr...

These people should be publicly shamed and put in stocks in town centres and pelted with rotten fruit.

daisychain01 · 22/10/2017 12:05

People who are not Spanish in ANY way and say "choreetho"

Haven’t read all 15 pages, but I’d love to understand why pronouncing a Spanish word correctly is a no-no, and chor-it-zow has to be said instead, even if it’s wrong!

It reminds me of the herd mentality at school that reading out loud with the correct Spanish/French accent was a bad thing. Seems to be a British thing that trying to do things well is a point of criticism

StevesFlappyCap · 22/10/2017 12:29

They don’t’ say it that way in all of Spain. The south of the country/Andalucia don’t do the lisp, they say it wit an “s” not at “th” - not sure if I’ve helped here really ...

daisychain01 · 22/10/2017 12:58

Agreed, Steve, Spain is a huge country with many regional dialects but one thing's for sure, they don't say chor-it-zzow even if they don't say it with a " th " ! Smile and the pp was saying if you're not Spanish then you're not allowed to say it properly which is bonkers.

happypoobum · 22/10/2017 13:10

People who say "crisssssss" instead of crisps.

Steaksauce · 22/10/2017 14:49

@happypoobum yes! I once went on a date with someone who said crisps like that.
There was no second date.

CatkinToadflax · 22/10/2017 15:17

I just love that there are others out there who are every bit as pedantic - and more - than I am. Smile

Steaksauce happypoobum agreed that such pronunciation of the name of a perfectly everyday potato-based snack is entirely unforgivable.

StevesFlappyCap · 22/10/2017 15:23

*They don’t say chor-it-zzow
*
Grin verdad daisy- on both points (was I allowed to say that:)

cece · 22/10/2017 16:04

Grown men in football shirts as day wear.
Writing defiantly instead of definitely.
Incorrect use of possessive apostrophes.
Cyclists who take up the whole road in groups. I'm talking hobby cyclists here. I live on the Olympic games road route. Sigh.
Using 'like' and 'literally' all the time in pretty much every sentence.
People (in my house) who ignore the pile of their crap that I've placed on that stairs. It's there for you to take up as you pass by....

daisychain01 · 22/10/2017 17:26

Te permito, seguramente, Steves Grin

WoofWoofMooWoof · 22/10/2017 18:45

People who find a way to fit in 'at the end of the day' in each and every sentence.

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Queenofthedrivensnow · 22/10/2017 19:20

People who write signs outside cafes and suchlike who use speech marks when they should use inverted commas

SinisterBumFacedCat · 22/10/2017 20:40

"Life hacks"

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