To be genuinely/generally annoyed? (Light hearted... sort of!!)

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A person in my office keeps saying "generally" when what they mean in "genuinely" ... it drives me crazy every time!

I know, I know,I should pull them up on it but I don't want to make them feel daft , or come across as condescending, so I inwardly seethe instead!

AIBU for getting so annoyed?!

What drives you mad similar to this?

Eggs tractor fan 😂

Assemberly, gamberling, atherletics, artheritis.

I can go with a slightly ironic Wemberlee but why do people increasing put a non existent 'er' sound into words?
Reporter on bbc news did it the other night!

Ahhh my MIL thinks her mandatory story days are ‘mandi tory’ drives me crackers.
I have known a few people spell can’t ’carrn’t’
Bizarre.

@campion Engerland atherletes appear at Wemberley.

Friend says ordocity meaning audacity. Quite often, at least once a week, someone's had the ordocity to do such and such. Grrr

Campion! Conkerete. Its the Estuary extra syllable. Sigh. Once you notice it you cant stop hearing it.

Sorry. That's Est er y obviously

Recently I've noticed a tendency for an adjective to be written where an adverb is normally used, eg:

• I feel so unbearable sad
• This obvious can’t be changed
• I am general flabbergasted when people do this
• I'm new divorced
• He cannot live total independent.

Is the -ly form dying out?

I know that in some languages, like German, the two forms are the same - but it really brings me up short to read it in English!

My husband says binLINER bag with emphasis on the utterly unrequired 'liner'. He also says slither instead of sliver. Drives me barmy.
Admittedly I once caused much mirth in my family when describing putting a tourquinet on someone's injured arm instead of a tourniquet.

drives me (slightly) mad too. My DD doesn't understand the phrase 'not my problem' she says 'its not my problem that I didn't get my work done/couldn't find P.E kit' instead of 'it's not my fault' I'm trying to explain to her that actually.. yes DD it IS your problem because it will be you getting into trouble.. not me' she has high functioning ASD, so I'm not sure if that has something to do with her not quite understanding it .. I've tried lots of ways of explaining to her, not working , i've given up :D

Is the-lyform dying out?

I think it is, at least in some forms - "I'm good," rather than "I'm well." "Come quick!" rather than "Come quickly!" But I don't think you'd hear, "he quick ran to the dog," rather than, "he quickly ran to the dog." And of course, "bigly" seems popular these days...

That orange guy on television saying ‘ocshun’ instead of auction. Fortunately, I rarely watch daytime TV.

That orange guy on television saying ‘ocshun’ instead of auction. Fortunately, I rarely watch daytime TV.

I agree that is indeed irritating, but I'd take him any day over the other orange guy who's always on TV, banging on about his wall and fake news.

A new colleague recently said “Vicky versay” in a meeting instead of vice versa.
I was so proud of myself for not cracking up but I noticed a couple of other people trying to control their faces. (It was like that scene in the life of Brian when all the soldiers are trying lose it over ‘bigus dickus’)

My mum used to absolutely hate it if we ever said ‘a bit’ when referring to a liquid. Like, ‘could I have a bit of water please?’ She’d always correct us ‘you mean a DROP of water!’

I have never, ever come across anyone else who gets annoyed by this. Is this a thing?

Yes, my DGM always used to insist on this. She had no social graces at all and would frequently 'speak as she found' but if you ever asked for A BIT more milk.... ooooooohhh!!!!!

I work with a younger woman and once a week we’ll each make each other’s lunches, so say on a Monday I’ll fetch us in like risotto or something in plastic boxes to heat up, and later in the week she’ll bring something similar. When she gives me the boxes back after washing them she always says “Here’s your TUBBERWARE back” 😂
It doesn’t annoy me it’s quite endearing, but we’re good friends so after a while told her it was ‘Tupperware’ , she seemed shocked and said, “well they’re boxes/tubs aren’t they so I thought Tubberware made sense!”
I can see her point and now we both call it Tubberware much to the annoyance of those who overheard us and are dying to correct us.

I like the Tubberware. Excellent. New word. But no good for putting a bit of water in as my mother would snatch it away stressing "Drop of liquid".

Guy on TV last night (might have been nick Knowles? Dh was watching not me) said "aftermath" with a long a sound for both As - I would write it as "ar" but that annoys rhotic speakers! I would say it with a long a for after and a short a for math.

Ex colleague: well it’s a mute point

Me: eh?

Ex c: mute, you know

Me: no not really 🙈🙈