I bloody hate slang, especially written down........

[Twelvelegs]

I know it's unreasonable but I come from a place where we didn't use it and when it's written down on MN it drives me crazy. Unlike everything else which I'm perfectly calm about being pregnant with number four!!
Biggest offenders:
Preggers, Sarnie, Sanger, Maccie dees, hon

I'm sure there are loads more.

Get thee to Pedants corner

Oops sorry... damn those people who post in the wrong topic areas.

oh but Sarnie isn't slang - that's dialect.....

agree with the rest though

I wasnt being nasty btw

Yuk, I really hate preggers too! Also preggie- bleurgh.

Jamie Oliver's recipe books -

It's ok on MN though, it's supposed to be conversational.

Text-speak is a different matter entirely...

I have to agree with you too twelvelegs.

There is no word on mn as hideous as

bubba

Though 'hubby' comes close.

Dialect I love, but it has to be accompanied by a history that fits. My DH says sanger/sarnie sometimes and he's not from Liverpool. I am from Somerset and we say snow pitches not settles, dialect is interesting has history and anthropological influence. My MIL said a slice of Dolly Dochie, for Dolcelatte cheese, ewww.

I tend to write how I talk, or try to, so I come across more or less as I am in RL. So none of the offending words listed in the OP but I am guilty of the occasional 'blimey'.

bubba and hubby, I agree!!

It's nice when you can here an accent in how people write as it can make things quite personal, it's just the horrid slang that bothers me.

can I add Dottie Ps to the hideous Maccie Ds ?
also hubby makes my teeth itch
similarly bubs/bubba/ though I rather like babby
I hate boobs/tits
and I hate the appelation 'alright ?' as a greeting
and 'cheers' - yuck.

I also hate 'alright', both when used as a greeting and also when used as a word rather than 'all right'.

Sarnie?!? What's a Sarnie?!? I am familiar with a sarnie, but not this capitalised word!

You'll Note The Capital For All. Shouldn't have done it, the shame, the shame.

I am so glad you are suitable shamed!

Dh's London-based family all say "sanger" and I HATE it but suspect I am a snob

Should that be suitably?

damn!

What's Sanger?

what is sanger?! I have sussed out all the other words you mean but no idea what sanger is?!!!

sanger?
maccy d's took me a while to work that one out!
i dont mind slang or dialect detest txtspk