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Original poster

to get wound up by a completely harmless phrase?and what phrases/sayings get your goat

419 replies

mayorquimby · 08/05/2009 12:14

i know on the spectrum of tragedies this falls solidly on the unimportant end, but still what is life without trivial annoyances?

the phrase? it'e when people say "i personally..."
i mean why put in the personally? obviously if you preface your statement or belief with "I" it is clear to me that you are about to express your views or personal beliefs.

so what things that people say wind you up?

cheap at half the price is another.
and also the americanisation of "i couldn't care less" to "i could care less" because to me it no longer makes sense.

i'm beginning to think i am doomed to spend a jack dee like existence getting pissed off about tribvial things people do and say which have no bearing on the state of the world and which i could easily ignore and live a happier life.

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thingamajig · 13/05/2009 17:03

People who say "See you Later", instead of Goodbye. Especially if you are not going to see them later, because they live three hours away and you are on the phone to each other.

womma · 13/05/2009 17:06

oh, I think I say that...

MsMaggieBeauregarde · 13/05/2009 17:07

Good thread, but I feel quite calm. I can't think of anything else that annoys me, 'get your goat' is quite annoying though!

Mayorquimby... I always read your name as though it were in Spanish. LIke 'My-Ore-Keembee'. Would that wind you up if you had to listen to it?

thumbwitch · 13/05/2009 17:46

thingamajig, that could be regional as well - DH is Australian and he says it all the time. To people like checkout girls, shop assistants and everyone he talks to.

Lotster · 13/05/2009 18:43

People who don't understand there's only a possible maximum percentage of a hundred bug me... Like everytime an Apprentice candidate says "I'm gonna give it a hundred a ten percent". No you're not you tit! Grrr...

wotulookinat · 13/05/2009 18:59

People who say 'can I borrow £xx.xxp, I promise I shall pay you back'. No you know you bloody well have no intention of paying it back. AND YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!

chegirl · 13/05/2009 21:45

My problem is, I care too much.

This is said by people who do care too much, but only about themselves.

i.e. oh I couldnt work with handicapped (sic) kiddies, the problem is I care TOO much.

knickers0nmahead · 13/05/2009 21:52

snort at this thread.

TheBreastmilksOnMe · 13/05/2009 21:59

'Mataland' instead of 'Matalan'

'I jamp' instead of 'I jumped'

'at the end of the day...' it's night.

'basically...'

tattifer · 13/05/2009 22:00

I get especially pee'd off by people who say "I pay your wages..."

wotulookinat · 13/05/2009 22:12

I thought of another one! 'She learnt me.....' NO! 'She taught me.'

wotulookinat · 13/05/2009 22:12

And people who use 'of' instead of 'have'. Arrrrgggggh

chegirl · 13/05/2009 22:14

samages = sandwiches!

Asdas - ITS ASDA

Strangely I dont react this way to Tescos. Whats up with that?

Whats up with that - v.annoying

wotulookinat · 13/05/2009 22:57

Maybe samages are what you buy from Asdas??!!

chegirl · 13/05/2009 23:00

yes and you buy sarnadiges from matalands

Flossyjim · 13/05/2009 23:09

I say 'See you later'.....but most of the time, I will see them later!

"At the end of the day...."

"Basically......"

"I hate people who....." It's "I hate it when people....."

There's plenty more, but these are the first really annoying ones I can think of.

womblingfree · 14/05/2009 11:09

Always used to hate it when people referred to small children as

"Ahh, s/he's a proper little girl/boy isn't s/he"

Doh! Obviously!

But since having DD (4.8) can now see exactly what they mean so am a bit more tolerant these days!

lalalonglegs · 14/05/2009 11:38

Has nan/nanny/nana been brought up? I just hate it when someone refers to their grandmother/granny/grandma like this - it is horrible and infantalising.

ShouldDoMoreExcercise · 14/05/2009 11:47

Do you mean a grownup someone who refers to their grandparent in this manner? If so I get annoyed if I hear a grownup someone calling their parents "Mummy and Daddy" I don't know why but it really annoys me, and I'm sorry if I've offended anyone!

jumpingbeans · 14/05/2009 11:54

lalalonglegs, but if you have always called your "nan, nan, why would you refer to her as something else?

AMumInScotland · 14/05/2009 14:43

My Nana was Nana. (I also had a Granny.) I don't see why I should have switched from calling her Nana to something else.

lalalonglegs · 14/05/2009 14:50

Exercise - no, I mean anyone
jumpingbeans - because it sounds so awful
MumInScotland - ditto

AMumInScotland · 14/05/2009 14:56

Actually, my Nana's name was really "Nan" - she had switched from "Agnes" when she was about twenty, and was Nan to absolutely everyone, and Nana to her grandchildren.

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mayorquimby · 14/05/2009 15:17

"Mayorquimby... I always read your name as though it were in Spanish. LIke 'My-Ore-Keembee'. Would that wind you up if you had to listen to it?"

haha no that's ace. matt groening might have a problem with it though.

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mrstumnus · 14/05/2009 15:31

People who refer to doing something "off their own back". It's bat, dammit. And anyone who says "end of". Grrrr.